Tag Archives: Isa Yuguda

2015: Intrigues as Yuguda, Shema Eye Vice Presidency

April 7, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Indications emerged at the weekend that no fewer than three political camps are at present arrayed against Vice President Namadi Sambo, moving to replace him as veepee, in the build-up to the 2015 presidential election. In the first group, according … read more »

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Nigeria: 2015 – Don’t Distract Me, Jonathan Tells Politicians

September 17, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Vanguard, Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan declared, yesterday, that he is presently preoccupied with serious governance and warned politicians not to distract him with politics of 2015, saying the next general elections in year 2015 was still three years away. President … read more »

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Bauchi’s Hopeless Budget – By Nasir El-Rufai

April 14, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

As we explore the issue of Nigeria’s missing federalism, we turn today to Bauchi as we focus on and analyze sub-national budgets, fiscal prudence and good governance.   The state is one of the older states with the good fortune … read more »

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Islamist sect steal police weapons in northern Nigeria

July 6, 2011 by benim

Gunmen suspected of being members of an Islamist sect raided a police station overnight in the northern Nigerian state of Bauchi, stealing weapons, police said Wednesday. Police did not state how many weapons were seized from the station in the … read more »

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Nigerian governors ‘apologise’ to Islamists for rights abuse

July 3, 2011 by benim

Two senior officials in northern Nigerian have offered public apologies to an extremist sect for any rights violations suffered during military crackdown on its armed uprising in 2009. Bauchi state governor Isa Yuguda and the ex-governor of neighbouring Gombe state … read more »

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14 killed, 40 injured in Nigeria’s Bauchi bomb blast

May 31, 2011 by benim

At least 14 persons have been confirmed killed and 40 others injured in a triple explosion at the Mammy Market,Shadawanka 33 Army Brigade barracks in northeast Nigeria’s Bauchi State, the military said on Monday. Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lt. … read more »

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Nigeria: Jos, Bauchi mayhem: SSS finds bomb in church

January 30, 2011 by benim

SECTARIAN crisis in the northern part of the country, especially in Plateau and Bauchi States which has claimed hundreds of lives took a dramatic turn, yesterday, as the State Security Service and the police averted a bomb blast in a … read more »

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