No fewer than 18 people were killed when a canoe carrying 23 farmers capsized in Bauchi State . Although five people were rescued alive , the driver and one passenger were unconscious . The Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, Ahmed Wakil , made this known in a statement made available to journalists on … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent out a message of condolence to the people of Bauchi on the death of Ali Kwara, a vigilante leader and hunter famous for helping law enforcement track criminals. In a statement signed by Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Friday, the president expressed sorrow over the … Read more
Operatives from the Bauchi State Police Command have arrested a suspected serial car snatcher identified as Abdullahi Mohammed, who specialised in stealing vehicles in the state. The command’s spokesman, DSP Mohammad Ahmed Wakil, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, September 22, said Mohammed, 35, was arrested in the act of dismantling the key … Read more
Farmers in Bauchi State have been warned not to hurriedly sell their harvested grains to food merchants from neighbouring states in order not to suffer hunger in the future. The warning was given yesterday by the state Commissioner for Agriculture, Samai’la Adamu Burga, during an interactive session with journalists in his office in Bauchi. According … Read more
The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested one Daniel James, 17, for allegedly defiling 7 and 5-year-old sisters. The police spokesperson, DSP Mohammd Ahmed Wakil, who made the disclosure in a statement on Saturday, September 19, said that the suspect was arrested after the victims’ parents reported at the ‘D’ Division Bauchi. “On the 17/09/2020 … Read more
The Nigeria Police, Bauchi State Command said it has arrested a grandfather, Bawada Audu of Rimin Zayam, Toro local government area of the state who allegedly buried his own grandson alive. According to the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ahmed Wakil, Audu had seized the newborn baby boy from his 17 years old daughter, Hafsat … Read more
“Gender-based violence has become a pandemic and in Bauchi, unfortunately, I understand through the Ministry of Justice, that we pardoned a serial rapist. “We must apologise to the women for doing this. It is not our wish to do that. Had it been that I was aware, he would have served his full jail term. … Read more