The Jigawa State Police Command has arrested two members of a robbery gang that killed three persons in BirninKudu Local Government Area of the state. The state Commissioner of Police, CP AT Abdullahi, made this known to newsmen on Thursday, March 28, 2024, when he paraded suspects arrested …
Read More »Three secondary school students die in Jigawa auto crash
Three secondary school students have perished in an accident along the Jahun/Kiyawa Road in Jigawa State. Spokesperson of the State Police Command, DSP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the accident in a statement issued to newsmen on Sunday, March 17, 2024. According to the PPRO, the crash which occurred on …
Read More »Jigawa police arrest man who killed his wife with poison in order to inherit her property
The Jigawa State Police Command has arrested a 40-year-old man, Habu Ibrahim, for killing his wife with poison in order to inherit her property. The State Commissioner of Police, CP AT Abdullahi, disclosed this on Tuesday, February 27, 2024, when he paraded the suspect alongside others arrested for …
Read More »Man arrested for stabbing his mother to death in Jigawa
The Jigawa State Police Command has arrested a 32-year-old man, Samuel Shegun, for the brutal murder of his mother, Esther Adekanla. LIB reported that Adekanla, a restaurant owner, popularly known as Hadiza Nakowa, was found dead in her house in Dutse town on Thursday, February 15, 2024. …
Read More »NSCDC arrests three suspected cattle rustlers in Jigawa, recovers two cows, vehicle, machetes, and axe
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested three suspected cattle rustlers in Jigawa State. Spokesperson of the corps in the state, ASC Badruddeen Tijjani Mahmud, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, January 6, 2023, said two large bulls, a vehicle, two machetes, and an …
Read More »Police arrest 26 suspected phone snatchers, burglars, drug dealers and thieves in Jigawa
The Jigawa State Police Command has arrested 26 suspected phone snatchers, motorcycle thieves, burglars and drug dealers in various parts of the state. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Lawan Shiisu Adam, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, December 23, 2023, said two motorcycles, 6 computer laptops, vandalized …
Read More »Police arrest two suspects for harbouring wanted notorious kidnapper in Jigawa
The Jigawa State Police Command has arrested two suspects for harbouring a notorious armed robber and kidnapper in Gumel Local Government Area of the state. Spokesperson of the command, ASP Abubakar Isah, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, December 18, 2023, said the suspects, Abdullahi Salisu Gawo …
Read More »Police arrest four notorious POS and phone thieves in Jigawa
The Jigawa State Police Command has arrested four notorious POS and phone thieves in Kazaure Local Government Area of the state. Spokesperson of the command, ASP Abubakar Isah, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, December 16, 2023, said the suspects confessed to having been operating …
Read More »Two men sentenced to life imprisonment for sodomising 7 boys in Jigawa state
Two men, Isah Haruna and Ibrahim Sani, have been sentenced to life imprisonment for sodomising seven boys in Jigawa State. The Jigawa State High Court sitting in Dutse presided over by Justice Muhammad Abubakar Sambo, sentenced Haruna to life imprisonment for sodomising a 14-year-old boy. The convict was …
Read More »Jigawa NSCDC arrests fraudsters who tricked 18-year-old boy into believing they would use prayers to increase the money in his father’s account
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Jigawa State Command arrested four suspected fraudsters for using a stolen card to withdraw N2m from a bank account belonging to one Sambo Muhammad. Spokesperson of the corps in the state, CSC Adamu Shehu, who disclosed this in a statement …
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