Tag: Jigawa
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Alleged inciting comments: Ex-Jigawa Governor, Sule Lamido remanded in prison
Former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has been remanded in prison custody by a Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Dutse, the state capital. The Chief Magistrate, Usman Lamin, on Tuesday ruled that the ex-governor be remanded in Dutse prison until May 4 when applications for his bail will be decided. In his ruling,…
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Polio: Jigawa targets 1.7m children for immunisation
The Jigawa Government says it will immunise over 1.7 million children against polio in its ongoing campaign against the disease across the state. The Executive Secretary, State Primary Health Care Development Agency (PHDCA), Dr Kabiru Ibrahim, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Dutse. Poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly infectious…
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NDLEA arrests 2 drug suspects in Jigawa
The Jigawa State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two persons with 51 kilogrammes of substances suspected to be Indian hemp. The Commandant of the agency in the state, Alhaji Abdullahi Abdul, confirmed the development in an interview on Thursday in Dutse. Abdul said the suspects were arrested during raids…