A 20-year-old suspected kidnapper known as Abubakar Isah has been arrested by the police in Bauchi State for criminal conspiracy, armed robbery, kidnapping and illegal possession of prohibited firearms and ammunition. The Police Commissioner, Umar Sanda who was briefing Journalists…
Bauchi spends N319 million on transformers for 32 communities
Thirty-two transformers have been procured by Bauchi State Government at the cost of N319 million. The Acting Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Power, Science and Technology, Alhaji Mustapha Muhammed, made the disclosure while presenting the transformers to the benefitting…
Woman births baby boy, abandons him to die in Bauchi
A yet-to-be-identified woman, who was delivered of a baby boy on Wednesday, has abandoned him to die on a rock in the Sarkin Kudu area of the Bogoro local government area of Bauchi State. Our correspondent learnt that the baby…
Bauchi Gov: We have evidence that PDP defeated Buhari in 2019
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won the 2019 presidential election. President Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar were the leading contenders in the election. While Buhari ran under the All Progressives…
Suspected killers of Bauchi lawmaker arrested
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, said the suspected killers of late lawmaker, Musa Mante Baraza have been arrested and are being prosecuted. Mohammed also said that the security operatives has also arrested his brother’s alleged kidnapper who was picked up…
20 burnt to death in Bauchi auto crash (Punch)
Twenty people were burnt to death in an auto accident along Potiskum-Sade Road in Misau Local Government Area of Bauchi State on Friday night. Although the exact cause of the accident was not known, it was learnt that the two…
Four students dead, many injured as university bridge collapse in Bauchi (Guardian)
Four students of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Gubi, Bauchi, Tuesday died when a bridge they were walking within the school campus collapsed. The bridge collapsed after a heavy downpour with about 20 students on it when the tragedy struck,…
Judge’s absence stalls Bauchi governor-elect’s arraignment (Nation)
The absence of Justice Yusuf Haliru of an FCT High Court on Monday stalled the arraignment of the governor-elect of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed. Mohammed, who was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was scheduled to be arriagned…
Court orders INEC to continue collation of Bauchi gov election results (Punch)
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday gave the Independent National Electoral Commission the leeway to continue and conclude the collation of the results of the March 9, 2019 governorship election in the Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of…
Three die, eight injured, 75 arrested as birthday bash turns bloody (Punch)
Three persons were killed and eight injured following the violence that erupted at a birthday party in Lushi, an area near Yelwa, Bauchi State, on Sunday night. Seventy-five persons were also arrested in connection with the incident. The Police Public Relations…