Tag: Jigawa State
Governor facilitates release of 82 inmates
Gov. Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa has facilitated the release of 82 inmates from various prisons in the state, Mr Baffa…
Photo News: Jigawa backs PDP for 2019
This is the multitude of the crowds that attended the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rally in Jigawa State on Monday.…
Meningitis: Jigawa local council debunk claims of 40 deaths from disease
Alhaji Ismail ChiKwekwewa, the Chairman, Taura Local Government Council, Jigawa, says the council is tackling the outbreak of Cerebrum Spinal…
NDLEA discovers hemp farms in Jigawa, arrests 1
The Jigawa Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it had discovered five farms of Indian hemp…
Drug abuse: NSCDC establishes special squad in Jigawa to fight menance
The Jigawa Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Monday said it had set up a…
One Million Animals to undergo Vaccination in Jigawa state – Official
The Jigawa Government says it has concluded arrangements to vaccinate over one million animals across the state during the 2018…
73 Jigawa fire victims receive N3m cash assistance
The Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency (JISEMA) on Friday disbursed over N3 million cash assistance to 73 victims of fire…
2018: Jigawa targets 1.6m children for polio immunisation
The Jigawa State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (JSPHCDA) says over 1.6 million children will be immunised against polio in the…
Nigerian Govt flags-off school feeding programme in Jigawa
The Federal Government has flagged off its Home-Grown School Feeding Programme with 726,033 Primary One to Primary Three pupils in…
Strange illness: Buhari calls Jigawa Governor, orders investigation
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday directed the Minister of Heath, Prof. Isaac Adewole, to investigate reports of an ‘unknown disease’…
Jigawa Govt. prepares abattoirs for wholesome meat circulation
The Ministry of Agriculture, Jigawa, said it has taken measures to check the circulation of unwholesome meat and keep the…
N17.3m debts recovered in 9 months in Jigawa – NSCDC
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Jigawa Command, has recovered about N17.3 million as debts from some residents…
Gov. Badaru approve appointment of permanent secretaries
Gov. Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa has approved the appointments of five additional permanent secretaries. The Head of the State Civil…
FRSC boss urges Jigawa Govt. to establish more driving schools
Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), has called on Jigawa Government to establish additional driving schools…
Flood victims in Jigawa receive N20,000 each
Sen. Ubali Shitu (APC Jigawa North), has donated N20, 000 each to 30 victims of flood in Malammadori Local Government…
677 drug peddlers arrested, 2,260kgs of illicit drugs recovered — NDLEA
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Jigawa Command, arrested 677 suspected drug dealers and recovered 2,260 kilogrammes of assorted illicit…
Polio Immunisation: LG targets 66,241 children
The Miga Local Government Council of Jigawa says it is targeting no fewer than 66,241 children immunisation against polio in…
Drug peddler nabbed with psychotropic substance in Jigawa
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa has arrested a suspected drug peddler in Gumel Local Government…
Pre-registered SIM: 4 suspects nabbed in Jigawa, recovers 70 cards
The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has apprehended four suspects involved in selling pre-registered SIM cards in Jigawa.
Buhari: State declares Friday as public holiday
The Jigawa Government has declared Friday, July 7, as a public holiday to enable public servants offer special prayer for…
Voter Registration: 6 additional CVR established centres in Jigawa
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Jigawa says it has established six additional Continuous Voters’ Registration (CVR) centres in…
Govt. spends N5bn on potable water
The Jigawa Government has spent over N5 billion on provision of potable water to citizens across the state in the…
FG’s housing project reaches 70% completion in Jigawa
The Federal Integrated Housing Scheme (FISH) has reached about 70 per cent completion in Jigawa, an official has said.
Defence corps arrests five suspected thieves in Jigawa
The Jigawa Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Tuesday said it had arrested five suspects…
NSCDC recovers debt owed in Jigawa
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Jigawa Command, recovered over N3.93 million debts owed some residents of the state…
Prices of foods up in Jigawa
Prices of local varieties of rice and other foods have shot up in Hadejia, Jigawa, in the last six months.
Kidnappers storm Jigawa, kidnap Village Head, Ward Head
Kidnappers, numbering about 30, have kidnapped Alhaji Garba Mamud, the Village Head of Rijin in Basirka District of Gwaram Local…
Jigawa begins disbursement of N278m pension to retirees
The Executive Secretary, Jigawa Local Government Contributory Pension scheme, Alhaji Suleiman Kiyawa, on Wednesday said that the scheme had commenced…
Jigawa to check farmers, herdsmen clashes
The Jigawa Government is to set up a taskforce, known as Grazing Reserve Rangers, to check the incessant clashes between…
3,500 mosquito nets distributed to pupils in Jigawa
The National Malaria Booster Control (NMBC) programme has distributed 3,500-insecticide-treated mosquito nets to school pupils in Kirikasamma Local Government Area…