Lamido to NSA: Name Boko Haram sponsors in PDP

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 […]

Northern emirs meet in Jigawa today (About Education?)

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 […]

INEC Conducts Election in Borno Constituency today

FOLLOWING the cancellation of the election of All Nigeria People’s  Party (ANPP) candidate, Abubakar Ibrahim into the Borno State House of Assembly by the Election Petitions Tribunal, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is to conduct fresh elections today. Borno State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prof. Tukur Sa’ad, disclosed this in Maiduguri while briefing newsmen on […]

Jigawa Residents Express Fear of CMS Outbreak Over Excessive Heat

WORRIED by the extreme high temperatures in the North in recent days, residents of Dutse have expressed fear over possible outbreak of Cerebral Spinal Meningitis (CSM) in the state. There are reports of the outbreak of the disease in neighbouring states. According to Suleiman Halibu, a resident: “The erratic power supply in the state is […]

Protesters, Boko Haram overstretch security in Kano, Katsina, Jigawa

January 7, 2012 by Mustapha Salihu, Kano The spate of unrest that has enveloped the country since the removal of petroleum subsidy by President Goodluck Jonathan has added to the challenges facing security operatives nationwide. In Kano, Jigawa and Katsina states, not only has the fear of bomb blasts and other nocturnal activities of the […]

Drunken police officer shoots hotel steward in Kano

A Deputy Superintendent of Police, Emeka Ubani, attached to the 35 Squadron in Jigawa State is now explaining the circumstances surrounding the shooting of an employee of a hotel, where he lodged. The victim of the riot policeman, Friday Onwuka, a steward in the hotel is currently in critical condition at the Aminu Kano Teaching […]

Jigawa builds database of taxable adults

JIGAWA State is building the database of all taxable adults in the state to make it easy to track all revenue due to government and close all leakages, chairman of the state revenue board, Alhaji Muktar A. Wada has disclosed. The chairman who made the disclosure recently while fielding questions from newsmen in his office […]

Jigawa celebrates success in WAEC exams

BY ALIYU DANGIDA DUTSE—Jigawa State is celebrating what it described as the enormous success recorded in the education sector as 10.5 per cent of its secondary students passed the 2010 West African Examinations Council, WAEC, results in the country. In the previous year, only 2.4 per cent of the students passed same examination. In an […]

Jigawa CNPP to participate in council polls

OPPOSITION political parties under the Coalition of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) in Jigawa State have indicated their intention to participate in the forthcoming local government council election billed for January next year. This is coming against the backdrop that some opposition parties have threatened to boycott the election due to some reasons. This was contained in […]

Picture: Ritualist caught dead in another man’s grave

  An unidentified suspected ritualist dies in the grave of man buried just two hours earlier PEOPLE in the normally calm, ancient city of Kazaure, the Jigawa State capital, were thrown into an uproar on Saturday, when what seemed like an act of God, saw to the mysterious death of a suspected grave ritualist. The […]

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