The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone D, Bauchi, has disclosed that it has seized contraband worth N197,416,380. The Comptroller, of the Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Adesanmi Omiye, who disclosed this while briefing Journalists on Thursday, at the Zonal headquarters in Bauchi, said that the success was recorded from November 2019 to March, 24th, 2020. According to him, 5 sacks of pangolin shells weighing 150kgs, 799 bags of foreign rice, 218 jerricans of 25kgs of vegetable oil, 628 cartons of foreign soap, 12 vehicles, 8 motorcycles, 117 jerricans of PMS, 20 bales of used clothes and 40 wraps of…
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Bauchi State Government has ordered all markets closed throughout the state beginning from Thursday, March 26. In a statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Governor, Muktar Gidado, the directive was in line with the earlier decision of the state government which had restricted any gathering that is more than 59 persons to minimise the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The statement said that all pharmaceutical shops, sellers of food items, supermarkets selling essential products, filing stations and bakeries are to remain open but should adhere strictly to the instructions given on environmental cleanliness and hygiene to…
Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed’s elder brother Yaya Adamu, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. Reports say he was kidnapped at about 7.39 pm at Unguwar Jaki in Bauchi metropolis and taken to an unknown destination while nothing has been heard from the kidnappers. According to a reliable source at the Government House who confirmed the unfortunate incident, efforts are on to trace the hideout of the kidnappers. All efforts to get Bauchi State Police Command to react to the development was not successful. Gov. Bala Mohammed has just recently been confirmed positive to Coronavirus and is currently in Isolation…
Following the outbreak of Coronavirus in the country, Civil servants in Bauchi State between grade levels 1-12 have been directed to stay at home until further notice but will continue to work from home. This was contained in a statement signed by Umar Saidu on behalf of the Head of Civil Service and made available to newsmen in Bauchi. The Head of Service directed that those on levels above 12 are expected to continue going to the office and all essential public servants such as health and security. “In an effort to curtail the spread of the killer disease, His…
The Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed has tested positive to the dreaded Coronavirus after coming in contact with the son of former Vice-President of Nigeria, Mohammed Atiku Abubakar who is undergoing treatment and put on Isolation for the virus. According to a press statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mukhtar Gidado, which was issued to newsmen in Bauchi, out of the six initial tests carried out on Governor Mohammed by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, one sample tested positive to COVID 19. “At this point, it should be noted that the Governor is in…
The Bauchi State Governor, Sen. Bala Mohammed, has gone into self Isolation after reports from the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, confirmed that the son of former Vice-President of Nigeria, Mohammed Atiku Abubakar has tested positive to the dreaded Coronavirus upon his return from an international trip in Lagos State. According to a press statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mukhtar Gidado, which was issued to newsmen in Bauchi, the Governor who was on an official trip to Lagos State, met with Mohammed Atiku Abubakar in the Aero Contractors Aircraft, where they shook hands and exchanged pleasantries.…
Gombe State governor, Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya has ordered the closure of all schools in the State as part of efforts to prevent the spread of corona virus. In an address to the people of the State, Monday morning, Governor Inuwa also inaugurated a 21 member taskforce on COVID-19, shortly after the state wide broadcast. The Governor said, “in accordance with the directives by the Presidential Task force on COVID 19, all schools in the state are hereby directed to close effective from tomorrow Tuesday 24th March, 2020 until further notice”. He also directed that “all congregations for ceremonies, religious and other…
A man, who planned to ‘disgrace’ his fiancee of 10 years during their wedding, suddenly walked out of the altar during marriage vows, reports an online news medium, News Opera. Aplang, who was dressed to the church with his best man, families, and relatives, shocked the church congregation who came to witness their wedding, when the Pastor of the church, located around NTA Jos, asked him to take his marriage vows. When Aplang was asked on the altar by the pastor, do you take Judith as your wife for better and for worse, he replied no, the pastor repeated, do…
The Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed has flagged off the construction of 2,500 affordable housing units in collaboration with a company known as the Family Homes Funds Limited. Speaking at the ceremony held at Dungal Village of Bauchi Local Government, Governor Mohammed said that the project was designed to be completed within 12 months. The Governor said the construction of the houses are coming in a period when the state demographics have changed dramatically due to displacement caused by insurgency as many people within the region came to the state thereby creating a significant imbalance especially in respect…
Shortly after the celebrated return of Gov. Darius Ishaku after an 87-day absence from the State, seven persons were abducted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers along Jalingo-Wukari road. It was gathered that the victims are all from Ibbi town and were returning from Jalingo where they welcomed Taraba State governor, Darius Ishaku. The Taraba State governor returned to Jalingo on Thursday after spending 87 days outside the state. He was received by a large crowd of residents and party supporters at the Danbaba Suntai Airport, Jalingo. It was gathered that the victims were travelling in a bus with registration…
The Director-General of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, has disclosed plans to establish a disease control center in Bauchi state to manage the outbreak of diseases. He also encouraged the state government to provide the required manpower in order to achieve the desired objectives, adding that already, the centre had declared its interest to support the state to ensure effective implementation of her health policies for the benefit of the citizens of the state. Ihekweazu announced this when he received Gov. Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed who paid him an advocacy visit at the Administrative Headquarters of the…
Participants at the United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF Child-Friendly community initiative inception meeting, have advocated for the release of operational funds at the local government level to support monitoring of community intervention logistics for the project. The project is an integrated approach that supports communities, local governments and traditional institutions with child centered planning and service delivery. This was contained in a communique, signed by the UNICEF Chief of Field office Bauchi, Mr Bhanu Pathak, representatives of relevant agencies, ministries and departments, National Population Commission and CFIC local councils in the state, which was made available to newsmen in Bauchi.…
In line with the federal government’s policy on the fight against corruption, an international organization known as the Cleen foundation in collaboration with the Prison Inmate Development Initiative (PIDI) have appealed to the Bauchi state government to domesticate the whistleblower policy. The Executive Director of Prison Inmate Development Initiative (PIDI), Mr Mbami Iliya Sabka who made the appeal in a press release in Bauchi on Sunday said that the policy will be strengthened as a milestone to become operational in the state. “Even though the policy has not become a Law as it is still pending at the National Assembly,…
Coalition of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Niger state has called on the state government to deploy nutrition personnel to primary healthcare centers across the 25 Local Government Areas of the state to check cases of malnutrition. The CSOs under the auspices of Partnership for Improving Nigeria Nutrition Systems (PINNS), made this call after a two-day meeting aimed at harmonizing nutrition and health issues across the benefiting states. For issues of malnutrition to be brought under control, the state government needs to ensure that all Primary Healthcare Care facilities have a Nutritionist or health personnel trained to undertake services bothering…
Following the resolve of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to embark on a two weeks warning strike owing to the federal government’s inability to pay salaries of lecturers who are not enrolled into the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System, IPPIS, amongst other outstanding issues, the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi Chapter of the union has joined the warning strike called by the union across Nigerian public Universities. Speaking with newsmen over the development on Thursday, the Chairman of ATBU Chapter, Dr Adamu Babayo, said that they decided to join the strike as directed by the ASUU national…
As a strategy to spur the minds of its citizens into potato farming for exportation, the Plateau State Government has distributed 500 Water Pumps out of 1500 procured, under the African Development Bank (AFDP) Plateau State Potato Value Chain Project. This according to the Plateau State Governor, Simon Bako Lalong is “the first phase”, while subsequent distributions to other zones will be carried out soon. The governor stated this Wednesday, March 11, during the official launching and distribution of the pumps to farmers at the Plateau State Development Programme (PADP) Office, Dogon Dutse, Jos. “We want to facilitate irrigation farming…
Despite the ban, Almajiris (street urchins) have continued to flood major parts of Minna, as many of them have continued in the business against the odds. Niger state government had last week, announced the ban on all forms of street begging by Almajiris and destitute, including the physically challenged and elderly persons who have continued in their businesses along major streets within Minna metropolis and environs. Citing security concerns and nuisance, Niger state government, while reintroducing the ban on street begging, expressed preparedness to streamline the activities of Tsangaya system of education to conform with State Universal Basic Education Board…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Sokoto zonal office, has arrested a POS operator and two employees of Union Bank over the alleged unlawful withdrawal of N1.2 million from the Sokoto state schools feeding programme initiated by the Federal Government. Zonal Head of the Commission, Abdullahi Lawal, while briefing newsmen in Sokoto, stated that the Commission had started an investigation of 3,000 Cooks of the Sokoto State Schools Feeding Programme, managed by Federal Government’s Home Grown Schools Feeding Programme (HGSFP) in Sokoto and Kebbi states. He also stated that some Local Government Education Secretaries were allegedly involved in the…
The Kogi State Community and Social Development Agency (CSDA) has concluded the training of 84 members of Community Project Management Committees (CPMC) to boost self-help projects across rural communities in the state. General Manager of the Agency, Malam Dauda Momoh, disclosed this at the end of the two-day training for the CPMC members held in Lokoja, the Kogi state capital over the weekend. Momoh said that the training of the 84 members drawn from 13 communities was aimed at equipping the participants with the necessary skills and competence to manage and deliver the projects on time and within budget. The…
The National Labour Congress (NLC), has given the Bauchi state government 21 days ultimatum to resume negotiations and subsequently implement the new N30,000 national minimum wage in the state. Speaking to journalists at a Press Conference in Bauchi on Friday, the State Chairman of NLC, Com. Danjuma Kirfi said that this was part of resolutions reached at the end of the joint state executive council meeting. According to him, after a far-reaching decision and deliberation on the non-conclusion of negotiations of the adjustment of the new national minimum wage in the state, the union resolved that if nothing is done…
Anambra citizens under the auspices of the Anambra State Elders Council are satisfied with the pace of work at the Anambra International Cargo/Passenger Airport at Umueri in Anambra East Local Government Area. According to a communique issued at the end of the first meeting of the council in 2020, held at the Governor’s Lodge Awka on March 4, 2020, “members were satisfied with the pace of work, the choice of internationally reputable contractors in the construction and the 15-month deadline to deliver the airport and the business prospects of the airport. Members also expressed delight that the airport will be completed…
Some daredevil gunmen have kidnapped the Pastor of Kauna Baptist Church in Danazunmi near Grigori in Rafi Local Government Council of Niger state, Rev. Genesis Zaka and three other members of the church. The incident is coming barely two weeks after a similar attack which led to the killing of three people among them a woman and her daughter, eight others were kidnapped by the bandits who it was also gathered seized Jerry cans of petrol valued at N80, 000 as ransom. The three other female members; Tabitha Luka, Liatu Nuhu and Rahila Luka, our correspondent gathered were said to…
The Bauchi State Healthcare Development Agency in collaboration with the state Ministry of Health has activated a surveillance strategy at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa International Airport, Bauchi as part of efforts to prevent any outbreak of the deadly Coronavirus in the State. Addressing newsmen at the airport, the Commissioner of Health, Dr. Aliyu Mohammed Maigoro said the aim of the activation of a surveillance strategy at the airport, was to ensure that no person with the virus gains access into the State. He explained that the surveillance team members were trained on how to take passenger’s temperature, travel history and…
The Bauchi State House of Assembly is to summon the Commissioner of Education, Dr. Aliyu Tilde over the issue of the non-payment of West African Examination Council fees to 21,000 students that registered for the examination. Recall that Bauchi State said it could not sponsor all candidates from the state for the WAEC because of a lack of funds. The final year secondary school students staged a protest to demand an explanation from the state government on why they were not included in the payment of WAEC by the state government. This followed a motion of urgent public importance moved…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has insisted that there was no any ‘loophole’ in its operations that led to the Bayelsa governorship elections, which presented an ‘ineligible candidate’ in the APC and the subsequent nullification of the candidature of the APC governor-elect, David Lyon, by the Supreme Court. A five-member panel of the apex court led by Mary Odili, had on February 13, nullified the election of Mr. Lyon on the grounds that his deputy, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo, presented false information to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in aid of his qualification for the November 16 governorship election in…
Plateau State governor, Simon Lalong has flagged off the distribution of 2.5 million free Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs)to the people of the state with a charge on them to put the nets into proper use, while assuring that government would continue to pay its counterpart for the health benefits of its citizens. The governor said despite the lean resources of the government, he would always channel the little accrued to the health needs of the people. Represented by the Deputy Governor, Professor Sonni Tyoden, the governor said the deaths usually associated with Malaria has been drastically reduced and further…
The disbursement of the loan was done at the flag-off of the state microfinance bank in its effort to improve the lives of the citizenry and accelerate socio-economic development. Gov. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, who flagged off the operations of the Giginya Micro-Finance Bank in Sokoto Friday, stated that “the loan is going to be revolving in nature and will be paid back on monthly instalments for two years for others to benefit.” Giginya Micro-Finance Bank is the first indigenous bank in Sokoto state licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Tambuwal also assured that the state government is poised…
Governor Sani Bello has performed the reconstruction of the N23.9 billion Minna-Kataeregi road project, saying no society can fully develop without an articulated road network to move goods and services. Performing the ceremony for reconstruction, the governor said it will boost the economic viability of the state. The project according to him, when completed, would boost economic activities for all traders along the axis of Bida- Kataeregi-Minna road, adding that if goods are not moved from the farm to market, production is not completed, and also from market to other places. Speaking through the Commissioner of Works and Infrastructural Development…
The Minister for Agriculture, Sabo Sani Nanono, has promised to partner with the Plateau state government in the production of potatoes for exportation as well as its agricultural mechanisation scheme, which will grant employment to about 300,000 people. The Minister disclosed this during a courtesy visit to his office in Abuja by the Plateau State Governor, Simon Bako Lalong. The Minister said: “Plateau state is known for being a very fertile ground for agricultural production, we are exploring areas of cooperation especially in the production of potatoes, perishable products and dairy products which can be exported to other countries. “We…
The Plateau State Government has constituted an 11-member technical committee to advance the immediate domestication of Community Policing Framework in the state. While inaugurating the committee, Wednesday, at the Twin Theater Hall, New Government House, Little Rayfield, Jos, Governor Simon Bako Lalong, charged the members to complete its assignment within one month to enable government take off with its Community Policing plans. The governor said the urgency of this strategy is aimed at strengthening the security architecture of the State and enhancing the safety of lives and properties of the citizens. “Our Rescue Administration accords priority to security, and the…
