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Jigawa Partners Egyptian Firm To Boost Date Palm, Potato Production With Tissue Culture

NewsDeskNgAug 20, 2026August 20, 20260

Jigawa seeks Egyptian technology to produce disease-free planting materials and expand date palm and potato production. The Jigawa State Government has opened discussions with an Egyptian plant research and development company, EFC Plants, on a strategic partnership to introduce advanced plant tissue culture technology for date palm and Irish potato...

Namadi Threatens Action Against Jigawa LG Chairmen Over Absenteeism

NewsDeskNgAug 18, 2026August 18, 20260

Jigawa Governor Umar Namadi threatens action against local government chairmen absent from duty, warning remote administration will not continue. Jigawa State Governor, Malam Umar Namadi, has warned local government chairmen in the state against unnecessary absenteeism, insisting that they were elected to serve the people and could not administer their...

Jigawa Police Chief Vows Stronger Security Around Federal University Dutse

NewsDeskNgAug 14, 2026August 14, 20260

Jigawa Police Commissioner Tijjani Murtala pledges stronger security around Federal University Dutse, targeting cultism and emerging threats through intelligence-led policing. The newly posted Commissioner of Police in Jigawa State, CP Tijjani Murtala, has received the management of the Federal University Dutse (FUD) on a courtesy visit, with both parties pledging...

Jigawa Deputy Governor Usman Says Running Mate Nomination Is Renewed Call To Service

NewsDeskNgAug 14, 2026August 14, 20260

Jigawa Deputy Governor Aminu Usman describes his 2027 running mate nomination as a renewed call to serve the state. The Deputy Governor of Jigawa State, Engr. Aminu Usman, has described his nomination as running mate to Governor Umar Namadi for the 2027 governorship election as a renewed call to service...

VIDEO – 90 Jigawa people killed in tanker explosion buried in mass grave

NewsDeskNgOct 16, 2024October 16, 20240

Victims of the petrol tanker explosion in Majia Town of Jigawa State have been buried in a mass grave. Late Tuesday night, a tanker transporting petrol lost control and exploded, causing widespread destruction in Jigawa State. Confirming the incident, the state Police Spokesperson, Shi’isu Adam, said the tanker driver was...

Police arrest suspected vandals in Jigawa

NewsDeskNgSep 20, 2024September 20, 20240

Police in Jigawa State have arrested one Babangida Abubakar for allegedly vanderlizing electric cable wire in Kaugama local government. Spokesman of the command, DSP Lawan Shiisu Adam confirmed the arrest in a statement issued to newsmen. He said the police received a report that a high-tension cable wire along Ubba...

Tragedy as father loses 3 children to building collapse in Jigawa

NewsDeskNgSep 11, 2024September 11, 20240

Jigawa State Police Command has confirmed the death of three teenage boys of the same parent in a building collapse, which occurred in Birnin Kudu Local Government of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Lawan Shiisu, who confirmed the incident on Tuesday in Dutse, said three others survived...

Police arrest teacher for sodomizing 12 Almajiri children in Jigawa

NewsDeskNgJul 17, 2024July 17, 20240

Police in Jigawa State have arrested 23-year-old Islamic school teacher, Yusuf Yunusa for allegedly sodomizing twelve of his students in Gwaram Local Government. State Commissioner of Police A T. Abdullahi disclosed this while parading the suspects at the Command’s headquarters, Dutse, the state capital. According to him “on 11/07/2024 at...

Female student throws toddler from three-storey building in Jigawa varsity

NewsDeskNgJun 12, 2024June 12, 20240

A 200-level student from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Federal University Dutse (FUD) in Jigawa State has reportedly thrown her newborn baby from the upper-floor of the female hostel after giving birth. A female student at the university confirmed that the incident happened on Monday. She said...

First batch of Jigawa pilgrims airlifted to Saudi Arabia

NewsDeskNgJun 3, 2024June 3, 20240

The first batch of intending pilgrims from Jigawa State has departed the Nuhu Muhammadu Sunusi International Airport to Saudi Arabia. The 410 pilgrims, from the 16 local government areas of the state left the country at 11:00am. The Director General of the board, Ahmed Umar Labbo disclosed that the board...