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NOA, UNICEF Join Hands To Address Issues of Violence Against Children, Women In Jigawa

Muhammad Nasir Bashir Oct 17, 2020 0

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Funds (UNICEF) have organized a workshop for key stakeholders on how to address issues of violence against children and women in Jigawa. Malam…

Politics

Fasting is Killing People in Jigawa Not COVID-19 – Senator Alleges

Tony Abu Momoh May 10, 2020 0

A senator from Jigawa has alleged that fasting, heat and ill health is responsible for current high death rate in Jigawa state and not COVID-19 as being speculated in the mainstream media. Senator Ibrahim Hadejia representing Jigawa…

Metro

Tragedy As Over 100 People Die Mysteriously In Jigawa

Faith May 5, 2020 0

Over 100 people have reportedly died of a strange sickness within the last ten days in Hadejia Local Government Area of Jigawa State. This was made known by the Special Assistant to the Local Council Chairman on Media, Sani Kakabori on…

Metro

Lagos Taskforce captures truck filled with 48 bikes, 123 persons from Jigawa

News Agency of Nigeria Aug 31, 2019 0

Officers attached to the Special Taskforce on Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences intercepted a truck filled with 43 northerners and 48 motorcycles, on Friday, August 30, 2019. The interception is said to have occurred around…

Metro

Seven die, 11 injured in Jigawa road accident

Muhammad Nasir Bashir Jul 29, 2019 0

No fewer than seven persons died in an accident involving a Peugeot 206 and a Golf 3 car along Maigatari road, in Maigatari Local Government Area of Jigawa. SP Abdu Jinjiri, the spokesman of the state Police Command, told newsmen in…

News

Hisbah arrests 48, seizes 37 cartons of beer in Jigawa

Muhammad Nasir Bashir Jul 9, 2019 0

Hisbah, the Sharia law enforcement agency in Jigawa, says it has arrested 48 suspects and confiscated 37 cartons of beer in Taura Local Government Area of the state. Hisbah Commander, Malam Ibrahim Dahiru, made this known to newsmen in…

Environment

Windstorm destroys 200 houses in Jigawa

Muhammad Nasir Bashir Jun 7, 2019 0

Over 200 houses were destroyed by a windstorm in Sugungun village, Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa, according to an official of the local council. Malam Garba Ya’u, the council’s Information Officer, who confirmed the incident to…

Government

Gov. Badaru of Jigawa sacks 27 LG secretaries, SUBEB board

Muhammad Nasir Bashir May 29, 2019 0

Gov. Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa has relieved all Council Secretaries of the 27 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of their appointments with immediate effect. Alhaji Isma’il Ibrahim, the spokesman, office of the Secretary to the State…

Crime

Sharia police seize 111 bottles of beer, arrest 14 prostitutes, seven others in Jigawa

Samuel Oduoye May 20, 2019 0

The Sharia Law enforcement agency, also known as Hisbah, in Jigawa State, has apprehended 21 suspects, including 14 prostitutes, for committing immoral acts. Speaking to newsmen in Dutse, the state capital, the Hisbah Commander in the…

Government

Jigawa council distributes 1,330 sacks of maize to residents for Ramadan

Muhammad Nasir Bashir May 15, 2019 0

Garki Local Government Council of Jigawa said it had distributed 1,330 sacks of maize to residents of the area. The Information Officer in- charge of the council, Malam Ya’u Garba, stated this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on…

Government

No part of Nigeria will suffer neglect during my time as president — Buhari

Muhammad Nasir Bashir May 1, 2019 0

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday reiterated that no part of the country, regardless of its geographical location or political leaning, would suffer neglect during his administration. Buhari disclosed this at the inauguration and…

Community

Jigawa community appeals for govt’s intervention on basic social amenities

Abdullahi Shugaba Jan 24, 2019 0

Mr Haladu Wazam, the Chairman of Kalawa Development Association, Ringim Local Govrrnment Area, has appealed to Gov. Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa to build good road and basic social amenities for the community. Wazam made the appeal in an…

Crime

“Why I Cut Off My Boyfriend’s Manhood” – 17-Year-Old Girl Confesses In Jigawa

Leo Aug 12, 2018 0

A brutal 17-year-old girl, Ramatu Tafida, has chopped off the manhood of her 25-year-old boyfriend, Abdullahi Sabo, in Jigawa State. Adamu Shehu,the spokesman of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence (NSCDC), disclosed this in Dutse on…

News

Breaking news: R-APC chairman involved in road accident

News Agency of Nigeria Jul 23, 2018 0

Buba Galadima, chairman of the Reformed All Progressives Congress (r-APC), was involved in a motor accident along Hadeija-Kano road in Jigawa state on Monday. Galadima was returning from Yobe…

Government

Gov. Badaru presents N134.17bn Jigawa budget for 2018

News Agency of Nigeria Nov 28, 2017 0

Gov. Muhammad Baadaru of Jigawa on Tuesday presented a budget of N134.17 billion for the state’s 2018 fiscal year to the state House of Assembly. Badaru, who tagged the appropriation bill as “Budget of Economic Diversification and Self…

Politics

Ex Jigawa Senator dumps PDP

News Agency of Nigeria Oct 30, 2017 0

Alhaji Danladi Sankara, former Senator representing Jigawa Northwest, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). Sankara was received by the Jigawa Governor, Alhaji Muhammad Badaru at…

Government

CCT: FG disburses N229.6m to 22,926 poor, vulnerable in Jigawa

News Agency of Nigeria Oct 26, 2017 0

The Federal Government on Thursday said it had disbursed N229, 640,000 million to 22,962 women considered to be poor and vulnerable in Jigawa, under its Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT). Malam Nura Sani, the Head of Media and Publicly,…

Metro

PHOTOS: Buhari redeems N5k campaign promise made to Jigawa residents

Priscilla Oct 13, 2017 0

President Buhari has fulfilled one of his 2015 campaign promises yesterday, as residents of Jahun local government areas in Jigawa State received the N5,000 promised to the unemployed by the Buhari’s administration. The N5,000 stipend…

Metro

Ex-Northern Governor’s Daughter Dies At 38

Owolabi Oluwasegun Jul 30, 2017 0

The family of a former governor in the northern part of the country has been hit with a sad news following the demise of their daughter. The former governor of Jigawa State, Dr. Sule Lamido was reported to have lost his second daughter,…

Politics

Tightened Security Presence as Sule Lamido is arraigned in Court

News Agency of Nigeria May 2, 2017

There was heavy presence of security operatives in and around Dutse, the Jigawa State capital, on Tuesday morning as the police prepared to arraign a former governor of the state, Sule Lamido. According to the reports from the Premium…

Government

Former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido Arrested

Owolabi Oluwasegun Apr 30, 2017

Men of the Nigerian Police Force, NPF, have reportedly arrested a former governor of Jigawa state, Sule Lamido. According to reports, the former governor who was in power from 2007 to 2011 was arrested by the police on grounds of alleged…

Government

Jigawa state House of Assembly impeaches Speaker

News Agency of Nigeria Jan 4, 2017

The Jigawa State House of Assembly on Tuesday impeached its Speaker, Alhaji Idris Garba, and elected Alhaji Isa Idris of Gwaram constituency as his replacement. It was gathered that the Deputy Speaker, Alhaji Ahmed Garba, presided over…

Metro

Nigerians react to govt plan to award contracts to build 90 mosques

Owolabi Oluwasegun Nov 11, 2016

The Jigawa state government has thrown open a bid for the construction of 90 Mosques in the state and reports indicate that no fewer than 78 construction companies are battling to secure the contract. This was made known by the Chairman,…

Government

Nigerian Teachers Sent Abroad For Training Abscond After Graduating – Jigawa State Government

News Agency of Nigeria Oct 25, 2016

The Jigawa state government has revealed that some teachers sent to different parts of the world for in-service training in different universities have absconded after completing their courses. Lamenting about the development, the Head…

Metro

Jigawa Government Disburses N7.5m To 551 Flood Victims

Akintunde Sep 20, 2015 0

The Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said it had disbursed N7.48 million to victims of flood disaster in the state. The Executive Secretary of the agency, Alhaji Yusif Sani, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen on…

Metro

Two women lynched by mob in Jigawa over witchcraft allegations

Tobi Adeyeye Sep 6, 2013 0

Two women, 60-year-old Maryam Ashiru and her daughter, Asiya Ashiru of Kila Village in Gwaram local government area of Jigawa State were on Tuesday lynched by an angry mob in their community over allegations of witchcraft. The two women…