Where COVID-19 palliatives were discovered unshared, some youths in Bauchi on Sunday invaded Motivated by happenings in other parts of the country where COVID-19 palliatives were discovered unshared, some youths in Bauchi on Sunday invaded the state government warehouse but were left disappointed as there were no palliatives in the store. DAILY POST gathered that … Read more
PDP wins all seats in Bauchi Council polls The ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Bauchi has won all the chairmanship and councillorship seats in Saturday’s council polls in the state. Chairman, Bauchi State Independent Electoral Commission (BASIEC), Alhaji Dahiru Tata, announced this on Sunday in Bauchi while issuing Certificates of Return to the newly … Read more
#EndSARS, Bauchi governor urges journalists Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state has urged all journalists to use their professionalism to unite Nigerians in the face of the #EndSARS and police brutality protests across the country. Mohammed made the call in his home town, Yelwan Buguri in Alkaleri Local Government Area of the state on Saturday. … Read more
Bauchi state, Voters in Darazo Voters in Darazo town of Bauchi state have attributed the voter apathy in Saturday’s Council Polls to the inability of politicians to do their homework. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that voter apathy has characterized the exercise in most parts of the state. Read Also: 2023: APC’ll Wrest Power … Read more
Governor of Bauchi state, Bala Mohammed, has disclosed that no fewer than 25 people have been killed and 22 others injured in flooding incidents across Bauchi state in 2020. Mohammed made the disclosure when he played host to officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) at the government house on Wednesday. Mohammed, who was … Read more
The family of slain Bauchi lawmaker, Hon. Musa Mante Baraza, has regained freedom after spending five days in kidnappers’ den. Ekohotblog had reported that Mante’s wives, Rashida Musa Mante 40, Rahina Musa Mante 35 and his one- year old daughter Fausar Musa Mante were abducted by gunmen after killing him at his residence last Thursday … Read more
Some ethnic groups in Tafawa Balewa, Bogoro and Dass Local Government Areas of Bauchi on Monday pledged their support to the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) administration of Gov. Bala Mohammed. The pledge is contained in a statement issued to newsmen by members of the group, comprising of Jarawa, Guss, Bijim,Barawa, Boi,Dash, Jihr and Tapshin tribesmen, … Read more
A 34-year-old man identified as Adeshina Abdulazizi has been arrested for defiling a 3-year-old girl in Bauchi State. The resident of Igbo quarters in Bauchi metropolis reportedly committed the said offence on August 2 after luring the little girl into his room. Bauchi Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ahmed Mohammed Wakili said the suspect confessed … Read more
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has refuted the corruption allegations levelled against him by former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara. Dogara, who had recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, had accused governor Mohammed financial impropriety and of diverting a N4.6billion loan, inflating contracts … Read more
Former speaker of the house of representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has attributed his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to of the purported failure of governance in Bauchi. Dogara hails from Bauchi. He defected to APC on Friday. Chairman of the caretaker committee of the APC, Mai Mala … Read more
The police in Bauchi on Thursday said it had commenced investigations to uncover the mother of an abandoned baby whose remains were found in the suburbs of the metropolis. The Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, DSP Ahmed Wakili, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Bauchi that the decomposing remains of the day-old … Read more
The Bauchi government says it has renovated and upgraded 26 existing childbirth spacing units in seven local government areas in the state, in its efforts at ensuring safe child delivery. Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, the Executive Chairman of the State Primary Healthcare Developmental Agency, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria … Read more
An investigation carried out by the Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency has revealed that illegal abortion by unqualified medical practitioners is the cause of mysterious deaths in Azare and other local government areas in the northern part of the state. At least 200 women have died in Bauchi as a result of this and … Read more
An 83-year-old grandfather, Fidelis Jihan Linga, calls for justice for the brutal killing of his grandson, Sunday Ezra who was wrongly accused of stealing a mobile phone. Ekohotblog understands that Ezra a security guard was lynched in the early hours of Monday, May 26, at New Trafford Hotels and Suites at Gwalameji in Bauchi State. … Read more
The Bauchi state government on Sunday said it spent 4500 daily feeding each of the COVID-19 Patient in the state. Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency said the state government spends N1,500 per single meal for COVID-19 patients on admission in the state. The agency disclosed that meals comprised chicken, eggs, and fried potatoes, among … Read more
More than 100 people have been reported dead in Azare, Bauchi State, over the last one week as a result of Coronavirus complications. Azare is the second largest town in the state after Bauchi, the state capital. Ibrahim Mohammed Baba, former lawmaker representing Katagum Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, made this known in … Read more
Ten more persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Bauchi bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 48 – 42 active cases and six recoveries. Confirming the new infections shortly after the announcement by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Friday night, the Chairman, Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development … Read more
The Bauchi State government on Friday has recorded nine new cases of Coronavirus bringing the number of positive cases in the State to 38. Dr Aliyu Maigoro, Bauchi State Commissioner for Health, told Newsmen that the results were sent in last on Thursday night by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Abuja. He confirmed … Read more
Bauchi state government said it has approved the use of anti-malaria drug, Chloroquine, as a medication for the treatment of COVID-19. Governor of the State, Bala Mohammed, gave the authorisation on Wednesday while giving situation report on COVID-19 in the state, at the Government House, Bauchi, Mohammed, who was the COVID-19 index case in the … Read more
Another World Health Organisation, WHO staff has tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Bauchi. He was the second staff of the UN agency to test positive in the state. The Chairman, Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr. Rilwanu Mohammed, announced this on Tuesday. READ ALSO: UK Begins COVID-19 Human Vaccine Trial This Week He … Read more