Bauchi State

The Independent National Electoral Commission in Bauchi State on Thursday expressed concern over the level of violence and hate speech that have characterised rallies organised by political parties in the state.

Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, Bauchi State’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, Independent National Electoral Commission, said on Monday that his commission was ’80 per cent’ prepared for the 2019 elections.

The All Progressives Congress in Bauchi on Saturday received no fewer than 18 prominent members of the Peoples Democratic Party who defected to the ruling party.

A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, and ex-Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Alhaji Ahmed Yayale, have defected to All Progressives Congress.

The Christian Association of Nigeria, Bauchi State chapter has endorsed the Bauchi State Governor, Muhammed Abubakar, for re-election next year.

Abubakar, while presenting the appropriation bill, tagged: “Budget of Continuity,” said N79.19 billion, representing 40 per cent, was for recurrent expenditure.

Alhaji Garba Ali-Maigumau, former Bauchi State Accountant General, said on Wednesday that the N30,000 minimum wage being demanded by workers in the state

Governor Mohammed Abubakar disclosed this at a dinner organised for the executive of the Nigerian Guild of Editors in Bauchi on Saturday night.

The New Nigeria Peoples Party in Bauchi State has pledged to conduct Local Government Council election within six months, if elected into power.

‎The Controller F.O.U. Zone D, Comptroller Peters Olugboyega, made the disclosure at a news conference in Bauchi on Thursday.

Temitope Sinkaiye, National Coordinator, Conditional Cash Transfer, Unit, says the Federal Government has spent up to N15 billion on N1.8 million vulnerable women across 20 states.

Number four seed Timothy Olatunji of Ogun on Friday defeated number three seed Mesharih Abah from Bauchi State 4-0 in the table tennis competition of the 19th National Sports Festival.

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has predicted dust haze, sunny and partly cloudy atmosphere over most parts of the country on Friday.

Mallam Musa Rashid, the Director of the commission in Bauchi, made the disclosure on Thursday at an ongoing sensitisation workshop on Birth Registration in Bauchi.

Mallam Musa Rashid, Bauchi State Director of the commission, stated this on Thursday at an ongoing sensitisation workshop on Birth Registration in Bauchi.

Dr Muhammad Alkali, the Chairman, Bauchi State Agency for the Control HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Leprosy And Malaria, says some HIV positive couples has given birth to 72 negative and healthy babies in the state.

The CTAD Hate Speech Project Coordinator, Alhaji Hamza Ibrahim, made this condemnation in a statement on Wednesday in Bauchi. ‎

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, Boss Mustapha, has called on All Progressives Congress members to bury their differences and work for the success of the party in the 2019 general elections.

The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Kamal Abubakar, said this in a statement on Thursday in Bauchi.

NAN reports that the UNICEF recently announced that out of 1.2 million school-age children in Bauchi State, 777,000 were out of school.