Author: Nick Yashi

A molecular laboratory has been commissioned by the Bauchi State Government. It is equipped by the North-east Development Commission  (NEDC) with supervision from the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC). The Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir, while commissioning the laboratory on Monday, said that it was established in order to fast track sample testing and control of infectious diseases in the state.”The establishment of the Center became necessary following the difficulties faced by officials of the state in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic considering that samples had to be taken to Abuja and later Jos for testing, a development that was…

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The Plateau state government will from Monday, begin “robust” enforcement of COVID-19 rules and regulations in Jos North, Jos South, Barkin Ladi, Mangu, Kanam and Kanke local government areas.   This was disclosed during a press conference by the Secretary to the Government of the State and Coordinator, Plateau State Covid-19 Task Force, Prof. Danladi Abok Atu, on Sunday. According to him, the measure was taken due to the rising cases of infection in the State.   “Commencing from tomorrow, Monday 29th June 2020, the enforcement teams will wage a robust action on defaulters whether citizens or organisations particularly in…

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Seventeen of the eighteen political parties registered in Taraba State will be participating in the State local government council election slated for June 30, Chairman of the Taraba State Independent Electoral Commission (TSIEC), Dr. Philip Duwe, disclosed on Friday. Duwe, who briefed reporters on Friday, said four of the 17 parties have already concluded their primaries, purchased forms and screened their candidates. It was gathered that the Action Alliance (AA), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Social Democratic Party (SDP) have already bought forms, screened and submitted names of their successful candidates. The TSIEC boss said:…

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At least 150 persons have tested positive for Coronavirus at the new Bauchi State Molecular Laboratory, bringing the total number of infection in the state to 482. This was contained in the Bauchi COVID 19 Situation report and made available to journalists in Bauchi. According to the report, as at 23rd June 2020, a total of 101 patients are currently under medical care at the various Isolation centres in the state with a Case Fatality Rate of 2.3%. So far, a total of 3,149 samples have been collected from patients out of which 49 results are still pending while a…

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Four suspects in the murder of one Sunday Joshua, a security guard at the New Trafford Hotel and Suites, were arraigned at the Chief Magistrate Court 7 Bauchi, but the trial could not commence because they all tested positive to COVID-19. The hearing for the case was stalled following a letter written to the court by the four accused persons, Abdul-Rasheed Shuaibu, Jacob Joshua, Joshua Ibrahim and Timothy Yunusa, who tested positive to the virus. According to a letter dated June 11th 2020 from the Bauchi Correctional Center which was read by the Chief Magistrate, Safiya Salihi, the four accused…

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The Police in Bauchi State has arrested a serial motorcycle snatcher, Makama Musa, a dismissed Police Sergeant, aged 34 years from Gombe state. In a press statement by the State Police Public Relation Officer, DSP Ahmed Mohammed Wakili, which was made available to newsmen in Bauchi, the Police team attached to Yelwa Police station arrested the dismissed sergeant who was wearing a police uniform along Dass road, following series of complaints by residents of the area. “The suspect confessed to the crime and the following exhibits recovered from him, including a Neon blue shirt and black trouser, Device rank of…

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A whistleblower and activist, Comrade Lukman Isah Musa has dragged the caretaker chairman of Darazo local government area of Bauchi, Abbas Aliyu Waziri, for allegedly collecting double salaries. In the petition letter dated 18th June 2020 which was obtained by newsmen in Bauchi, the whistleblower alleged that Abbas has been receiving double salaries by using two names instead of the three names he is officially addressed. According to him, the caretaker chairman is both on the payroll of the local government as Aliyu Abbas and the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) as Waziri Abbas. The petitioner also exposed the…

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The Bauchi State Coalition against Financial Crimes and Injustice BACAFCI has dragged ex governor Mohammed Abubakar and his officials before the Economic and Finacial Crimes Commission EFCC over an alleged supply of fertilizer deal worth over N2 billion without due process. The Chairman of BACAFCI, Bibi Dogo, stated this in a statement, which was made available to newsmen in Bauchi on Monday. According to the statement, going by available records at their disposal, on the 18 August 2016, the Bauchi State Agricultural Supply Company BASAC confirmed that it only received 73,197 bags of fertilizers from three companies for the 2016…

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The Bauchi State Government has directed the Ministry of Land and Survey and the Bauchi Urban Development Board, BSUDB to stop the erections of buildings and demolition for a period of three months, threatening to anyone who contravenes the directive. According to the state Commissioner for Land and Survey, Adamu Ahmed, the directive became imperative because some land developers are in the habit of giving outlands without following the due process from the ministry. He said that as a result of the development, many structures have been erected indiscriminately in some parts of the metropolis, thereby distorting the original master…

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The Bauchi State House of Assembly has said that the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Bill is meant to address the ugly trend of gender violence, sexual abuse and other forms of violation in the state. The Speaker, Bauchi State House of Assembly, Suleiman Y. Abubakar, stated this on Thursday, during a public hearing on the VAPP Bill, Organised by House Committee on Women Affairs and sponsored by Women Advocate Research and Documentation Center, WARDC and VAPP working Committee with funding by the African Women Development Fund and the Kingdom of Netherlands, held at the Assembly complex. He said that incidences…

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The families of three senior health workers attached to the Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (BSPHCDA) who died in a ghastly motor accident recently have sought for financial support from the state government. The health workers who died in March this year while on their way to Toro local government area of the state to attend to patients who contracted Lassa fever, include: Mustapha Danladi Galadima, Sule Galadima and Auwal Garba It would be recalled that there was an outbreak of Lassa fever in the local government in recent times which led to the death of several people…

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Bauchi State governor, Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed on Wednesday, assented to a new tax and revenue law to improve the revenue generation capacity of the government. According to the Commissioner for Justice, Yakubu Bello Kirfi, there was a presentation of an executive tax bill, already deliberated at the Bauchi House of Assembly, which the governor had assented to. “There was a presentation of an executive bill to harmonize all revenues and taxes collected in the state. This bill that was presented by the Bauchi State House of Assembly, has been assented to and it has now become law. “When the governor…

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Another patient has died as a result of Coronavirus infection while 51 medical personnel have tested positive to the dreaded virus, bringing the total number of infection in the state to 410. According to the Bauchi COVID-19 Situation Report, the state has a total of 155 patients undergoing treatment at the various Isolation centres while 14 more patients have been discharged as the case fatality rate of the state stands at 2.6%, which indicates that it dropped by 1%. The report further stated that out of the 2,614 samples collected, the results of 168 samples are still pending It added…

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The recent removal of the Bauchi state All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman, Uba Nana, by a faction in the party led by Ibrahim Ago has continued to generate reactions from party stalwarts and supporters as a coalition of Bauchi state APC supporters on Thursday condemned Nana’s removal saying it lacks legal backing. The coalition in a press release signed by its organizing secretary, Joseph Samuel Ciroma and issued to newsmen said the faction was allegedly sponsored to smear Nana and his executive members. “We wish to categorically bring to the notice of the general public that the said sponsors of…

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Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau State, north-central Nigeria has said that the “lockdown earlier imposed in the State from Sundays to Wednesdays is hereby lifted until further notice”. He, however, reiterated that “the curfew imposed by the Federal Government from 10pm – 6am will continue to be observed until further directives are issued”. The governor disclosed this in a press briefing on Thursday. He maintained that there shall be no entry whatsoever, into public offices without wearing facemasks warning that violators of the order will be arrested and taken before the mobile courts. “Churches and mosques with large spaces shall…

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Nasarawa state governor, Abdullahi A. Sule, has appointed Barr. Muhammad Ubandoma Aliyu, as the Secretary to the Government of Nasarawa state, effective June 10, 2020. In a statement signed by the Director-General, Strategic Communications and Press Affairs to the Governor of Nasarawa state, Yakubu Lamai, said the new SGS will be responsible for assisting the government to achieve its vision and objectives through the provision of advice and guidance. “He has overarching responsibility for handling government policy and superintending over the implementation of decisions and operations of government ministries, agencies and parastatals in Nasarawa state”. According to the statement, Aliyu…

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A 12-hour restriction of movement on motorcycles has been placed in four council areas of Sokoto state, north-west Nigeria, where bandits have been on the loose recently. The council areas are: Isa, Sabon Birni, Rabah and Goronyo local government areas. Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State disclosed this after an over two hours meeting of the State Advisory Security Council (SASC) meeting held at Palace of the Sultan of Sokoto Wednesday. Apart from the motorcycles restriction which will last from 6 pm-6 am, the SASC also resolved that all motorcycles and their respective riders in the affected local government…

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The Bauchi State deputy governor, Sen. Baba Tela has tested negative to COVID 19 and has been discharged from isolation even as one of the medical personnel who tested positive to the infection has died while receiving treatment. Recall that the deputy governor who is the Chairman State Taskforce Committee on COVID 19, tested positive to the virus on the 2nd of June, 2020 after he exhibited symptoms of the infection. The disclosure was made by the State Commissioner of Health, Dr Aliyu Maigoro Mohammed, during the weekly update of the situation of the pandemic in the state. “Checks have…

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The Women Advocates Research and Documentation Center, WARDC has disclosed that it records an estimated 1,500 interventions in sexual and gender-based violence cases annually. The Executive Director, WARDC, Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, disclosed this on Wednesday in Bauchi during a one-day training for women groups, students and lecturers of tertiary institutions on reportage of violence against women and girls. The Women Advocates and Documentation Center is supported by the African Women Development Fund based in Ghana which supports issues relating to women and girls across Africa, including internally displaced persons. She said that the essence of the training for the participants is…

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The Bauchi State Government has inaugurated a 21 member committee for successful implementation of the Executive Order 10 signed by President Muhammadu Buhari for financial autonomy to the legislature and judiciary arms of government. The State Governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, while inaugurating the committee, headed by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Sabiu Baba Mohammed, at the Banquet Hall of the Government House on Tuesday, urged members of the committee to look at the implication and implementation framework for the proposed autonomy for the two arms of government. “This is a welcome development with the serious implication in…

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The senator representing Bauchi North, Adamu Bulkachuwa, has been suspended by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kofar Gabas ward of Katagum local government area of Bauchi state, over alleged absenteeism from the constituency for a long time since he was elected. Addressing Journalists at the party’s Bauchi north zonal secretariat in Azare, the APC ward chairman, Sa’adu Muhammed, alleged that the senator deserted the party and his constituents since his inauguration as a member of the National Assembly. “Bulkachuwa never deemed it good to visit the area to commiserate with the people of his constituency on the outbreak of…

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Gov. Abdulkadir Mohammed has reiterated the readiness of his administration to initiate policies towards ensuring the total eradication of violence and rape against women and girl child in the state and tasked citizens to key into the fight against the ugly act to ensure that it was totally eradicated in the society. The Governor disclosed this when he received members of the Northern Youth Alliance for Peace and Development, who paid him an advocacy visit at the Government House Bauchi. “I want to commend your sense of commitment and sacrifice as well as your advocacy to be in the forefront…

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One person has died as a result of Coronavirus while five persons have tested positive to the virus in Bauchi state. According to the Bauchi COVID-19 situation report, as at Sunday 7th June 2020, the state has a total number of nine patients with the case fatality rate which stands at 3.1%. Although there are no follow up samples at the moment, 59 persons are currently on admission at the isolation centres in the state while the total number of confirmed cases stands at 291 with 224 already discharged in the state from various health facilities. The State Commissioner of…

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The Taraba State governor, Darius Ishaku, has condemned the recent attacks by gunmen in some communities, as well as the killing of a pastor with the CRCN, Emmanuel Bileya and his wife. He, therefore, ordered security agencies to go after those responsible. The deputy governor, Haruna Manu, in a press briefing stated that “government condemns in very strong terms these barbaric attacks on individuals and communities in the state and warns the attackers to desist forthwith”. “The Taraba State Government is greatly dismayed by the recent attacks by militia groups on Maigoge and Tunga in Bali Local Government Area of…

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A coalition of Non-Governmental Organizations and Civil Society Organizations in Bauchi State, has painted the grim picture of sexual abuse in Nigeria over the years. According to the coalition, in Nigeria, one in four girls will be sexually assaulted before the age of 18 and that there have been only 65 rape convictions between 1973 and 2019. It said that in many cases, the security settles the cases as household or family matters while more than half of women in Nigerians who have experienced sexual and physical violence have never sought help to stop the violence. Speaking on behalf of…

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Hotels proprietors in the country under the aegis of Nigeria Hotels Association have lamented the inter-states travel ban imposed by the federal government to contain the spread of coronavirus, saying that the development has crippled hotels businesses. The National President of the association, Eze Patrick Anyanwu, while speaking at a press conference held at Zaranda Hotel Bauchi on Friday said that they have recorded huge losses since the imposition of the travel ban. He noted that 95 percent of their customers are travellers who come from other states, pointing out that many hotels now resorted to borrowing money from banks…

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The Nigerian army has embarked on a training exercise for its officers in Bauchi on how to operate the new battle tanks and other sophisticated war equipment acquired by the federal government to combat terrorism. The Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai, declared the training open on Thursday in Bauchi at the Nigerian Army Armoured School. Buratai inspected the accommodation facilities of the officers which were destroyed by a rainstorm in the Shadawanka barracks and the new officers’ quarters named Tukur Yusuf Buratai village currently under construction at the barracks. While addressing the press, Acting Director, Army Public Relations,…

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The Federal government Conditional Cash Transfer Programme in collaboration with Bauchi State Social Investment Programme has flagged off a two-day investment enrolment training for 162 local government desk officers and cash transfer facilitators on community mobilization and sensitization. Declaring the training open, the State Focal person of the social investment programme, Hajiya Amina Katagum, charged the participants to conduct themselves with decorum to achieve the desired results after the training. She said that the exercise which is organized for 162 local government desk officers and cash transfer facilitators from 14 local government areas of the state is aimed at stepping…

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The Bauchi state deputy governor, Senator Baba Tella, who is Chairman of State Taskforce Committee on COVID 19, has tested positive to the coronavirus, the Bauchi state government has disclosed. This was contained in a press release, issued and signed by the Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Governor, Comrade Mukhtar Gidado and made available to journalists in Bauchi. According to the statement, the confirmation was a sequel to a test, carried out on him by the Nigeria Center for Diseases Control (NCDC), when he exhibited notable symptoms of the disease which he contracted when carrying out his responsibility…

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Another patient has died of Coronavirus following complications at the treatment centre, bringing the total number of death to 8. This was contained in the Bauchi COVID-19 situation report, which was made available to journalists in Bauchi. According to the report, as at 31st May 2020, two new cases were reported while 6 more patients have been discharged after their second test returned negative. So far, a total number of 220 people have been discharged out of the 238 total number of confirmed cases in the state since the index case discovered in March. The state active cases have continued…

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