Jigawa

Ahead of Saturday’s governorship and Houses of Assembly elections, the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) says it has deployed 200 armed operatives to Kano, Katsina and Jigawa states to check vote-buying. The Kano Zonal…

Police in Jigawa State have arrested 11 men for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl at Limawa quarters in Dutse Local Government Area of the state. Spokesperson for the police in Jigawa, SP Abdu Jinjiri, confirmed the incident on…

The reported mysterious deaths in Hadejia Local Government Area of Jigawa State were not caused by COVID-19, the local government chairman Alhaji Abdullahi Maikanti has said. Maikanti told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that a…

A 17-year-old girl, Ramatu Tafida, has cut off the manhood of her 25-year-old boyfriend, Abdullahi Sabo, in Jigawa State. The spokesman of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence (NSCDC), Adamu Shehu, disclosed this in Dutse on…

According to online reports, a man was rescued after nearly committing suicide recently in Hadejia Local Government Area of Jigawa State. The man was said to have tried to kill himself over an issue pertaining to his girlfriend.…

An 83-year-old woman, Sa’adatu Ishiyaku, was burnt to death in a fire that engulfed her room at Kwajala in Dutse Local Government Area in Jigawa State yesterday January 20th. According to reports, the elderly woman who lived alone,…

- More than 50 children have been reported dead following the outbreak of strange disease in a Jigawa village - The village head said the children died in the last two months - Systoms of the disease include fever and a swollen stomach…

Idris Garba, the speaker of the Jigawa House of assembly has been impeached. Mr. Garba was removed from office on Tuesday, the News Agency of Nigeri-NAN reports. Isa Idris of Gwaram State Constituency was elected the new speaker.