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INEC Politics, Jigawa, State News
Saturday, April 14th, 2012
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 […]
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Jigawa, State News
Saturday, April 14th, 2012
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 […]
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Jigawa, Kano, Katsina, Latest Politics
Friday, January 6th, 2012
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 […]
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Headlines, Jigawa, Kano, Nigerian Police, State News
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
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 […]
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Headlines, Jigawa, State News
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
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 […]
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Headlines, Jigawa, State News
Monday, October 31st, 2011
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 […]
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Jigawa, State News
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
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 […]
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Headlines, Jigawa, State News
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
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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Headlines, Jigawa, State News
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
GOVERNOR Sule Lamido of Jigawa State has directed Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Lawal Abdu Babura, to rise to the challenge of his administration’s resolve of making the state a model for others in Nigeria. He gave the charge at the weekend when he administered the oath of office on Babura at the […]
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Headlines, Jigawa, State News
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
THE Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has met with a German construction firm that constructed the Wiesbaden Airport, a move seen as an effort to actualise its quest to make the state an investment haven, going by its plan to establish an airport that will boost economic activities. This was disclosed by the chief […]
