Jigawa
Five weeks old bride murdered in Jigawa
A 22-year-old bride Zainab Ibrahim has been butchered in Warfare Quarters, Hadejiia Local Government area of Jigawa State five weeks after her wedding. Spokesman of the command, SP. Lawan Shiisu Adam disclosed this in a statement issued to DAILY POST. He said the incident happened on 12/03/2024 at about 1420hrs. According to him, the police […]
We’ve no single protester in custody – Jigawa
The recent arraignment of underage protesters before the Abuja High Court on Friday sparked widespread concern among Nigerians and human rights activists, both at home and internationally. Arewa PUNCH reports that as a result, many observers of the situation expressed outrage and disappointment over the treatment of minors involved in the #EndBadGovernance protest held nationwide […]
Jigawa tanker fire: Families mourn loved ones as death toll hits 170
No fewer than 170 people have now been confirmed dead in the tanker explosion that rocked Jigawa State on Tuesday. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Lawan Adam, in a statement on Friday, noted that 70 others were still critically injured in different hospitals. He said, “The death toll in the petrol tanker explosion […]
Jigawa Commissioner, Sankara denies having illicit affairs with married woman in uncompleted building
Commissioner of Special Duties in Jigawa State, Auwal Danladi Sankara, has refuted a statement issued by the Kano Hisbah Command, which alleged his involvement in an illicit affair with a married woman in an uncompleted building. This follows reports of an alleged affair under suspicious circumstances involving Auwal Danladi Sankara, which went viral across various […]
BREAKING: Jigawa Commissioner Caught in Affair with Married Woman in Uncompleted Building
Jigawa Commissioner of Special Duties, Auwal Danladi Sankara, has been arrested and detained by the Kano State Hisbah Board for allegedly engaging in an extramarital affair with a married woman, Tasleem Baba Nabegu. The commissioner was caught red-handed with Nabegu in an uncompleted building owned by him. According to Hisbah Director General, Abba Sufi, Sankara’s […]
100 Jigawa tanker explosion victims buried
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu dispatched a delegation to Dutse yesterday to commiserate with Jigawa State Governor Umar Namadi over Tuesday night’s tanker explosion in which over 100 people were burnt to death. Many were injured. Governors, traditional rulers, and other eminent Nigerians condoled with the state government, which gave a mass burial to the victims. […]
Jigawa gov suspends aide over unauthorised minimum wage statement
Governor Umar Namadi of Jigawa State has suspended his Special Adviser on Salary and Pensions, Alhaji Bashir Ado, over an alleged premature statement on N70,000 minimum wage. This is contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Bala Ibrahim, in Dutse, on Saturday. Ibrahim said the government viewed with serious concern, […]
APC Sweeps LG Polls As APGA, Accord Party Win 5 Councillorship Seats In Jigawa
The ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) has won all the 27 chairmanship and 281 out of 287 councillorship seats contested by 11 political parties in the Saturday, October 5, 2024, local government elections held in Jigawa State. The All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) also won the councillorship seat of Margadu Ward in Guri local government, […]
Flights of fancy: Govs slammed for wasting N160bn on unviable airports
Six state governments including Ekiti, Ebonyi, Jigawa, Yobe, Nasarawa, and Bayelsa have spent about N160bn on airport projects that opposition politicians and aviation professionals classified as unviable. Stakeholders say the huge public funds expended on the facilities have amounted to waste. They condemned the state governors and asked Nigerians to hold them responsible for the […]
Tea vendor kills 20-year-old boy for allegedly stealing bread
The Police in Jigawa State have arrested a 40-year-old tea vendor, Abdulrashibu Ya’u over alleged beating of a boy to death in Dutse Local Government. A resident told DAILY POST that the incident happened on Monday at about 05:00 pm in Sararai village of Dutse Local Government area. He said the tea seller locked up […]