Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed has agreed to pay 50% of the additional increment of the 2024 Hajj fare for the intending pilgrims from the state. This means the state government will pay a subsidy of ₦959,000 for each of the 1,652 intending pilgrims from the state totalling ₦2.5bn. This was disclosed by the state Commissioner for Religion Affairs …

The Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed has said that his administration has borrowed the sum of N100 billion which he is using to provide infrastructure in the State. At the opening of the third Executive Council Meeting in his second term held at the Exco Chamber on Wednesday, the governor said that over N90 billion has so far been expended …

The Bauchi Police Command has arrested one Khadija Adamu,18, for allegedly beating up her 5-year-old stepdaughter, Hafsat to death. The command confirmed the suspect’s arrest at a press conference held at the police headquarters in the state capital on Tuesday. The incident was said to have occurred on 28th September, in the Kandahar area in Bauchi metropolis. According to the …

The Bauchi State Government has sacked a Secretarial Assistant with the State Hospitals Management Board for fraud. The fraud allegation against the dismissed officer, Sani Mohammed Tirwun, included falsification of records, issuance of fake appointment letters, illegal posting of illegal staff, faking of the Board’s Staff Officer’s signature and alteration of posting letter. Additionally, he was alleged to have collected …

Operatives of the Bauchi Police Command have arrested four suspected “Black Axe” members, a notorious cult group, during a cult initiation ceremony for new intakes. The initiation was said to have taken place on the outskirts of Bauchi, opposite the Abubakar Tafawa-Balewa University, Gubi Campus, along Kano-Bauchi Road, on September 2, 2023, at midnight. The suspects were identified as Eric …

Six traditional rulers in Bauchi State have been dismissed from office over alleged participation in partisan politics in the 2023 general elections. According to a statement signed by the Acting Permanent Secretary of Local Government Service Commission, Nasiru Dewu, on behalf of the Chairman of the Commission, the monarchs were sacked over involvement in partisan politics, misconduct, illegal forest reserve …

The first Neurosurgery Professor in Bauchi State, Abdu Ibrahim is dead. He was said to have died on Thursday at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, after a protracted illness. Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, who is currently on pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, commiserated with the family, friends and associates of the late professor. He also described the …

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), on Thursday, said three corps members who absconded from their duty posts would repeat the service year while 2 others would get an extension. At a Passing-Out Parade of 2022 Batch “B” Stream I corps members held in Gombe, the State NYSC Coordinator, Mr Dawut Jidda, stated that no fewer than 526 passed out …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed an appeal challenging the High Court judgement that discharged and acquitted Shamsudeen, son of the Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed on N1.1 billion fraud charges. The anti-graft agency appealed the decision which discharged and acquitted the respondent on nine counts before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Abuja Division of the …