Tag: Jigawa
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Primary school teacher bags life imprisonment for defiling 5-year-old pupil in Jigawa
The Jigawa State High Court sitting in Kazaure on Wednesday sentenced a primary school teacher, Makasusi Sunusi, to life imprisonment for defiling a 5-year-old pupil. The prosecution counsel narrated that Sunusi, who was the victim’s teacher, lured the pupil and raped her in the school at Kazaure town on 4th February 2021. He said the…
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Seven girls die in Jigawa boat accident
At least seven girls have died after a boat capsized in Jigawa on Friday. According to the police, three other girls were also rescued.
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Buhari approves establishment of two tertiary institutions in Jigawa
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of two tertiary institutions in Jigawa State.
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AMAZING! Man arrested for ‘having sex with goat’ in Jigawa
The Jigawa state police command has detained a 25-year-old man for allegedly having sexual intercourse with a goat in the Gwaram LGA of the state. According to NAN, Lawan Shiisu, the command’s public relations officer, broke the news in a statement on Friday. Shiisu said the suspect whose name was not revealed, was arrested at…
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Insecurity: Jigawa restricts movement of motorcycles in 27 LGAs
The Jigawa State Government has restricted the movement of motorcycles from 9:00 pm to 6:00 am in all the 27 Local Government Areas over the rising insecurity in the state. The state Chairman, Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), Bala Chamo, disclosed this on Wednesday during an interview with journalists in Dutse. Chamo, who…
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Court of Appeal Justice Demands Punishment for Jigawa, Imo High Court Judges for Dabbling into Anambra Gubernatorial Matter
Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme of the Court of Appeal has demanded punishment for the judge of the Jigawa State High Court, Justice Ubale of Birnin Kudu, and his counterpart in the Imo State judiciary, Justice B. C. Iheka, for what she described as their unprofessional conduct by dabbling into the Anambra State gubernatorial election controversy and…
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30 killed by Cholera outbreak; 2,000 hospitalised in Jigawa
A cholera outbreak in Jigawa has killed at least 30 people with more than 2,000 hospitalized in the past two months in the state. Dr Salisu Mu’azu, Permanent Secretary, Jigawa State Ministry of Health, confirmed the development. He said that most of the infected cases were children recorded in nine local government areas of the…
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Ex-Jigawa Military Governor, Brig Gen Aliyu is dead
A former military Governor of Jigawa State, Brigadier General Ibrahim Aliyu (rtd), is dead. His death was confirmed on Saturday in a statement by Habibu Nuhu Kila, the Special Adviser Media and Public Relations to Governor Mohammed Badaru Abubakar. According to the statement, the General died in Kaduna on Friday. The statement reads in part:…
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Buhari approves two new universities of technology for Jigawa, Akwa Ibom
The Buhari Government has announced the establishment of two universities of technology in Jigawa and Akwa Ibom, while also upgrading and equipping four others. The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Mr Sonny Echono disclosed this to newsmen in Abuja on Monday. Adamu said that…