Bauchi: Man, 35, infects 12-yr-old groundnut hawker with HIV

By Suzan Edeh BAUCHI-THE police in Bauchi State, Tuesday, arrested a man, 35, for infecting a 12-year-old girl with Human Immuno Virus, HIV. This was disclosed by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Haruna Mohammed, in Bauchi, yesterday, saying the man had been HIV positive and on medication since 2004. According to him, the suspect […]

Boko Haram takes over Bara in Yobe

Boko Haram insurgents have captured another territory in Yobe State on Wednesday after engaging in a fierce battle over Bama, a town not far from Maiduguri in Borno State. Reuters reported that the newly captured town was taken over by the Islamist fighters without any resistance, with witnesses saying that the town has no Nigerian […]

Police arrest 10 robbery suspects in Bauchi

The Bauchi State police command has arrested 10 robbery suspects who have been terrorizing residents of the state. The command Public Relations Officer Mr Mohammed Haruna, a Deputy Superintendent iof Police (DSP) disclosed this to Daily Sun, explaining that the gang specialised in instilling fear among the villagers and travelers along Darazo-Misau and Giade axis […]

School Principal, Six Other Homosexuals Stoned in Bauchi Court

Bauchi — There was pandemonium at the Upper Court 4 in Anguwan Jaki, Bauchi State, yesterday, as an angry mob almost lynched seven suspected homosexuals brought to court for trial. One of the suspects was identified as the Principal of a Government Secondary School in the state. The development forced security personnel at the court […]

Gov Yuguda makes U-turn – Returns to Northern Governors’ Forum

Returns to Northern govs’ forum From PAUL ORUDE, Bauchi Bowing to pressure from prominent Northern elders, Bauchi State Governor Isa Yuguda, has changed his mind and decided to remain in the Northern State Governors’ Forum (NSGF). Governor Yuguda, who accepted elders’ advice, made his decision known yesterday through his Chief of Staff, Alhaji Yusuf Musa […]

Political Boko Haram behind rejection of Amnesty – Yuguda

By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor LAGOS— Criminal and politically minded insurgents in the Boko Haram group were behind last week’s rejection of the amnesty plans of the Federal Government, Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State has said. Noting that no genuine Moslem or Christian would shed blood in the name of God, Governor Yuguda affirmed […]

IG donates N9.8m to families of deceased, injured policemen in Bauchi

BY SUZAN EDEH Bauchi — The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar yesterday donated N9.8 million to families of policemen who lost their lives while in active service, as well as those who sustained various degrees of injury while fighting Boko Haram in Borno and Yobe States. Distributing the cheques to the next-of-kins […]

How woman, 25, escaped from ritualists

•Gives chilling details of how her co-traveller was slaughtered From PAUL ORUDE, Bauchi, Call it a narrow escape or a close shave with death, you are not wrong in capturing the story of 25-year old Patience Bitrus who recently escaped from suspected ritualists in Bauchi State. However, her co-traveller was not as lucky as Patience […]

Two explosions damage church building in Bauchi

Bauchi- An explosion on Wednesday night slightly damaged the building of Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN) in Zango area of Bauchi metropolis. Bauchi State Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Mohammed Ladan, confirmed the incident in a telephone interview. He said that the church building was slightly damaged, adding that there was no casualty. Ladan also […]

Suicide bomber Kill one, wound 46 at Nigeria Catholic church

BAUCHI, Nigeria – A suicide car bomber attacked a Catholic church conducting Mass in northern Nigeria on Sunday, killing one person and wounding another 46 in a region under assault by a radical Islamist sect, officials said. An Associated Press journalist heard the explosion after 9 a.m. Sunday in the city of Bauchi, which has […]

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