By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The National Universities Commission (NUC) has accredited no fewer than 21 academic courses for Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi. Also accredited were all courses offered at the seven Colleges of Education and Polytechnics affiliated to the University. In addition, all the nine Courses...
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Workers in Bauchi, Borno and Yobe on Monday joined the nationwide strike embarked by the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress (TUC). The correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who monitored the strike in Bauchi, Damaturu and Maiduguri report that government offices, schools and...
Partial electricity supply has been restored to Gombe after the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) affected some repairs on its four transmission towers vandalised on Monday. Spokesman of the Jos Electricity Distribution Plc., Dr Adakole Elijah stated on Saturday that it had started to receive supply from Bauchi...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN), has inducted the first set of 25 medical graduates of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, (ATBU) Bauchi as medical doctors. Speaking during the maiden induction ceremony of the first graduating Doctors of the ATBU...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 46 suspected internet fraudsters in Bauchi and Ibadan. Its Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, who said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja, explained that 27 of the suspects were arrested in Bauchi, while 19 were arrested in Ibadan. According...
Governors of Kano, Bauchi, Plateau, Zamfara and Ebonyi on Friday arrived the Supreme Court complex for judgment billed to be delivered in their respective legal battles. They are Abba Kabir Yusuf for Kano, Bala Mohammed for Bauchi, Caleb Mutfaang for Plateau and Dauda Lawal for Zamfara and Francis...
North East Governors pledge to strengthen collaboration on security, social and economic integration
North East Governors pledge to strengthen collaboration on security, social and economic integration
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The North East Governors’ Forum (NEGF), comprising the Governors of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe States, held its 9th meeting in Yola, Adamawa State. It expressed delight at the growing strength of cooperation and collaboration among member states in the...
The Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH), Bauchi, has successfully performed maiden laser surgery to remove kidney stones. The surgery involves application of endoscopic and laser facility instead of instruments for surgical procedures to remove kidney stones. The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the hospital, Dr Jibrin...
By MARK JANG, Jos – Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), maintaining peace in Plateau and parts of Bauchi and Kaduna States, have killed four suspected bandits and arrested 17 others over various crimes within its areas of responsibility. The Media Officer of OPSH, James Oya disclosed...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The North East Governors Forum (NEGF) has raised concerned over the new dimension of growing banditry which has worsen the security situation in the subregion as a result of the concerted efforts of the Military to flush bandits from the other parts of the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A center for the training of Technologists of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi to advance their skills in line with global best practices and standards has been opened by the National Association of Academic Technologists. NAAT, Bauchi Branch, also named the...
Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), a Special Military Task Force maintaining peace in Plateau and parts of Bauchi and Kaduna States, have killed two suspected armed robbers in Amere-Ududu, Tudun Wada community in Southern Kaduna. The Spokesman of the operation, disclosed this in statement on Monday in...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The United Nations Children’s Fund has stated that only 26.4 percent of children aged 0 to 5 months in Bauchi State are exclusively breastfed according to the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2021 report. A Nutrition Specialist, UNICEF Bauchi Field Office, Philomena Irene, stated...
As farmers begin cropping activities, Bauchi, Gombe and Jigawa State Governments have approved 50 per cent subsidy on fertiliser prices to ease access to the commodity. A check by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi, Gombe and Jigawa showed that the sale of the commodity at the...
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...
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...