A middle-aged man, Babangida Mohammed, has been rescued by Bauchi State police after reportedly being kept in chains for 10 years by his father, Mohammed Lawal, in Shadawanka village on the outskirts of Bauchi city due to his mental illness. Authorities revealed that the victim had been kept in chains by his 72-year-old father, Mohammed…
Mohammed Baba, Governor, Bauchi state The Bauchi State Ministry of Justice has released new crime statistics showing that the state recorded 592 criminal cases in the 2024–2025 legal year. The figures were made public on Tuesday by the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Hassan Usman, SAN, during the opening ceremony of the 2025–2026 legal…
Justice Aliyu Baba Usman of the Bauchi State High Court sitting in Bauchi, Bauchi State, has granted an order empowering the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to continue its investigation of Alhaji Hamza Koshe and his company, Pentech Engineering Nig Ltd. Koshe had approached the court on September 23, 2024, seeking a restraining order…
The federal government has disclosed that it is looking forward to drilling more barrels of oil with the renewal of exploration licences in Bauchi and Gombe states. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Lokpobiri Heineken, on Saturday, disclosed that the federal government has renewed its licences for the exploration of oil in the…
The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 40-year-old woman, Fatimah Ibrahim, for repeatedly raping a 12-year-old boy in Azare. The spokesperson of the command, CSP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, said the victim, an Arabic pupil, was housed at the suspect’s residence, where he was…
Posters of Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala A. Mohammed, with the inscription ‘Kaura for President 2027’ have flooded Bauchi streets, Daily Trust can report. The posters were placed at strategic places including roundabouts, electrical poles and signboards along major streets within the state capital. It was observed that the posters were visible along major streets…
Bauchi State Police Command in a statement on Saturday said a Chief Imam has been rescued by men of the command after he was said to have made uncomplimentary comments against a renowned Islamic scholar who died recently. The state police command announced the development on its Facebook wall on Saturday morning, saying the man,…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was notedly absent from the party’s North East Zonal Caucus meeting held in Bauchi State on Thursday. Despite being a key stakeholder in the party, Atiku neither attended the meeting nor sent a representative or apology. While Atiku shunned the…
– How Wike mandated Chief Dan Osi Orbih to deliver PDP ticket to Mohammed – Bala Mohammed knelt to collect money from Wike in my presence – Bauchi Governor a serial betrayer, ingrate and psychopath Read the unedited version of Dogara’s statement: GOV BALA vs HE WIKE: LET THE TRUTH BE TOLD Like Budha once…
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has once again criticized the policies of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, warning that they could harm the country’s progress, Daily Sun reports He expressed his concerns on Wednesday during a meeting with Apostle Johnson Suleiman, the leader of Omega Fire Ministries International, at the Government House in Bauchi. The…
