2024

By Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse The Jigawa State House of Assembly, with support from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has set an ambitious target to reduce the number of out-of-school children in the state by 90 to 95 percent by…

By Mika'il Tsoho, Dutse More than 2,000 women and vulnerable individuals in Jigawa State have received relief support amounting to N135 million, courtesy of the state’s First Lady, Hajiya Hadiza Umar Namadi. The initiative aims to…

President Bola Tinubu has returned to Nigeria after spending several weeks on annual leave in the United Kingdom and France. His aircraft touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Saturday evening, marking the…

The Jigawa State Government has constituted an investigative committee to examine allegations against the State Commissioner for Special Duties, Auwal Danladi Sankara. This decision follows media reports linking the commissioner to a…

Governor Malam Umar Namadi has approved the immediate suspension of Auwalu Dalladi Sankara, the Commissioner for Special Duties, pending an investigation into allegations made by the Kano State Hisbah. The announcement was made in a…

The Jigawa State Commissioner for Special Duties, Auwal Danladi Sankara, has categorically denied allegations linking him to an extramarital affair with a married woman. Earlier on Friday, the Kano State Hisbah Board announced Sankara’s…

The Defence Headquarters has announced that Nigerian troops have killed at least 96 terrorists and arrested 227 suspects, including a notorious commander, during ongoing military operations in the northern region of the country. In a…

By Kabiru Zubairu Birnin Kudu The Youth Assembly of Nigeria, Jigawa State Chapter, has extended its deepest condolences to the families of those who lost their lives and offered heartfelt sympathy to the injured following the tragic…

By Kabiru Zubairu Birnin Kudu The Jigawa State Youth Assembly held its second sitting on Thursday, October 17, 2024, at the Nurses House Conference Hall in Dutse, where key issues affecting the welfare of the youth in the state were…

By Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse The Jigawa State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), in collaboration with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), has launched a new strategy to tackle the challenges facing child education in the…

By Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse The Jigawa Social Protection Platform (JISOP), a coalition of Civil Society Organisations, media representatives, academics, ethnic minorities, and Persons with Disabilities (PWDs), has expressed its heartfelt…

By Malam Kabiru Zubairu Birnin Kudu In the aftermath of the catastrophic tanker explosion, which resulted in the loss of nearly 200 youth in Majia, located in the Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa State, the alarming inadequacy of…

By Ahmed Ilallah The Majiya cataclysm has surpassed everyone's expectations; it is the most significant state-wide catestrophy in history of Jigawa State. The fuel tanker accident claimed 150 lives so far, the death toll may…

By Yaseer Ahmad, Dutse A federal government delegation, led by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, visited Jigawa State to convey President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s message following a tragic tanker…

By Ahmed Ilallah Since the restoration of democracy in Nigeria in 1999, there has been a persistent call from certain political actors for true federalism - one that advocates a clear separation of powers across all levels of…

A devastating petrol tanker explosion in Majia town, Jigawa State, claimed the lives of at least 153 people, with 94 fatalities recorded at the scene. Many of the injured were rushed to Ringim General Hospital and the Federal Medical…