Tag: Jigawa State
Badaru gets 8 special advisers, urges them to deliver
Governor Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa has sworn in eight new Special Advisers. This was contained in a statement by Malam…
Jigawa denies resignation of deputy governor
The Jigawa Government on Tuesday denied media reports on purported plan by the Deputy Governor of the state, Alhaji Ibrahim…
EFCC calls four witnesses against Sule Lamido, presents bank statements
The trial of Alhaji Sule Lamido, former Jigawa governor, who is being prosecuted on a 27-count charge alongside his two…
Motorcycle operator burnt to death, 3 others injured
A commercial motorcycle operator was burnt to death in an accident on Saturday in Dutse Local Government Area of Jigawa,…
Eid-el-Kabir: Ram dealers record low sales
Less than two weeks to the Eid-el-Kabir celebration, ram dealers in Hadejia, Jigawa are recording low patronage, a check by…
Man arrested for stealing ram in Jigawa
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), in Jigawa, on Saturday said it arrested a 25-year old man for…
Sule Lamido, sons may regain freedom Tuesday
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Sources at Kano Central Prison confirmed to PM News Correspondent on Monday that the immediate past governor of…
Gas explosion kills 7, injures 2 in Jigawa
No fewer than seven persons were killed in Jigawa when a welding gas cylinder exploded in Ruba village of Kafin…
Jigawa govt. constitutes loan recovery committee
The Jigawa Government says it has set up a committee to recover loans disbursed for the purchase of 95 tractors.…
Money Laundering: Sule Lamido, sons face trial today
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will today charge former Jigawa state governor Alhaji Sule Lamido and two of…
Dangote to spend $250m on rice, sugarcane production in Jigawa
Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the Chairman, Dangote Group of Companies, is to spend 250 million dollars on the production of rice…
Jigawa to recover govt property from Sule Lamido, others
Governor Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa has constituted an eight-man committee to recover government property allegedly appropriated by political appointees in…
Jigawa to empower 8610 widows
Governor Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa said his administration had concluded arrangement to empower 8, 610 widows across the state. Badaru…
Gov. Badaru re-appoints Alhassan to head Pilgrims Board
Governor Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa, has re-appointed Alhaji Sani Alhassan, as the Executive Secretary, Jigawa Pilgrims Welfare Board. A statement…
EFCC arrests Ohakim, quizzes Lamido over corruption allegations
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, said it had arrested former Governor Ikedi Ohakim of Imo State.…
EFCC to question ex-gov Lamido on Thursday
Alhaji Sule Lamido, the immediate past Governor of Jigawa state has returned to the country from his foreign trip and…
Jigawa PDP council chairmen pledge support to APC govt
Local government council chairmen elected on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Jigawa on Sunday pledged support and…
Garba emerges Speaker of Jigawa Assembly
Alhaji Idris Garba, member representing Jahun Constituency in Jigawa House of Assembly, has emerged the new Speaker of the sixth…
Jigawa trains 650 health workers on neglected diseases
The Jigawa Ministry of Health on Monday said it has trained 650 community health workers on the management of Neglected…
Gov. Lamido names streets after ‘G7 Governors’
Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa state has named some streets after “G7 Governors” in Dutse on Saturday. The G7 governors…
APC candidate wins Jigawa governorship election
The governorship candidate of All Progressive Congress (APC) in Jigawa, Alhaji Badaru Abubakar, has been declared the winner of Saturday’s…
Large turnout in Bauchi, Jigawa, Katsina
There was a large turnout of voters as accreditation began around 8.00a.m in most polling units in Dutse, the Jigawa…
APC urges IG to investigate plan to disrupt Jigawa elections
The Jigawa chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the National Security Adviser and the Inspector General…
PDP expels Jigawa deputy gov. after defection to APC
The deputy governor of Jigawa, Alhaji Ahmad Mahmud has been expelled from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for alleged anti-party…
Buhari brush Jonathan aside in Jigawa
The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari has beat President Goodluck Jonathan by a rather comfortable margin.…
INEC postpones elections in 11 Federal Constituencies
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the postponement of election in seven out of eleven federal constituencies in…
PDP governorship aspirant defects to APC
Alhaji Aminu Kani, a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in Jigawa, on Sunday defected to the opposition All Progressive…
If Buhari leaves APC, the party will die – Jigawa Governor
Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa state has claimed that General Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress…
NSCDC arrests man for stealing 8 goats
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa on Tuesday said it arrested a 30-year-old man for allegedly…
Don’t vote for PDP defectors, Lamido tells voters
Governor Sule Lamido of northern Nigerian state of Jigawa on Sunday urged the electorate in the state to vote out…