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Bauchi, Boko Haram, Headlines, State News
Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
Kano – Explosions struck two churches in the northern Nigerian city of Bauchi on Sunday, witnesses said, destroying one of them completely, although there were no immediate reports of casualties. Bauchi township resident Garbi Ali said he heard two explosions at around 02:00 on Sunday, before anyone would be likely to be in church, and […]
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Bauchi, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
A father of three in Bauchi State, Idris Abdullahi, has been crushed to death by a boulder as he was excavating sands at the foot of the boulder to mould bricks. Idris’ untimely death last Saturday has thrown the residents of Miri, a suburb of the state capital where the incident happened into sorrow. The […]
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Bauchi, State News
Sunday, December 4th, 2011
Three people have been confirmed killed when gunmen yesterday bombed the Divisional Police Station and two commercial banks in Azare, Bauchi State. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba, confirmed to newsmen in his office yesterday that one policeman, a soldier and a civilian were killed during the attack. Aduba said, “Over 20 rocket propelled […]
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Bauchi, Headlines, State News
Sunday, December 4th, 2011
Azare (Bauchi) – Unknown gunmen on Saturday attacked the police station at Azare in Bauci State, destroying the station. Eye-witnesses said the attack was led by heavily armed persons. One of the witnesses said that a loud blast was heard, followed by sporadic shots of gun fire. Officials of the Bauchi State Command of the […]
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Bauchi, Headlines, Local Govt, State News
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
ABOUT 725 ghost workers have been discovered to exist in the 20 local government areas of Bauchi State. Revealing this while submitting its report to the state Commissioner for Local Government Affairs, Alhaji Abubakar Faggo, the chairman of the task force set up by the ministry to verify workers of the local government councils in […]
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Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Bauchi, Headlines, State News
Friday, November 11th, 2011
The Bauchi Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Bauchi yesterday upheld the election of Governor Isa Yuguda of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of the state as the duly elected candidate during the April 28 gubernatorial election. Dissatisfied with the result announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Yusuf Maitama Tuggar of the Congress […]
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Bauchi, State News
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
AFTER holding series of meetings with the leadership of the organised labour in the state, the Bauchi State government has agreed to pay the N18,000 national minimum wage to civil servants in the state from this month. Addressing journalists shortly after reaching agreement with labour leaders on Monday, the state Head of Sevice, Mr Abdon Gin, said […]
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Bauchi, Headlines, State News
Thursday, July 21st, 2011
Bauchi – Two persons have been arraigned before a Bauchi Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly bewitching one Hafsatu Sani in the last four years. Those charged before the court sitting in Warji Local Government Area of the state are Adamu Mamuda and Ibrahim Ganye. According to the Prosecutor, Inspector Mato Albasu, the two accused persons […]
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Bauchi, Boko Haram, State News
Friday, July 8th, 2011
Bauchi State yesterday had its dose of destruction, as bomb explosions rocked a police station in Ankaleri area of the state. One policeman was killed. This is coming two days after similar explosions jolted Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. It was gathered that the explosion occurred at about 4.30pm when gunmen stormed the community in […]
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Bauchi, Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), State News
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
MEMBERS of the Batch “B” of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) posted to Bauchi State have been assured of their safety during their orientation pro-gramme, which started on Monday and their welfare in the state during the service year. The state coordinator of the NYSC, Mr Abraham Tizhe, gave the assurance while speaking with […]