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  • NiMet predicts thunderstorms, rains on Thursday

    The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted prospects of thunderstorms with rains over the central states such as Makurdi, Jos, Taraba, Kaduna, Adamawa, Nasarawa, Abuja, Bauchi and Gombe on Thursday morning.

    NiMet’s Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office in Abuja on Wednesday also predicted day and night temperatures in the range of 26 to 30 and 18 to 24 degrees Celsius respectively.

    It added that Bida, Minna, Abuja, Lafia, Lokoja, Jos and Ilorin axis were envisaged to experience thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening hours.

    The agency predicted that the southern states would experience moderate rains over the entire coastal cities and southeast inland such as Enugu, Owerri, Awka and Abakaliki axis in the morning hours.

    It also predicted localised rain/showers over the coastal and inland states later in the day with day and night temperatures in the range of 28 to 30 and 21 to 24 degrees Celsius respectively.

    According to NiMet, northern states will experience thunderstorms with rains over Maiduguri, Nguru, Katsina, Kano and Dutse axis in the morning hours.

    “Sokoto, Gusau, Yelwa and Kebbi will have prospects of thunderstorm with rains in the afternoon and evening hours with day and night temperatures of 33 to 37 and 21 to 27 degrees Celsius respectively.

    “There are prospects of thunderstorms and rains over several parts of the country with varying intensities in the next 24 hours,” NiMet predicts.

  • Presidential team visits Bauchi

    A Federal Government delegation, led by Minister of Education Adamu Adamu, will visit Bauchi State to commiserate with the people following last Saturday’s rainstorm which destroyed an estimated 1,505 houses in the state capital.

    Eight persons were confirmed dead while 120 others were said to have sustained injuries.

    Azare market, another major town, was razed by fire a few days after.

    A statement by the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said the delegation include Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Mustapha Yunusa Maihaja.

    The delegation will assess the extent of damage.

    The statement reads: “NEMA has started mobilising relief items from its warehouses in Damaturu and Yola for onward distribution to those displaced by the windstorm.

    “The materials are expected to reach Bauchi today (yesterday) evening while assessment is being conducted on the Azare fire.”

    In an earlier message on Monday, President Buhari extended his sympathies to the victims and families of the windstorm and the fire incidents.

    The President said “Nation stands in solidarity with their fellow countrymen in this difficult time as they face the devastation with courage and fortitude.”

  • Eid-el-Fitri: Police strengthen security in Borno, Yobe , Bauchi, Ekiti

    •Be security conscious, police tell Kano residents

    POLICE commands in  Yobe, Borno, Bauchi and Ekiti states have deployed special forces, including  men of the Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD), to secure all praying grounds as well as tackle political thugs and criminals.

    The measure in the Norther states, according to security sources, was aimed at combing praying ground and ensure no explosive was planted at the venue before worshipers arrive for their prayers today.

    Yobe and Borno states have also placed restriction on movement of vehicles and animals like donkeys and horses during prayers.

    In Yobe State, restriction of movement began from 10.00pm yesterday to 10.00m today, according to a statement by Abdullahi Bego, the director-general of Information and Press Affairs to Governor Ibrahim Gaidam.

    The restriction of movement, Bego said, will  exempt people on emergency services or those with security clearance.

    In Borno State, Police Commissioner Damian Chukwu announced that over 5,000 policemen are to be deployed during the Eid-el-Fitri celebration .

    Chukwu said suicide attacks on Maiduguri have necessitated the need for serious security.

    Police in Bauchi said they will be deploying 2,992 policemen to secure lives and properties in the state during the Eid-el-Fitir celebration.

    Conventional police, Mobile Force, Counter Terrorist Unit, Explosive Ordinance Disposal personnel, intelligence personnel, medical personnel and other operatives in the command will be deployed at strategic positions.

    The command’s spokesperson, Kamal Abubabakar, while quoting Police Commissioner Sanusi Lemu, assured residents: “The command is ready to protect lives and properties of all citizens resident in the state before, during and after the sallah.”

    Kano State Police Command advised Muslim worshipers and people attending recreational centres during the Eid-El-Fitri festivities to be security-conscious and report suspicious movements to security agencies.

    In a statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Superintendent of Police, Magaji Musa Majia, in Kano, Police said they have put machinery in place to ensure adequate security of lives and property during the Sallah celebrations.

    The police in Ekiti State said they have beefed up security in a bid to forestall breakdown of law and order and as parties embark on political campaign ahead of the July 14 poll.

    The command also said the security measure was also aimed at ensuring a peaceful celebration of Eid-el-Fitri.

    A statement by the command spokesman, Mr. Caleb Ikechukwu, warned political thugs and miscreants to eschew violence during the Sallah.

    It threatened that the police would deal decisively with troublemakers caught.

    He said: “We assure the good people of Ekiti State that police shall be alive to their responsibility during this celebration.

    “We are fully prepared to deal with hoodlums, political thugs, and other disgruntled elements that may cause panic among the public during this period and we will collaborate with sister security agencies and stakeholders to ensure peaceful hitch-free celebration.

    “To this effect, the command has deployed enough officers and men in all praying grounds and venues of events in the state.”

     

     

     

  • NiMet predicts cloudy skies, rains, thunderstorms for Saturday

    The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy weather conditions over the central states of Nigeria on Saturday morning with prospects of thunderstorms and moderate rains over Niger and Yelwa.

    NiMet’s Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office in Abuja on Friday also predicted day and night temperatures in the range of 28 to 36 and 17 to 24 degrees Celsius, respectively.

    It added that thunderstorms were expected to prevail over Mambilla Plateau, Abuja, Ibi, Yola, Lokoja, Makurdi and Ilorin in the afternoon and evening hours.

    The agency further predicted that the southeastern states would experience cloud weather condition in the morning with prospects of moderate rain showers over Port Harcourt, Calabar and Yenagoa with day and night temperatures of 31 to 33 and 22 to 26 degrees Celsius, respectively.

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    It also predicted thunderstorms and moderate rain showers over Ekiti, Benin, Akure, Osogbo, Enugu, Owerri and the coastal cities later in the day.

    According to NiMet, Northern States will experience cloudy to partly cloudy morning with prospects of moderate thunderstorms over Gusau, Katsina, Bauchi, Gombe and Kano.

    “Northern States are also expected to have day and night temperatures in the ranges of 34 to 42 and 23 to 27 degrees Celsius, respectively.

    “Cloudy skies with prospects of isolated thunderstorms and rain showers are expected over some part of the country with varying intensities in the next 24 hours”

  • Bauchi Governor accepts deputy’s resignation

    Governor Mohammed Abubakar of Bauchi has accepted the resignation of his deputy, Alhaji Nuhu Gidado.

    In a statement issued on his behalf by Mr Ali M. Ali, Special Adviser, Media, the governor described the tenure of his deputy as “meritorious” and therefore deserving of “commendation”.

    “We received the resignation of our Deputy Governor, Engr. Nuhu Gidado.

    “ On behalf of the people of Bauchi state, I want to thank him for his meritorious service while in office.”

    “He remains vital to our administration and party.

    “I wish him well in his future endeavours, and he can count on me for support.

    “I am also optimistic he will avail the state his service when called upon in the future,” said Ali in the statement, quoting the governor.

    It would be recalled that the deputy governor resigned on Wednesday, attributing his action to the dampening of spirit and waning zeal with regards his official responsibilities.

    “Ordinarily, I should have remained up to the end of the tenure, but, with the current dampened spirit and waning zeal as it relates to my official engagements, my continued stay will not be fair and truthful to you as my brother and leader.

    “ In this regard, I feel sure that, Your Excellency will readily recollect the most recent one – on – one discussion we had, precisely, on Thursday, April 19th, 2018, in your office, where, among other issues, I expressed to you, my contemplation to ‘step aside’, if need be, in order to free my conscience.

    “I regret to say that it has become necessary to yield to that inner calling, and may this development be in accordance with the blessed will and guidance of Allah,” said the deputy governor in his resignation letter. (NAN)

  • Bauchi deputy governor resigns

    Bauchi State Deputy Governor Nuhu Gidado has resigned.

    In his resignation letter to Governor Mohammed Abubakar last night, Gidado said he left because of “waning enthusiasm for the job,” according to a report monitored on television.

    He said he planned to serve for only one term but decided to quit before end of tenure

    He thanked the governor and the Bauchi people for “the privilege to serve.”

    Gidado, 59, holds a degree in Building Engineering from Ahmadu Bello University.

    Gidado ventured into partisan politics in 2011 and contested for governor on the platform of the defunct Congress for Progressives Change (CPC) before he teamed up with Abubakar on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2015.

  • Bauchi: Dogara boycotts congress

    Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, who secured a court injunction retraining the All Progressives Congress (APC) from holding its state congress in Bauchi State at the weekend, was conspicuously absent from yesterday’s exercise in the state.
    Reacting to the development, the Speaker, Bauchi State House of Assembly, Alhaji Kawuwa Damuna (APC) said that members who dragged APC to court are enemies of the party.
    “Any member of the party that takes the party to court is an enemy of the party, because there is a lot of avenue for reconciliation.
    “Six people cannot hold us to ransom. The state congress will hold and it will be hitch-free.
    “We have not been served with the court injunction and that is why we are going on with the congress,” he said.
    Also commenting on the congress, the State Chairman of the party, Alhaji Uba Nana corroborated Damuna’s position.
    Nana, who re-contested his position unopposed, said that the party was yet to be served with the injunction.

     

  • Husband dies saving wife from electrocution

    Tragedy befall a family in Bauchi on Saturday as the breadwinner of the house, Mr Salihu Yahaya, a businessman, lost his life trying to save his wife from being electrocuted.

    Mr Sani Ahmed, who described himself as ‘one of the boys’ of the deceased, said the tragedy occurred around 6.40 pm.

    “One of the wives of the deceased, Halima, was trying to spread a wet material on a wire in the house meant for drying of clothes, but unknown to her, the wire had contact with wall security barb wire connected to electricity.

    “She was instantly shocked and raised alarm, after which the deceased rushed to her rescue by trying to use his bare hand to pull off the wire in contact with her.

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    “Unfortunately, as at the time he responded to her alarm, he was performing ablution for his evening prayers and his hands were wet.

    “He was able to rescue the wife but was also shocked by the electricity current in the wire, as a result of which he was thrown to the ground and died while being rushed to the hospital,” he said.

    Ahmed said he and others also took the wife to the hospital for medical attention, saying that she was now at home in stable condition.

    When newsmen visited the resident of the deceased along NYSC Street in Fadaman Mada area of Bauchi metropolis, they could not secure an interview with the affected wife as she was in a mourning mood and receiving sympathizers.

    Late Yahaya left behind two wives and six children.

    NAN

  • Changing people’s perception about PDP, paramount for success – Chieftain

    An Elder statesman and Chieftain of Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in Bauchi, Alhaji Bello Kirfi, has advised members of the party to map out strategies of changing the perception of the public about the party.

    Kirfi, one time stalwart and Chieftian of the party, gave the advice in Bauchi on Saturday during a reception organized in honour of the Deputy National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Babayo Gamawa.

    According to him, mistakes have been committed during the previous administration, as such all hands must be on deck to clear all doubts in the minds of the electorates for them to renew their trust in the party.

    He also advised the electorate to votes for credible candidates during the forthcoming general elections.

    Also speaking, the National Chairman of PDP, Mr Uche Secondus, represented by his deputy, Mr Yemi Akinwumi, assured that the party would not impose any aspirant on the electorate.

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     He promised that the popular candidate would be the presidential flag-bearer of the party in 2019 elections.

    Secondus also called on politicians to shun violence and conduct their affairs peacefully for democracy to thrive.

    In their various goodwill massages, former senators from Bauchi, Ibrahim Gumba, Bala Mohammed and Abdul Ningi, described the celebrants as a vibrant and active member of the party.

    In his response, Gamawa thanked party members for their support and the opportunity given to him to serve the party.

    He advised aspirants to shun malice and support each other for successful election.

  • Enlist in military, NYSC boss urges corps members

    Brig.-Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, the Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps ( NYSC ), has urged corps members to consider enlisting in the armed forces.

    Kazaure gave the advice in an interview with the News men on Tuesday at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp in Sagamu, Ogun.

    The director-general, who inspected various physical and combat activities of the 2018 Batch ‘A’ corps members deployed to Ogun, said he was impressed by their level of discipline.

    Kazaure, who also watched the quarter-guard,  Man-O-War regiment, martial arts combats as well as the  band display of the corps members, said   he was certain that they would excel in the military.

    He described the Ogun Orientation camp as one of the best in the country, noting that it had been persistent over the years in maintaining excellence in the training of corps members.

    “With what I have witnessed here today, I can confidently state that this has been by far the best set of corps members ever received in Ogun State camp.

    “Their level of discipline and adherence to the teachings of their instructors has been excellent and I urge them to maintain the status quo.

    “The orientation programme was designed to help prepare corps members for the challenges ahead during their service year and these ones will do very well to cope.

    “To join the army, there are guidelines. You must be physically, medically and mentally fit.

    “The army will subject you to a lot of exams both written and oral before the final selection. If you meet all the required indices, you will be enlisted,” he said.

    Kazaure also said he was inspired by the display of the band to pioneer the NYSC inter-state band competition for corps members with added rewards for outstanding groups.

    He urged the corps members to be good ambassadors of the NYSC during their service year by promoting the ideals of the scheme.

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    Kazaure added that the NYSC would be considering posting more corps members to farms under the scheme in Oyo, Abuja, Bauchi and Kebbi.

    The Ogun NYSC State Coordinator, Mr John Okpo, thanked the director general for the visit while reiterating the commitment of the NYSC in Ogun in complementing the scheme in nation building.

    He said the 2018 Batch ‘A’ corps members comprising 2,513 individuals including 1,161 males and 1,352 females distinguished themselves by arriving very early in camp.

    Okpo urged the corps members to equip themselves with the necessary skills for self-reliance through the NYSC Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development ( SAED ) programme.

    The NYSC official said the orientation, which commenced on April 19, would close on Wednesday.

    NAN