Tag: Bauchi

15Apr By dthataNo Comments

Education

Bala Mohammed Approves Payment Of 2021 UTME, NECO Fees For Bauchi Students

The Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, has approved the payment of UTME registration fees for 3,810 students who got grades A and B in the recently concluded SSCE Aptitude Test in the State. The Commissioner for Education, Bauchi State, Aliyu U. Tilde, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday. The statement said the governor has also approved payment of NABTEB exams fees for all the 1,751 SS3 students of Government Technical Colleges along with the 499 students sitting for NBAIS exams from Government Arabic Colleges. “Next year, these categories will also be subjected to passing the Aptitude Test. “As usual, NECO registration fees for 11,580 successful candidates who scored A, B and C in the Aptitude Test will also be paid. “The total cost of these sponsors...

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7Apr By dthataNo Comments

Health

Outbreak Of Bird Flu In 7 States In Nigeria – NCDC Confirms

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), said that Kano, Plateau, Bauchi, Gombe, Nasarawa, Kaduna and Niger States have reported confirmed human cases of Avian Influenza H5N1 also called “Bird flu.” The NCDC Director General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Avian Influenza H5N1 made this known in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Tuesday in Abuja, while providing highlights of the epidemiological situation and response activities in Nigeria. NAN reports that Avian Influenza are strains of the influenza virus that primarily infect birds, but can also infect humans. This type of flu is most often contracted by contact with sick birds, and can also be passed from person to person. It spreads by airborne respiratory droplets (coughs or sneezes). Symptoms begin with...

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1Apr By dthataNo Comments

News

How Talle Mai Ruwa Was Burnt To Death In Bauchi For Blasphemy – Residents

Residents of Sade Community in the Darazo Local Government Area of Bauchi State have recounted the last moments of Talle Mai Ruwa, a middle-aged man who was tortured to death for alleged blasphemy. He was also burnt for allegedly insulting Prophet Muhammad. Some of the residents said the killer mob dragged Talle Mia Ruwa out of a police post in the community where he was initially kept, before killing him. They were said to have overpowered the police personnel and dragged the middle-aged man to the community square where they killed him. SaharaReporters exclusively on Tuesday reported that irate youths backed by leaders in Sade community in the Darazo LGA burnt Talle Mai Ruwa for allegedly insulting Prophet Muhammad. He was said to have been dragged away by the youths i...

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30Mar By dthataNo Comments

News

Man Burnt To Death For Insulting Prophet Muhammad In Darazo, Bauchi (Graphic Photo)

Irate youths backed by leaders in Sade community in the Darazo Local Government Area of Bauchi State have burnt a man identified as Talle Mai Ruwa, to death for allegedly insulting Prophet Muhammad. SaharaReporters learnt that Mai Ruwa was dragged away from his house on Tuesday in the presence of his mother and burnt to death in the middle of the community. Eyewitnesses shared gory pictures of the incident with SaharaReporters which showed the middle-aged man covered with tyres and set on fire. The witnesses stated further that the youths contributed money to buy petrol to set Mai Ruwa ablaze. "The young man was killed by a mob in Sade town for allegedly insulting Prophet Muhammad. He was dragged from his house by a mob and forcibly set ablaze after being tied to an old...

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2Mar By dthataNo Comments

News

Two Suspects Arrested For Raping Mentally-challenged 16-year-old Girl In Bauchi

Men of the Bauchi State Police Command have arrested two suspects for allegedly raping their neighbour's mentally-challenged 16-year-old daughter in Azare town. Spokesperson of the command, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday March 1, said the suspects, Kabiru Nuhu, 20, and Ado Auwal, 19, conspired and raped the victim in an uncompleted building. "On 11/2021 at about 1600hr one Muhammad Abubakar aged 50yrs of Tatari Ali quarters Azare reported that on the same date at about 1500hrs, one Kabiru Nuhu aged 20yrs and Ado Auwal aged 19yrs of same address criminally conspired and had unlawful carnal knowledge of his mentally challenged daughter, one Hasiya (not real name) aged 16yrs in an uncompleted building," the statement says. On receipt of the r...

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19Feb By MosesianNo Comments

News

Miyetti Allah Commends Bauchi Gov for Defending Armed Herdsmen, Blasts Gov Ortom and Akeredolu

Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore Fulani Socio-Cultural Association, the umbrella body for Fulani community in Nigeria, has commended the Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed, for defending herdsmen who go about carrying AK47. On Thursday, February 11, Governor Mohammed at a function said that Fulani herdsmen carry AK47 rifles to protect themselves since the government isn't protecting them. He accused Governor Samuel Ortom of not accommodating other tribes like the Fulanis in Benue state “The governor that is most wrong is the governor of Benue State, my brother, and colleague Governor Samuel Ortom. If you don’t accommodate other tribes, we are also accommodating your tribes in Bauchi and other places.  We have so many Tiv people farming in Alkaleri, in Tafawa Balewa, farming in Bogoro LG...

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3Feb By MosesianNo Comments

News

Gov Emmanuel commended for developmental strides

As Bauchi Gov, PDP National Chair pays condolence visit to Hilltop mansion Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel has been commended for his developmental strides in the state. The Governor of Bauchi State, Senator Bala Mohammed made the commendation when he visited the Governor in Uyo on Wednesday to commiserate with him on the demise of state PDP Chairman, Obong Udo Ekpenyong, and other senior citizens of the state. According to Governor Mohammed, Governor Emmanuel’s developmental strides in the state and the unflinching support he has given to PDP has not only endeared him to the party but has made him an inspiration in the party. Hear him, “You can see what Governor Udom Emmanuel has done in Akwa Ibom State in terms of bringing infrastructural development and services and ...

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3Feb By dthataNo Comments

News

Bauchi Hisbah Confiscates 260 Crates Of Alcoholic Drinks From Hotels, Night Club

The Bauchi State Hisbah Command said it confiscated 260 crates of alcoholic drinks from hotels and night clubs. Malam Aminu Balarabe Isah, the Permanent Commissioner in charge of Hisbah and Sharia implementation, who disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday, said it was part of its effort to enforce Sharia Islamic code. He said 216 crates were confiscated in Misau local government area and 44 in Bauchi club and some beer parlours located in Dass park in Bauchi metropolis. “We will continue to conduct our search to fish out perpetrators of such misdemeanors. “We will also be seeking for a court order to destroy the items as the subsisting Sharia law implemented in 2003 prohibits sales and consumption of alcoholic drinks. “No fewer than six operators of beer parlours were also a...

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27Jan By dthataNo Comments

News

Hisbah Arrests Organizers Of Sex Party In Bauchi

The Bauchi state Hisbah says it recently arrested no fewer than six youths who specialized in organizing sex orgies and fomenting trouble in Dolam village, in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of the state. Malam Aminu Idris, the permanent commissioner in-charge of Hisbah and Sharia implementation, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi, on Monday. Idris, who identified the culprits as Abdurrauf Kabir, 25, Dabo Yusuf, 26, Abdurrazak Isah, 24, Habu Umar, 27, Yaron Nuhu-Maikaji, 30, and Abdurrashid Shehu, 31, said they were using a primary school building in the area to commit the act. He said the culprits were in the habit of organizing disco parties, locally called Gwaidu, during which they lured young girls into illicit sexual relatio...

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26Jan By dthataNo Comments

Politics

40 Children: When It Rains Africans Think Of Women Instead Of Agric – Reno Omokri

Former presidential spokesperson, Reno Omokri has reacted to report of Bauchi carpenter who wants 40 children. A report yesterday said that the 36-year-old carpenter in an interview with Leadership Newspaper, revealed that he is proud of becoming father of 13 children after his four wives gave birth within 3 weeks. With the new births, he now has a total of 13 children (10 boys and 3 girls). Reacting to this, Reno Omokri stated that it is a symptom of why Africa is poor. According to him, Africans think of sex when it rains and not agriculture. He tweeted; “The Bauchi carpenter who wants to have 40 kids is a symptom of why Africa is poor. In 1960, Nigeria’s population was 45 million. "UK’s was 52 million. In 2021, Nigeria’s population is 200 million. UK’s is 67 million. On...

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23Jan By dthataNo Comments

News

“Banned” Almajirai Return To Bauchi, Kano, Kaduna Street‘s Months After Eviction

Hundreds of almajirai have returned to the streets months after Northern state governors banned the almajirai in their states. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, some Northern state governors spent millions evacuating almajirai to their home states and some outrightly banned the almajirci practice. However, despite the confusion relocating the almajirai generated among state governors, many children are seen in their numbers, in tattered clothes and with begging bowls in the streets of Zuba, Bauchi, Lafia, Kano and Kaduna. Our correspondent in Bauchi observed an increasing number of almajirai at different markets, motor parks, petrol stations, local food joints and prominent junctions in the state capital particularly Wunti Roundabout, where they spend the day begging for ...

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15Jan By dthataNo Comments

News

Mother And Her Two Children Burnt To Death In Bauchi House Fire

A mother and her two children were burnt to death in a fire outbreak that occurred in Riban Garmu village, Dewu Ward in Kirfi Local Government Area of Bauchi State Four other persons sustained injuries in the inferno that completely razed the four-bedroom house apartment and are currently receiving treatment at Kirfi General Hospital. It was gathered that the fire was caused by a spark from the electricity connection in the apartment while the family was asleep. According to an eyewitness, the mother and her children were screaming and crying for help but all efforts to force the door of the apartment open in order to rescue them failed. The member representing Kirfi Constituency at the State House of Assembly, Hon. Abdulkadir Umar Dewu, paid a sympathy visit to the family of...

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15Jan By dthataNo Comments

Crime

3 Teenage Fulani Herders Aged 13, 14, Arrested For Gang-Raping A Girl In Bauchi

Three teenage Fulani herders arrested in Bauchi for allegedly gang-raping a girl whose identity is concealed in Itas/Gadau Local Government Area of the state said they committed the crime because they wanted to experiment what they watched in pornographic videos. The suspects who spoke separately in an interview with journalists while being paraded at the Police Command headquarters in Bauchi on Wednesday narrated the role they played in committing the crime. The prime suspect, Mamman Jauro, (15), the eldest amongst them said they only saw their victim in the bush and conspired among themselves to commit the crime. He said, “I live in Itas/Gadau LGA, I am a cattle rearer, I used to be a student of a Qur’anic school there but I have stopped attending. Now, I am fully rearing ca...

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14Jan By dthataNo Comments

Crime

Bauchi Police Burst Sex Party, Arrest 20 Suspects

Bauchi State Police Command has burst another sex party arresting 20 suspects believed to be organizers of the party. While parading the suspected sex party organizers alongside other suspected criminals at the Police Command headquarters on Wednesday, Commissioner, Lawal Tanko Jimeta said that the suspects were arrested following reliable information on their activities. Represented by the PPRO, DSP Ahmed Wakili, the Police Commissioner disclosed that, “Based on reliable Intel that suspected criminal syndicates notorious for thuggery (Sara-Suka), Phone snatching, and indecent acts including sex parties, were terrorizing residents of the state, the Command raised a team of detectives led by the Commander Rapid Respond Squad (RRS) who immediately embarked on around the clock opera...

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26Oct By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Empty COVID19 Palliatives Warehouse In Bauchi Opened For Hoodlums – Bala Mohammed

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has narrated how his Chief of Staff, Ladan Salihu, opened the warehouse which stores COVID-19 palliatives in the state for hoodlums. The governor explained that his CoS flung the doors of the warehouse opened when hoodlums attempted a raid on the storage facility. Mohammed, who made this known on his verified Twitter handle, said the hoodlums were disappointed when they saw an empty warehouse, adding that the foodstuffs were distributed between May and August. The governor wrote: Today, hoodlums attempted a raid on the COVID-19 palliatives warehouse in Bauchi State. My Chief of Staff was informed and he ordered the warehouse to be opened. They saw it was empty, and they turned back. And that’s because we shared everything to beneficiarie...

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24Sep By dthataNo Comments

Crime

Man Rapes 9-Year-Old Girl At Knife Point Inside Her Mum’s Bedroom In Bauchi

A young man identified as Samana Shua'ibu, age 20, has been arrested by the Bauchi State Police Command for allegedly raping a 9-year-old girl after threatening to stab her with a knife in Dini Village, Toro local Government Area of the state. Confirming the news in a statement on Wednesday, September 23, Spokesman of the command, DSP Mohammad Wakil, said that the suspect sneaked into the bedroom of the victim's mother throgh the window, threatened to stab the minor before raping her. The statement reads: "On 16th/09/2020 at about 0900hrs one Mohammed Sani alias Kawu Sani ‘m’ of Dini Village via Rahama ward Toro LGA Bauchi came to Toro Police Station and reported that on 15th/09/2020 at about 0130hrs one Samana Shua'ibu 'm' aged 20yrs of the same address trespassed into his ho...

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6Sep By dthataNo Comments

Crime

50-Year-Old Ex-Convict Caught Raping 4-Year-Old Girl In A Bauchi Mosque

An eyewitness posted video of the ex-convict, who allegedly raped a 4-year-old girl inside a mosque in Bauchi. Recall that the state police command on Friday, September 4, paraded 50-year-old Yusuf Bako, who allegedly lured the victim, Hauwa Jamilu to a Mosque located at Aminu Street and had canal knowledge of her. According to Ibrahim Garba Tilde, the victim was taken to Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (Atbuth) where she received treatment. He wrote; "Fyade in the mosque The success of a wicked man in wunti street in Bauchi city, he red a 4 year old girl in the mosque and rape her, he destroyed the girl's pardon, she was shed blood, she was taken to the hospital of sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (Atbuth) The people of the ne...

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30May By dthataNo Comments

News

Illegal Abortions Responsible For Mysterious Deaths In Azare, Bauchi

Preliminary findings from investigation carried out by the Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency has revealed that illegal abortion by unqualified medical practitioners has killed 200 women in Bauchi, as well as the cause of mysterious deaths in Azare and other local government areas in the northern part of the state. The Executive Chairman of the agency, Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, who disclosed this yesterday at an interactive session organized by the Bauchi State Public Health Media Network, said the investigation had not been concluded on the development, but preliminary findings had revealed that the number of such deaths was about 200, adding that the number could be more at the end of the investigation. Mohammed said the deaths resulted from unwanted and unplanned pr...

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9May By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Massive Outbreak Of COVID-19 In Azare, Bauchi — Ibrahim Baba Writes Buhari

Ibrahim Baba, a former member of the house of representatives from Bauchi, has written a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari over the “massive outbreak of coronavirus” in Azare, a town in the state. In the letter dated May 8, 2020, Baba said Azare has recorded over 100 COVID-19 deaths in the last one week. He said this has resulted in panic and confusion among residents, appealing to the president to direct the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to visit the town. Baba said the proximity of Azare to Kano and Jigawa could be responsible for the rise in COVID-19 cases there. Both states have high cases of COVID-19, with Kano recording the second highest number of infections in the country. “Your Excellency, Sir, I write to draw your kind attention to the massive ou...

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5May By BobbyNo Comments

News

245 new Cases of COVID-19 Recorded in Nigeria – 76 in Lagos Alone

245 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Nigeria on Monday, May 4, 2020. According to Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, out of the 245 new cases of COVID-19, 76 were recorded in Lagos,  37 in Katsina, 32 in Jigawa, 23 in Kano, 19 in FCT, 18 in Borno, 10 in Edo,  9 in Bauchi, 6 in Adamawa, 5 in Oyo, 5 in Ogun, 1 in Ekiti, 1 in Osun, 1 in Benue, 1 in Niger,  and 1 in Zamfara. Nigeria now has 2802 confirmed cases of COVID-19. 417 patients have been discharged from various Isolation centers across the country, while 93 deaths have been recorded.

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5Mar By BobbyNo Comments

News

NYSC Extends Service Period of 14 Corpers in Bauchi

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has announced that seven corps members deployed to Bauchi state would have their service year extended by four months for committing acts contrary to NYSC bye-laws. State coordinator of the scheme Namadi Abubakar revealed this on Thursday at the passing out parade of the 2019 batch A members who finished their one year mandatory national service in the state. He added that seven other corps members have equally been declared absconded and are to repeat the service all over again. While noting that the sanctions meted out on the erring NYSC members were meant to instill discipline in them and deter others from committing similar offenses, Namadi, however, said the scheme has presented awards to three corps members who distinguished themse...

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5Mar By BobbyNo Comments

Health

Lassa Fever: NCDC Confirms 11 New Deaths in Nigeria

11 new deaths have been confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in the recent Lassa fever outbreak ravaging most states in the country. The development brings the total number of death recorded to 132. In its report for week 9, NCDC revealed that out of a total of 421 suspected cases, 85 were confirmed and 11 deaths reported from 30 local governments in nine states.   The affected states are Edo, Ondo, Ebonyi, Bauchi, Plateau, Benue, Kogi, Taraba and Kebbi. From week one to nine, a total of 3054 suspected cases, 775 confirmed cases, nine probable and 132 deaths have so far been reported from 118 local governments in 27 states. Out of the 73 per cent of all confirmed, Edo State has 34 per cent, Ondo State, 32 per cent and Ebonyi State has 7 per ce...

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20Feb By BobbyNo Comments

News

103 Killed by Lassa Fever in 16 States

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday February 19, revealed that that 103 people have been killed by Lassa fever since its recent outbreak on December 30, 2019. Late victims of the disease resided in Ondo, Edo, Ebonyi, Kano, Kogi, Kaduna, Taraba, Plateau, Bauchi, Enugu, Abia, Benue, Borno, Gombe, Sokoto and Katsina. A total of 586 cases have been confirmed across the country. Edo has the highest burden of confirmed cases at 35 per cent, followed by Ondo with 32 per cent and Ebonyi at six per cent. 26 states have also recorded at least one confirmed case across the 101 local government areas in the country. NCDC's report reads in part; “Cumulatively from week one to week 07, 2020, 103 deaths have been reported with a case fatality rate (CFR) of 17.6 per ...

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11Jan By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Buhari’s Daughter Arrives Bauchi For A Photoshoot In A Presidential Jet

Ms. Hanan Buhari, the youngest daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday visited Bauchi on a presidential jet to attend a special durbar ceremony organized in her honour by the Emir of Bauchi, Rilwanu Adamu, at his palace. Miss Buhari’s visit on presidential jet has caused social media storm, with most people condemning the use of the Nigerian Airforce aircraft for “personal use”. Miss Buhari is a certified creative photographer who recently bagged a first-class degree in Photography from a London University. As a professional photographer, Miss Buhari is expected to document her experiences in pictorial form in her studio. See photos below..  

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31Dec By dthataNo Comments

Education

FG Approves 6 New Federal Colleges Of Education

In order to increase the number of quality of teachers in the country, the federal government has approved an establishment and immediate take-off of new six Federal Colleges of Education in each of the geo-political zone in the country. According to the public relations officer of National Commission for Colleges of Education, Mr Ameh Isaac, the newly approved institutions would be situated in Bauchi, Benue, Ebonyi, Osun, Sokoto, and Edo states, where there were no presence of Federal Colleges of Education. Mr Ameh noted that details on the take-off of the institutions would be made published through the committee set up by the Federal Ministry of Education to be chaired by Permanent Secretary of Education. In his words of appreciation, the Executive Secretary of National Commiss...

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15Oct By dthataNo Comments

News

Yellow Fever: Death Toll Hits 22 In Bauchi

The recent outbreak of yellow fever in Bauchi State has killed 22 persons so far. The Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency yesterday confirmed six new deaths after the 17 previous recorded. The Executive Secretary of the agency, Dr Rilwan Muhammed, said that no fewer than 143 suspected cases of the disease were recorded out of which 24 cases were confirmed and 22 dead. Muhammed said 10 out of the 22 victims were rangers working with the Yankari Games Reserve, adding that all the cases were from Alkaleri Local Government Area of the state. He noted that only 79 percent coverage was recorded in the ongoing immunization campaign against the vector that carries the disease.

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9Jul By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Election Tribunal: Atiku To Challenge Kano, Kebbi And Nine Other States’ Results

The Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate in the February 23, 2019 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Monday, presented their first set of six witnesses at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in their bid to prove their petition challenging outcome of the polls. They are by their petition filed before the Justice Mohammed Garba-led tribunal of five justices, challenging the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress at the polls. The petitioners presented their witnesses just as there were indications that they would challenge the results of the presidential election in 11 states. Monday was the third of the 10 days the petitioners were allotted to present their case. A former ally of Buhari, Buba Galadima, was the fi...

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18Mar By dthataNo Comments

News

53 New Cases Of Lassa Fever Recorded In Nigeria In The Last Seven Days – NCDC

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control in its weekly situation update for the reporting week (March 4 to 10), disclosed that 53 news cases Lassa fever was recorded in Nigeria in the last seven days. According to NCDC, the 53 new confirmed Lassa Fever cases recorded in the last seven days were reported from eight states, Edo, Ondo, Ebonyi, Bauchi, Nasarawa, Plateau, Taraba and Delta, thus increasing the number of patients to 472. 11 deaths were reported for same week in Edo, Ondo, Ebonyi and Nasarawa States, bringing the death toll of the disease since the outbreak began this year, to 110.The new cases counters claim made by the NCDC , which said there has been a gradual decline in the outbreak for this year. Premium Times reported that the reported confirmed cases for week 10 are th...

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17Mar By BobbyNo Comments

News

Rivers is ours, insists PDP

This is even as the party tasked the electoral umpire not to take people of the oil-rich state for granted, stressing that they had already voted for the PDP governorship candidate, Nyesom Wike in the March 9 election. Speaking exclusively with Sunday Vanguard yesterday, National Publicity Secretary of the party, Kola Ologbondiyan, said from the results already collated, Wike has won, even as he warned against tampering with the will of the people. He said, “We are waiting for INEC to announce winner of the election in Rivers. This is the same election that has already produced state lawmakers. We don’t know why the governorship poll has suddenly become difficult for them to do. “From the results already collated, our candidate is clearly ahead. So, we call on the umpire to its jo...

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14Mar By BobbyNo Comments

News

PDP Confident Of Victory In March 23 Supplementary Polls

The party in a statement through its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, called on the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu to declare states where the PDP had popular support and as against the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the elections. “The PDP found it strange that INEC can have two sets of rules in the same election for the various political parties. ” The PDP has been informed that a decision was taken to seize Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Plateau, Sokoto and Kano states in the March 23, scheduled supplementary elections. “The PDP wishes to state that after our deliberation and interface with stakeholders from the various states where governorship supplementary elections have been scheduled to hold, th...

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2Feb By dthataNo Comments

Entertainment

Nollywood Movie, Up North Made It To Facebook Headquarters

Great news for Tope Oshin and the whole of Nollywood as Up North has been chosen to be screened at Facebook Headquarters, Menlo Park for Black History Month. Black History month is an annual event that recognizes important events in the black history and its culture. Oshin confirmed this when she posted a picture of the invitation and wrote on her Instagram “Dare. To. Dream. Make it big while you’re at it. Pray. Then work like crazy!” “We are screening #UpNorth at #Facebook HQ as part of the #BlackHistoryMonth celebrations! Sooo excited y’all…” The movie will be screened on Wednesday, February 20th, 2019. Banky W is one of the cast in the movie written by Editi Effiong and directed by Tope Oshin. The main character, Bassey, a rich kid learns to be reformed during his NYSC ser...

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1Jan By dthataNo Comments

News

Mass Movement Out Of Borno As Boko Haram Takes Over The State – Punch

There has been mass movement of people out of communities in Borno State through Damaturu the Yobe State capital to Bauchi, Gombe, Kebbi, Zamfara, Kebbi and Jigawa states. Residents told our correspondent, the Boko Haram insurgents, who attacked some communities in Borno, were targeting soldiers. Boko Haram had last week overran Baga, Doron-Baga, Kross Kawwa, Bunduran, Kekeno and Kukawa towns of Borno State after three days of intense fighting. Mallam Bukar Kachalla and Mr. Abacha Musa told one of our correspondents on the phone on Monday that since late Saturday there has been a mass movement of people through Dapchi and Damaturu to other neigbouring states like Jigawa, Kebbi, Bauchi, Zamfara and Gombe. Abacha said, “Baga is a big fishing community and people from other st...

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8Jun By Czar Owolabi MarcusNo Comments

Celebs

Banky W Says As He Shares On Set Photos, Says “The Enemies From My Village Wrote This Sufferhead Script”

Nigerian singer cum actor, Banky W, is presently in Bauchi state shooting a new movie. The actor who got married to Adesua Etomi last year is playing the role of a serving youth Corper. He shared the pictures on social media with the below caption. “..shoot more movies”, they said. “It’ll be fun”, they said. It’s like the enemies from my village wrote this sufferhead script. #actor #executiveproducer #filmmaker #UpNorth #Bauchi #upnorththefilm #nobodyshouldtellmejackaboutdoingNYSCafterTHIS

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27Apr By raymonNo Comments

News

Photos Of Bauchi Residents Climbing Trees And Poles To Catch A Glimpse Of President Buhari

Lauretta shared photos of these Bauchi state residents who climbed poles just to catch a glimpse of President Buhari as he arrived the state on a two day visit yesterday. She wrote ''Crazy" Buharists are everywhere.... Why not! With all the "nyama nyama" around us everyday, we never miss an opportunity to treat our eyes to see someone who is pure. We will climb trees, bridges, roof tops and poles to behold our hero. Oh yes! Don't begrudge us. Muhammadu Okechukwu Buhari is our man. If you don't agree, #NameYourCandidate. Ma Su Gudu Su Gudu''

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27Apr By raymonNo Comments

News

I Would Have Been One Of The Herdsmen Attacking People Now – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that if not for education, he may have been one of the Fulani herdsmen clashing with farmers across the country. The President said during his two-day state visit to Bauchi State on Thursday at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, Bauchi, where he inaugurated the 261 Nigerian Air Force Referral Hospital, some roads and five tractors and some farm implements. Buhari addressed thousands of Bauchi residents in Hausa. He encouraged them to allow their children to go to school. He said, “Make every effort to put your children in school, plead with them to be patient and read hard. In this generation, you cannot make it except you are educated. “Now, look at the farmers /herdsmen’s clashes in the northern part of this country. I have been tellin...

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26Apr By raymonNo Comments

News

Bauchi Residents Match Out In Numbers To Welcome President Buhari On A 2-Day Working Visit

President Buhari is in Bauchi state on a 2-day working visit. Residents of the state including children, filed out in their numbers to welcome him.

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11Apr By ZIHONo Comments

News

NCDC: Lassa Fever Death Toll Rises To 101

The death toll from the Lassa fever disease ravaging the country since the beginning of the year has risen to 101, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has said. The health agency, in its situation report of April 8, said 408 cases of the disease had been confirmed from 20 states, where the disease has been active. The states are Abia, Anambra, Bauchi, Benue, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Gombe, Imo, Kogi, Lagos, Nasarawa, Ondo, Osun, Plateau, Rivers, Taraba and the Federal Capital Territory, with Edo, Ondo and Ebonyi having the highest reported cases. The NCDC epidemiological report for week 14 since the disease started, shows that 408 cases have been classified as confirmed and nine probable cases, including 101 deaths. There are also 4,480 contacts identified through ...

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11Apr By raymonNo Comments

News

Boko Haram Bomb Expert, Adamu Hassan Intercepted During ‘Stop & Search Operation

Combined Operatives of Operation Lafiya Dole and the Department of State Service conducting Counter Terrorism Operations in north eastern Nigeria have arrested a Boko Haram terrorist who specializes in making Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) for the terrorists group. Adamu Hassan aka Baale was nabbed by the operatives at Kaltungo in Gombe State during a Stop and Search Operation along Bauchi – Gombe road. In a separate operation, troops of operation Lafiya Dole in a joint operation with Vigilantes on Monday evening busted a raid operation by elements of the Boko Haram terrorists rummaging for food and logistics at Kudiye community , along Dikwa – Gulumbagana Road. The four man raid team was intercepted by troops following a tip- off that the insurgents were on their way to loot the co...

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11Apr By ZIHONo Comments

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Undergraduate Dies In Yankari Swimming Pool

A 400-Level student of the Department of Electrical Electronics at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Gabriel Chinonso, has died at the swimming pool of the Yankari Games Resort. The student was said to have drowned in the swimming pool on Sunday. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kamal Abubakar, who confirmed the incident to journalists, said the command learnt about the death through a source. He said men of the command were immediately deployed in the area, adding that Chinonso was recovered from the swimming pool with the hope that he would survive. He noted that the victim was rushed to the Remee Clinic, GRA, where he died while receiving treatment. Abubakar said, “The student died an unnatural death with no foul play suspected.” He added tha...

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2Apr By raymonNo Comments

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Wailing & Tears As Man, Mopmi Samson Who Died A Week To His Wedding Was Laid To Rest

We reported last week that a Nigerian man, Mopmi Samson, who was to wed today 31st of March, lost his life in a ghastly car accident just one week to his wedding day. The remains of Mopmi Samson Markus was committed to mother earth in Bauchi State on Thursday, March 29th. Mopmi Samson was set to walk down the aisle with his fiancée, Pheobe Masoyi, at Winners Chapel in Bauchi State this coming Saturday, March 31st. Mopmi Samson was said to have been heading home to Bauchi state from Abuja for the preparation for his wedding when the said disaster struck. Mopmi Samson got involved in a car accident that killed him. See photos below…

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16Mar By ZIHONo Comments

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College Withdraws 90 Students Over Poor Performance

Bauchi State College of Nursing and Midwifery on Thursday announced the withdrawal of 90 students over alleged poor academic performance. The Acting Provost, Rakiya Saleh, said in Bauchi that the students failed Preliminary Training School (PTS) examination conducted by the institution. ‎Saleh said only 63 of the 153 students who sat for the examination passed the PTS. She explained that “each student is expected to sit for the PTS examination and anyone who fails will be weeded out. “Students who pass the test will be called for indexing and their names sent to the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria and be accredited as bonafide students of the college.” She noted that “in spite of fair moderation, many students could not meet up with the cut off mark. “A total of...

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6Feb By ZIHONo Comments

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Lassa Fever Death Toll Hits 31 In 15 States

Health minister Isaac Adewole Monday announced that the outbreak of Lassa fever has spread to 15 states, recording 31 deaths. He added that there had been 105 laboratory confirmed cases and three probable cases. The minister told the Emergency National Council of Health in Abuja that cases were recorded in Bauchi, Plateau, Taraba, Nasarawa, Benue, Kogi, Ebonyi, Rivers, Imo, Anambra, Edo, Delta, Ondo, Osun and Lagos states. The minister added that 10 health care workers were affected in four states (seven in Ebonyi and with one each in Nasarawa, Kogi and Benue states). Prof Adewole said four health workers died (three in Ebonyi and one in Kogi,) adding that the meeting was summoned to discuss the state of public health challenges in Nigeria with a focus on some of the challenges th...

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30Jan By raymonNo Comments

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Bauchi Pledges Continued Collaboration With UNICEF

The Bauchi State Government has said that it will continue to partner and honour its obligations with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to make life better for children and women. Making this commitment during a visit by the UNICEF Nigeria Country Representative, Mr. Mohamed Malick Fall, to the state Governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar, in his office Tuesday, the governor said: “Despite the harsh economic challenges we are facing, we have continued to honour our obligations in our partnership with UNICEF by paying our counterpart funding.” Fall was in the office of the governor to thank him for the condolences extended to UNICEF by the government and people of Bauchi State over the sudden death of Dr. Abdulai Kaikai, the Chief of Field Office, UNICEF Field Office Bauchi. Abub...

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30Jan By ZIHONo Comments

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Expert Calls For Proactive Measures On Fight Against Lassa Fever

A public health expert, Dr Toni Iken, has called on policy makers at all levels of government to be proactive in the fight against Lassa fever. Iken, the Programme Coordinator, Health Development Initiative, Ibadan, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Ibadan. Lassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic fever and infectious disease which occurs frequently in different parts of the country. He said: “Policy makers must always envisage circumstances and make provision for the unseen and unexpected when it comes to infectious diseases like Lassa fever in order to prevent its frequent recurrence. “There is need to provide basic amenities including easy access to quality healthcare, availability of potable water and clean environment,” she...

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29Jan By raymonNo Comments

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Enugu Youths Attack APC Over Comments On Ugwuanyi

The Enugu youths Coalition group has fired the state chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC over its recent comments on the state governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi. The group went nuclear after the state chairman of the party, Ben Nwoye accused the state governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of breaching the nation’s electoral act by posting campaign posters in some areas of the state. In a statement made available to PoliticsNGR, signed by the national coordinator of the group, Edwin Obune, the group said; “The attention of Enugu Youths Coalition has been drawn to a statement attributed to the Enugu State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress in which the state Chairman Mr. Ben Nwoye accused the state governor, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of violating the nation’s Electoral Act over t...

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26Jan By raymonNo Comments

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Borno Govt Celebrates Improved Health Care Systems

BORNO State Government has said that the general health care systems which include maternal and child care deliveries, immunisations and many other aspects have generally improved with the introduction of performance-based financing system.   This assertion was emphasised when the Commissioner of Health, Haruna Meshelia inaugurated a Steering Committee and Technical Working Group on Performance-Based Financing (PBF) under Additional Financing-Nigeria State Health Investment Project (AF-NSHIP), a World Bank assisted Project.   While inaugurating the two committees on Thursday in Maiduguri Meshelia said, the Projects implemented in Collaboration with National and State Primary Health Care Development Agency (SPHCDA) is to strengthen the Health system in the state. ...

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25Jan By ZIHONo Comments

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2018 Budget: Federal Govt Earmarks 1.2 Billion To Fight Polio

The Federal Government has earmarked N1.2 billion to decisively eradicate polio across the country, according to the proposed 2018 budget. Polio, which can cause paralysis leading to death, has three types which are wild poliovirus type one (WPV1) vaccine derived poliovirus 2(cVDPV2) in Nigeria, underscores the importance of maintaining high levels to minimise the risk and consequences of polio circulation. In July and August, 2016, three cases were detected from Borno State, in children between the two and five years. Two of them developed acute flaccid paralysis while one was asymptomatic, identified as a close contact of a child with AFP. Also, N1 billion is to sort out health emergencies and contagious diseases outbreak such as meningitis, measles, yellow, monkey pox and Lassa...

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25Jan By ZIHONo Comments

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19 Die Of Lassa Fever In 10 States

Sixteen deaths from Lassa fever have been recorded in the country in three weeks, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Out of 107 suspected cases of the disease, 61 have been confirmed. These figures describe the prevalence of Lassa fever in ten states across Nigeria in January alone. This is as three persons have also died from Lassa fever and seven others have been hospitalised in Imo State, according to the governor, Rochas Okorocha. Governor Okorocha disclosed this when he addressed journalists in Owerri on Wednesday. According to NCDC, the states affected so far are Edo, Ondo, Bauchi, Nasarawa, Ebonyi, Anambra, Benue, Kogi, Imo, and Lagos. The NCDC, in a statement on Wednesday, disclosed that ten healthcare workers were infected in four states ...

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24Jan By raymonNo Comments

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Bauchi: How Gov Abubakar Is Revamping The Pearl Of Tourism

Bauchi State Governor, ​Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar​, has been working towards ensuring that the dividends of democracy are delivered to the people. This conclusion was drawn from a recent tour of the state by select journalists.   ​Upon assumption of office in May 2015​, Abubakar, who began​ his career in the ​civil ​s​ervice where he rose through the ranks to become State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice​, ​created a 6-Point Policy Agenda​.     The outline comprises health​, a​griculture​, e​ducation​, t​ourism​, g​ood ​g​overnance​ and wealth creation.   ​Backing his words with actions, the Abubakar administration embarked on many projects across Bauchi state. While many have been completed, more are under construction even as plans are ...

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24Jan By raymonNo Comments

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Eight Herdsmen’s Cattle Killed In Katsina

An outbreak of Contagious Bovine pleura Pneumonia, CBPP, a deadly cattle disease, has been reported in Katsina State.   At least thirteen cows have died as a result of the disease.   The outbreak was discovered over the weekend in Hayin Sheka, Sabuwar Kasa in Kafur and Musawa Local Government Areas with 10 and three cattle confirmed dead respectively.   The Director, Veterinary Services in the State’s Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Dr. Isa Abba confirmed the development to newsmen on Tuesday.   According to him, the outbreak occurred in the state as a result of some cattle herders who went on grazing and returned to the state with the disease.   Dr. Abba said the animals were vaccinated with drugs such as CBPP, Tysoline in...

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