Author: Mahmud Aliyu Dutse

NINE persons lost their lives in a fatal motor accident in Kyaramma village, Ringim Local Government Area of JIgawa State. According to the Jigawa State Police Command, the accident, which occurred on Saturday at about 2 pm, involved two Golf 3 saloon vehicles and left several other persons injured. In a statement, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Shiisu Adam, revealed that one of the vehicles, with registration number Kaduna MKA 687 AY, was driven by Adamu Sunusi, a 35-year-old man from Hadejia LGA, and heading to Gujungu town from Abuja. According to preliminary investigations, Adam said the vehicles collided…

THE Jigawa State Police Command has announced a major breakthrough in its efforts to combat crime and criminality in the state. This was made public by the Jigawa State Commissioner of Police, Ahmad Abdullahi while briefing journalists on Wednesday at the Command’s headquarters in Dutse, the state capital. According to the Commissioner of Police, Ahmad Abdullahi, the command has smashed a kidnapping ring, killing five members, arresting 5 out the the 12-member gang and 25 other suspects for alleged and varied crimes in the state. “We have achieved a major breakthrough in bursting a gang of kidnappers around Garki and…

JIGAWA Commissioner for Special Duties, Auwalu Danladi Sankara, has refunded N301 million as unspent funds from the 2025 Ramadan feeding programme to the state treasury. The refund was announced during a state executive council meeting presided over by Governor Malam Umar Namadi. Namadi commended the Commissioner for his boldness in upholding fiscal financial prudence in line with the state’s government financial fiscal discipline. The Ramadan Feeding Committee operated in 634 feeding centers, serving an estimated 5,706,000 meals during Ramadan. It fed 300 individuals per center on a daily basis. It incurred a total expenditure of ₦4,836,546,000.00, with ₦301,522,210.00 saved and…

FORMER Jigawa State Governor and stalwart of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Sule Lamido, has warned against the ongoing efforts to undermine Nigeria’s main opposition party, declaring that the destruction of the PDP could trigger a collapse of democracy in the country. Lamido, who is also a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, predicted that in the next five months, serious things may happen, insisting that the way people are leaving the PDP is very ominous for Nigeria. Speaking after his election as a National Delegate during the PDP Local Government Congress in Birnin Kudu, Jigawa State, Lamido expressed grave…

THE Governor of Jigawa State, Umar Namadi, has faulted recent remarks by former Chief of Army Staff, General Theophilus Danjuma, who urged Nigerians to defend themselves in the face of growing insecurity. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Monday monitored by News Point Nigeria, Namadi warned that such a statement could lead to lawlessness. “He (Danjuma) is a very senior security person, and should be respected. But if he says that citizens should be allowed to defend themselves, I think you are causing anarchy. “His words need to be analysed carefully,” Namadi said. Namadi stressed that the government is…

A FIRE outbreak occurred at a filling station in Dutse, the Jigawa state capital, on Thursday evening. The incident happened at about 8pm at Shakkotu along Kiyawa Road, Dutse. According to eyewitnesses, the fire erupted when a fuel tanker exploded while offloading fuel at the station. They described the scene as chaotic, with people running for their lives. One of the eye witnesses, Baba Nura, told our correspondent, “I was nearby when I heard a loud explosion. I rushed to the scene and saw that the fuel tanker had burst and the fire surrounded almost everywhere in the filling station.”…

JIGAWA State Pilgrims Welfare Board has fixed 30th January as deadline for registration of intending pilgrims for the 2025 Hajj. A statement from the Director General, Jigawa State Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji Ahmed Umar Labbo said the new deadline was as a result of adjustment by National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) of the 2025 calendar directing states pilgrims welfare boards and agencies to remit all collections by the 1st of February. Labbo added that the Jigawa State Board has so far exhausted over 40% of its allocation for this year’s Hajj since the commencement of the registration in September…

TWO weeks after a wedding ceremony in Jigawa State turned tragic, leaving one guest dead and the groom critically ill, events took a new turn with the arrest of the bride and her ex-lover. This newspaper reports that the incident, which occurred in the Jahun Local Government Area of the state, took a new turn following the arrest of the bride and her ex-lover by police investigators. Eyewitnesses told our correspondent that the bride’s actions may have been allegedly driven by a personal vendetta. Although the police have yet to officially confirm the motive of the suspects and the exact…

AT least nine people have been killed and four others injured following a violent clash between villagers and Fulani settlers in Jigawa State, according to a statement from the state police command. The incident occurred after a group of miscreants, suspected to be Fulani, reportedly broke into a shop in Gululu village, Miga Local Government Area, and stole hibiscus and other provisions. In retaliation, some villagers traced the suspects’ footprints to a Fulani settlement camp in Yankunama village, Jahun LGA. Upon arrival, the villagers were met with an attack by Fulani settlers armed with bows and arrows, resulting in injuries…

A WEDDING in Jigawa State has turned tragic after a bride allegedly poisoned food served at the reception. The incident is said to have left the groom critically ill and one of the wedding guests dead. The incident occurred in the Jahun Local Government Area of the state. Eyewitnesses told this newspaper that the bride’s actions may have been driven by a personal vendetta. Speaking to this newspaper on Friday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Shi’isu Adam, confirmed the incident and said an investigation was underway. “We received a report that the bride had tainted the food served at…

JIGAWA State Governor, Umar Namadi, on Sunday, remarked that his son, Abdulwahab, and mother, Hajiya Maryam, died about a week after he gave out the hand of his daughter, Fatiha, in marriage. This newspaper reported that the governor’s son died last week in a road crash barely 24 hours after his mother died of an illness. On Sunday, Gombe State Governor and Chairman of the Northern States Governors’ Forum, Muhammadu Yahaya, led a delegation on a condolence visit to Kafin Hausa town in Jigawa State, to sympathise with Namadi. In his remarks, the Jigawa governor thanked his Gombe counterpart for…

DIRECTOR GENERAL of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, has called on policymakers to leverage the unique strengths of their states to drive economic prosperity. The NITDA boss spoke at a capacity building workshop held at the FutureMap Academy in Hadejia, Jigawa State, on the theme “AI for Office Productivity, Design Thinking, Agriculture, Health, Education, Energy, and Climate Change.” Addressing the participants, including academics, professionals, startup founders, students, government officials and non-governmental organizations, Kashifu emphasized the need for policymakers to identify and harness resources. The DG cited Jigawa’s large pool of computer science graduates, saying they could…

TRAGEDY has once again struck the family of Jigawa State Governor, Umar Namadi, following the death of his eldest son, Abdulwahab Umar Namadi, in a fatal car accident. The incident occurred barely 24 hours after the governor lost his mother, Hajiya Maryam Namadi. According to eyewitness accounts, Abdulwahab was returning from Kafin Hausa to Dutse with his friends when the vehicle he was driving lost control, causing it to somersault. While his friends sustained various degrees of injuries and are currently receiving treatment at Dutse General Hospital, Abdulwahab was pronounced dead at the scene. A close family source, who spoke…

ARRANGEMENTS have been concluded for a successful conduct of Annual General Meeting of Birnin-Kudu Old Boys Association (BIKOBA), the umbrella of the Old Students of Government Unity College, Birnin Kudu, Jigawa state, one of the famous Secondary Schools/Colleges in Northern Nigeria. This was disclosed by BIKOBA, National Publicity Secretary, Mahmud Ibrahim Kwari in a statement On Thursday. According to him, the  occasion scheduled to take place on Sunday the 29th day of December, 2024 by 9:00am at the Murtala Mohammed Library Hall along Ahmadu Bello Way Kano, will feature Public Lecture to be delivered by Prof. Ibrahim Baba Mohammed, a…

HAJIYA Maryam Namadi, the mother of Jigawa State Governor Mallam Umar Namadi, is dead. She died in the early hours of Wednesday. This was announced by Hamisu Mohammed Gumel, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, in a statement on Wednesday, According to the statement, her burial rites will take place at 4:30 PM in her hometown of Kafin Hausa, in accordance with Islamic traditions. The statement said the governor and his family requested prayers for the repose of her soul.

THE Jigawa State Government says it has uncovered 6,348 ghost workers in its staff verification exercise in the state. Sagir Musa, Commissioner for Infomation, Youths, Sports and Culture, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Dutse. He said the report of the Statewide Staff Audit Biometric Data Capture and Validation Exercise, showed that 6,348 ghost workers had been detected, allowing the government to save over N314 million monthly. Musa said the State Executive Council had studied the report and approved the establishment of the Continuous Capture Centre (CCC) at the Office of the Head of Civil Service. This, he…

CHAIRMAN of the Investigation Committee on the tanker fire incident in Majia, Jigawa State, DIG Hafizu Muhammad Inuwa (Retd) has presented its findings to Governor Umar Namadi. This is just 209 persons were confirmed dead in the fire incident that occurred on October 14, 2024. The committee included government officials, security representatives, civil society organisations, and community leaders. Inuwa stated that the primary objectives of the investigation were to identify both the remote and immediate causes of the fire, assess the damage and make recommendations to prevent future occurrences. During the presentation, the chairman reported that the committee engaged with…

A FUEL laden tanker has gone up in flames in Jigawa State, North West Nigeria. The incident which happened at Jigawa-Kano border, caused panic among bystanders. Aliyu M. A., Public Relations Officer of the Federal Fire Service, Jigawa State Command, confirmed the incident to newsmen on Wednesday, November 13, 2024. According to Aliyu, “On November 12, 2024, at approximately 10:43 hours, the Federal Fire Service received a distress call from Kuho Village Head, Zubairu Ahmad, regarding a tanker accident at Tsaida, Kwanar Kalle, near Gamoji village along Maiduguri Road.” “The FFS responded promptly, arriving at the scene at 10:50 hours.…

GOVERNOR Umar Namadi of Jigawa State has approved ₦70,000 as the new minimum wage for civil servants. Governor Namadi announced this at the Jigawa State Government House in Dutse shortly after receiving a report from the committee on minimum wage. The governor emphasised the importance of ensuring that the state’s workforce is adequately compensated for their service. “After receiving the report by the committee on minimum wage, we have resolved to pay our workers ₦70,000 as the new minimum wage,” he said. He further highlighted the government’s commitment to the well-being of its civil servants, noting that the decision was…

MASS burial has been conducted for 140 victims of the petrol tanker explosion that took place at Majiya town, Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa State on Wednesday. About 90 other victims of the ugly incident are currently in various hospitals in the state receiving treatment. The explosion occurred around midnight on Tuesday when the driver of the tanker, travelling from Kano to Nguru in Yobe State, lost control near Khadija University, Majiya. The tanker, which had departed Kano and was heading to Nguru Town in Yobe State, exploded after the driver lost control. The disaster, according to the police,…