By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Barrister Ibrahim Kassim, has resigned from the gubernatorial race. A new primary will, therefore, be conducted by the party in the state to fill the vacuum created. The PDP had claimed that Kassim, a former...
Bauchi State
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed, has relaxed the 24 hours curfew imposed on three communities in the state following violence that erupted in Yelwa Tsakani. The governor relaxed the curfew by 12 hours – from 6pm – 6am. Recall that violence had erupted in...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi No fewer than 1,549 out of every 100,000 women in Bauchi State die during childbirth, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the state, Air Marshal Saddique Abubakar (rtd), has said. He stated this during an interacting with journalists in Bauchi, on the heels...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Two serving Senators in Bauchi State have failed in their bid to return to the Senate as they lost out in the senatorial primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The affected lawmakers are Senators Adamu Bulkachuwa and Senator Lawal Yahaya Gumau representing North and...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew as a measure to contain the spread of the violent clash between rival restive youths of Yelwan Tsakani, a sub-urb of Bauchi metropolis on Friday night. This is even as the Bauchi State Commissioner of Police,...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A renewed crisis following a violent clash between rival restive youths of Yelwan Tsakani, a sub-urb of Bauchi metropolis on Friday night has left one person dead and four others critically injured. Four houses and many properties worth millions were also burnt in the incident...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Following his declaration as the winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Bauchi State, the immediate past Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Abubakar Saddique (Rtd) has vowed to unseat Governor Bala Mohammed of the Peoples Democratic Party. Saddique who polled...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The immediate past Secretary to the Bauchi State Government, Barrister Ibrahim Mohammed Kashim, has emerged as the winner of the governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party, conducted on Wednesday. Announcing the result at the Zaranda Hotel, the Returning Officer of the Electoral Panel,...
By NANA AISHA, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command has ordered an investigation into the crisis that erupted at Katanga Community of Warji Local Government Area of Bauchi State on Friday. Police spokesman in Bauchi State, SP Ahmed Wakil, stated in Bauchi on Saturday that some irate youths...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (Rtd), has called on the delegates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Bauchi state to vote for the former Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, during the party’s presidential primary because his loyalty and...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and presidential aspirant, Ahmed Tinubu, has stated that he has the capacity, quality and brilliance to govern the country if given the opportunity. He said that it was such experience that he used in governing Lagos...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday commissioned the upgraded Bauchi Township Water Supply Scheme which worth about N23.5 billion naira. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the World Bank provided 90 percent of the funds while the State government provided the remaining 10 percent counterpart funding. Represented by...
Alhaji Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and a presidential hopeful of the party, told delegates in Bauchi state that he would win the presidential election with their support. Tinubu stated this in Bauchi on Wednesday when he met with the delegates of the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than 469 unlicensed pharmacies and patent medicine shops have been sealed by the Pharmacist Council of Nigeria (PCN) across 18 Local Government Areas of Bauchi State. Some of them were also found selling substandard drugs or engaging in clinical services. This was...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi and a presidential aspirant under the All Progressives Congress (APC) has stated that security, job creation and provision of electricity are the three major problems that must be solved by any leader if tension, agitation for secession and other challenges...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than three people have been killed by gunmen who attacked Yadagungume and Limi villages in Burra District of Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State. One person also sustained varying degrees of injuries in the attack. NATIONAL ACCORD learnt that those killed...
….Visits Bauchi, woos APC delegates in Bauchi ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the unity and security of the lives and properties of all citizens of the country remain crucial and important to him as one vying for the office of the president. According...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corp (NSCDC) in Bauchi State have arrested a 52-year old man, Kabiru Abdullahi, for allegedly kidnapping and killing his neighbour’s 5-year daughter after collecting ransom. Abdullahi, the prime suspect, who is a resident of Narabi in Toro...
Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State says he remains the most credible aspirant in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 presidential election. Mohammed made the declaration at the Oyo State PDP secretariat in Ibadan on Sunday. The governor called on delegates to support him at the forthcoming...
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has said that it was not easy aspiring to be president while serving as a state governor at the same time. Mohammed said this while hosting leadership of the Nigerian Labour Union (NLC), media chiefs, and Traders Artisans Association to a Ramadan fast break...