The Jigawa government says it has dredged about 60 kilometers of Hadejia river and erected over 100 kilometer embankments to control flood in the state. Gov. Umar Namadi said this while speaking with journalists in Dutse on Wednesday. He said…
By Umar Akilu Majeri, Dutse A 35 years old man has been reported to have died by suicide in Jigawa state. According to findings by the police, Samaila Ilu, a 35-year-old man of Dungun Tantama village in Kafin Hausa Local…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC has arrested two persons over a suspected case of defiling three minors in Auyo local government, Jigawa State. This was contained in a statement by Spokesman of the state’s NSCDC command CSC…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa says its operatives have arrested a suspected thief who specialised in breaking into people’s shops and stealing goods. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), CSC Adams Shehu, confirmed the arrest…
About four persons died, while 10 others sustained varying degrees of injuries in an accident involving two vehicles on Gumel-Kano Road in Jigawa. Mr Ibrahim Gambo, the Spokesman of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state, confirmed the…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last election, Abubakar Atiku, has asked the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to uphold the declaration of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, that he (Atiku) won 21 states in…
A man identified as David Samuel, who claimed to be attached to the Rasheed Shekoni Teaching Hospital, Dutse, Jigawa State was arrested yesterday by the Nigerian Police Force in Jigawa. This was made available to journalists yesterday by the spokesman…
By Umar Akilu Majeri, Dutse Department of State Services (DSS), Jigawa State Command has arrested one blacksmith in Garin Gabas Market of Malam Madori LGA, named Alassan Sabo Garba who specialised in manufacturing and selling locally fabricated firearms. The suspect…
Police have bursted a robbery syndicate in Jigawa and arrested two suspects. A statement on Sunday by the Police spokesperson in the state, Mr Lawal Shiisu, said that the suspects were arrested in Ringim Local Government Area. “On June 2,…
The Chairman of Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa, Alhaji Shehu Sule-udi, has said that two persons died in Monday’s windstorm in the area. Sule-udi, who spoke on the incident in an interview with newsmen in his office on Wednesday,…
