No fewer than 90 people were confirmed dead, following a petrol tanker explosion in Majiya Town, Taura Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday. The Police Spokesperson in Jigawa, Mr Shi’isu Adam, confirmed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday. He also...
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The Police Command in Jigawa has confirmed the death of three teenage boys of the same parent in a building collapse, which occurred in Birnikudu Local Government of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Lawan Shiisu, who confirmed the incident in Dutse, said three others survived...
A 55-year-old man, Sulain Potiskum, drowned after swimming in a river in Hadejia Local Government Area of Jigawa. Mr Badaruddeen Tijjani, the Spokesperson, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Jigawa Command, confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday in Dutse. Tijjani said the incident occurred on Saturday...
A 40-year old woman,(name withheld) set herself on fire after her husband divorced her in Guri Local Government Area of Jigawa. DSP Lawan Shiisu, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, confirmed the incident in a statement in Dutse, on Friday. Shiisu said the woman, who resides...
The Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), has confirmed 16 persons killed and 3,936 houses destroyed to flood disaster. It said the flood also submerged 2,744 hectres of farmlands following torrential rainfalls since the commencement of the 2024 rainy season. The Executive Secretary of the agency, Dr Haruna...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa says it recovered the remains of two men from a pond in Birninkudu Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASC Badaruddeen Tijjani, made this known in a statement issued on Wednesday in...
The Buji Local Government Council of Jigawa has confirmed the death of a 30-year-old man and his two-year-old son in a building collapse that occurred in Madabe village. The council’s Information Officer, Alhaji Ali Safiyanu, who confirmed the information to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse...
Three teenage girls have been confirmed drown in a pond in Buji Local Government Area of Jigawa on Saturday. The Spokesperson of the State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), ASC Badaruddeen Tijuana, confirmed the incident in a statement in Dutse, on Sunday. Tijjani...
By HARUNA AHMED, Dutse – No fewer than 5 persons have lost their lives while 15 others are missing in a canoe mishap that occurred on Thursday in Nahuce in Taura Local Government Area (LGA) of Jigawa State. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Lawan...
Jigawa State Government has relaxed the curfew in eight local government areas imposed sequel to the disturbances during the nationwide protest. The government also lifted the curfew in 19 other local government areas after a review of the security situation in the state. This is contained in a statement...
By HARUNA AHMED, Dutse – No fewer than 14 persons have been killed and four others injured in a ghastly motor accident on Kano-Kanya road in Babura Local Government Area of the state. The spokesman of the Jigawa State Police Command, DSP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed this in a statement...
The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone B, has announced the tragic death of an Insp of Customs (IC) Hamza Abdullahi-Elenwo. The incident occurred on Friday during a stop-and-search operation at Achilafia along the Daura-Kano road in Jigawa. The details were contained in a statement issued by...
Jigawa State Police Command on Monday confirmed that two persons lost their lives, while 18 others were rescued in a boat mishap that occurred in the state. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed this in a statement in Dutse, on Monday. Shiisu explained that...
Three persons were confirmed injured when farmers and herders clashed around Baranda forest in Kiyawa Local Government Area of Jigawa, the state Police Command confirmed on Thursday. “We received the information about the incident on Tuesday, at about 2:15 pm,” DSP Lawal Shiisu, the Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO),...
By HARUNA AHMED, Duste- Suspected robbers have killed three persons in Birnin Kudu Local Government Area of Jigawa State. The spokesman of the Jigawa State Police Command, DSP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the incident in a statement on Wednesday in Dutse. “Yesterday (Tuesday); at about 8:00 p.m., information...
By HARUNA AHMED, Duste- The Jigawa State Police Command has launched investigation into the murder of a popularly Dutse restaurant owner, Esther Adekamla, popularly known as Hadiza Nakowa. The command’s spokesman, DSP Lawan Shiisu, who confirmed this in a statement on Friday in Dutse, said the deceased was...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared Mr Yakubu Adamu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of Saturday’s rerun election into the Birninkudu/Buji Federal Constituency seat. The Appeal Court had, in November 2023, declared the March 18, 2023 Birninkudu/Buji Federal Constituency election inconclusive and...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said about 5,642 eligible voters are expected to vote in Saturday’s Jigawa re-run election. The state INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Prof. Muhammad Bashar, said this when he spoke with newsmen in Dutse on Friday. Bashar said that the re-run would...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Jigawa, on Thursday, said 10 persons died while 12 others sustained injuries in an auto crash on Ringing-Dutse road, in Ringim Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Public Relatiins Officer (PRO), Mr Ibrahim Yahaya, confirmed the incident to the News...