The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which relates to issues in Rivers State and the conflict between the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Barrister Nyesom Wike, and the Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed has factionalised the party’s National Working Committee (NWC). Since taking over after Senator Iyorchia Ayu was removed by a court, the party’s factional acting …

Governor of Bauchi state, Bala Mohammed wondered how his statement that President Bola Tinubu’s policies were inflicting untold hardship on the people of Nigeria could be a crime, as judged by House of Representatives former speaker Yakubu Dogara, describing him as a political turncoat. Senator Bala Mohammed, who was responding to an attack on his person by the former speaker …

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has voiced strong dissatisfaction with the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), condemning the organisation’s management of the 2024 Hajj exercise. Mohammed, therefore, insisted that most of the Hajj services must be decentralised in a manner that would allow state governments to take full control of affairs, to ensure adequate welfare of pilgrims who paid …

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed the appeal challenging the re-election of Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State. Following the declaration of Mohammed of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of last 18th March election, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Air Vice Marshal Sadique Abubakar (rtd.) approached the governorship election petition tribunal sitting …

Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed has said that his administration has decided to establish a security outfit which is modelled after Amotekun in the southwestern part of the country to tackle insecurity in the state. He stated this in his speech Shortly after being sworn in for a second term in office, the governor explained that modelling the state …

Hours after former Minister of Special Duties, Alhaji Bello Kirfi was relieved of his traditional title of Wazirin Bauchi, and removed him as a member of the Bauchi Emirate Council for the second time in five years, one of his children, Sa’adatu, has resigned as the state Commissioner for Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises Development. Kirfi was accused of …