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Adamawa, Jigawa, Kano, Presidency, Shehu Aliyu Shagari (1979-83), State News
Wednesday, July 31st, 2013
BY SONI DANIEL, REGIONAL EDITOR, NORTH Four Northern governors, who are still aggrieved over certain developments in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Tuesday, took their grievances to former President Shehu Shagari, pleading with him to intervene. The governors, who began their meeting with Shagari at about 11:45 am, were led by the state governor, Aliyu […]
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EFCC Politics, Headlines, Jigawa, State News, Top Stories
Friday, July 12th, 2013
Aminu Sule Lamido, the 34-year-old son of the Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for offences bordering on money laundering, was on Friday convicted by Justice Fatu Riman of the Federal High Court, Kano and ordered to forfeit 25 per cent of the undeclared […]
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Abuja (FCT), Jigawa, Latest Politics, Rivers, State News
Thursday, May 30th, 2013
PRESIDENTIAL campaign posters featuring Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, and his Rivers State counterpart, Rotimi Amaechi, surfaced in the Federal Capital Territory on Wednesday thus signalling an interesting twist to the 2015 elections. The coloured posters, versions of which had been reportedly sighted earlier in Kaduna and Niger states, bear portraits of Lamido and […]
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Headlines, Jigawa, State News
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
THE Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Jigawa State Command, has arrested a father of three, Aminu Ahmed, of Jodan Quarters, Birnin Kudu, while allegedly attempting to rape a 10-year-old girl. The Public Relations Officer of ASC Abdullahi Adamu Shehu, who made the disclosure Monday, said NSCDC officials made the arrest following a tip- […]
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Jigawa, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Thursday, April 4th, 2013
Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has said the Peoples Democratic Party will not embarrass its National Chairman, Dr. Bamanga Tukur. He said the problems in the party were not strange. Lamido said this in Abuja on Thursday while addressing journalists after the meeting of the committee set up by the governors to handle […]
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Jigawa, Kaduna, Latest Politics, Rivers, State News
Tuesday, March 26th, 2013
Posters of Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State and his Rivers State counterpart, Mr. Rotimi Ameachi, announcing their intention to contest the 2015 presidential poll on the platform of the Peoples Democracy Party have flooded Kaduna. This came less than 48 hours after prominent politicians in the North central zone boycotted the party’s reconciliation meeting […]
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Headlines, Jigawa, State News
Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
The Jigawa State Government said on Thursday it had established seven additional Sharia courts to improve the administration of justice in the state. The Chief Registrar of the Sharia Court of Appeal, Bala Musa, told newsmen in Dutse that the courts were established in 2012. Mr. Musa said the action was designed to increase the […]
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Headlines, Jigawa, State News
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013
By Tina Akannam – Dutse As 17,000 households in Jigawa state gets free fabricated stoves in 2012, the state ministry of Women Affairs, says plans are underway to distribute more free stoves to thousands of households in the state in 2013. Women Affairs Commissioner, Hajiya Hadiza Abdulwahab, speaking with Vanguard, said the distribution of the […]
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Headlines, Jigawa, State News
Saturday, January 12th, 2013
•Driver granted bail Eldest son of Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State, Alhaji Aminu Lamido, is embroiled in another controversy following the death of a middle-aged man who was knocked down by his car. Confirming this, Kano Police Command Police Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Police Magaji Magiya, said the accident was reported at […]
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Articles, Emeka Oraetoka, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Jigawa, NNP Columnists, Presidency, State News
Thursday, December 27th, 2012
By Emeka Oraetoka | Abuja, Nigeria | Dec. 27, 2012 – The news of endorsement of the duo of Governor Sule Lamido and his counterpart in Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi by former President; Olusegun Obasanjo to run in 2015 for the post of President and Vice, under the umbrella of the ruling People’s Democratic Party […]
