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Two boys who attempted swimming in a pond in Gantsa village of Buji Local Government Area of Jigawa State have drowned. Adamu Shehu, the spokesman of the state Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria … Read more...

The Police, in Jigawa, said two persons, a suspect and a victim, are receiving treatment after hoodlums fought in Dutse local government area of the state. The spokesman of the police in the... Read more via Leadership Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2JUcYhV Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Social Democratic Party (SDP), in Jigawa State, has declared ‘war’ on the Governor Muhammadu Badaru-led APC administration in the..... Read more via Today.ng News – https://ift.tt/2sscsgc Get More Nigeria Political News

The Governor of Jigawa State, Abubakar Badaru, on Monday recalled that when he was inaugurated in 2015, he received a voluminous document detailing.... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2IWxj26 Get More Nigeria Political News

President Buhari, today vowed that his administration would not disappoint Nigerians. The President made the vow during an All Progressives Congress(APC) rally in Dutse as part of activities of his two day working visit to Jigawa. READ MORE HERE

President Muhammadu Buhari has left Dutse, the Jigawa State Capital after his two-day working visit to Jigawa State. He is set to formally commission the..... Read more via Channels Television News – https://ift.tt/2ILq0hf Get More Nigeria Political News

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Dutse, Jigawa State, said his administration is delivering on promises with clear-cut targets, prudent management of resources and a deliberate policy to plug wastage and pilfering..... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2jV2pwk Get...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday launched the N9 billion Hadejia Valley Irrigation Scheme (HVIS) rehabilitation project in Auyo Local Government..... Read more via TODAY.NG News – https://ift.tt/2rFVcni Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence (NSCDC) says it has deployed about 2,000 personnel ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s two-day visit to Jigawa, beginning on Monday. The corps’s spokesman in the state, Adamu Shehu, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in … Read more...

The Jigawa State Police Command on Wednesday said it has begun the screening of 4,705 applicants for recruitment into the force. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Command, Abdu Jinjiri, in a chat with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse, the state capital said the … Read more...

An unannounced raid in guests houses and alcohol joints in some parts of Jigawa State by Sharia Police paid off, as alcohol drinkers were nabbed red handed with many drinks confiscated in the raid. It was gathered that the consumption of beer in all parts of the state had been prohibited, as...

The Police in Jigawa says a 17-year-old girl has committed suicide by drinking insecticide. Jigawa Police Command spokesman, SP Abdu Jinjiri, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Monday that the incident happened in Birnin Kudu Local Government Area of the state. Read more...

The police in Jigawa say a 17-year-old girl has committed suicide by consuming insecticide popularly known as “Piyapiya”. The Jigawa police spokesman, Abdu Jinjiri, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Monday that the incident happened in Birnin Kudu Local Government Area of the...

The former governor of Jigawa State and current presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sule Lamido, has said his Party was voted out of power in 2015 based on blackmail. He, however, added that three years down the line, Nigeria had become … Read more via...

FORMER Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, yesterday said that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has only succeeded in inflicting pains, agony, frustration, bloodbath and poverty on majority of Nigerians. Speaking in Asaba, Delta State, when he paid a consultative visit...

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Heath, Prof. Isaac Adewole to investigate reports of an ‘unknown disease’ that has led to the death of several children in Jigawa State. The President also directed the Minister to deploy all the necessary machinery to combat the outbreak...

When we pretend to have virtues, moral principles or religious beliefs, it perhaps makes us feel closer to the creator. More often than not, we rarely take into cognizance, the effect of such on others. When we do not really exhibit such virtue in totality, we become nothing but hypocritical...

It appears the former governor of Jigawa state, Sule Lamido, will not be joining the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking during a meeting with ex-PDP state houses of assembly speakers, the former governor stated clearly he does not feel a connection with APC. “No matter how hard I...

In Jigawa, a 22-year-old housewife, Hajara Bala, committed suicide after she got wind that her husband was planning to take another wife. It was gathered that the deceased, of Yanmallam village in Miga Local Government Area, took a rat poison as she could not live to see her husband taking...

The Security Committee of Gagarawa Local Government Council of Jigawa has banned Fulani traditional ceremonies and other festivities in the night in the area. The Information Officer of the council, Alhaji Ahmad Sulaiman, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Saturday...