Jigawa lawmakers approve death penalty for kidnappers, life imprisonment for rapists
The Jigawa State House of Assembly has passed into law a bill for the prohibition of violence against persons. Hon. ...
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Hisbah destroys 3000 bottles of alcohol in Jigawa
Jigawa State Hisbah Board has destroyed over 3000 bottles of alcohol confiscated in Kazaure local Government. The local Government commandant ...
14-year-old girl commits suicide over father’s refusal to buy her hijab in Jigawa
A 14-year-old girl, Faiza Mustapha, has hanged herself to death at Maizogale village in Kiyawa Local Government Area of Jigawa ...
Jigawa Court sentences man to death by hanging for killing girlfriend
The Jigawa State High Court sitting in Ringim on Tuesday sentenced 29-year-old Orange seller, Mustapha Idrith to death by hanging ...
Gunmen kill two senior police officers after releasing kidnapped victims in Jigawa
At least two senior police officers have been murdered and one other injured in a gun battle with gunmen at ...
Tragedy as 10 Nigerian Navy candidates die in Jigawa auto crash
Atleast 10 persons, all indigenes of Gagarawa local government area in Jigawa State have died in a ghastly auto crash. ...
Fulani herdsman butchers brother in Jigawa
With the aid of a stick and a knife, a 30-year-old Fulani herdsman, Abdu Musa butchered his younger brother in ...
Bride-to-be, daughter of ex-Clerk of Jigawa Assembly abducted weeks to wedding in
Barely few weeks to her wedding, a 20-year-old bride-to-be, Saratu Sabo Wada, has been adducted in Gida-Dubu Quaters in Dutse ...
Tragedy as father slaughters biological son in Jigawa
A 30-year-old father, Alhassan Ya’u has slaughter his one-year-old biological son, Sani Alhassan. The tragic incident occurred on Monday at ...
Jigawa Govt distributes COVID-19 palliatives to 1,500 PWDs
The Jigawa state government has distributed 7,000 packages of COVID-19 palliatives to no fewer than 1,500 Persons with Disabilities (PWDs). ...
Police recover abandoned new born baby in Jigawa Eid-ground
Police in Jigawa State have recovered a newly born baby abandoned at Eid ground in Dutse metropolis. Spokesman of the ...
Former Jigawa Speaker, Dundubu is dead
Former Speaker of the Jigawa State House of Assembly, Hon. Iliyasu Sa’idu Dundubu, is dead. Dundubus served as Speaker from ...
Customs arrest Dubai-bound passenger with 5,342 ATM cards in Kano
The Kano/Jigawa Command arrested a Dubai-Bound passenger in possession of 5,342 ATM cards at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, ...
NSCDC arrests man over alleged murder of 17-month-old step son in Jigawa
A 40-year-old man identified as Usman Isma’il has been arrested by the men of the Jigawa Command of the Nigeria ...
First military administrator of Jigawa, Olayinka Sule, is dead
The first military administrator of Jigawa State, Olayinka Sule, is dead. It was learnt that Sule died on Sunday at ...
Sharia Law: Hisbah issues warning, destroys trader’s bottles of beer in Jigawa
No fewer than 588 confiscated bottles of beer have been destroyed by the Sharia law enforcement agency (Hisbah) in Ringim ...
Jigawa Govt Confirms 92 Deaths In One Week, Rules Out COVID19 Complications
The committee constituted by the Jigawa state government to investigate the mysterious deaths in Hadejia local government area in the ...
Like Kano, Jigawa records over 100 deaths with unknown cause within 10 Days
Days after wreaking so much havoc in Kano, the wave of mystery deaths that almost brought the ancient city to ...
30-year-old man rapes 17-year old wife to death in Jigawa after ignoring him for 20 days after marriage
30-year-old man identified as Alasan Audu, has arrested by the men of the Nigerian Police force, Jigawa State Command for ...
30-yr-old man in police net after raping 17-year-old wife to death in Jigawa
A man identified as Alasan Audu, allegedly raped his teen wife to death in Kankaleru village in Ringim Local Government ...