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BUK hosts ECOWAS Parliamentarians, eulogises Senator Barau
BUK hosts ECOWAS Parliamentarians, eulogises Senator Barau
By: Michael Mike
The management of the Bayero University Kano (BUK) on Thursday hosted members of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at the new site of the institution.
The parliamentarians’ visit to the university was part of the activities lined up for the Second Extraordinary Session of the Sixth Legislature of the Parliament holding in Kano.
The Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Sagir Adamu Abbas and other management of the institution received the parliamentarians at the Abubakar Rasheed Senate Building.
During the visit, Professor Abbas commended the parliamentarians for the visit, saying “this is the first time that we will be receiving the entire ECOWAS Parliament.”
Describing Senator Barau as a politician par excellence, he enumerated the several interventions of the lawmaker in the university, adding that he has contributed immensely to the institution’s development.
“He has contributed immensely to the development of BUK. He is a politician par excellence. To my knowledge, he has impacted positively on the lives of the people he is representing. Apart from paying for school fees for students, he has attracted projects to the school,” he said.
He listed the projects to include a four-story building, over 20 kilometres of road, streetlights, and a laboratory, among others.
He called on the parliamentarians to facilitate the collaboration of universities in the subregion to address the developmental challenges facing the member states.
“We need the political intervention to collaborate with other universities in the subregion in the area of research for the development of member states,” he said.
The First Deputy Speaker of ECOWAS Parliament and the Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, explained that the second extraordinary session of the ECOWAS Parliament was brought to Kano to get the assembly closer to the masses.
” The parliament of the entire West Africa is now in Kano and now in BUK because of the importance of the institution not only to Kano but the entire country,” he said.
Describing education as the bedrock of society, he said any society without a sound educational system is doomed.
Senator Barau, while commending the university’s management for the transformation in the institution, said the ECOWAS Parliament will support the university in addressing some of the challenges.
The Fourth Deputy Speaker of ECOWAS Parliament, Billay Tunkara, extolled the virtues of Senator Barau and thanked the university for conferring an honorary doctorate on the Deputy President of the Senate recently.
BUK hosts ECOWAS Parliamentarians, eulogises Senator Barau
Gombe police launch investigation after clash at wedding leaves one dead
By: Zagazola Makama
Police in Gombe State have commenced investigation following a deadly clash during a wedding send-off party in Tulmi, Akko Local Government Area, which left one person dead and others injured.
According to a sources, the incident occurred on Feb. 1, 2026, at about 10:30 p.m., when a group of men identified as Wada Hussaini, Ganji Alhaji Idi, Yaya Hussaini, Mohammed Maikudi, Bello Alhaji Idi, and one Tijjani, all from Garin Ardo Usman village, reportedly clashed with Abubakar Usman, 35, and Bello Adamu, 19, at the wedding organized by Godiya Mai Rai.
The confrontation resulted in serious injuries to Abubakar Usman, Bello Adamu, and Wada Hussaini. The injured were rushed to Cottage Hospital Tumu for treatment, but Abubakar Usman was confirmed dead. His corpse has been deposited at the hospital’s mortuary.
The suspects fled the scene following the incident, and police said efforts are ongoing to apprehend them. Investigation into the case has commenced.
Gombe police launch investigation after clash at wedding leaves one dead
Two children drown in Bauchi river, police investigate
By: Zagazola Makama
Two children drowned while swimming in a river on the outskirts of Bauchi metropolis, Bauchi State, police said.
According to sources, the victims, Saminu Mohammed, 12, and Tanimu Danladi, 11, both of Gudum Sayawa, went to a river in the area on Feb. 2, 2026, at about 4:30 p.m., when the incident occurred.
Police personnel swiftly moved to the scene, evacuated the children, and conveyed them to the Specialist Hospital, Bauchi, where they were certified dead by a medical practitioner.
Their remains were later released to their relatives for burial, while investigation into the incident continues.
Two children drown in Bauchi river, police investigate
Sokoto police arrest suspected bandits’ informants, financiers, recover rustled cows
By: Zagazola Makama
Sokoto State Police Command, in collaboration with the Community Guard, has arrested suspected bandits’ informants and financiers and recovered seven rustled cows along with a motorcycle.
Sources said that on Feb. 2, 2026, at about 1:00 a.m., operatives acting on credible intelligence swooped on Sarma Village in Tangaza Local Government Area, arresting two suspects, Nura Dan Haruna, 20, and Buhari Salah, 18, found in possession of seven stolen cows and a motorcycle without registration number.
The suspects reportedly confessed that they had been sent by Abdullahi Gulum and Dan Iko, both at large, to deliver the cows to Hamza Ibrahim, 56, of Kara Area, Illela, who has also been arrested.
Hamza reportedly admitted that he sold two of the cows last month to Abubakar Muhammad, 31, of Gwadabawa LGA, who was subsequently taken into custody.
Police confirmed that investigation is ongoing, and efforts are being intensified to apprehend the remaining suspects.
Sokoto police arrest suspected bandits’ informants, financiers, recover rustled cows
Gombe police launch investigation after clash at wedding leaves one dead
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