Bauchi

/ ˈbaʊtʃɪ /

noun

1. a state of N Nigeria; tin mining. Capital: Bauchi. Pop: 4 676 465 (2006). Area: 45 837 sq km (17 698 sq miles)

2. a town in N central Nigeria, capital of Bauchi state. Pop: 76 070 (1991 est)

Example Sentences

"She has never attended such events before yesterday and she went with some people," he said in a subdued voice on the phone from Bauchi.

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Police confirmed that seven people - four adult women and three girls, aged between eight and 55 - were killed in the incident in the Jos Road area of Bauchi city, though some locals have put the death toll higher.

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President Muhammadu Buhari flagged off the drilling within Kolmani oil field in northeast Gombe and Bauchi states, making it the first area where oil is being drilled outside the southern Niger Delta region.

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An Islamic sharia court in Nigeria’s northern state of Bauchi sentenced three men to death by stoning after convicting them on charges of engaging in homosexuality, the leader of the religious police that arrested them said Friday.

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Adam Dan Kafi, head of the Hisbah religious police in the Ningi local government area of Bauchi, said the three men were arrested June 14 and charged in a sharia court.

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