Tag: Bala Mohammed

PDP Gov. Bala Moh’d meets Tinubu amid defection rumours

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Bala Moh'd meets Tinubu

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, yesterday held a closed-door meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting came amid growing rumours of possible political realignment by some opposition governors. However, the discussion centered on security challenges in Bauchi State, especially the worsening situation in Alƙaleri local government area. Governor Mohammed briefed the President on renewed bandit attacks that have forced several communities to flee their homes. He raised concern over the activities of armed groups operating from forest areas in Gwana, Kafin-Duguri, Mansur, Yalau, Futuk, and…

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Wike, Bala Moh’d clash over terrorism financing claims

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Wike, Bala Moh'd clash

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, were on Thursday locked in a war of words over allegations of terrorism financing levelled against the governor. Appearing on a television programme, Mohammed alleged a political witch-hunt by President Bola Tinubu, adding that Wike was behind the terrorism financing charges filed against Bauchi State Commissioner for Finance, Yakubu Adamu, in which his (Mohammed’s) name featured. Recall that the EFCC had on Wednesday arraigned Adamu and three others for alleged terrorism financing to the…

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Bauchi Gov., Bala Moh’d linked with approving terrorism  funding

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Bauchi Gov. Bala Moh'd2

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), yesterday directly linked Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, to the alleged approval of public funds now at the centre of a terrorism-financing trial, as it arraigned the state’s Commissioner for Finance and three other officials before the Federal High Court in Abuja over transactions totalling about $9.7 million. In documents filed before the court, the EFCC directly tied the alleged terrorism-linked payments to approvals issued at the highest level of the Bauchi State government, stating that the funds were released “pursuant to approvals…

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“Our party isn’t distracted by 2027 politicking”, APC slams Bauchi Gov.

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APC slams Bauchi Gov.

The Lagos chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed suggestions that the party is prioritising politics ahead of governance. Lagos APC spokesperson, Seye Oladejo, said this in a statement yesterday, while reacting to remarks by Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed, accusing the APC and the Federal Government of playing politics ahead of the 2027 elections. Oladejo described the accusation as “a misplaced outburst”, insisting that President Bola Tinubu and the APC are focused on reforms in the economy, security, infrastructure, and institutional development. His words: “Tinubu, the APC…

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Bauchi Gov. appoints Chinese as Adviser, signs MoU with China

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Bauchi Gov. appoints

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has appointed Chinese national, Li Zhensheng, as Economic Adviser to the state government, in a move aimed at positioning the state as a hub for international cooperation and investment. The announcement was made on Thursday, during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Bauchi State Government and the China Global Promotion Cooperation Research Centre’, in Bauchi. The agreement outlines a framework for long-term collaboration in key sectors, including agriculture, education, healthcare, manufacturing, mining, oil and gas, and trade. As part of the…

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Wike vs Gov Bala: “Stop betraying North” – Forum cautions Dogara

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Forum cautions Dogara

The Nigerian Democratic Front, (NDF), has cautioned the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, against betraying Northern interests in the lead-up to the 2027 presidential election. In an issued statement signed by its National Spokesperson, Engr. Ikenna Ellis Ezenekwe, the NDF urged Northerners to disregard their actions and called for an end to the practice of political mercenaries. The group alleged that their recent criticism of Bauchi State governor Bala Mohammed is a calculated strategy aimed at undermining the region’s political influence and preventing it from producing…

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Hardship: “Tinubu had no manifesto, just a sense of entitlement” – Apostle Suleman

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Apostle Suleman on Tinubu

Senior Pastor of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has attributed the current economic hardship in the country to the unpreparedness of President Bola Tinubu for governance, noting that the President only came with a sense of entitlement. The clergy, who made this assertion during Tuesday and Wednesday’s 2-day “Recovery Conference 2025” in Bauchi State, blamed Nigerians for poor electoral choices in the 2023 general election, noting that they partly deserve what they are getting under the Tinubu administration. Suleman had, ahead of the event, paid a courtesy visit to…

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Tax reform Bills:”I stand by my comment” – Bauchi Gov. replies Presidency

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Bauchi Gov. replies

…Says he can’t be threatened Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, on Tuesday sent an unequivocal reply to the Presidency, saying he stands by his comment on the proposed tax reform Bills by President Bola Tinubu. “I cannot be threatened as a governor. I stand by my comments. It is not meant to malign, insult or to do anything to the contrary other than mean well,” Mohammed said, during a television programme on 2024 Year-end review. The chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum warned that the Presidency should…

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Sack excess baggage ministers Bauchi Gov., in Rivers counsels Tinubu

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Bauchi Gov. in Rivers

Bauchi State governor ,Bala Mohammed, has counselled President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to sack any minister that may be considered excess baggage. The governor made the statement in Omuma local council area, of Rivers State, where he commissioned some road projects executed by Gov Siminalaya Fubara of Rivers State. Gov. Mohammed has been one of the vocal northern governors that have defended the embattled Rivers State governor in his fierce battle with his godfather, Nyesom Wike, who is the FCT Minister. Wike seems to take on battles with most persons the…

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Bauchi: Appeal Court affirms Gov.s election, dismisses APCs appeal

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The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja yesterday dismissed the appeal filed by the All-Progressives Congress (APC) in Bauchi State and its governorship candidate, former Governor Mohammed Abubakar, against Gov. Bala Mohammed, of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). Recall that the Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Bauchi, had on 7th October 2019 dismissed the petition of the APC and its candidate in the election and affirmed the victory of Sen. Bala Mohammed as the duly elected Governor of Bauchi State. Dissatisfied with the tribunals judgement, the APC approached the higher court…

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