By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Children who are given birth to at home are more likely to die, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned. UNICEF also warned that the pregnant women who give birth at home risk death should there be complications during labour. The Health...
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By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 35-year old hospital worker, Mustapha Tahiti, for allegedly planning to kill his cousin and wife with an insecticide. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, stated this in a statement made available to journalists in the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – One person has been killed in a lone fatal crash that occurred on Sunday at Nahuta village on the Bauchi – Darazo Federal highway, in Darazo Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Bauchi State Command,...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Police in Bauchi State have arrested a 29-year old suspected car snatcher, Ahmed Mohammed, a resident of Polo High-Court, Borno State. A white Toyota Highlander Jeep with registration number ABC-65PK, suspected to have been stolen by the suspect was also recovered from him....
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Police have arrested two students of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi and a graduate of the University of Jos, Plateau State in connection with two corpses that were recovered in the State. The Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Police Command, Ahmed...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- The former Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Abubakar Suleiman, who was sacked from his position as the Member representing Ningi Central Constituency, has been sworn-in. His deputy, Jamilu Dahiru, who was also sacked from his position as member representing Bauchi Central...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, has arrived Bauchi State for a two-day working visit. The IGP, on board an aircraft marked: 5N-KAL, landed at the Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa International Airport, Bauchi at 11.30am. He was received at the Airport...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- There was massive turnout of voters at the Tudun Wada 1 and Kofar Fada Polling Units in the Madara/Chinade state Constituency of Bauchi State during the rerun election on Saturday. The voters mostly women, queued up at their various polling units for accreditation and...
By AUSTINE TSENZUGHUL, Bauchi – A Bauchi based politician, Hon. Aminu Mohammed Tukur has implored President Bola Tinubu led Federal Government to declare January 15th yearly as “Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Day”. Hon. Tukur also called on the National Assembly members and other patriotic Nigerians to support his...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)C, says it has concluded arrangements to conduct re-run elections in four state assembly constituencies in Bauchi State. The state INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr Mohammed Nura said this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday in Bauchi. “The...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Commissioner of Police, CP Auwal Muhammad, has said that 414 criminal cases recorded by the Command has led to the arrest of no fewer than 673 suspects from January 1st, 2023 to December, 2023. CP Muhammad disclosed this while briefing journalists...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Police Command on Thursday said the husband of a 20-year old housewife, who was allegedly raped by a Deputy Superintendent of Immigration, Sani Mu’azu, was arrested over terrorism allegations that were leveled against him. The command’s spokesman, SP Ahmed Wakil, stated...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it is optimistic of capturing Bauchi State in the 2027 general election, in spite of its failure to get a favourable ruling at the Supreme Court. The state APC Chairman, Alhaji Hassan Tilde, said this when he spoke with the News...
By AUSTINE TSENZUGHUL, Bauchi – Bauchi State Police Command has warned the general public that all forms of celebrations and rallies by political party supporters for or against winners/losers of the Gubernatorial Election Petition judgment from Supreme Court, must not infringe on the right of others. The...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Commissioner of Police, Bauchi State, Auwal Muhammad, has disclosed that over 22,000 applicants in the ongoing Constable recruitment into the Nigeria Police Force are currently being screened. He said this in an interview with journalists on Wednesday when he went on...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Community Advocates for Rural Development has issued a cautionary alert to Nigerians on the indiscriminate tree cutting and its adverse consequences on human health and the environment. The Executive Director of CARD, Habiba Ajufoh, stated this in an interview with journalists...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 19-year old man identified as Muhammad in connection with a case of gruesome murder of his girlfriend, Emmanuella Ande. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Ahmed Mohammad Wakil, disclosed this...
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) has inaugurated a N1 billion 2,000 capacity Central Library Complex at Bauchi State University, Gadau. Speaking during the inauguration of the project on Friday, Arc. Sonny Echono, the Executive Secretary of the fund, said the project was approved under the Years...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Rifkatu Yakubu, on Tuesday commissioned a block of two classrooms constructed by a serving corps member in the state. Speaking while commissioning the project which was constructed at the Gudum Hausawa Primary...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – One person was killed while three others sustained various degrees of injuries when gunmen suspected kidnappers attacked Bakutumbe village in Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State on Saturday evening. A source in the area told journalists that the gunmen also abducted four...