Jigawa
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The Jigawa State Government on Tuesday said it had concluded plans to establish an agency for teachers’ training and education managers development. Prof Isa Yusuf, the Commissioner for Higher Education, Science and Technology, said this while speaking at a one-day cluster training for English Language, Mathematics and Science teachers in Dutse. The News Agency of…
4 Jan
Operatives of the Jigawa State Police Command have arrested a bride for poisoning food served to guests at her wedding reception in the Jahun Local Government Area of the state. The command reported that the groom became critically ill while a guest at the wedding died as a result of the food. According to the…
2 Jan
The Nigeria Custom Service (NCS), says it has generated N102.5 billion revenues in the Kano/Jigawa Command in 2024. The Comptroller, Dauda Chana said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Thursday in Kano. He said the figures represented 94 per cent increase in the revenue generated in the previous year,…
31 Dec
Governor Umar Namadi of Jigawa State has signed the N698.3 billion 2025 budget into law, with 76 per cent allocated for capital expenditure. The signing ceremony was held at the state’s government house chamber in Dutse on Tuesday, 31st December 2024. Governor Namadi said the budget aims to develop Jigawa State’s infrastructure and human capital…
26 Dec
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has expressed deep sorrow and condolences to the Governor of Jigawa State, Umar Namadi, over the tragic loss of his beloved mother and son. Ganduje in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary Edwin Olofu, described the incident as an irreplaceable loss…
20 Dec
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has assured farmers in Jigawa State that they would receive farm inputs at subsidized rates for the 2024/25 dry season. Engineer Sale Salisu gave the pledge while conducting newsmen round to monitor the supervision of distributions of farm inputs to wheat farmers in one of the sales…
17 Dec
The Jigawa government has approved N1.1 billion for the construction of the Cardiac Centre Dutse. This is contained in a statement by Sagir Musa, the Commissioner for Information, Youths, Sports and Culture, on Tuesday in Dutse. He said the State Executive Council (SEC) has approved the fund to facilitate smooth execution of the project. READ…
17 Dec
The Jigawa government says it has uncovered 6,348 ghost workers in its staff verification exercise in the state. Mr. Sagir Musa, Commissioner for Information, Youths, Sports and Culture, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Dutse. He said the report of the Statewide Staff Audit Biometric Data Capture and Validation Exercise, showed that 6,348…
17 Dec
The newly appointed Comptroller of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in Jigawa, Mr. Tahir Musa, says he will rejig the command’s operations in order to combat migrants smuggling in the state. Musa made the promise in his address on Monday in Dutse shortly after assuming office. “I would like to express my appreciation for the…
5 Dec
A Jigawa State High Court, presided over by Justice Ado Yusuf Birnin-Kudu, has convicted and sentenced a husband, his wife, her brother and her sister to death by hanging over a case of criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide. The convicts were arrested in 2019 after being investigated and prosecuted before the court in connection with…
3 Dec
The Jigawa State Police Command has arrested 22 suspects involved in armed robbery, vandalism, cattle rustling, and other crimes across the state. According to a statement from the state's Police PPRO, DSP Lawal Shiisu Adam, the arrested individuals are Umar Haruna (28, Yan Gayami village), Nura Musa (25, Birniwa town), Mustapha Ado (20, Birniwa town),…
1 Dec
Governor Umar Namadi has launched the drilling of 47 solar-powered boreholes under the World Bank-Assisted Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) Project in Birnin-Kudu, reiterating the state’s dedication to achieving universal access to clean water and sanitation, aligning with Sustainable Development Goal 6. He called on community members to take ownership of the projects, ensuring…
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The Yobe State Police Command has arrested five fraudsters who specialise in targeting innocent travellers. SP Dungus Abdulkarim, the command's spokesperson, in a statement, said that the suspects, identified as Abdullahi Suleman, Sani Salisu, Nasiru Mohd, Alhasan Illiya, and Weti Mohd, were apprehended by officers from the joint operations of the State Intelligence Department (SID)…
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Former spokesman President Obasanjo, Dr Doyin Okupe, has tendered an apology to the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mr Mele Kyari, for his past criticism of the corporation’s leadership.
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The China Development Bank (CBD) has approved a $254.76 million (€245m) loan to support the ongoing Kano-Kaduna railway project.
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