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...
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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...
By NANA AISHA, Bauchi – Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Bauchi has said no fewer than six people have lost their lives in a lone road crash that occurred on Sunday. The FRSC Sector Commander, Yusuf Abdullah, told newsmen on Monday that 15 others were seriously injured as...
By NANA AISHA, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has commended the heads of security agencies for their commitment in maintaining peace and security across Bauchi state. The Governor gave the commendation on Wednesday when the security agencies led by Bauchi state Police Commissioner Mr. S. Alabi paid...
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) in Bauchi State, has cautioned petroleum marketers against unauthorised hike in pump price and hoarding of the product. Abdullahi Iliyasu, NUPRC’s Operations Controller in Bauchi, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi on Wednesday....
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – An Associate Professor of Political Science, Federal University, Lafia, Nasarawa state, George Genyi, has stated that Nigeria has become “repressive and authoritarian” with corruption at its highest level. He stated this while speaking at a ‘state of the nation summit’ organized by the Academic Staff...