Author: Nick Yashi

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is to build a modern diagnostic and treatment centre in Bauchi state capital. The Director medical services department of the Bank, Dr Mohammed Ahmed Shehu disclosed this Friday while addressing Journalists on the plan. He said the state government has allocated a plot of land close to games village in the state capital for the project. According to him, the facility will be used not only for admitting patients but is going to be a centre of excellence for diagnosis and treatment of patients with different ailments. Shehu said the centre if established will…

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The Bauchi State Government has begun the distribution of 700,000 face masks to beneficiaries in the state as part of efforts to curtail the spread of coronavirus. Gov. Bala Mohammed who flagged off the distribution of the masks in Bauchi said that from the onset, the government initially planned to distribute 1 million face masks, but due to the challenge of space and logistics, the government could only afford to produce 700,000 face mask. The Governor who was represented by the State deputy governor, Senator Baba Tella, who also doubles as the State Commitee Chairman of the COVID 19 Taskforce,…

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A 38-year-old man has been accused of raping a 5-year-old girl in Bauchi state. This is in spite of the passage of the Violence against Persons Prohibition Act passed by the Bauchi state House of Assembly.A human rights group known as Prison Inmate Development Initiative (PIDI-Nigeria) in a press release by its Executive Director, Cate Iya Rize, which was issued to journalists on Tuesday in Bauchi, alleged that a five-year-old girl known as Mariya Suleiman was raped by one Saleh Hassan, popularly called  Shoe Shiner at Unguwar Hardo area of the Bauchi state capital.The Human Right group alleged that Saleh…

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The ordeal of the immediate past governor of Bauchi state, Mohammed Abubakar, has continued as three fresh petitions have been filed against him by the Bauchi State Coalition Against Financial Crimes and Injustice (BACAFCI). The petitions have been filed to the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged fraud, financial misappropriation and abuse of office. In a press statement signed by the Chairman of BACAFCI,  Bibi Dogo, the coalition is asking the two anti-graft agencies investigate the matter, adding that it has already filed a petition concerning financial scams in the procurement of…

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The APC youth parliament in Bauchi state has said that the recent attack on the secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the state was not carried on by members of the youth wing of the party. Some thugs stormed the secretariat on Thursday morning where they disrupted a press conference being addressed by some factional chieftains of the party and in the process injured two journalists. According to the secretary of the APC youth parliament in a press release said: “We wish to condemn in strong terms and by the same token dissociate ourselves from the said…

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Residents of Gwalameji suburb of Bauchi, on Thursday, discovered the lifeless body of a newborn baby abandoned in a refuse dump. The incident it was gathered, occurred at a refuse dump near the residential lodge at the heart of the area. Residents of the area who besieged the scene to have a glimpse of the corpse of the day-old child said that the mother could have abandoned her overnight as the umbilical cord and placenta was still in the baby’s body. A resident of the area, Abubakar Idris, who first saw the body of the baby said that he was…

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Political thugs suspected to be loyal to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bauchi state on Thursday stormed the secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Bauchi state to disrupt a press conference.The thugs attacked the secretariat of the union at 10:40 am where they disrupted the press conference being addressed by some factional members of the party who were calling for the dissolution of the state EXCO of the party.The thugs hurled stones and chairs at journalists and other attendants of the press conference in a bid to stop it from holding.It took the intervention of policemen…

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Plateau state governor, Simon Lalong, has appointed a new General Manager for the Plateau Publishing Corporation (PPC). He is Dr. Boniface Gwotbit. In a press statement signed by the Director of Press & Public Affairs to the Governor of Plateau State, Dr. Makut Simon Macham, ANIPR, says, Gwotbit is to take over from the acting managing director of the Corporation, who would return to her parent ministry. “Governor Simon Bako Lalong has approved the appointment of Dr. Boniface Bakshuet Gwotbit as the new General Manager of the Plateau Publishing Corporation, publishers of The Nigerian Standard Newspapers. “Until his appointment, Dr. Gwotbit…

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The Integrated Health Programme, (IHP), a USAID funded project, has urged media practitioners to do their reports in a gender-sensitive and responsive way, in order to contribute towards an inclusive and equal society.According to the IHP Gender and Social Inclusion Advisor, Helen John, the aim of the training is to build the capacity and knowledge of the media reporters on Reproductive, Maternal Newborn Child Health and Nutrition issues in Bauchi state.During the one day training for media practitioners in Bauchi,  John said that the media plays a significant role in shaping public perception, therefore it is imperative that in reporting, it…

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The Nigeria Police, Taraba State command, had intercepted two persons, suspected to be kidnappers and in the process recovered 10 Ak-47 guns, 13 magazines and 425 live ammunition. This was disclosed by, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Taraba Command, David Misal, in a press briefing on Monday. “The operatives of the Command attached to Lau Division had on the 12/07/20, about 20.00hrs acting on an intelligence report, intercepted two persons now at large on a motorcycle, who crossed from Karim Lamido LGA  to Lau axis. On sighting the police, they hurriedly abandoned the motorcycle and ran into the bush. Upon…

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The Police in Taraba has arrested two suspected persons with a truckload of Federal government banned drugs, destined to Jalingo from Anambra state. This was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Taraba command, in a press briefing in Jalingo on Monday. “Considering the upsurge in the consumption of illicit drugs which gives rise to the increase in crime associated with these hard drugs, on the 12/07/20, operatives of the Command, acting on intelligence, intercepted a truck loaded with different kinds of goods which arrived Jalingo from Anambra State. when thoroughly searched the following drugs were recovered: Exiplon Codeine…

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The West African Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) in collaboration with Oxfam Nigeria has organised an awareness campaign for farmers to overcome the challenges posed by the Coronavirus pandemic as well as strengthen health security for Small -scale farming communities in Bauchi State. The campaign facilitated by the Bauchi State chapter of the Association of Small – scale Agro Producers in Nigeria (ASSAPIN) was aimed at enhancing awareness on COVID -19 and its preventive mechanism in local farming communities as well as assess the knowledge gaps existing among farmers on issues of COVID-19 in the state. In a welcome address during…

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Governor of Niger State, Abubakar Bello and his Nasarawa State counterpart, A.A Sule, has yet to pay June salaries to their workers, citing COVID-19 and opting to pay in percentages. Consequently, workers in Niger and Nasarawa States are set for an industrial showdown with their respective state governors over the salary deductions and other issues. The News Chronicle reliably learnt that the Nasarawa State government have been having issues with local government staff under the auspices of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) and the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, due…

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The Taraba State Correspondents Chapel today elected her new leaders. Sadiq Adamu of the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), emerged as Chairman. The elections which took place at the Nurses House Jalingo had 25 accredited voters. Comr. Sadiq Adamu who contested against Janet Audu of The Independent newspaper for the position of the Chairmanship took the day with 13 votes out of  25 while Audu got 11 votes, with 1 invalid vote. Seven positions were contested for in the elections which are  Chairman, vice, Chairman, Secretary, Asst. Secretary, Treasurer, Financial, and Auditor. Other elected officials are: Waziri Salisu of Voice of…

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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the suspension of Ibrahim Magu and also approved the appointment of Mohammed Umar as acting Chairman of the EFCC. According to a press release signed by the Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Dr Umar Jubrilu Gwandu, the action was taken “in order to allow for an unhindered inquiry by the Presidential Investigation Panel under the Tribunals of Inquiry Act and other relevant laws”. “President Muhammadu Buhari has also approved that the EFCC Director of Operations, Mohammed Umar, should take charge and oversee the activities…

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Civil Society Organizations in Bauchi and a group, Misau Integrated Union, have condemned the call for the dethronement of the Emir of Misau in Bauchi state, Alhaji Ahmed Suleiman, saying the proponents of the dethronement are mischievous. The monarch and the caretaker chairman of the local government were suspended last week by the State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, over the recent violent clashes between farmers and herdsmen which resulted to the death of nine people in the area. A local newspaper in the state called Wikki Times published an interview with some residents in the area who called for the…

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The Chairman, State Selection Committee on Federal government 774,000 jobs in Bauchi state, Sanusi Kunde, has said that 20,000 persons would be recruited across the 20 LGAs of the state and paid a stipend of N20,000 for three months. Kunde, who made the disclosure in Bauchi during the inaugural meeting of the committee, said that 1,000 persons would be recruited in each of the 20 LGAs of the state. He disclosed that the committee was required to include 200 literate persons in every LGA that would be used to carry out nationwide surveys during the period of engagement. “This programme…

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The Chief Protocol Officer to the Bauchi State Governor, Alhaji Umar Hassan has donated food items worth thousands of naira to the State Orphans and Vulnerable Children Agency (BASOVCA) for onward distribution to orphans and vulnerable children. Presenting the food items to the chairperson of the Agency, Hassana Arkila, at the premises of the agency in Bauchi, the Chief Protocol said the gesture is to complement the efforts of the state government in alleviating the plight of less privileged members of the society. Umar Hassan who made the donation through his humanitarian group, Ummaruje Care Foundation, said the group was…

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The Bauchi State Orphans and Vulnerable Children Agency, BASOVCA has commenced training of 200 caregivers in various skills acquisition. The Executive Chairperson of the agency, Hassana Arkila, who disclosed this on Tuesday in Bauchi, said that the training aims to empower the caregivers towards saving orphans and the less privileged children effectively in the state. According to her, the beneficiaries who are the second batch, were selected across the twenty local government areas of the state while 150 beneficiaries have already been trained in the first batch. “This training is aimed at empowering the beneficiaries so that they can render…

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Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed, had on Monday gone on an inspection at the new N100 million Bauchi Molecular Laboratory for COVID 19 and other diseases, which was established by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TetFUND) at the College of Medical Science of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital, Bauchi. During the visit, Mohammed warned residents of Bauchi state to adhere strictly to protocols of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC for Coronavirus, saying that the pandemic is not yet over. The Governor expressed worry that Bauchi local government was listed by the presidential Taskforce on COVID 19 as one…

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The Bauchi State government has granted waivers to taxpayers in the state, the executive chairman of the state board of internal revenue, Muazu Usman, disclosed this to journalists. According to him, some of the waivers include; extension of the deadline for submission of return of income form A by taxable persons and filing of annual returns by employers in line with personal income tax act to 31st July 2020. Another relief he said is the waiver of penalty on late remittance of pay as you earn (PAYE) deductions on hotels, restaurants, road transport operators, private schools proprietors that were supposed…

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Governor Bala Mohammed has suspended the Emir of Misau, Alhaji Ahmad Suleiman and other traditional rulers in the local government and also inaugurated a 13-man administrative committee of inquiry to look into the recent clash that erupted between Fulani herders and farmers in Misau local government area. More than 9 persons were killed while others were seriously injured following a communal clash that broke out in Zadawa village of Misau local government area of Bauchi state. While inaugurating the committee on Friday at the Government House Bauchi, Governor Mohammed said that following the additional petitions received in Chiroma district, Galala,…

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The Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-rufai, will in August receive 16 young Nigerians who will be participating in the Kashim Ibrahim Fellowship, a leadership capacity building programme for young people, the governor stated in his Twitter handle. “It is my pleasure to unveil the 16 young Nigerians selected for the third cohort of the Kashim Ibrahim Fellowship, our leadership capacity building programme for young people. We look forward to welcoming them to Kaduna next month…,” he tweeted. According to the list he displayed, the 16 young people from across different states include: Omolara Daniel-Ogun, Muhammad Mubarak Abdulkarim- Kogi, Rahila Ibrahim…

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The newly elected Chairmen in the 16 local government councils of Taraba state have been sworn in by the Taraba State governor, Darius Ishaku. The ceremony took place at the Government Lodge in Takum, the governor’s hometown. The 16 council chairmen emerged in the elections held on Tuesday and were all of the People’s Democratic Party. Gov. Ishaku told the chairmen that their election was based on merit and the level of their contributions to the state in the past. He, however, warned them that his administration would not condone non-performance and that he would be personally involved in monitoring…

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Gov. Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed of Bauchi state, has set up a 13- man panel to identify the cause of a communal clash between farmers and Fulani herders in Zadawa village in Misau Local Government Area of the state. The governor also suspended the caretaker chairman, Misau local government along with his deputy over the incident. Ten persons were reportedly killed on Monday, while several others were seriously injured following a communal clash that broke out in Zadawa Village of Misau local government area of Bauchi state. According to reports, the clash was as a result of ownership of land in…

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A jealous housewife, Halima Umar, on Wednesday morning cut off her husband’s penis with a knife, in Tella village, Gassol local government area of Taraba state. The younger brother to the victim, Usman Umar told journalists in Jalingo that his brother, Aliyu Umar, was sleeping in the same room with his first wife Halima, when she woke up at about 2 am and cut off his penis. Usman alleged that the wife drugged Umar before they went to bed which made her commit the crime without any resistance from her husband. Usman further explained that Halima was the first wife…

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An anti-corruption group, The Bauchi state Coalition against Financial Crimes and Injustice (BACAFCI), has asked the Independent Corrupt Practices ICPC and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC to investigate the payment of N5 billion bailout funds to a consultant firm for the work carried out by the Governor’s forum. The Chairman of BACAFCI, Alhaji Bibi Dogo, Stated this in a statement made available to reporters in Bauchi Wednesday, in continuation of anti-graft agency efforts to ensure that justice is being done to the people of the State. He said from January 2017 to September 2018, Bauchi State received the sum…

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Speaker, Taraba State House of Assembly, Joseph Albasu Kunini, has commended voters for their compliance to the Covid-19 preventive measures while voting during the just concluded council election in the state. Kunini, who voted at the Pilot  1, unit 001 in Kunini Council Ward in Lau local government area was also impressed with the turn out of voters for the election and the orderliness in the conduct, describing it as peaceful. Meanwhile, the PDP has won all 16 local government councils in the State. Adding his voice to that, the Speaker said the victory for the PDP was due to…

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The federal government has assured that the newly established Federal College of Education Jama’are in Bauchi state would take off soon. The Director, Tertiary Education of the Federal Ministry of Education, Joel Ojo, gave the assurance on Tuesday when he led a delegation from the ministry on an inspection visit to the proposed site of the school in Jama’are local government. “The delegation has inspected facilities at the temporary campus and we are satisfied with what we have seen so far. I assure that work to provide structures in the school would commence shortly. The facilities on the ground are…

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Some Islamic Scholars have cautioned the federal and state governments against banning the Almajiri system of education, saying the Almajiris have the right to practice their religion without the hindrance of any kind.While speaking in Bauchi on Monday at the end of a meeting of the Tsangaya school proprietors and stakeholders, one of the scholars, Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi said “We are Nigerians and have rights under the laws of the land to live wherever we want to live and to practice our religion. Also, Qur’anic Pupils and their teachers have these rights and henceforth we will not accept violations of their rights…

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