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Worried by the dilapidation of the tomb of Nigeria’s first and only Prime Minister, late Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa which has been neglected to decay over the years, the present administration in the state has expressed its plans to rehabilitate the entire complex in order to make a befitting edifice.
The expression was made public on Friday, by the Bauchi State Commissioner of Culture and Tourism, Dr Asma’u Ahmed Giade during the annual memorial lecture and prayers for the repose of the soul of late national leader organised by the state government held at the tomb.
The Commissioner said that the complex was neglected for decades by past administrations revealing that the present administration had set a plan in motion to renovate the place so that it could attract more tourists from within and outside the country.
The Benue government says it is mourning the death of former Military Administrator of the state, Aminu Isa Kontagora. The retired Colonel passed away on
Bauchi Dep governor, Journalists clash over ill-treatment of members
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By Charly Agwam, Bauchi
The Correspondents Chapel in Bauchi has clashed with the Deputy governor, Baba Tela over harassment of some journalists at his office on Monday before the commencement of a press conference.
The Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Bauchi Chapter, in a press statement, resolved to boycott coverage of all activities of the office of the deputy governor over what it called ‘ill-treatment’ of its members.
The decision followed an incident that happened at the office of the Deputy governor where he harshly asked members of the Press who were in his office on an invitation to cover a meeting that they should go out as they were not needed.