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Headlines, Jigawa, State News
Friday, December 14th, 2012
By AbdulSalam Muhammad & Aliyu Mohammad KANO —THE eldest son of the Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, Aminu Sule, who was arrested, Wednesday, at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport Kano (MAKIA) for failure to disclose $40,000 at the airport on his way to Egypt regained freedom from the protective custody of the Economic and […]
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Headlines, Jigawa, State News
Thursday, December 13th, 2012
DECEMBER 13, 2012 BY SIMON UTEBOR 156 COMMENTS Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido | credits: File copy Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Nigeria Customs Service on Wednesday at Mallam Aminu Kano Airport arrested Aminu, the eldest son of Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, over alleged money laundering. Sources […]
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Headlines, Jigawa, State News
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
No fewer than 400,000 farmlands and 36,000 houses have been destroyed by floods in Jigawa, the Chairman of the state Flood Control Committee, Alhaji Abdulkadir Jinjiri, said. Meanwhile, over 750 persons have been rendered homeless in Kaduna, following a heavy rainfall in the state which swept away more than 300 homes. Jinjiri, who gave the […]
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Headlines, Jigawa, Nigerian Police, State News
Monday, July 2nd, 2012
THE Jigawa State police command at the weekend foiled arm robbery attempt targeted at a prominent GSM dealer in Dutse. Reports from the state indicated that one of the suspects had been arrested. Two others were said to have escaped. Confirming the incident to Nigerian Tribune, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Kayode Theopholus, said […]
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Headlines, Jigawa, State News
Sunday, July 1st, 2012
AN Upper Sharia Court Judge has been dragged before a High Court in Dutse for contempt. The Jigawa State Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) Chairman, Abubakar Hassan Fulata, who filed a motion at High Court 2 in Dutse had prayed the court to try the Kiyawa Upper Sharia Court Alkali (judge), Aliyu Hadejia, for contempt, […]
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Headlines, Jigawa, State News
Friday, June 15th, 2012
GOVERNOR Sule Lamido of Jigawa State has urged Nigerians to look beyond the allegations of bribery and corruption currently rocking the House of Representatives, saying that corruption is a national crisis that must be tackled holistically. Fielding questions from newsmen after paying a courtesy call on the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), […]
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Jigawa, State News
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
A Senior Secondary School two student of the Model International Secondary School, Dutse, Jigawa State and a son of the Chief Whip of the state House of Assembly, Nasiru Ibrahim, died in the swimming pool of a hotel at the weekend. Reports from the state indicated that the late Nasiru sneaked out of school in […]
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INEC Politics, Jigawa, Latest Politics, Raw Politics, State News
Sunday, May 20th, 2012
By Aliyu Dangida Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Mohammed Jega, reportedly escaped death, yesterday, when some youths attacked him at the palace of the Emir of Kazaure, Alhaji Najib Hussaini Adamu, in Jigawa State. Jega was said to be in the town to attend the wedding of the daughter of […]
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Boko Haram, Governors, Jigawa, Latest Politics, State News
Monday, April 30th, 2012
From: ISMAIL OMIPIDAN, Kaduna Tuesday, May 01 , 2012 Gov. Lamido Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State has challenged the National Security Adviser, NSA, General Andrew Azazi, to name the sponsors of Boko Haram, within the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, since by his (NSA) own […]
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Jigawa, State News
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012
OVER 40 northern emirs arrived in Dutse, Jigawa State, to attend the meeting of the northern emirs, under the chairmanship of the Sultan of Sokoto and chairman of Islamic Supreme Council, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar. Report from the state indicted that the meeting was to be declared open by the state governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, immediately […]