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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has been trounced in the supplementary election conducted by Nigeria’s election umpire in Bauchi for the House of Representatives. The party was defeated by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in the state as its candidate, Hon Auwal Jatau, was announced...

Amid protest by the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja over the sacking of Emeka Ihedioha as the governor of Imo state by the Supreme Court, the apex court has affirmed the election of Bala Muhammed as the governor of Bauchi state. Vanguard reports that Muhammed, …...

The PDP says the use of a presidential jet by Hanan for personal trip is provocative, condemnable and unpardonable. President Muhammadu Buhari has been severely criticised for allowing his daughter, Hanan to use one of the presidential jets for an event she attended in Bauchi state … Read...

There has been numerous auto-crashes in Bauchi State resulting to injuries and loss of lives. No fewer than six persons lost their lives while 24 others sustained.... Read more via Tori News – https://ift.tt/2DFFm2q Get More Nigeria Metro News

The fourth witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abeimense Ihcyeon, has told Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of a Federal High Court, Abuja that Shamsudeen Bala Mohammed, son of Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, allegedly concealed money and properties traced to him...

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has confirmed the death of six people in a ghastly auto crash along Bauchi-Darazo road. Speaking to journalists Thursday afternoon, the Public Relations Officer of the.... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2RbMFHl Get More Nigeria Metro News

Governor of Bauchi State, Senator Bala Mohammed has declared that he does not owe anybody any apology for allocating land to himself, friends, family members and even party loyalists during his tenure as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Bala, who is reputed to have made one of...

An extremely hot porridge, being transported in a tricycle in Bauchi State has claimed the lives of three children, aged between nine months and nine years.... Read more via Newtelegraph – https://ift.tt/2J7vL7L Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency has recorded six new deaths since the Yellow Fever outbreak in the State bringing the total number of deaths to 22. The executive chairman of the agency, Dr Rilwanu Mohammed stated this while giving an outbreak on the … Read more via...

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the families of the 38 victims of a boat mishap in Kirfi Local Council, Bauchi State..... Read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/2AX1uUy Get More Nigeria Metro News

No fewer than 38 persons died in a boat mishap, yesterday, in Kirfi local council area of Bauchi State. Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has sent condolences to families of the victims, describing the incident “As a devastating tragedy not only for families of victims, but also … Read...

The Executive Chairman of the agency, Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, made this known at a news conference on Wednesday in Bauchi. Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency says one more patient of yellow fever has died in Alkaleri Local Council of the state..... Read more via Pulse Nigeria...

The death toll in the Yellow Fever outbreak in Bauchi State has increased to 16 out of 20 confirmed cases. This is following the rejection of vaccination by some citizens...... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2n14o7n Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria sometimes (MACBAN) has rejected the proposed amnesty for killer herdsmen, cattle rustlers, and bandits. The Bauchi State secretary of the association, Sadiq Ibrahim Ahmad, said the move.... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News –...

Hajiya Baheejah Mahmood, from Azare in Katagum Local Government Area of Bauchi State, is the National Women Leader of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, a Fulani socio-cultural association.... Read more via Nairaland – https://ift.tt/2AfHNXM Get More Nigeria Metro News

One person has been reportedly killed in a road accident along Bauchi-Jos Road in Miri Village following a collision between a commercial vehicle and a car, according to The Nation. The incident occurred on Monday and left seven students of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate release of the sum of N800 million for flood control in Jama’are Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The state governor, Sen. Bala Mohammed, who stated this while inspecting the extent of damages caused by over-flooding in the area, said...

The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has sacked his Special Adviser on Political Affairs, Musa Haruna Shittu. Shittu was appointed along with four other Special Advisers on August 17, 2019, and was sworn-in two days later.. Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2NFuRCw Get...

The management of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi has announced the closure of the varsity in honour of the students who died as a result of a heavy downpour..... Read more via TheCable – https://ift.tt/2KB3Z3A Get More Nigeria Metro News

Former governor of Bauchi State, Mohammed Abubakar, has said he only spent N1.2 billion on funeral materials and not N2.3 billion as alleged. Gov. Mohammed Abubakar Speaking through Mukhtar Jibril, his media aide, the former governor said he inherited the practice of buying funeral materials...