By Usman Babaji, WikkiTimes In the face of both the Federal Government’s and UNICEF’s assertion of Open Defecation-Free (ODF) Certification, several communities in Bauchi continue to grapple with the persistent presence of human waste and the looming threat of deadly diseases. UNICEF’s reluctance to engage in an interview with WikkiTimes casts doubt on the intricacies
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Haruna Salihu Mohammed, Publisher of WikkiTimes, a Bauchi-based investigative platform in Bauchi State is being held at Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Bauchi Police Headquarters on the order of the State Governor, Bala Mohammed. Haruna was arrested earlier yesterday at Duguri, the governor’s hometown in the local council, where he was covering the
By Usman Babaji, WikkiTimes In mid-July, three children, Maryam, Abduljabbar, and Ja’afar returned home from school in Langai, one of the border communities between Bauchi and Plateau States. Maryam, the oldest sister asked after her father Isah Musa but their mother Ikilima assured her he would be back home soon. What the four children, their
By Abdullateef Abubakar, SolaceBase Listen To The Report The International Press Centre (IPC) has condemned in strong terms the harassment and molestation of Mr. Haruna Mohammed, the publisher of WikkiTimes online newspaper, and one of its reporters, Mr. Idris Kamal, by the Police in Bauchi, Bauchi State. SolaceBase reports that the ordeal of the two
By Idris Kamal Ibrahim, WikiTimes In 2019, the federal government, through the Federal Ministry of Employment, Labour, and Productivity, released about N20.8 million for the construction of a skills acquisition center bungalow in Gamawa, Bauchi State. Data obtained from Open Treasury Portal, an open contracting site of the Federal Government of Nigeria, indicates that G-Men
By Rauf Oyewole, WikkiTimes Adamu Yusuf Misau became a widower on August 5, 2020, at the age of 43 when his wife died during childbirth in Bauchi metropolis. His wife, Zaliha Yahaya Muhammad, was taken to the State Low-Cost Primary Health Centre where she had a stillbirth and died of complications afterwards, he said. Adamu
By Idris Kamal Ibrahim, WikkiTimes The Governing Council of Bill and Melinda Gates College of Health Technology, Ningi has dissolved the Academic Board of the college after it found one Amina Sule Abdulkaidir, a daughter of the Council’s Chairman, Alhaji Sule Abdulkadir Doguwa, and 10 other students guilty of exams malpractice, WikkiTimes’s independent Investigation revealed. Amina
By Rauf Oyewole, WikkiTimes Experts say persistent outbreak of cholera in Bauchi State is caused by poor urban planning and regulatory failures. WikkiTimes’ Rauf Oyewole reports that due to indiscriminate refuse dumps, stinky abattoirs and unclean sources of water, the State Government has endangered the lives of residents by failing on its basic responsibilities. When