The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, chapters of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) and Bauchi State University, Gadau, had decried the detention of ATBU chapter Chairman, Dr Adamu Babayo, by the Department of State Services, DSS. The Vice Chairman of the association, Dr Ibrahim Maina, condemned the action at a joint press conference […]
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With gas supply, distribution and transmission challenges affecting on-grid power sector, indications have emerged that 13 states’ access to electricity is still below 40 per cent. Report obtained by correspondent from the Rural Electrification Agency, REA, showed that small-scale generators (10-15 GW) account for almost 50 per cent of the population that have limited or […]
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The Federal Government says it will commence disbursement of the recovered 322 million dollars Abacha loot through Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) to 302,000 poor households in 19 states in July. Mr Tukur Rumar, of the National Cash Transfer Office (NTCO), said this at a roundtable on assets recovery organised by the Swiss Embassy on Thursday, […]
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On the basis of guidelines by the Debt Management Office on subnational borrowing, 23 states of the federation exceeded their borrowing limits in 2015, the Fiscal Responsibility Commission has said. In a report on the states and indebtedness, the FRC said Lagos, Kaduna, Cross River, Gombe, Ekiti, Edo, Ondo and Imo states had borrowed more […]
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The Bauchi State Government has spent the sum of ₦90m to purchase horses for the six emirate councils in the state. The government has also spent ₦275, 869, 840 for routine immunisation in the last two years. The Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Nasrudeen Mohammed, disclosed this on Tuesday at a ministerial press […]
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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, on Friday spent ₦3.76 million to settle bills of patients at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi. The bills of ₦1.26 million for five patients with critical issues were settled while ₦2.5 million dropped with the hospital’s management to cover the bills of other […]
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The aviation agencies on Sunday has been directed by the Nigeria Federal Government to carry out an immediate investigation into why Aero Contractors used a ladder to disembark passengers after its chartered flight landed at the Bauchi airport. The Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, gave the directive after receiving several reports that […]
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