Bauchi Govt , NITDA launch Digital Literacy Initiative to drive Innovation, Job Creation

The Bauchi State Government, through its Bureau for ICT and Digital Economy, in partnership with the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has launched the Digital Literacy and Skills Framework (DL4ALL Bauchi Initiative), a flagship programme aimed at equipping citizens with 21st-century skills and positioning the state as a hub for digital innovation. Declaring the programme open in Bauchi, Governor Senator Bala Mohammed described digital literacy as a fundamental right for all citizens, stressing that the initiative is part of a broader vision to prepare youths and civil servants to…

APC replies Bauchi Governor,Bala Mohammed,says PDP has always been a cesspool of crisis and dysfunction

The All Progressive Congress APC said PDP has been and remained a cesspool of sleaze, crisis and dysfunction. And that has got nothing to do with the ruling party.   APC said Crisis is endemic to the PDP and dysfunction is deeply engraved in its institutional DNA.   APC stated this sequel to a statement credited to the Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed.The Governor while hosting members of the Board of Trustees of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Government House, Bauchi, on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, reportedly, alleged that…

Bauchi Made The Right Choice, The Next Four Years Will Be Golden By Ikenna Ellis-Ezenekwe

With near certainty, the next four years will be existing. Bauchi will experience the greatest developmental advancement in the history of modern Bauchi State. The renewed mandate to the Governor of Bauchi State, Senator Bala Mohammed will open new opportunities for the people of Bauchi State and will create more employment opportunities in new areas to accentuate the enormous investment made into developing the farming and rural communities in the hinterlands. It will be a four-year fast-spaced marathon and/or a long sprint. The new mandate will build largely on commercialisation…

Workers’Day : Gov Bala Mohammed Hails Nigerian Workers, urges them to remain committed to Nation Building

The leading PDP presidential aspirant and the Consensus Candidate of the North, Sen Bala Mohammed, has hailed the courageous spirit of Nigerian workers on the occasion of the historic May Day celebration and with regard to the anti labour policies of the current APC government.   The Bauchi state Governor lamented that even as Nigerian workers have never had it so bad in living memory with the all university workers still on strike and millions of workers living below the poverty line, they have kept faith with the nation.  …

Court sacks ex- Speaker ,Yakubu Dogara

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, ordered former Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, to vacate his seat as member representing Dass, Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro Federal Constituency in Bauchi State.   Delivering judgment, Justice Donatus Okorowo, declared that having defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dogara was no longer qualified to occupy the seat by virtue of Section 68(1)(g) of the Constitution.   Justice Okorowo aligned with the argument of the PDP that by defecting from the party that sponsored…

2023: Northern Elders endorse Saraki, Bala Mohammed for Presidency

The Northern Elders Forum has endorsed the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, and Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, as the northern consensus presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party.   This was made known in Minna on Friday by Ango Abdullahi who spoke on behalf of the Elders.   Abdullahi stated that the two aspirants chosen by the elders should work together and decide on which of them would be the consensus candidate.   “For the purpose of this exercise, it is hereby resolved that Governor Bala Mohammed from the…

Peace has finally returned to Edo PDP,says Ortom

The crisis that engulfed the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been finally resolved.   Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom who is also the Chairman of the committee set up by the National Executive Committee, NEC of PDP disclosed this to journalists Wednesday April 6th, 2022 at the end of a meeting that lasted more than six hours with the warring parties at the Benue State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja.   The PDP had on March 16th, 2022 at its 95th NEC meeting constituted a three-member…

2023: Saraki, Tambuwal, Mohammed assures of rancour free contest among aspirants

Three Presidential aspirants for the 2023 general election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP have met with Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom in continuation of their consultations to pick a consensus candidate ahead of the party primaries.   The aspirants, former Senate President, Bukola Saraki and Governors Bala Mohammed and Aminu Tambuwal of Bauchi and Sokoto states respectively met over an hour with the Benue State Governor behind closed doors at the Benue Peoples House Makurdi to strengthen their campaign for a rancour free contest.    …

Ortom rejoices over PDP victory in Plateau Rep Bye-election …says rescue mission on course

Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has expressed happiness with the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded election in Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency seat   Governor Ortom who was the chairman of the PDP campaign council while praising the perseverance and determination of the PDP faithful and its candidate that earned the victory, commended Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State who was the co-chairman of the campaign council for holding firm, the party’s structures in the run up to the election.   In a statement he…

Gov Sani Bello seeks Cooperation In Technology Transfer Between Nigeria, Turkey

Niger State Governor and Chairman North Central States Governor’s Forum (NCSGF), Abubakar Sani Bello has described Nigeria-Turkey bilateral relationship as mutually beneficial. The Governor, who spoke at the Turkish-Nigeria Business Congress (TNBC) held in Istanbul, Turkey,identified technology transfer as fundamentally necessary to the growth and development of Nigeria, stressed the need for cooperation with the Turkish government in that direction. He said investment opportunities abound in Nigeria, but that the courage to take positive economic decision, open up and the will to invest in various aspect of comparative advantage by…