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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...

Kingsley Moghalu, presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party, YPP, has mocked the Governor of Bauchi State, Mohammed Abubakar for claiming to have used N2.3 billion for burial..... Read more via Naijaloaded – https://ift.tt/2RA04qF Get More Nigeria Political News

Armstrong Bakam, Bauchi The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has alleged that his predecessor, Mohammed Abubakar, spent N2.3bn to buy materials for burial in the state. But Abubakar has dismissed the allegation, describing it as laughable. The governor, who spoke through his spokesperson...

Abubakar Suleiman Ningi and Kawuwa Shehu Damina have emerged as Speakers of the Bauchi State House of Assembly through parallel elections. The elections were held separately with..... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2x6X8sj Get More Nigeria Political News

The Bauchi South senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, , Alhaji Garba Dahiru, has lamented the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s delay in issuing him certificate of return. However, he urged the electoral body to obey the Court Order directing it to issue...

A philanthropist and businessman in Bauchi State, Alhaji Nura Manu Soro, has paid the tuition fees for 121 indigent students at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) Bauchi. Chairman of the foundation, Alhaji Nura Manu Soro, on Monday … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria...

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and his deputy Ike Ekweremadu, are in Bauchi to meet the new governor, Bala Mohammed. The duo arrived at the Government House at about 3pm after the governor was sworn-in. Mohammed was a former Senator and FCT Minister. Meanwhile, the governor has lamented …...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has so far withdrawn 25 Certificates of Return issued to some candidates that won during the 2019 general election, following court orders.... Read more via Newtelegraph – http://bit.ly/2JSytPz Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Bauchi State Government has imposed dusk-to-dawn curfew on four communities located in the outskirts of Bauchi metropolis following breach of the peace in those areas. A statement signed by Muhammad Nadada-Umar, Secretary to the State Government (SSG), said that the curfew, from 6 p.m. to...

NIGERIA currently accounts for about 25% of all malaria cases worldwide according a recent report published by the Bauchi State Agency for the Control of HIV/Aids Tuberculosis Leprosy and Malaria (Bacatma). In its latest report, Bacatma said that apart from accounting for 25% of malaria...

The Bauchi State Governor-elect, Sen. Bala Mohammed, has said his victory at the just-concluded governorship election in the state was not as a result of influence of godfathers; but the support and votes of people state. He made the remark yesterday when he inaugurated his legal team … Read...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will on Monday slam six criminal charges against Bauchi State governor-elect, Senator Bala Mohammed, at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory.... Read more via Vanguard News – http://bit.ly/2ZGE695 Get More Nigeria Metro News

The lawyers said the right thing to do is to initiate the process of appointing Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad as the Chief Justice of Nigeria for the good of the nation. A group of lawyers under the aegis of ‘Body of Bauchi Lawyers of Conscience (BOBOLAC) … Read more via Pulse Nigeria –...

Intense hunger as a result of inadequacy of food items in an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in the outskirts of Bauchi, has forced adolescent children to feed on onion leaves for survival. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondents who visited the camp, located about two … Read...

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has confirmed the death of the 28-year-old corps member, Magdalene Yohanna, who died during the batch A orientation exercise in Bauchi State, and also debunked media reports that the scheme deliberately covered up the incident. The Bauchi Coordinator of...

Tragedy struck Wednesday in Bauchi State as a female National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) member, Magdalene Yohanna, collapsed at the NYSC orientation camp and later died few minutes after she..... Read more via Thisdaylive Newspaper – http://bit.ly/2Is3aLO Get More Nigeria Metro News

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, has said Bauchi State has been emancipated from forces of retrogression. In a statement after the declaration of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Sen. Bala Mohammed, as the winner of the governorship election, the … Read...

Governor Muhammad Abubakar of Bauchi State has congratulated the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Senator Bala Mohammed for emerging victorious in the just concluded supplementary election..... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2FAW5pt Get More Nigeria Political News

Senator Bala Mohammed, governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bauchi State, has won the governorship election in the state. Mohammed defeated Mohammed Abubakar, incumbent Governor of the state, and candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC). After the collation of...