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  • Jigawa Govt decries scarcity of new naira notes

    Jigawa Govt decries scarcity of new naira notes

    The Jigawa State Government on Wednesday expressed concern over alledged low supply of new naira notes to Deposit Money Banks (DBMs) in the State.

    The state Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development, Alhaji Babangida Gantsa stated this at a news conference in Dutse.

    He said the supply of the redesigned naira to most of the commercial banks by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was grossly inadequate, thereby making it difficult for them to meet the demand of their customers.

    Gantsa, who monitored transactions in some banks, said that most of the Automatic Teller Machines (ATM) were not dispensing cash to customers across the state.

    “Some of the bank managers talked about their challenges, one of them claimed that he was only given N2 million of new notes by the CBN today”.

    The Commissioner said the situation had exposed residents of the state to difficulties in accessing the new bank notes.

    “Some customers spent up to nine hours on queue while others claimed to had spent the whole night on queue.

    “The distribution of the new notes was just a name in Jigawa but the reality is that bank customers were spending hours in anticipation of cashing at the ATM without any results,” he said.

    The commissioner, therefore,  urged the CBN to ensure adequate supply of the new notes to the banks or reschedule its deadline.

  • Obi, Datti arrive Jigawa with their spouses for presidential rally

    Obi, Datti arrive Jigawa with their spouses for presidential rally

    The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party Peter Obi and his running mate Datti Baba-Ahmed have arrived in Dutse, the Jigawa State capital for the Presidential Rally and Townhall meetings.

    They arrived in Dutse early Monday afternoon along with their spouses Margaret Obi and Mrs Aisha Baba-Ahmed, who are also in the state for their Women Townhall engagement.

    It would be recalled that the Labour Party on Sunday accused the Jigawa State Government of denying them facilities to hold their campaign rally in the state.

    Mrs Margaret Obi and Mrs Aisha Baba-Ahmed arriving Duste Jigawa State on Monday 30th January, 2023.

    According to the Spokesperson of the party in the state Yunusa Salisu Tanko, the Labour Party had requested to use the state complex and Manpower Development Institute MDI for the party’s townhall meeting but the state government denied them the facilities.

    Tanko pointed out that the denial was contrary to the electoral acts, adding that the campaign would now take place in Filin Samba in the state capital.

    Obi who is running to become the first Nigerian president since the country returned to democracy in 1999, has pledged that his government will secure and unite Nigerians by managing the nation’s diversity to everyone’s advantage without any feeling of marginalisation.

    He has promised that his administration would invest in infrastructure, education and affordable healthcare. 

  • Supreme Court affirms Namadi as APC guber candidate in Jigawa

    Supreme Court affirms Namadi as APC guber candidate in Jigawa

    The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the incumbent Deputy Governor of Jigawa, Umar Namadi as the lawful candidate for the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.

    The Apex Court in a unanimous judgment prepared by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun upheld the primary election conducted on May 26, 2022 which produced Namadi as the winner.

    In the judgment Delivered by Justice Ibrahim Saulawa on behalf of the Court, the appeal filed by Farouk Aliyu, a former Minority Leaders of the House of Representatives was dismissed in its entirety.

    The apex court agreed with lawyers to the respondents, Lateef Fagbemi and Yakubu Ruba both Senior Advocates that the case was frivolous, baseless and lacked merit and substance.

    Namadi through his counsel, Fagbemi had won the legal battle at the Federal High Court in Dutse as well as at the Court of Appeal in Kano.

    Farouk Aliyu, former member of the House of Representatives, challenged the APC primary election held on May 26, 2022 which produced Namadi as the party’s governorship flagbearer for the March 11 poll.

  • North will vote for you – Jigawa Governor, Badaru tells Tinubu

    North will vote for you – Jigawa Governor, Badaru tells Tinubu

    Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa state  has said the Northern part of the country will pay back the presidential candidate of the All Progressive congress APC Bola Ahmad Tinubu in the coming 2023 general election.

    Governor Badaru made this known when he visited Tinubu in Kano state on Sunday, October 23 2022

    The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, visited Kano State to open his campaign offices across the state

    Tinubu was welcomed on Saturday by the Governors of Kano, Jigawa and Zamfara States at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport alongside thousands of supporters.

    Addressing the mammoth crowd, Governor Muhammad Badaru said Tinibu is the only person who supported five Northern presidential candidates.

    ” Tinubu is the only friend to the north, he supported five different northern presidential candidates including Shehu Shagari, Umar Musa Yar’adua, Atiku Abubakar, Nuhu Ribado and President Muhammadu Buhari”

    “So it is payback time and we are ready, we are honest people, we respect keeping to our promise and we are ready to compensate you for what you have done for the North”

    Governor Badaru, however, urged Northerners to come out and massively vote for the All Progressives Congress APC presidential candidate in the 2023 General elections.

  • Middle aged man buried alive in Jigawa

    Middle aged man buried alive in Jigawa

    A middle-aged man identified as Umar Sale was on Tuesday buried alive by a landslide in the Taura local government area of Jigawa State.

    The spokesman of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in the state, Adamu Shehu, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Wednesday in Dutse, said it occurred while the deceased was evacuating sand in a burrow pit at Majiya town.

    Shehu said the victim, a father of three, was digging the sand from the pit to refurbish his mud house which had earlier been destroyed by a heavy downpour when the sand above the pit slid and buried him alive.

    He said: “The victim’s first cry for help was heard by some people farming around the area who rushed to his rescue.

    “Unfortunately, he died on the spot because of the weight of the sand and his inability to breathe. His body was recovered and thereafter released to his family for proper burial.

    “Investigation revealed that similar cases were recorded in the past and residents of the community were therefore advised to refrain from extracting or digging sand from the ditch.”

  • Many injured; shops, houses damaged as gas explosion rocks Jigawa

    Many injured; shops, houses damaged as gas explosion rocks Jigawa

    The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa said on Tuesday that five people were injured from a suspected smuggled gas that exploded in Babura Local Government Area of the state.

    The spokesman of the NSCDC, CSC Adamu Shehu,  who confirmed the incident in Dutse, added that the explosion also damaged shops and houses.

    Also, the  Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Lawan Shiisu,  confirmed the incident. He said  that 17 shops and five houses were damaged by the inferno caused by the explosion.

    NSCDC spokesman Shehu  in his account said that the incident occurred on Monday at about 9.00 p.m., after security operatives on  stop-and search- in the area flagged down a truck conveying 25 gas cylinders.

    He alleged that the driver of the truck refused to stop why being pursued  by the operatives, resulting in one of the cylinders falling off the truck and catching fire immediately.

    The spokesman added that the vehicle was coming from Tinkim town in Magarya LGA of Niger Republic and  was heading toward Hadejia LGA of Jigawa.

    He said  that the victims were currently receiving treatment at the Babura General Hospital.

    Similarly, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Lawan Shiisu, also confirmed the incident.

    Shiisu said  that the vehicle was being pursued by  a team of operatives from the Nigerian Customs Border Drill No. 12, while transporting the gas from Niger Republic.

    He added that 17 shops and five houses were damaged by the inferno caused by the explosion.

  • 37-year-old arrested for murder of parents

    37-year-old arrested for murder of parents

    The Police in Jigawa State have arrested a 37-year-old man for the alleged murder of his parents in Gagarawa Local Government Area of the State.

    The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Jigawa Command, DSP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed this in a statement in Dutse on Thursday.

    Shiisu said the suspect was arrested after he allegedly attacked his father, mother and two others with a wooden pestle.

    Those attacked by the suspect are Ahmad Muhammad, 70, Hauwau Ahamadu, 60, Kailu Badugu, 65 and Hakalima Amadu, 60.

    The PPRO said that a team of policemen evacuated the victims to Gumel General Hospital, where Ahmadu Muhammad and Hauwau Ahmadu were certified dead by a medical doctor due to the injuries they sustained in the attack.

    Shiisu said the other two victims were on admission at the hospital for treatment.

    “Today, at 11:30 a.m., information received had it that one Munkaila Ahmadu of Zarada-Sabuwa village in Gagarawa LGA of Jigawa, used a wooden pestle and attacked the following persons:

    “Ahmadu Muhammad, the village Head of Zarada-Sabuwa, Hauwa Ahmadu, Kailu Badugu and Hakalima Amadu, all of Zarada -Sabuwa village in Gagarawa LGA.”

    He added that preliminary investigation revealed that the deceased were the biological parents of the suspect.

    The Commissioner of Police in the state, Aliyu Tafida, directed for a discreet investigation into the case, after which the suspect would be charged to court.

  • Heavy rains leave 50 dead, others homeless in Jigawa

    Heavy rains leave 50 dead, others homeless in Jigawa

    The Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said that 50 people, including a newborn, were killed in building collapse due to heavy downpours in different parts of the state.

    The tragedy occurred across the state since the beginning of the rainy season.

    The Executive Secretary of the agency, Alhaji Yusuf Sani, told newsmen that several houses were either damaged or destroyed, rendering several families homeless.

    Sani said the displaced persons were currently taking refuge in 11 temporary camps, while others stayed with their relatives, as the agency was making efforts to open camps to accommodate the victims.

    He added that the agency had been providing the victims, including those staying with their relatives, with items and other basic needs.

    According to him, the worst hit areas are Kafinhausa and Balangu villages, all in Kafinhausa Local Government Area of the state.

    “He said in Kafinhausa, six people died, 68 hospitalised and 1,436 lost thier houses, while in Balangu four people died and 238 lost their houses.

    He said the agency got information of the death of seven people from same family including a newborn baby in a building collapse on Sunday in Kafinhausa.

    “From the report we have, if you combine the number is getting to 50 since the commencement of the rainy season,” the executive secretary said.

    Sani said he could not immediately give the exact number of communities and people affected by the disaster in the state because personnel of the agency were still assessing the level of damage and compiling list of the victims.

    “There is a camp around Kafinhausa that accommodates over 1,000 displaced persons.

    “Some have over 300, so I cannot tell you the exact number because we are still taking people there,” Sani said.

    He, however, commended the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) for its prompt response to the disaster by bringing succour to the victims.

    NEMA has begun the distribution of relief items to the victims in six most affected LGAs of Hadejia, Kirikasamma, Kafinhausa, Birniwa, Kaugama and Malammadori.

    The relief items according to the agency, are: 7,650 bags of rice, 6,450 bags of maize, 950 cans of 20 litres  vegetable oil, 530 cartons of seasoning, 50 bags of 20kg salt and 6,000 bags of cement.

    ” Maybe by tomorrow or so I can tell you the exact number of people affected.

    “And as I was telling you, the disaster occurred in all the 27 LGAs because it’s a matter of rainfall and we had rain for good three days in Jigawa nonstop. So all the 27 LGAs are affected.

    “So our personnel are already in the remaining 21 LGAs taking assessment and as soon as we receive the report, we will forward it to NEMA and donor Organisations for intervention,” the executive secretary added.

  • BREAKING: APC delegate slumps, dies in Abuja

    A delegate at the presidential primary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from Jigawa State, Isah Baba-Buji, slumped and died while taking his breakfast on Tuesday in Abuja.

    The APC spokesperson in Jigawa, Bashir Kundu, confirmed the incident to reporters in Jigawa.

    He said the official was pronounced dead while taking his breakfast and preparing to move to the venue of the party convention.

    Mr Kundu said Mr Baba-Buji’s body was being prepared to be conveyed back to Jigawa State for burial rites.

    Mr Baba-Buji was the APC vice chairman for Jigawa Southwest.

  • APC Convention: Jigawa delegate dies in Abuja

    A delegate Isa Baba Buji, representing Buji Local Government Area (LGA) of Jigawa State has given up the ghost in Abuja.

    He died Tuesday afternoon at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

    The cause of his death is still unknown as at when filing this report but aspirants and other delegates are begining to send in their condolences.

    Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has also joined in  mourning the deceased.

    His spokesman, Laolu Akande expressed sadness over the delegate’s death.

    Akande wrote, ”VP Osinbajo saddened by the news of the death this afternoon, in Abuja, of Alh. Isa Baba Buji, 61, one of our APC delegates from Buji Local Government, Jigawa State.

    ”He extends heartfelt condolence to his family, associates, govt & people of the State & prays his soul rests in peace.”