Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has alleged a plot to rig him out of office in the 2023 governorship election in the state. He said those trying to do so using federal might will not succeed because President Muhammadu Buhari won’t give in to such. The governor made...
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By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, on Wednesday, presented a budget proposal of N202,641,598,614.46k for the 2023 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly for deliberation and subsequent passage. The budget proposal comprises N87.9bn recurrent expenditure representing 43 percent and N114.4bn representing 57...
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...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, has commended his Borno State counterpart, Prof. Babagana Umaru Zulum for his doggedness in fighting the menace of Boko Haram in the northeast. He said these efforts have made the insurgents to evaporate from the region and as a...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, was in Bauchi on Sunday to condole with Governor Bala Mohammed who lost his elder brother, Bappa Mohammed. The deceased, who was a traditional title holder and a retired Deputy Director at the Central Bank of Nigeria,...
By AISHA NANA, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has directed the 20 local government council chairmen, their deputies, councilors and secretaries to step down. The Special Adviser to the governor on Media and Publicity, Mr Mukhtar Gidado disclosed this in a statement issued in Bauchi on Saturday....
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Friday, paid a condolence visit to the Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, over the loss of his elder brother, Bappa Mohammed. Recall that Mohammed, who was also the Yeriman Duguri, died last Sunday at the age of 69 at a...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHAMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State House of Assembly on Thursday screened and confirmed six commissioner-nominees sent by the State Governor, Bala Mohammed. The lawmakers had, on Wednesday, screened and confirmed only one of the nominees, Maryam Bagel, who was said to have been cleared by the Code...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has warned stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state not to get involved in the controversy of the party at the national level because it is beyond them. He stated this in a speech during a...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bauchi State has issued two weeks ultimatum to the Governor Bala Mohammed led administration to reverse the lease of Zaranda and Wikki Hotels and the sale of some companies in the state. The opposition party in the state...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Governor Bala Mohammed has sent six commissioner-nominees to the Bauchi State House of Assembly for screening and confirmation. Those nominated include Abdulkadir Ibrahim from Alkaleri Local Government Area and Maryam Bagel from Dass Local Government Area, who resigned their positions as Commissioners and contested...
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed says his administration has distributed economic strengthening items worth N1.35billion to 9,000 youths and women in 18 out of the 20 LGAs of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state government had previously distributed the economic strengthening items worth...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has appealed to the President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate allegations against a former Chief of Air Staff and the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the state, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, that he has trained and armed...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has described the attack on the house of a former governor of the state, Ahmed Adamu Mu’azu, as a big afront and an insult to the entire state. Governor Mohammed stated this on Tuesday when he paid a condolence...
Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State said on Saturday that the state would not be a safe haven for bandits. Mohammed said this when he paid a condolence visit to the people of Sabon Gari, Jada community in Alkaleri Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The News Agency...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abubakar Suleiman, has congratulated Governor Bala Mohammed, over his victory at the gubernatorial primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party. NATIONAL ACCORD had reported that the rerun PDP gubernatorial primary election took place...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has inaugurated a 22-man Reconciliatory Committee to reconcile aggrieved individuals within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the forthcoming 2023 general elections. Speaking on Monday at the Exco Chamber of the Government House, Bauchi, the governor, while inaugurating...
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...
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 – 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...