Tag: Jigawa
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10 die in road accident in Jigawa
Ten people died and 10 others were seriously injured in a road accident which occurred around 11.30 a.m. on Thursday in Majiya town, Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa. Adamu Shehu, the spokesman of Jigawa Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria in…
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No plans to contest against Buhari in 2019 – Jigawa Governor
…disowns 2019 presidential campaign group Governor Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa says he has no plans to contest for the 2019 presidential election. Badaru also disowned and disassociated himself from a group supporting him to run for the office of President in the 2019 general elections. The governor made his position known in a statement issued…
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Ex-CJN Dahiru Musdapher buried amidst tears in Jigawa
The remains of former Chief Justice of Nigeria, late Justice Dahiru Musdapher, who passed away on Tuesday at a hospital in London following a protracted illness has been buried in Babura, Jigawa state. The funeral prayers for the late CJN was led by the Chief Imam of Kano Prof. Sani Zaharadeen at Kofar Kudu, Kano…
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Buhari mourns Inuwa Dutse, condoles with govt., people of Jigawa
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of Alhaji Inuwa Dutse, former Commissioner for Agriculture in the old Kano State during the administration of the late Audu Bako. The President, in a condolence statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu in Abuja on Monday, recalled Dutse’s active…
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KEDCO promise better services in Jigawa, Kano, Katsina
The Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) has promised its customers in Jigawa, Kano and Katsina states improved services to boost commercial activities in the areas. The company’s Managing Director, Dr Jamilu Gwamna, made the promise at the first KEDCO Managing Director’s Award Night in Kano. He said the company was committed to improve its operations…
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Yuletide: Terrorists may bomb Abuja, other parts of Nigeria where crowds gather – UK, US warn
British and the United States governments have warned their citizens of terrorist groups’ threat to carry out bomb attacks in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, during the Yuletide. In its latest foreign travel advice to British nationals, the country’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office stated that it would raise the terrorism threat alert in Nigeria during…
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CCT: FG disburses N229.6m to 22,926 poor, vulnerable in Jigawa
The Federal Government on Thursday said it had disbursed N229, 640,000 million to 22,962 women considered to be poor and vulnerable in Jigawa, under its Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT). Malam Nura Sani, the Head of Media and Publicly, Jigawa office of the Federal Government’s Special Intervention Program (SIP), said this to the News Agency of…
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Tragedy as 18 die in Jigawa road crash
No fewer than 18 persons died in an accident involving a tipper and a J5 bus on Gumel-Gugunju road in Gumel Local Government Area of Jigawa. The Sector Commander of the Federal Roads Safety Corps in the state, Angus Ibezim, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Saturday. Mr. Ibezim…
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Again, court remands ex-Jigawa gov, Saminu Turaki, in prison
Barely five days after a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Maitama, Abuja, granted bail to a former Governor of Jigawa State, Saminu Turaki, a Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered his remand in Kuje Prison, Abuja. Although Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court granted bail to the ex-governor on…
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EFCC arrests former Jigawa Governor, Turaki at event attended by Obasanjo, Gowon, others
Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday arrested former governor of Jigawa State, Saminu Turaki. TheNewsGuru.com reports that Turaki is being prosecuted by the EFCC for allegedly mismanaging Jigawa state’s funds while he in office as governor. According to a report by The Punch, the former governor was arrested at the…