Governor Mohammed Badaru of Jigawa State has expressed optimism that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will win the forthcoming governorship election in Bayelsa State by a landslide. Badaru, who is chairman of APC committee for Bayelsa State governorship election, spoke with State House correspondents on Friday at the Presidential Villa. The Independent National Electoral Commission […]
The Gumel Local Government Council in Jigawa state on Sunday said it has commenced the vaccination of 43, 380 children for the November round of polio vaccination exercise. The council’s Immunisation Officer, Alhaji Yusif Tudun-Wada, said in Gumel that the vaccination began on Saturday and would end on November 5. He said the council has […]
The Assistant Director of Press and Public Relations, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Jigawa , Mr Emeke Ugwu, has said that the corps’ Director –Geneneral, Brig-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, would on Thursday inaugurate some projects in Jigawa. Ugwu in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Wednesday, said that […]
The Deputy Governor of Jigawa, Malam Umar Namadi, said on Tuesday that the state government had concluded plans to set up a mega solar power project in Daurawa, Gwiwa Local Government Area of the state. The deputy governor who paid advocacy visit to the Emir of Kazaure, Alhaji Najib Adamu at his palace in Kazaure, […]
Godwin Anyebe Nigerian telecom operators grew their revenue by 15 per cent in one year to reach N2.25 trillion in December 2018 from N1.96 trillion in 2017, a report by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has shown. The 2018 network/subscriber data recently obtained from the NCC indicated that the GSM operators made up of MTN, […]
Michael Ajayi The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has sealed 31 filling stations in Kano and Adamawa States for various offences. While 25 filling stations were sealed in Kano for irregular dispensing, diversion of petroleum products, among other offences, six were sealed in Adamawa for illegal operations. The Operations Comptroller in charge of Kano and […]
Chairman, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Jigawa Chapter, Alhaji Adamu Maigoro, on Friday said the recent flooding in the state destroyed over 100,000 hectares of rice farms. Maigoro told newsmen in Hadejia that over 10,000 registered members of the association were affected by the flood. “The 10,000 figures captured only the dry season rice […]
No fewer than 252 nomadic schools in Jigawa have benefited from N126 million grant by the Global Partnership in Education (GPE), an NGO operating in the state. The Executive Secretary, Jigawa Agency for Nomadic Education, Alhaji Ali Manu, made this known to newsmen in Dutse on Wednesday. He said that the grants was given from […]
As the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) tinkers with the idea of picking a consensus presidential candidate, an aspirant and former Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido has slammed former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for reportedly asking him to drop his ambition. Atiku was reported to have asked Lamido to step down for him […]
Former Governor of Jigawa state and presidential aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Sule Lamido took a swipe at the security situation in the country and declared that Nigeria is under siege. Lamido said “you see, today, we are under siege. It means all the key security chiefs appointed by this government have […]
A Group identified as Imo APC Stakeholders Forum has accused Governor Mohammed Abubakar Badaru of jigawa State and Chairman of the just concluded All Progressives Congress (APC) National convention of what they described as miscarriage of justice. The Forum alleged that the injustice against re-election bid of the immediate past National Organising secretary, Senator Osita […]
A windstorm has destroyed 1,536 rooms and property worth millions of naira in some communities in four local government areas of Jigawa state. The Executive Secretary, Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Alhaji Sani Yusuf, made this known to the journalists in Dutse on Wednesday. Yusuf said the disaster, which occurred between May 3 and […]
To provide succour to victims of recent the flood and rainstorm that recently ravaged Modibi, Sabon Gari Wayo, Shinkafi, Kukar Geza and Ambasada in Kastina Local Government Area of Kastina State and Gumel in Jigawa State, respectively, the Senate on Thursday directed the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA to provide relief materials. The senate solutions […]
Ahead of the national convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), a leading National Youth Leader aspirant, Ambassador Fubara Dagogo, has asked the convention committee led by the Jigawa State Governor, Abubakar Badaru, to be considerate in the cost of aspirants’ forms. He specifically urged the committee to maintain the old prices instead of […]
Former governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) remains the only party that can take the country out of its current woes and reposition it towards attaining its potentials rather than a coalition of parties. Lamido, who is a presidential aspirant on the platform of the […]
The Jigawa State government has inaugurated a nine-member committee to enlighten its citizens to participate in the National Identity Database. Alhaji Isma’il Ibrahim, the spokesman, office of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Adamu Fanini, made this known in Dutse on Saturday. Fanini, while inaugurating the committee, was quoted as saying that the […]
The former Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has urged the leaders of the party across the country to form a strong alliance against the filling party in government, All Progressives Party (APC). He insisted that if the opposition party leaders could form strong alliance against the party, it will be defeated According to him, […]
Former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, his two sons, and five others whose corruption trial began in 2015 may be re- arraigned afresh before the Federal High Court Abuja. Fact about their fresh arraignment emerged Monday as the trial Court judge, Justice Babatunde Quadri remitted the case file to the Acting Chief Judge of […]
The Former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, on Tuesday, said that the attack on his person by the Presidency showed clearly that the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led administration was ‘suffering from leadership ignorance’. This is even as he described the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, as ‘an […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the Niger State governor Babangida Aliyu and Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State to wake up to the reality that electioneering campaign is over and it is time for nation building. In a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai […]