The Directors of the Department of State Service (DSS) in the North-East have called for closer collaboration between security agencies and stakeholders to enhance security network in the region. They made the call on Thursday in Gombe at the 10th North-East conference of State Directors of the DSS. The...
Bauchi State
Some residents of Bauchi metropolis have expressed concern over lack of recreational facilities in the area, which deprived them benefits of leisure during festivities. Across section of the residents, who spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi, said the trend negatively affected their...
Tragedy struck on Sunday when six persons died in a road crash in Sabuwar Miya village of Ganjuwa Local Government Area of Bauchi State. Yusuf Abdullahi, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), disclosed this in a road traffic report made available to the News Agency of Nigeria...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), Bauchi Sector Command, has confirmed the death of 6 persons in an auto crash that occurred on Wednesday morning at Kwara village, along Tafawa Balewa – Kabwir road in Bogoro LGA of Bauchi State. The FRSC Sector Commander...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than 12 bandits and kidnappers notorious for terrorizing Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State and other neighbouring states of Taraba, Plateau and Gombe have been killed by a joint team of security operatives. The spokesman of The Bauchi State Police Command,...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘D’, said its Operatives have seized N468,341,430 worth of contrabands from September to December, 2022. The Comptroller, FOU, Musa Ibrahim Jalo, disclosed this at a press briefing held at the Zone ‘D’ Headquarters, Bauchi. Our...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The President and Founder, Women In Mining In Nigeria, Engineer Janet Adeyemi, has lamented that women miners in Nigeria are constantly being subjected to inhumane treatment by mining companies, their staff and male labourers. She stated these in her speech at the opening ceremony...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), Bauchi State Sector Command, has confirmed that six people were killed in a multiple fatal crash that occured on Saturday at Rama village along Darazo – Bauchi route. The FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Yusuf Abdullahi, who...
The Advocacy for Alleged Witches (AfAW) deplores the brutal murder of an 80-year-old man, who was accused of witchcraft in Bauchi state in Northern Nigeria. According to news reports, one Ezekiel Haruna, who is now in police custody, attacked and lynched his uncle, Sunday Saleh, for initiating the son...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A 25-year old final year student of Adamu Tafawa Balewa College of Education, Kangere, in Bauchi State, Kamal Gumau, has allegedly killed his friend, over who is the rightful owner of a girl. The deceased, Usman Tiffi, is also a final year student of...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Two people have been killed in a fatal auto crash that occurred on Monday, at Sabon Garin Nabardo along Bauchi – Toro – Jos road, in Toro LGA of Bauchi State. The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) in Bauchi State, Yusuf Abdullahi, who...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The police in Bauchi State said its operatives have arrested a 29-year old man for allegedly stabbing a 30-year old man to death for refusing to buy him beer. The Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, Ahmed Wakil, stated this in a press...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Police in Bauchi State said its operatives have arrested a 12-year old for allegedly kidnapping a three-year old girl. The Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, Superintendent of Police, who stated this in a statement made available to journalists on Saturday, said the father...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi The Commissioner of Police, Bauchi State, Umar Sanda, has explained that the recent incident that led to the death of a 67-year old retired civil servant, Adamu Babanta, was an accident and not murder as reported in a section of the media. NATIONAL ACCORD had reported...
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 – 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...
The Bauchi State Government says it has recorded 16 Lassa fever deaths and 130 confirmed infections in the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Mr Sabi’u Gwalabe disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the end of State Executive Council (SEC) meeting on Friday in Bauchi. He said the state...
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has trained 7,000 regiments and Special Forces to combat security challenges in the country. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, stated this at the graduation ceremony of the 112 special Forces of Course 10/2022 on Friday in Bauchi. He said the NAF...
The Canadian Government has announced a three million dollars assistance to the Bauchi State Government to enhance women engagement in health service delivery The Head, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Bauchi Field Office, Mr Tushar Rane disclosed this when a UNICEF and Global Affairs Canada joint team visited Gov....
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) in Bauchi State has said that road traffic crashes in the state have reduced by 53 percent in 2022. The Sector Commander, FRSC, Bauchi State, Yusuf Abdullahi, who stated this in his speech at the flag-off of the 2022...