Tag: Jigawa State
1,000 mothers get N35m nutritional support in Jigawa
No fewer than 1,000 expectant mothers in Kirikasamma in Jigawa, have benefited from a N35 million nutrition support programme initiated…
NSCDC arrests suspected cattle rustler in Jigawa
The Jigawa Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has arrested a 30-year-old man for allegedly stealing a…
150 Jigawa indigent children get education support
No fewer than 150 less privileged children in Hadejia, Jigawa, have benefitted from an education support programme initiated by an…
LG to provide free uniforms to Jigawa female students
Female students of Gagarawa Local Government Council Area (LGA) of Jigawa are to benefit from its free school uniform scheme,…
Jigawa govt. lauded over HIV status law
The Network of Persons Living with HIV/AIDS (NEPWAN), Jigawa chapter, has commended the state government over the enactment of a…
Jigawa mandates intending couples to check HIV status
Jigawa State House of Assembly recently passed a bill which makes it mandatory for all intending couples to undergo HIV/AIDs…
Jigawa solar power plant to generate 80 megawatts
A Norwegian company, Novia Scotia Power Development Limited, on Monday, said the proposed solar power plant in Dutse, Jigawa, would…
Security: LG to recruit 80 hunters in Jigawa
The Kiyawa Local Government Area in Jigawa has approved the engagement of 80 hunters to improve the security in the…
PDP tasks Jigawa govt to dissolve caretaker c’ttees
The Jigawa chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday, called on the state government to dissolve the caretaker…
Flood kills 18, destroys 6,637 houses in Jigawa
The Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said flood had killed 18 persons and destroyed 6,637 houses in about 19…
NSCDC arrests cattle thieves in Jigawa
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps in Jigawa State said it had arrested two suspects over alleged armed robbery…
Jigawa pays gratuity, death benefits to beneficiaries
The Jigawa Government has paid N433.6 million to local and state government retirees and families of dead persons as their…
Ondo APC crisis: ”I fear no juju”- Jigawa governor
Gov. Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa State says he is not afraid of charms and will conduct the Ondo APC primary…
Consumers lament hike in bread prices in Jigawa
Residents of Hadejia in Jigawa have expressed concern over hike in prices of bread, in spite of increasing demand for…
Council inaugurates 16-member mass wedding committee
Auyo Local Government Council of Jigawa, on Wednesday, said it had set up a 16-member screening committee for the Widows…
Flood destroys 120 houses, farms in Jigawa
Flood have destroyed 120 houses and washed away farms and other valuables worth million of naira in Jahun Local Government…
3 persons killed in Jigawa building collapse
No fewer than three persons were killed in a building collapse, following a torrential rain in Guri Local Government Area…
Jigawa NDLEA rehabilitates 21 drug addicts
The Jigawa Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it had rehabilitated 21 drug addicts in the…
Jigawa governor sacks Commissioner
Gov. Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa on Wednesday sacked the state Commissioner for Land, Housing and Urban Development, Alhaji Adamu Sarki.…
1,201 police officers promoted in Jigawa
The Commissioner of Police (CP) in Jigawa, Mr. Mohammed Mustapha, on Thursday, said 1,201 officers and men of the command…
Ramadan: Gov distributes N350m grains to residents
Governor Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa on Friday commenced distribution of 827 tonnes of grains worth N350 million to residents of…
Jigawa govt not owing any worker or pensioner – Gov. Badaru
Gov. Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa says his administration is not indebted to any worker or retiree as salaries and pension…
11525 people get N21.7m zakat in Jigawa
The Kazaure Emirate Council in Jigawa has distributed Zakat (alms) worth over N21.7 million to 11, 525 less privileged people…
Corruption: Lamido’s trial stalls after son falls ill in court
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, April 12, 2016 presented to Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal…
Jigawa senator, Abdulmimun Zareko dies
Senator Abdulmimun Zareko, who represented Jigawa state in 7th National Assembly is dead. Zareko died at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital…
Jigawa trains 3,000 teachers
Salisu Zakar, Chairman of State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) in Jigawa, on Sunday said the present administration in the…
Lawmaker donates 100 beds to hospital in Jigawa
Rep. Rabiu Garba (APC-Jigawa) on Thursday said he had donated 100 beds to the General Hospital, Malammadori, Jigawa. Garba, who…
370,000 defect from PDP to APC in Jigawa
No fewer than 370,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Jigawa have defected to the All Progressives Congress…
Money Laundering: Sule Lamido’s son, Aminu loses appeal
The Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna on Monday, December 7 dismissed the appeal of Aminu Sule Lamido, the 34-year…
Army holds COAS conference tomorrow
The Nigerian army will begin its annual Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Conference tomorrow. The one-week conference will take place…