By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Federal Operations Unit of the Nigeria Customs Service, Zone ‘D’, Bauchi, says it has seized five sacks of Pangolin Scales with a Duty Paid Value of N432 million. The Public Relations Officer, FOU, who stated this while briefing journalists at the Zone ‘D’...
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The Gabchyari community in Darazo Local Government, Bauchi State, say the only Primary and Junior Secondary School (JSS) in the community with a student population of 350, has only three teachers. This was disclosed by some members of the community in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 33-year old man for allegedly raping a 10-year old in Nasaru Village in Ningi Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, a Superintendent of Police, who disclosed this in a...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Ahead of the May 29th swearing-in of Bauchi State Governor for a second term, the state police command has said that specific security arrangements have been formulated towards giving citizens and visitors a conducive atmosphere for a hitch-free exercise. Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) has confirmed the death of three children and five adults in a lone fatal crash that occurred at Kili Village along Darazo-Kari road in Darazo Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The FRSC Sector Commander, Yusuf Abdullahi, who...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Sayawa women in their hundreds from Bogoro and Tafawa Balewa Local Government Areas of Bauchi State, took to the streets on Thursday, for the fifth time to protest the continued detention of their monarch, the Gung Zaar-Select, Air Commodore Ishaku Komo (retd.) by the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) has confirmed that 14 people have been killed in a fatal crash that occurred on Thursday at Zangoro Village, along Bauchi-Darazo road in Darazo LGA of Bauchi State. The Sector Commander in the state, Yusuf Abdullahi, who confirmed...
By AISHA NANA, Bauchi – No fewer than 5 suspects have been arrested by the police for allegedly killing a commercial motorcyclist in Kangere village in Bauchi Local Government Area. The Bauchi State Police Command spokesman, SP Ahmed Wakil, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Friday...
The Police Command in Bauchi has warned criminals who want to perpetuate crimes during and after Eid-el-Fitr festival to desist or face the full weight of the law. The command also announced the arrest of 26 political thugs across the state. This is contained in a statement by the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Commander, Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), Bauchi State Sector Command, Yusuf Abdullahi, says 14 people have been injured in an accident involving three vehicles at Tashan Saleh along Bauchi-Toro-Jos highway. He said the crash occurred at about 2.40pm on Tuesday, involving two commercial vehicles...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested 24 youths for alleged thuggery and attack on innocent citizens in the state. The police spokesman, SP Ahmed Wakil, said in a statement on Sunday, that the seven of them were arrested in Azare, Katagum Local Government Area...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A 60-year old man and his two sons have been arrested by the Police for allegedly attacking and injuring an operative of the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) during patrol at Tashan Durumi village in Kirfi Local Government Area of Bauchi State. They were...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The executives of the Kukadi/Gundari Ward of the All Progressives Congress in Misau Local Government Area of Bauchi State, have expelled the State Chairman of the Party, Babayo Misau, for alleged engagement in anti- party activities during the March 18th governorship election. The Ward...
The World Health Organisation (WHO), Bauchi Field Office, on Tuesday,launched a medical outreach in Bauchi as part of activities to celebrate its 75 years of existence. At the launch of the outreach at Primary Healthcare Centre, Fada in Bauchi, Dr Mahmood Saidu, the WHO Coordinator in Bauchi State, said the organisation...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) in Bauchi State, Yusuf Abdullahi, has confirmed that four people were killed when the vehicle they were traveling in crashed. Confirming the incident to NATIONAL ACCORD, on Tuesday, he said that five other people sustained various...
By NANA AISHA, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command has debunked rumours emanating from video reports that the residence of Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), was attacked by hoodlums in the state. The Spokesman of the Command, SP Ahmed Wakil, dismissed the...
A forum of independent foreign and domestic Observers says the deployment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the Governorship and State Assembly election in Bauchi State has reduced election manipulations. Amb. Charity Erhire, coordinator of forum, made this known while...
The governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Bauchi State, retired Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar has rejected the Saturday’s governorship election results in the state. He stated this at a news conference on Monday night in Bauchi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Independent...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A former Treasurer of Peoples Democratic Party (PdP) in Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Ibrahim Tanko, has been declared the winner of the Burra State Constituency election held on Saturday. He defeated the incumbent Member of the All Progressives Congress, Ado Wakili. According...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Gubernatorial candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party in Bauchi State, Haliru Jika, has expressed displeasure with the conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) held on February 25th. He said that he was unimpressed...