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Bauchi, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
No fewer than nine persons were killed on Sunday in Zango area of Bauchi metropolis following an attack carried out in the area by gunmen. Seven others were injured in the midnight raid. An eyewitness said five people died on the spot and four died at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital Bauchi while receiving […]
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Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Headlines, Kano, State News, Yobe
Thursday, September 6th, 2012
Telecoms services were on Wednesday disrupted in Borno, Bauchi, Yobe, Gombe and Kano states following the bombing of telecoms base stations by suspected terrorists. Our correspondent gathered that base stations belonging to MTN, Globacom, Airtel might have been affected in the multiple attacks that jolted Borno, Bauchi, Yobe and Gombe states. Experts, who described […]
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Bauchi, Headlines, State News
Saturday, August 18th, 2012
By SUZAN EDEH Security agents, yesterday, stepped up checks on motorists and pedestrians in Bauchi State ahead of the end of Ramadan prayers. Security patrols were intensified especially in densely populated areas of the Bauchi metropolis and the suburbs of Yelwa (crisis prone area), Bayara, Guru, WuntinDada, and Tsohon Kanfani, along Bauchi -Jos Road. Other […]
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Bauchi, CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Headlines, Party Politics, State News
Saturday, August 18th, 2012
THE Congress for Pro-gressive Change (CPC) in Bauchi State has informed that Governor Isa Yuguda’s constant travelling outside the state is disturbing, saying that the governor’s absence in the state is causing setbacks to the state. In a swift reaction though, the state government defended the governor’s constant absence in the state, saying it was […]
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Bauchi, Headlines, State News
Friday, July 27th, 2012
By: PAUL ORUDE, Bauchi Date: Thu, 07/26/2012 – 23:40 It was a bloody day for the Bauchi State Police Command as gunmen yesterday killed three of its men on patrol along Bauchi Gombe Road. The gunmen made away with three police rifles after opening fire on the policemen on patrol. Two inspectors and a corporal […]
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Bauchi, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, July 17th, 2012
By Suzan Edeh Bauchi—Following the directive by Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State that a 12-year-old boy, whose private part was cut, should be treated at the expense of the state government, there has been a disagreement between the parents of the boy and the Bauchi State Ministry for health over his treatment. Ayuba’s throat […]
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Bauchi, Headlines, State News
Monday, July 16th, 2012
BAUCHI State governor, Mallam Isa Yuguda, on Monday, announced the sack over 4,000 political appointees in the state, while he retained the services of appointees for essential services. A statement dated July 15, 2012, signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Ibrahim Dandija, made available to journalists in Bauchi on Monday, said those […]
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Bauchi, Latest Politics, State News
Thursday, July 12th, 2012
THE current activities of the dreaded Boko Haram sect could trigger a broad sectarian conflict in Nigeria, an international Christian-Muslim delegation said on Wednesday in a report. The 12-member joint delegation was led by World Council of Churches (WCC) General Secretary, Olav Fyske Tveit, of Norway and Jordanian Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad, chairman of the […]
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Bauchi, Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), State News
Wednesday, July 11th, 2012
Bauchi State Government has debunked the rumour that the NYSC Orientation Camp in Wailo was bombed and a number of corps members killed. In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Michael Adeyemi, the state government said the rumour was “baseless, unfounded”. The statement added, “The rumour is the handiwork of […]
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Bauchi, Borno, Headlines, Kaduna, Kano, National Politics, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), Sokoto, State News, Top Stories, Yobe
Monday, July 2nd, 2012
National Youth Service Corps members | credits: Corps members posted to Yobe, Kaduna, Kano, Sokoto, Bornu and Bauchi states have asked the National Youth Service Corps to redeploy them from these trouble states. The corps members, who expressed sadness as they received their call-up letters for the Batch B NYSC service year, said they […]