The Police Command in Bauchi State has commenced investigation into the rape of an 18-month-old baby and murder of a 13-year-old girl in the state. A statement by the Spokesman of the command, SP Ahmed Wakil on Saturday in Bauchi, said a 59-year-old man has been arrested in respect...
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By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has appealed to the President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate allegations against a former Chief of Air Staff and the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the state, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, that he has trained and armed...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Zone 12 Bauchi, Audu Madaki has been injured following gunshots by suspected bandits. One of his guards was killed in the incident. Although the reports are still sketchy as of the time of filing this report, but NATIONAL...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Yobe State Commissioner for Youth and Sports,, Goni Bukar Lawan has died in a ghastly motor accident that occured on Tuesday night along Dambam – Potiskum road in Dambam LGA of Bauchi State. The Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) Sector Commander in Bauchi...
Mr Michael Banda, Senior Education Manager, United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) Kano Field Office, said the agency spent $109 million for the implementation of the Girl Education Project 3 (GEP) in six Northern states of Nigeria. Banda, who disclosed this during a Media Dialogue on Girls Education in Bauchi...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has described the attack on the house of a former governor of the state, Ahmed Adamu Mu’azu, as a big afront and an insult to the entire state. Governor Mohammed stated this on Tuesday when he paid a condolence...
The Bauchi State Emergency Management Agency (BASEMA) says no fewer than 100 houses and several farmlands have been destroyed by devastating floods in the Darazo Local Government Area of the state. The Acting Director-General of the agency, Alhaji Bala Lame, told the News Agency Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in...
By NANA AISHA, Bauchi – At least one person has been killed, and three others kIdnapped following an attack by gunmen on Wednesday in Boto village in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Ahmed Wakili, confirmed the attack...
Stakeholders in the tourism sector have advocated upgrade of the tomb of Nigeria’s sole Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa to attract more visitors. Some of the stakeholders who spoke in Bauchi, said the mausoleum needed total rehabilitation in line with international standards, to make it more attractive to...
By AUSTINE TSENZUGHU, Bauchi – As the controversy over All Progressive Congress (APC) continues on an APC Presidential Muslim candidate choosing a Presidential Muslim running mate, Hon. Jibrin Adamu, a public commentator has described the development as another regional rhetoric. He spoke to our North-East Editor, Austine Tsenzughul. At...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi A 70-year old man and two others have been sentenced to death by stoning for engaging in homosexuality in Ningi, Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The convicted persons: Mal. Haruna (70), Abdullahi Abubakar Beti (30) and Kamilu Ya’u (20), were sentenced by an Islamic...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Bauchi State Council, has condemned the arrest and detention of the Publisher of WikkiTimes, Haruna Mohammed and his reporter Kamal Idris, by the Nigeria Police Force in the state. In a statement jointly signed by the State Chairman and...
Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State said on Saturday that the state would not be a safe haven for bandits. Mohammed said this when he paid a condolence visit to the people of Sabon Gari, Jada community in Alkaleri Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The News Agency...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- A man simply identified as Ibrahim is being hunted down by the Police in Bauchi for allegedly removing the eyes of 16-year old boy in the state. Following the receipt of the information, the Bauchi State Police Command has immediately begun a manhunt for the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Cracks in the All Progressives Congress (APC) have widen as coalition of 46 different groups have accused the Bauchi State Chairman of the party, Babayo Misau, of being reckless with the finances of the party. The Coalition also accused the Chairman of always taking...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI Bauchi – Alhaji Sani Toro, the former Secretary General of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), who was recently kidnapped along with two others, has said they were almost killed while in captivity. NATIONAL ACCORD had reported that Toro, a former Assistant Coach of the Nigeria Super...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A former Secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Sani Toro, former Assistant Coach of the Nigeria Super Eagles, Garba Yila and one of their friends, Alhaji Isa Jah, who were kidnapped last Saturday, have been released by their captors. NATIONAL ACCORD had...
By AISHA NANA, Bauchi – Gunmen suspected to be Kidnappers have attacked and abducted the Village Head of Zira, Alhaji Yahya Abubakar and his son, Habibu Saleh in Toro Local Government Area in the state. It was learnt that the gunmen attacked the village, a border village with Plateau...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A middle age man has been reportedly beaten and set ablaze by irate youths in Chinade town in Katagum Local Government Area of Bauchi State for allegedly stealing a motorcycle. A source in Chinade who spoke to journalists in confidence said that the incident happened...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The National Institute of Soil Science, North-East Zone, has donated no fewer than 150 soil testing kits to states in the zone to enhance crop production. The Zonal Coordinator of the Institute, Prof. Saminu Abdulrahman Ibrahim, disclosed this on Thursday during a training and capacity...