Tag: Bauchi

Bandits abduct village head, son in Bauchi State

By Ismail Auwal The village head of Zira, Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State, and his son have, in the early hours of Sunday,...

After presidential primaries disappointment, Bauchi Gov picks PDP guber ticket

Agency Report Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has won the People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) re-scheduled governorship primary election in the state. The Returning Officer and Chairman,...

Muhammed set to pick Bauchi PDP’s guber ticket

By Ismail Auwal Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Muhammad, is set to pick the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket as the state's governorship candidate, Ibrahim...

Tension brews in Bauchi over another blasphemy allegation

By Ismail Auwal There’s palpable tension in Bauchi State following an allegation of blasphemy that sent irate youths on rampage in the Katangan area of...

Pantami’s son rescued hours after abduction

By Ismail Auwal Al’amin a son of Nigerian Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami abducted in Pantami, Bauchi have been found after...

Police arrest constable for killing 2 security community members

By Ismail Auwal Bauchi State Police Command has arrested one of their men for allegedly stabbing two members of the Yelwa Security Committee to death.  Police...

Divorce-seeking mother of 3 returns N420,000 dowry to husband

By Ismail Auwal A mother of three in a suit filed before a Bauchi State Upper Shari'ah Court returned N420,000 dowry requesting that her 12-year...

Atiku is old, tired to lead Nigeria- Gov Bala Muhammad

By Ismail Auwal Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed has said that Nigerian Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar is old and tired to rule the...

Rare display of honesty draws social media sympathy, plaudits for Bauchi resident

By Ismail Auwal Abdullahi Ladan, a Bauchi resident, drew sympathy and praise on social media for returning a wallet he took and used the sum...

Bashir Tofa: The saint goes home

By Dr. Aliyu U. Tilde While I was still in the fold of my blanket this morning, I was unprepared for the sad story of...

Bauchi Assembly reject Dr Tilde as commissioner for being ‘disrespectful’

By Sahelian Times The Bauchi State House of Assembly on Monday accused the state Commissioner for Education, Dr. Aliyu Tilde, of disrespect.   Subsequently, the lawmakers passed...

Bauchi close 35 petrol stations for diversion, hoarding, and other reasons.

By Ismail Auwal At least 35 filling stations in Bauchi have been closed by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) for various violations. The agency's operations controller, Alhaji Abdullahi Iliyasu, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi on Tuesday. According to him, the impacted stations were fined for diversion, hoarding, dispensing the product with only one pump, and selling the goods in jerry cans. "We penalized some of them and eventually unlocked their files to serve as a deterrent to others," he explained. He said his office has improved regular supply of the product to various regions of the state and across the 500 registered filling stations in the recent two weeks. According to the controller, the agency has begun a daily sweep of existing fueling stations as well as mounted surveillance to check for and detect instances of sharp practices. He said the improvement recorded in the supply of the product was due to the role of the strategic reserves in...

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