Nigeria, June 14 -- Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has appointed Aminu Gamawa as the new Chief of Staff, Government House, Bauchi.

He replaces Mr Ladan Salihu, sacked on June 9, alongside the Secretary to the State Government, commissioners and other political appointees.

Mr Salihu was the Commissioner for Information before the governor appointed him as chief of staff.

His appointments were despite his being serially accused of fraud in his previous public service roles and being fired as the director general of Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria in 2016.

The appointment of the new chief of staff was contained in a statement signed by Mukhtar Gidado, the special adviser on media and publicity to the governor, on Monday in B...