Tag: Jigawa State

Former Jigawa Speaker, Adamu Ahmed Is Dead

A former speaker of Jigawa State House of Assembly, Adamu Sarawa, is dead. He was 66 years old.…

PHOTOS: 524 Almajiris sent packing from Kano arrive Jigawa State

Hours after Kano State Government deported some almajiris owing to outbreak of Coronavirus in the cosmopolitan state, the…

BREAKING: Jigawa records first COVID-19 case

The Jigawa State Government has announced a lockdown as the state has recorded first COVID-19 case in Kazaure…

Teenage girl commits suicide in Jigawa

Tragedy as a 15-year-old girl identified as Ummi Garba reportedly committed suicide by consuming rat poison in Gwaram Local…

Teenager arrested for allegedly sodomizing 6-year-old boy in Jigawa

Operatives of the Jigawa State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have been arrested…

Police vehicle hits, kills woman, injures others in Jigawa

The Jigawa Police Command has confirmed that its patrol vehicle hit and killed a pedestrian, Hauwa Danladi-Turis, and…

34 sex workers arrested in Jigawa

The Jigawa State Sharia Enforcement Command (Hisbah) have arrested 34 suspected commerical sex workers in the state. WITHIN…

Suspect reveals reason he killed pregnant girlfriend

A 29-year-old man identified as Mustapha Idris, accused of killing his girlfriend has confessed to the crime. The…

BREAKING: Gunmen kidnap Jigawa Lawmaker’s wife

Unknown gunmen in the early hours of Saturday abducted Hajiya Zahra’u, the wife of the lawmaker representing Miga…

Jigawa federal lawmaker, Muhammad Gawo dies in Dubai

Days after Sokoto lawmaker slumped and died at the plenary, the federal lawmaker representing Garki/ Babura federal constituency of…

Local Govt in Jigawa state bans men and women from meeting at night

A law has been enacted by the Kirikasamma Local Government Area in Jigawa state which bans men and women…

Jigawa begins payment of new minimum wage

The Jigawa State Government says it has commenced payment of the new minimum wage to its workers. The…