Tag Archives: Bauchi

Male students of secondary schools are currently protesting on the streets of Bauchi over a new policy by the state government to separate boys from girls in schools.   The Bauchi State Commissioner for Education, Mr Aliyu Tilde, had said that the government has concluded plans to separate male and …

  Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed that Senior Special Assistant on Christian Religious Affairs to Bauchi State governor, Zakka Luka Magaji, was attacked by gunmen.    The command’s spokesperson, SP Ahmed Wakili, said the gunmen numbering about seven stormed the residence of the victim in Birshin, a community in the …

Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 35-year-old man, Sani Musa, for sodomising a 12-year-old boy in Alkaleri Local Government Area of the state.    Spokesperson of the command, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, in a statement on Monday, September 12, said the suspect lured the minor, a sachet water hawker into a …

A 25-year-old school teacher, Sirajo Ahmed, has been arrested for allegedly defiling a 7-year-old pupil in Alkeri, Bauchi State.    Spokesperson of the State Police Command, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, September 12, 2022, said the suspect lured the minor into his office …

Operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command have killed two suspected kidnappers and arrested eight others in Alkaleri Local Government Area of the state.    Spokesperson of the command, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, August 26, said the two kidnap victims were rescued during the …

The Police Command in Bauchi State has arrested a 59-year-old man for raping his neighbour’s 18-month-old baby.   Spokesman of the command, SP Ahmed Wakil, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Saturday, August 13, said the suspect was arrested after mother of the baby, Nenkat Danladi, reported the rape case to …

Bauchi State House of Assembly has passed a law that would facilitate establishing state-owned security outfit to tackle banditry and other crimes in the state.   This was disclosed when Governor Mohammed Bala paid a condolence visit to the family of a 75-year-old man, Jauro Dakkuna, who was killed by bandits …

Operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command have rescued two persons from kidnappers’ den in Alkeri forest.    Spokesperson of the command, SP Ahmed Wakil, who made this known in a statement on Tuesday, August 2, said the victims, aged 19 and 17, were rescued after gun duel with the kidnappers …

Openly gay British-Nigerian pastor, Jide Macaulay, has taken to social media to register his disapproval over the death sentence handed to three men found guilty of homosexuality in Bauchi.    The three men including a 70-year-old, were sentenced to death by stoning by an Islamic Sharia Court in Ningi, Ningi Local Government Area …

22 members of Bauchi house of assembly have passed a vote of no confidence on the principal officers of the House.    The lawmakers who cited ineptitude and dereliction of duty as their reasons, asked the leadership to tender their resignations or face impeachment.   Addressing newsmen after the exercise today July 1, Deputy …