Author: Mahmud Aliyu Dutse

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,…

THE Jigawa State Police Command has attributed the high number of casualties and injured persons in Tuesday’s fuel tanker explosion to desperate moves by the people in the area to scoop the product which littered the ground after the accident. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Lawan Shiisu, stated this in a voicemail he sent to journalists in Kano on Wednesday. He said, “Despite the efforts of the police, who had cordoned off the area and issued warnings to the public, people resisted and started scooping the fuel, triggering a devastating explosion.” Shiisu added that the police struggled to keep…

A PETROL tanker exploded at Majiya Town, Taura Local Government Area, Jigawa State In a devastating incident on Wednesday morning, leading to the loss of lives of over 105 people, with 50 others hospitalised. The explosion occurred around 12:30 AM when the driver of the tanker, travelling from Kano to Nguru in Yobe State, lost control near Khadija University, Majiya. According to the Police Public Relations Officer of Jigawa State Command, DSP Lawan Adam, the disaster was triggered by residents who had rushed to collect spilt petrol after the tanker overturned. Although News Point Nigeria obtained pictures of the badly…

AT least, six people have been confirmed dead and nine others injured when a commercial vehicle knocked them down while celebrating Maulud at the Gagarawa village in Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa State. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Lawan Shiitu Adamu, confirmed the incident in a statement on Monday. “In a heartbreaking and devastating incident, a fatal motor vehicle and pedestrian accident occurred along the Kano-Gumel Road at the Gagarawa village in Ringim LGA on September 29, 2024, about 2230 hrs,” he stated. According to him, the accident occurred on Sunday, September 29, 2024, when a 52-year-old…

A SUSPECTED cholera outbreak has claimed the lives of numerous people in Jigawa State, with women and children being the hardest hit. The outbreak, which has affected several communities, has left the state in mourning. Gatafa village in Auyo Local Government Area is among the most severely impacted, with 41 new graves counted by Channels Television’s reporter, Sadiq Iliyasu, in the village cemetery. Other communities affected by the outbreak in Auyo include Auyakayi, Gatafa, Muran, Tsidir, Shawara, Tsaka, Majiya, Ayama, Anauya, and Kalgwai, all of which have reported fatalities and a rapid spread of the disease. Jigawa State’s Commissioner for…

THE Defence Minister, Mohammed Badaru, has donated ₦20m million to victims of the recent flood in Jigawa State. Badaru made the donation on Saturday while visiting the state governor, Umar Namadi, where he commiserated with the state government and families who have lost their loved ones to the disaster. According to the minister, the disaster affected 148 communities in 14 local government areas, about 50,000 people and over 11,500 households. “Over 148 communities were affected,” he said. “7,500 households were affected, over 50, 000 people were affected and about 11,500 farmlands were also affected while we lost 33 indigenes of…

A DEVASTATING flood has wreaked havoc across Jigawa State, claiming the lives of 16 people and displacing 3,834 residents in ten local government areas (LGAs). The flood, which followed days of relentless rainfall, has submerged entire communities, leaving thousands homeless and destroying vast swathes of farmland. The Executive Secretary of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Haruna Mairiga, confirmed the grim statistics during a press briefing on Wednesday in Dutse, the state capital. He disclosed that approximately 3,936 homes were destroyed, and a total of 2,744 hectares of farmland were washed away by the floods. “This is one of the…

JIGAWA State Governor, Alhaji Umar Namadi has declared a 24 hours curfew in the state. This newspaper reports that the governor in a State broadcast on Thursday night said the curfew became pertinent following the looting and vandalization of property during the #endbadgovernance protest in the state. “It is sad that we woke up on Thursday to witness what is not part of our culture and tradition of destroying properties and even the protest, ‘’Namadi said. “This is totally not part of us because as a Muslim, we believe that nobody can inflict hardship on anybody except God Almighty.’’ “We…

AT least three persons were killed and many more injured as Police fired teargas canisters to disperse hoodlums who infiltrated #EndBadGovernance protesters on Thursday across the Jigawa State. Jigawa witnessed an unprecedented situation in the history of the state as the nationwide protests against hardship and hunger sprang up in over 10 major towns across the state with reports of destruction and looting of government properties by hoodlums. Report from Hadejia city confirmed that two persons were killed and four people were admitted at a hospital as a result of injuries and suffocation they suffered from teargas fired at them…