The Jigawa state Consumer Protection Committee (CPC) says it has confiscated 28 bags of sesame worth N728, 000 from two traders, Bashari Kanoru and Auwalu Wala in Maigatari Market. Chairman of the committee, Alhaji Faruk Abdallah, said in Hadejia on Thursday that Kanoru and Wala had mixed chaff and sand with the sesame in bags […]
Suletankarkar Local Government in Jigawa says fire has razed 10 houses harbouring silos in Dirani village in the state. The council Information Officer, Alhaji Usman Abubakar, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Suletankarkar that the silos contained grains worth over N5 million. READ ALSO: Just In: Fire razes mother, daughter, vulcaniser […]
The Jigawa state government says it has secured $37.373 million facility from Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to propel irrigation, livestock production and provide more farming facilities. Governor Muhammad Badaru made this known to newsmen shortly after inauguration of the state Agricultural Integrated Rural Development Programme in Dutse. Crisis rocks Adamawa PDP as faction inaugurates new […]
The Jigawa State Consumer Protection Agency on Wednesday cautioned fish sellers against the use of Gamalin 20, a pesticide, for fish preservation. Muazu Mohammad, the Zonal Officer of the agency, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Hadejia. Muhammad said that using such toxic chemical in processing food […]
The Hisbah in Jigawa state has arrested a 60-year-old man for allegedly smuggling and sale of alcoholic drinks in Kazaure Local Government Area of the state. Hisbah Commander in the state, Malam Dahiru Ibrahim, confirmed the arrest to newsmen in Dutse on Wednesday. Ibrahim said the suspect was arrested with 548 bottles of alcoholic drinks […]
The Police Command in Jigawa has confirmed the arrest of a suspected member of a notorious farm produce thieves terrorising markets in the state. Spokesman of the Command, SP Abdu Jinjiri, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Saturday that the suspect, a 25-year-old man (name withheld) of Ganga quarters in Daura […]
Salisu Yusuf, the Technical Adviser of Rangers International Football Club, on Tuesday assured the club’s numerous fans of a win in their rescheduled Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) fixture on Wednesday. Dailytimes news reports that Rangers will face Jigawa Golden Stars FC of Dutse in a rescheduled Match Day 7 fixture at the Nnamdi Azikiwe […]
Dutse – The Jigawa State Shari’a Enforcement Command (Hisbah), says it has arrested 34 suspected commercial sex workers and confiscated 147 bottles of beer in Kazaure Local Government area of the state. The Hisbah Commander in the state, Malam Ibrahim Dahiru, made disclosure in an interview on Tuesday in Dutse. Dahiru disclosed that the suspects […]
Dutse – A 40-year-old man, Muhammad Bulala, has been electrocuted in Auyo Local Government area of Jigawa, the police have said. SP Abdu Jinjiri, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, said on Tuesday that the incident occurred in Gamsarka village at about 2:20 pm on Monday. Jinjiri said that the deceased got […]
Federal Government will select a teaching hospital for Federal University Dutse (FUD), Jigawa, the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, said. The minister made this known when he led a team from Federal Ministry of Health on a visit to the Jigawa Deputy Governor, Alhaji Umar Namadi in Dutse on Monday. Nobody can convince me that […]
The Police Command in Jigawa says the ban on the use of fireworks, bangers and other explosives during festivities is still in force. The spokesman for the command, SP Abdu Jinjiri, made this known during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Saturday.He, therefore, urged parents and guardians to advise […]
The Jigawa Government has approved N60 million for building public toilets in Auyo, Gagarawa and Kiyawa Local Government Areas(LGAs) of the state. Alhaji Ibrahim Hannun-Giwa the state’s Commissioner for Water Resources, stated this on Wednesday in Hadejia while paying a courtesy visit on the Emir of Hadejia Alhaji Adamu Abubakar-Maje. NAF launches Operation Rattle Snake, […]
The Jigawa Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Alhaji Ibrahim Muhammad, has said that a total of 1,884 corps members were deployed to the state for their national service. Muhammad made the disclosure during the swearing-in and orientation of the new corps members, in Dutse on Thursday. READ ALSO Rivers Civil Society Organisation […]
…Local rice appreciates The sequence to rigorous arrests and determination of the men of the Nigeria Customs Service to meet up to their statutory duty, the Kano State Command of the service after redoubled efforts, has dealt a great blow to smugglers of foreign rice in the state. Investigation in different major markets in Kano […]
Local rice marketers have expressed delight over-appreciation of the product in Kano State markets sequence to rigorous arrests by the men of the Nigeria Customs Service, Kano/Jigawa Command, which has rid the state markets of foreign rice products. Investigation in different major markets in Kano has revealed that the local rice produced in the country […]
No fewer than three children have died in Sara Village in Gwaram LGA of Jigawa, following a cooking gas cylinder explosion. The Spokesman for the Jigawa Police Command, ASP Abdu Jinjiri, who confirmed the incident, added that two others were injured by the explosion. Jinijiri spoke with newsmen on Tuesday in Dutse said “Last week, […]
The Police Command in Jigawa has said 189 out of 1,728 candidates who sat for the Computer-Based Test (CBT), in the state were successful. Spokesman of the command, SP Abdu Jinjiri, disclosed this in Dutse, on Wednesday. The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) conducted the nation-wide test on May 25. Jinjiri said the candidates […]
A member of the House of Representatives, Hon Muhammadu Kazaure (APC, Jigawa) has disassociated himself from the plan to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari. The federal lawmakers at a joint executive session of the both chambers of the National Assembly had passed a 12-point resolutions, asking Buhari to address the issues urgently or face the invocation […]
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari is to pay a one-day official visit to Jigawa on May 7, Gov. Muhammad Badaru has said. Badaru, who made the disclosure while interacting with journalists in Dutse on Tuesday, said during the visit, the President was expected to commission some projects. He said the state government had made arrangements to give […]
Kano/Jigawa operations of the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, has sealed three filling stations in Jigawa state, north western Nigeria for selling above the official pump price of N145, hoarding and outright diversion of the product. The downstream regulatory agency also ensured instant sale of thousands of liters of fuel to the public at the […]