The Governorship, National and State House of Assembly Election Tribunal, sitting in Bauchi, on Saturday, granted leave to Garba Dahiru of the PDP, to access sensitive materials used by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the Feb. 25 NASS election in the state. Dahiru contested and lost the...
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By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A group, Northern Youth Forum, has condemned the call by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should cancel the Presidential elections over alleged infractions and irregularities. The forum described the call as an attempt to cause crises in the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Campaign Coordinators of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) governorship candidate in Bauchi State, Senator Haliru Jika, has defected to the All Progressive Congress (APC) alongside his supporters in Misau Local Government Area of the state Speaking while announcing their defection at a...
Dr Babayo Liman, the Bauchi State Coordinator of the Presidential Candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, has dumped the party for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Liman, who is also the North-East Zonal Secretary of the party announced his resignation at a news conference on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Abubakar Tatari Ali State Polytechnic, Bauchi has presented certificates to all the 20 selected and accredited members of the Private Security Agents Association of Nigeria (PSAAN), who participated at a 3 day training on the role of private security agents and other volunteer security...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi The Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) has said that two people were killed and one other injured following a fatal crash involving the convoy of the Commissioner for Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Bauchi State, Nuhu Zaki. The FRSC Sector Commander, Bauchi State, Yusuf...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Thousands of supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday, gathered at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, Bauchi, in their thousands for a rally to receive decampees into the party. The decampees were from various political parties but...
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) have arrested 11 undergraduates of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma over alleged criminal conspiracy, cultism and unlawful possession of prohibited firearms. The Force Public Relations (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said this during a media briefing on Thursday in Abuja. He said...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Properties worth several millions of Naira have been destroyed following a fire incident that gutted 42 shops at the Student Center at the Yelwa Campus of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi on Wednesday. The shops on block D which were destroyed included –...
Prof. Danladi Matawal, a Professor of Civil Engineering with the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, has identified corruption, poor funding, insecurity and decline of the teaching profession as the major factors responsible for the decline in the educational standard in the country. Matawal stated this in Abuja on Saturday...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Branch, has said that unless the Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, retracts his comments on the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS), it will be forced to initiate the process...
The Federal Government is helping unemployed youths to become employers of labour through the National Directorate of Employment (NDE). Bauchi State Coordinator of the NDE, Alhaji Lawan Yaya, made the declaration in Bauchi on Saturday when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said some of...
Wikki Tourists Football Club of Bauchi on Wednesday defeated visiting Kano Pillars Football Club 2-1 in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Week 13 game of the NPFL was played behind closed doors at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium (ATBS)...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A vote of no confidence has been passed on the Commissioner of Education, Dr. Aliyu Tilde, by the Bauchi State House of Assembly even as they withdrew his confirmation. The lawmakers said their action was because Tilde allegedly disrespected them during the budget defense of...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The remains of the 24-year old prospective corp member, Matui Esky, who was killed in a fatal crash on his way to Katsina State, for the three weeks mandatory orientation exercise, has been buried. The burial service and interment which was held at the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Matu Esky, a 24-year old prospective Corp member, was, on Friday killed in a fatal crash on his way to Katsina state, for his three weeks mandatory orientation exercise. NATIONAL ACCORD gathered that the crash occurred on Friday afternoon at Jigawa state on his...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Federal Road Safety Corp, Bauchi State Sector Command, has confirmed that six people were killed while 19 others sustained various degrees of injuries in a fatal crash that occurred on Monday at about 6.20pm. The Sector Commander, FRSC, Yusuf Abdullahi, who confirmed this to...
*** Demand payment of 12 months minimum wage arrears of members ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU), Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi chapter under the umbrella of Joint Action Committee, have rejected the proposed sharing...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Five people have been killed while three others sustained various degrees of injuries following a fatal crash that occurred on Thursday night. The Commander, Federal Road Safety Corp, Bauchi State Sector Command, Yusuf Abdullahi, confirmed the incident to our Correspondent on Friday. He said that...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corp, Bauchi State, Yusuf Abdullahi, has confirmed that five people were killed in a multiple fatal accident that occurred on Wednesday afternoon at Nabardo village along Bauchi-Toro-Jos highway. He said that some of the passengers were burnt beyond recognition...