The Federal High Court Abuja, on Tuesday discharged and acquitted Shamsudeen Bala, son of Bauchi Governor, Bala Mohammed, of the N1.1 billion fraud charge against him. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), had filed a 20-count charge bordering on money laundering against Bala. However, in a ruling earlier...
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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has promised to continue with crude oil exploration in the North East. Abubakar said this when he addressed a mammoth crowd of party supporters at a rally in Bauchi on Tuesday. He said that crude exploration in North...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, on Monday visited Azare, the headquarters of Katagum Local Government Area of the state to commiserate with the Emir of Katagum, Alh (Dr) Umar Farouk II, and the people over an explosion that rocked the area. The governor, who...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State on Tuesday visited a 110-year old village head of Beli in Shira LGA, Muhammad Inuwa, where he pledged to construct 120-kilometer road from Kilbore-Beli-Zigau-Bukul. The project is to be constructed by Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP)....
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, has promised that he will not rig himself into office, harass or intimidate anyone during next month’s gubernatorial election in the state. Governor Mohammed, who stated this when he paid homage to the District Head of Itas during...
By AISHA NANA, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed says he will consolidate on the provision of physical infrastructure, social amenities and human capital development if re-elected for the second term. Governor Mohammed made the commitment on Thursday at an event to mark the commencement of his gubernatorial...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMGANI, Bauchi – Alhaji Bello Kirfi, a second Republic Minister and a Minister of Special Duties to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has been stripped of his traditional title of “Wazirin Bauchi” and removed from being a Council Member of the Bauchi Emirate Council, for his “disloyalty and...
*Donates N145m to Christians for 2022 Christmas. By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has charged Christians in the state to emulate the virtues of Jesus Christ even as they celebrate the yuletide. Governor Mohammed stated this in a goodwill message to Christians as they join...
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has said that his administration would soon begin to sign the death sentence verdicts in the state. The governor stated this while signing the Violence Against Persons and a bill for the establishment of the Bauchi state penal code, 2022, into law in Bauchi...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Two more women have been nominated by the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed and sent to the State House of Assembly for screening and subsequent confirmation as Commissioners Our Correspondent reports that currently, there are six female Commissioners in the Bauchi State Executive Council. The...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A group of former Commissioners, members of the state assembly, Local Government Special assistants, retired permanent chairmen, advisers, among others in Bauchi State under the auspices of Mahmud Maijama’a Steering Committee, has said that they would remain in the All Progressives Congress (APC). They...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has called on the National Assembly to include specific roles for traditional rulers in the ongoing constitution amendments. Governor Mohammed made the appeal in his speech shortly after presenting the staff of office to the 11th Emir of...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, on Saturday, presented the Staff of Office to the 12th Emir of Katagum, in Bauchi State, Umar Faruk II. The event attracted Emirs, politicians, Captains of Industries and thousands of supporters, who thronged the Aminu Saleh College of Education...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Richard Adebayo, has said that the Federal Government has invested over $3bn invested in seven sugar Backward Integration Programme (BIP) projects and eight independent projects across the country. He stated this on Thursday at the Command Guest...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Wednesday, made a u-turn and apologized to Nigerians over his perceived ‘anti-fulani’ comments. Recall that two days ago, the Benue State governor, had said that he would not support a Fulani man to become President when his people...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, has said that he feels the pains of the aggrieved governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, also known as “the G-5 governors.” He said this when the G-5 governors of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike; Benue State, Samuel Ortom; Enugu State, Ifeanyi...
Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorcha Ayu, on Saturday, held a consultative meeting with Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State. Ayu accompanied by the Director-General of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto, former governor of Jigawa, Sule Lamido and Mohammed met behind closed...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Government has concluded its Kaura Economic Empowerment Programme across the 20 LGAs of the state with the empowerment of 11,500 people who benefited over N2 billion. Although, according to the Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, 500 people benefitted from the intervention of between...
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed on Wednesday, warned members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state against anti-party activities. Governor Mohammed gave the warning during the inauguration ceremony of the PDP Presidential and Governorship joint campaign council in the state. The governor assured the people of Bauchi...
Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state, on Friday, pardoned 153 inmates with minor offences, serving various jail terms at different correctional facilities in the state. Speaking during the executive pardon ceremony, the governor said the action was carried out after due consultations with the state Council on the Prerogative...