Gender Officer at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Office in Jigawa, Hajiya Aina’u Ibrahim, has called for the introduction of more gender policies to boost the productivity of women in agriculture. Ibrahim made the call while speaking with journalists in Dutse on Wednesday. She noted that women constituted 70 per cent of the […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won 17 seats of the Jigawa State House of Assembly, while the governing Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won four, according the result of last Saturday’s gubernatorial, State House of Assembly and House of Representatives elections. Other results released showed that Malam-Madori Kaugama Federal Constituency was won by APC […]
The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) has expelled the Deputy Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Ahmad Mahmud Gumel from the party. According to the Gumel chapter chairman of the party, Alhaji Ibrahim Dogo Kafinta, who confirmed the expulsion, it was a collective resolve of the Gumel Stakeholders of the PDP at its emergency meeting in Gumel. […]
Last Saturday’s presidential election has continued with its strings of surprising results across the country. Niger State Governor, Alhaji Babangida Aliyu surprisingly lost his senatorial dream as the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) cleared the elections in the state. Aliyu, chairman of the Northern Governors Forum was one of the PDP governors who had issues […]
As Nigerians await the result of the Presidential election held at the weekend, Daily Times can authoritatively reveal that 14 states may determine the winner. The states include Rivers, Delta Abia, Anambra, Lagos and Jigawa. The rest are Kano, Kaduna, Cross River, Imo, Akwa Ibom, Katsina, Bauci and Kebbi. The projection is based on […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the police in the Birniwa council area of Jigawa State to discontinue the incessant harassment and intimidation of its members in the area, saying the police is a national institution that should always be neutral and non-partisan. Speaking through a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by […]