Tag Archives: Jigawa

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Jigawa State Command has rescued 10 suspected victims of human trafficking in the state.   The NIS Comptroller, Mr Tahir Musa, who disclosed this during a news briefing in Dutse on Tuesday, January 14, 2025, said that the victims were intercepted on Sunday at Tsamiyar Kwance area, Babura Local Government Area of the state.   …

The Jigawa State Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has dismissed three judicial officers and taken disciplinary actions against several others for misconduct and violation of judicial procedures.    The decision was made during the commission’s 178th meeting on January 7, as confirmed in a statement issued on Sunday by Abbas Wangara, Director of Protocol and Publicity for the Jigawa State Judiciary. …

The Jigawa State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a 15-year-old girl, Zahra’u Dauda, who conspired with her ex-lover to kill her 29-year-old husband, Kamisu Haruna.      The incident occurred at Haruna’s residence in Albasu village, Jahun Local Government Area of the state on December 22, 2024, two days after the couple’s wedding.      It was gathered …

A woman and her children narrowly escaped d3ath while four houses were burnt to ashes when a vehicle veered off the road and rammed into a residential building in Jigawa State.   The accident occurred on Sunday, December 29, 2024, in Dutse, the Jigawa State capital, sparking fear among residents living near the roadside.   According to an eyewitnesses, the …

Abdulwahab Umar Namadi, the 24-year-old son of Jigawa State Governor, Malam Umar Namadi, has d!ed.   Abdulwahab died inside a road accident just a day after the d3ath of his grandmother.    The accident occurred on Thursday, December 26, 2024, along Dutse-Kafin Hausa Road.    Hajia Maryam Namadi, the mother of Jigawa State governor, d!ed on Wednesday, December 25, 2024, …

The Jigawa State Government has uncovered 6,348 ghost workers following a staff verification exercise conducted across the state.   Mr. Sagir Musa, Commissioner for Information, Youths, Sports, and Culture, announced this in a statement on Tuesday, December 17, in Dutse.   He revealed that the report of the Statewide Staff Audit Biometric Data Capture and Validation Exercise exposed the ghost …

Six members of a family have d!ed in a fatal road accident in Jigawa State.      This comes barely 48 hours after a previous crash killed 14 people in Kafin Hausa Local Government Area of the state.      The latest incident occurred along the Auyo-Adiyani road in Guri Local Government Area on Tuesday night, December 10, 2024.    …

A Jigawa State High Court, presided over by Justice Ado Yusuf Birnin-Kudu, has convicted and sentenced a wife, her husband, her brother and her sister to d3ath by hanging over a case of criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide.   The convicts were arrested in 2019 after being investigated and prosecuted before the court in connection with the offences of criminal …

The Jigawa State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old man for s0domising twelve minors in Basirka town, Gwaram Local Government Area of the state.      The spokesperson of the command, DSP Lawan Shiisu Adam, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, November 27, 2024, said the suspect confessed to have fled Zaria, Kaduna over the same offence.    …

The Jigawa State Hisbah Board has seized 78 cartons of assorted alcoholic drinks in Kazaure Local Government Area of the state.   The Hisbah commander in the state, Malam Ibrahim Dahiru, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Thursday, November 21, 2024.   Dahiru said the drinks were seized on Thursday …