Effective Legislative oversight key to good governance in Nigeria – Bauchi Speaker

  Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly Abubakar Y. Suleiman says that quality legislative oversight by Legislatures is the panacea for good governance in Nigeria. He made the remarks while delivering opening remarks during the National Conference on Enhancing Effective Legislative Oversight, Monitoring and Evaluation for Principal Officers, Members, Clerks and Management Staff […]

PDP senator takes over buhari’s former campaign office in Daura

  The Senator representing Katsina North Ahmad Babba Kaita has continued his moves to take over the political leadtership of the zone with the recent acquisition of President Muhammadu Buhari’s first-ever campaign office in Daura. In a telephone interview with Albarka Radio the media aide to the senator Malam Abdulkadir Lawal confirmed that the campaign […]

Bauchi 2023: Gov Bala picks Reps member Auwal Jatau as running mate

By Sani Adamu Hassan Bauchi State Governor, Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed has picked the current Member representing Zaki federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Honourable Mohammed Auwal Jatau as his running mate in the 2023 governorship election in the state. The federal lawmaker who announced this to journalists in Bauchi, expressed his profound gratitude to […]

National Agricultural Seed Council

By Mu’azu Abubakar Albarkawa, Kaduna    National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC) has advised farmers to always use good and qualitative seed for plantation in their farms The North-West Regional Director of the Council, Alh. Hudu Ubandoma, who gave the advice during a green field day organized by Nagari Seed Nigeria Ltd and SAHEL Consultant from […]

Jigawa: Gwaram Council Chairman Completes Earth Filling, Road Remedial Work, Disilting and Drainage Construction

By Rilwan Muhammad   In line with his administration’s resolve to addressing ecological challenges in Gwaram Local Government Area, Jigawa State, the council Chairman, Hon. Zahraddeen Abubakar, had last month approved the award of contract for earth filling, disilting, repair, construction of drainages and remedial work on a road linking the state with Kano. Soon […]

Media aides mark Zulum’s 53rd birthday with 3rd Verdict

Media aides, alongside social media associates, on Thursday unveiled a compendium, the 3rd Verdict, to celebrate the 53rd birthday of Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum. The compendium’s Editor-in-Chief, who is also the Governor’s Adviser on Public Relations and Strategy, Malam Isa Gusau, announced the unveiling via a statement. Gusau explained that the 3rd […]

Abandonment Of End SARS Panel Report In Bauchi Worries Lawyers

By Khalid Idris Doya   Governor Bala Mohammed has been reminded about the non-receipt of a report of the committee on End SARS Panel in Bauchi state which was set up in January 2020 that had already completed its assignment with its report waiting for over six months for its submission to the state government. […]

NGO tasks Bauchi to establish water regulatory commission to end water-borne diseases

By Mohammed Lawal, Bauchi A Bauchi based Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), Women Development Association for self Sustenance (WODASS), Tuesday urged the state government to consider the establishment of a Water Regulatory Commission in an effort to reduce epidemics of water-borne diseases and improve the lives and health of citizens. The association’s programm manager, Mr Sukumun […]

Threats To Life: Former Reps Speaker Dogara Petitions IGP

By Khalid Idris Doya   The immediate past speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara has petitioned to the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), IGP Usman Baba Alkali about the alleged to his life by a constituent of his federal constituency (Dass/Bogoro/Tafawa Balewa) in Bauchi state. The former speaker in the letter […]

Gov Bagudu approves appointment of 12 Districts Heads

  Kebbi State Governor, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu has approved the appointment of 12 District Heads. This is contained in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Muhammed Sani Umar and made available to newsmen this Tuesday. According to the statement, those appointed are Mustapha Usman Adamu as […]

World Bank approves $5.9m for ACReSAL project take off in Bauchi

By Sani Adamu Hassan, Bauchi  World Bank has approved the sum of 5.9 million US dollars for take off of the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) Project in Bauchi State. Commissioner for Environment and Housing in the state, Honourable Hamisu Mu’azu Shira announced this in an interview with journalists in Bauchi on the development. […]

Agriculture is money spinner for Nigeria – Gov. Bagudu

  Kebbi State Governor, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu says agriculture is a major money spinner for Nigeria as evidenced by the priority placed on it by President Muhammadu Buhari. Bagudu spoke on Monday in Birnin Kebbi at the opening of a five-day Skills Acquisition Training and Youths Empowerment. It was organized by the National Agency […]

2023: Dogara, Aggrieved APC Members Advised To Pitch Tent With Peter Obi

By Idris Khalid   Aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress APC should embrace the Labour Party (LP) as alternative option to quell their disappointment by providing them with a flat form that will fulfill their quest for justice and development. The National Co-ordinator Peter Obi Northern Ambassadors (PONA), Malam Sani Muhammad Sani stated this […]

2023: You don’t need Campaign to defeat opponents, your achievement speak for you – Bauchi Speaker told Governor Bala Mohammed

  Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly Rt. Hon. Abubakar Y Suleiman has said that the achievements recorded by the Executive Governor of Bauchi State Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammad have already campaigned for his reelection in 2023, thus with or without going out for campaign, his opponents stand no chance. He made the […]

Bauchi Government Engages over one thousand youths and women under CHIPS program and Covid-19 scale 3.0 project.

By Mubarak Aliyu Kobi  Bauchi state government has launched a health program targetting 1,066 women and youths as community influencers promoters services renders as well as covid-19 scales 3.0 Guards. The event which was held at the Sultan Abubakar Hajj Camp Bauchi is part of the recommendations during the maiden Bauchi health summit hold in […]

Wives of Northern Govs to train, empower drug abuse clients

  Wives of Northern Governors have pledged to train and empower drugs abuse clients as part of efforts to curb the menace of substance abuse. This was part of the resolutions reached at the end of their quarterly meeting under the auspices of the Northern Governors Wives’ Forum. The communique issued on Saturday in Birnin […]

APC receives over 6000 defectors from PDP in Yauri

  The ruling All Progressive Congress, APC has received 6084 decampees from the People’s Democratic Party , PDP in Yauri Local Government Area of Kebbi State. The decampees were received by top government functionaries and APC executives from the State and local Government levels at a rally attended by mammoth crowd of APC supporters this […]

Governor Bala applauds UNICEF, says his administration to partner with donor agencies to improve livelihood

  Bauchi State Governor Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed has reiterated his administration’s commitment to ensuring lives are improved through partnership with international donor agencies. Mohammed made this known today when he received in audience, the representatives of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) at the Bauchi Government House where he appreciated the massive contributions of […]

NEDC trains scavengers on Stove production from domestic waste

By Sani Adamu Musa   North East Development Commission has organised a week training For Artisans and scavengers on Fabrication of efficient stove and Briquette Production from Agricultural Domestic waste in the zone. Declaring the workshop open in Bauchi, the managing Director of the commission Muhd G Alkali represented by Head of Environmental and Natural […]

2023: Bello Yakubu Rilisco, Rep Member dumps PDP, rejoins APC

  A Member of the House of Representatives, representing Birnin Kebbi, Kalgo and Bunza Federal Constituency, Hon. Bello Yakubu , Rilisco, has dumped PDP and rejoined APC. He told newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Monday that the decision was informed by his desire to join forces with Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu to take the State […]

2023: Governor Bala urges candidates, PDP Stakeholders to unite for the party success in General Elections

  Bauchi State Governor,, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed has called on all candidates under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to work together with members, stakeholders and leadership of the Party for its victory in the forthcoming elections and beyond. Mohammed made the call while interacting with the PDP candidates for State House […]

Zulum confirms some LEA teachers get less than N11,000

  The reader may wish to start this conversation by searching on Google, a headline: “Borno teachers earn as low as N11,000 monthly, says Governor”. When that is done, search results will show a news story published on Tuesday, October 26, 2021 by the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) confirming that 10 months ago, […]

Again, Emir of Zazzau Bags Chancellorship Appointment

By Mu’azu Abubakar Albarkawa, Kaduna Authorities of Green Field University, Kaduna one of the Private University in Nigeria has appointed the Chairman Kaduna State Council of Emirs and Chiefs, His Highness the Emir of Zazzau Malam Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli as pioneer Chancellor of the University. The University Proprietor, Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council, […]

I will continue to move Bauchi forward, Says Governor Bala as he signs 12 bills into law

  Bauchi State Governor, Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed has reiterated his administration’s commitment to moving Bauchi State forward, for the benefit of citizens especially the upcoming generations. Mohammed, made this known, shortly after signing into law, 12 bills passed by the Bauchi State House of Assembly . According to Bala Mohammed, Government Agencies need legal framework […]

Bauchi Poly: Management Imposes Levy On Students Over Protest.

By Garba Gwangwangwan   The governing council of Abubakar Tatari Ali polytechnic, ATAP, Bauchi, has approved the reopening of the institution for normal academic activities, weeks after it was closed over violent protest. The development was contained in a signed statement by Maimako Baraya, Public Relations Officer of the Polytechnic. Maimako Baraya pointed out that […]

Fertilizer Ban: Zulum visits 10 farms in four LGs, Promises liquid fertilizer 

  Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Wednesday toured 10 farmlands in the outskirts of four local governments: Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, Jere, Mafa and Dikwa to monitor farming activities. During the separate unscheduled visits, Zulum, a University Professor of irrigation farming, interacted with farmers, asking them of problems they face so he could address […]

DG tasks Corps Members on Community Development Projects

  Corps Members have been advised to go into their host communities and make life more meaningful for them by executing projects that would add value and also improve the standard of living of the residents. The Director General of NYSC, Brigadier General Muhammad Kaku Fadah gave the advise while addressing Corps Members during his […]

Mass exodus: 4,220 supporters dump PDP, join APC in Kebbi State

  A staunch political figure of Peoples Democratic Party, ( PDP) in Maiyama local Government Area of Kebbi State, Alhaji Kurun Kuku Maiyama alongside Four Thousand Two hundred and Nineteen of his supporters have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC). The decampees were received at a rally in Maiyama town this Tuesday attended […]

APC swells in Shanga as 2,512 PDP members join the party

  The Peoples Democratic party , PDP in Shanga Local Government Area of Kebbi State was on Saturday hit by mass defection as two thousand, five hundred and twelve of its card carrying members decamped to the ruling All Progressives Congress , APC. In a colorful political ceremony to receive the decampees in Shanga, headquarters […]

Boko Haram: Zulum visits Chad to honour 6,000 multinational forces

  Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, was at the headquarters of Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in N’Djamena, Chad, to honour over 6,000 gallant soldiers. The soldiers were honoured at a medals parade held by the MNJTF to celebrate over 6,000 troops for their gallantry in the fight against insurgency around the lake chad […]

Zulum gifts N5m to Borno almajiri who fabricated ‘hand tractor’

  Governor Babagana Umara Zulum yesterday, Wednesday, gifted the sum of five million Naira (N5m) to support the innovative skills a talented almajiri in Borno State, who fabricated a farming plough machine, manually pushed for tilling of farmlands towards planting. Ploughs are usually attached to tractors, other means of transport, or manually dragged in farms. […]

Bauchi state government employs, trains 101 Nurses and midwives

By Mubarak Aliyu Kobi   In a quest to arrest the burden of man power gap, Bauchi state Government has commenced a three day orientation training for newly 101 graduated Nursing and Midwifery students of the state. The training is part of the preparation for the students whom are going to be posted to all […]

Zamfara Wins Three prestigious Titans of Technology Awards

By Sadeeq Muhammad Umar The last two days have been quite engaging for a contingent of Zamfara government officials who participated in the 2022 Pan African Digital Initiative Summit & Expo with the theme, “Leveraging Right Policies and Technologies in Taming Insecurity & Cyber-Threats”, which held at Oriental Hotel, Lagos, Nigeria. Gov. Bello Matawalle who […]

Governor Bala launches 2022 Fertilizer, Inputs 

  Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed has launched the sale of 2022 fertilizer and inputs at BSADP Nabardo, Toro Local Government Area of the state. Speaking, Mohammed said his administration will ensure farmers are provided with commodities, adding that N15,000 and N20,000 will be the subsidized prices for NPK and Urea respectively. He […]

Gov. Bagudu attends funeral prayer of late Justice Zakari Isah Gulma

  Kebbi State Governor, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu this Saturday attended the funeral prayer of retired High Court Judge, Justice Zakari Isah Gulma. Late Justice Zakari Isah Gulma, died today after a protracted illness at Usmanu Danfodio Teaching Hospital, Sokoto . Aged 73, the deceased ,retired Justice Zakari Isah Gulma is survived by three wives […]

Gov Ganduje Inspects 60km Rural Road, 7 Bridges Linking 6 LGs

By Sadeeq Muhammad Umar  In his effort to optimize the presence of road networks between Kano Emirate and other Emirates of the state, Kano state governor Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje inspected a 60km road linking a part of Kumbotso local government that links to 5 more local governments up to Karaye town of Karaye Emirate. […]

JAMB Int. Students Admission Award: ABU wins N75 Million prize

By Mu’azu Abubakar Albarkawa, Kaduna  Ahmadu Bello University has won a N75 million prize awarded by Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) as “The Institution with the Highest Number of International Students in 2020 Admission”. The University also clinched the first Runner-up prizes of N15 million each as “The 2020 Institution of First Choice for […]

Motor accident claims 30 lives on Zaria-Kano Express way

By Mu’azu Abubakar Albarkawa, Kaduna   About 30 passengers were burnt to death beyond recognition and 12 others sustained various degrees of injuries from a ghastly vehicle accident involving three Hummer buses at Tashan Musa along Zaria-Kano expressway on Thursday July 21, in Kudan Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Confirming the incident, the Head […]

Kano: HoS’ Delivery Unit Gets New Officers.

By Sadeeq Muhammad Umar   Kano State Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, has charged the officers posted to the Head of Service Delivery Unit to perform their duties diligently. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr Lawan Shehu Abdulwahab, stated this during the inaugural meeting of the selected officers in Kano. Dr Abdulwahab maintained […]

NEYIPO reaffirms support to Tinubu over Muslim-Muslim Ticket

  For centuries people in the North have been living peacefully with one another, irrespective of religious or tribal differences. The choice of Senator Kashim Shettima is like selecting a representative of the whole, because of his tangible and unifying leadership in the North. Not only has he served well as a unifying leader in […]

Gov Bagudu swears in 3 High Court Judges, 1 Khadi

  Kebbi State Governor, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu Thursday swore in three High court Judges and One Khadi at the Council Chamber of Government House . The three new High Court Judges sworn in by the Governor were Hon. Justice Hassan Shehu Kuwa, Hon Justice Maryam Abubakar Kaoje , Hon Justice Shamsudeen Jafar and Nasir […]

Zulum allots 259 houses, N110 million to Borno police

  … IGP calls Governor’s support enormous Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Thursday in Maiduguri, announced government’s allocation of 259 houses and the release of N110m to the Nigerian Police Force in the state. Zulum made the announcement during the commissioning of Borno’s branch of the Nigerian Police Force Microfinance Bank (NPFM Bank). […]

2023: Tinubu has made the wisest choice – Zulum

  … ‘Shettima’s nomination personal to me’ … Says Tinubu chose someone who knows Nigeria … Thanks Buhari, Tinubu, APC Governors, Exco … Promises vigorous campaign Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has described the choice of Senator Kashim Shettima as APC’s Vice Presidential candidate, as the wisest choice made by the party’s presidential […]

Eid-el-Kabir: Kaduna Emir tasks Government on insecurity

By Mu’azu Abubakar Albarkawa, Kaduna   Chairman Kaduna state council of Chiefs, Malam Ahmad Nuhu Bamalli has called on the Kaduna state government to put more efforts to end lingering security challenges across the state. The Emir made the call during this year’s Sallah message to people of the emirate. The emir stressed that, there […]

Eid el-Kabir: Governor Inuwa Felicitates With Muslim Ummah

  …Urges Citizenry To Imbibe Spirit Of Love, Sacrifice, Prayers, Unity Of Purpose As Panacea To Insecurity, Socio-economic Challenges Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, has felicitated the Muslim Ummah in the state and across the world, on the occasion of this year’s Eid el-Kabir Sallah celebrations. In a goodwill message, the Governor described the […]

SALLAH : APGA VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TASKS MUSLIMS ON FERVENT PRAYERS TO END INSECURITY IN NIGERIA.

By Usman Abdullahi Koli The Vice Presidential Candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) Comrade Abdullahi Muhammed Koli, has called on Muslim faithful to see this year’s Eid-el-Adha as another divine opportunity to rededicate their commitment towards imbibing the virtues of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) centred on love, peace, justice and equity. Abdullahi Koli, made […]

Tagoje Files Appeal Against Chairman Sabon-Gari Timber Dealers Over Criminal Intimidation, Defamation

By Mu’azu Abubakar Albarkawa, Kaduna The legal tussle between a Zaria businessman Alhaji Shehu Tagoje and Alin Ashiru Chairman Timber Dealers Association Sabon-Gari Zaria has been shifted to the Kaduna State High Court. The complainant Alhaji Shehu Tagoje told Journalists in Zaria that he was dissatisfied with the judgment of Chief Magistrates’ Court Zaria delivered […]

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