Bauchi State

January 03, (THEWILL) — A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to the Bauchi State Commissioner for Finance, Yakubu Adamu, in the sum of ₦500 million following allegations of money laundering amounting to ₦4.6 billion. Justice Emeka...

December 21, (THEWILL) — President Bola Tinubu has immortalised the late Islamic scholar and spiritual leader, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi, by renaming the Federal University of Health Sciences, Azare, Bauchi State, after him. The President announced the decision on...

September 22, (THEWILL) — The presence of a seven-year-old girl, Habiba (not her real name), at the  Emergency ward of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH), Bauchi, where she is receiving treatment for first degree burns around...

August 21, (THEWILL) — The Bauchi State Government, on Thursday, unveiled the upcoming Bauchi State Economic and Investment Summit scheduled to be held on the 8th & 9th of October 2025. The unveiling, held in Lagos, was preceded by...

May 05, (THEWILL) – At least ten (10) persons, including members of a vigilante group in Mansur, Gwana district of Alkaleri local government area of Bauchi State, have been killed by bandits who also rustled cattle. The spokesperson of...

April 08, (THEWILL) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Sirajo Muhammad Jaja, the Bauchi state accountant-general, before the Federal High Court in Abuja for alleged fraud. Jaja was arraigned on Monday, alongside Aliyu Abubakar, a bureau...

March 20, (THEWILL) – Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested the Accountant General of Bauchi State, Sirajo Jaja, over an alleged N70 billion fraud. Jaja was apprehended in Abuja on Wednesday alongside Aliyu...

March 13, (THEWILL) – The 2023 Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, on Thursday held a closed-door meeting with Governor Bala Mohammed at the Ramat House in Bauchi State. Obi, who arrived in the State, was received...

January 07, (THEWILL) – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has reshuffled his cabinet, relieving five commissioners of their duties. A statement issued Tuesday by Mukhtar Gidado, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the governor, said the shake-up reflects the...

October 27, (THEWILL) – With Nigeria struggling to meet its Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) quota of 1.7 million barrels per day (currently about 1.4 million) and tackle its lingering revenue challenge, the Kolmani oil and gas wells...