Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has directed all political appointees to prepare their hand over notes, ahead of May 29 when he will be sworn in for a second term. Mohammed gave the directive while inaugurating a Transition Committee at the Government House, Bauchi on Wednesday. “As you...
Bauchi State Governor
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Bauchi State, says it will issue Certificates of Return to Gov. Bala Mohammed and the deputy governor-elect, Auwal Jatau on Friday. The Commission would also present certificates of return to the 31 elected members of the Bauchi State House of Assembly. INEC...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared that the Bauchi State Governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Bala Mohammed, has been reelected for another term. He won in 15 local government areas of: Alkaleri (where he hails from), Kirfi, Bogoro, Dass,...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, has stated that the Independent National Electoral Commission has done very well by improving in its conduct the Gubernatorial and State Assembly elections compared to the previously held Presidential and National Assembly polls. The Governor who stated this in an...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has donated N10 million to victims of the recent fire outbreak at Muda Lawal Market in the State Capital. The fire incident which occurred on Thursday, had burnt down 12 shops and reportedly destroyed properties worth N60 million. The...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Senator Lawal Yahaya Gumau, representing Bauchi South Senatorial District under the New Nigerian People’s Party, has dumped the party and joined the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. Gumau, a former Member of the House of Representatives representing Toro Federal Constituency, contested...
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 – A personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corp (NSCDC) and some local hunters have attacked and injured the 2iC, Azare Area Command of the Nigeria Police Force, Bauchi State Headquarters, Superintendent of Police, Suleiman Umar. The security personnel are attached to the...
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...
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has alleged a plot to rig him out of office in the 2023 governorship election in the state. He said those trying to do so using federal might will not succeed because President Muhammadu Buhari won’t give in to such. The governor made...
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 – 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...
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...