Jigawa State Governor Umar Namadi has approved the implementation of the N70,000 minimum wage for civil servants in the state from December 2024. The governor’s SA on New Media, Muhammad Garba, announced this in a post on his verified Facebook account on Wednesday. “Governor Umar Namadi has approved the implementation of new minimum wage to…
A 40-year-old man, Jibrin Adamu, has committed suicide by hanging at Jigawar Maroka village in Kiyawa Local Government Area of Jigawa. The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, in the state, DSP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the incident in a statement in Dutse on Friday. Shiisu said the deceased, who suffered from mental illness, committed the act…
Flooding have destroyed houses and hectares of farmlands in Buji Local Government Area of Jigawa State. District Head of Gantsa in Buji, Alh. Sabo disclosed this when a team from National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Jigawa Ministry of Environment, visited some of the villages affected by the flood. According to…
The Jigawa State Police Command has apprehended five suspected vandals, drug dealers and thieves. DSP Lawan Shiisu Adam, the command’s Public Relations Officer, confirmed that the police recovered a Dane gun, knife, gunpowder, charms, vandalised cable wire, Illicit drugs, and food items, among others, from the suspects. He further explained that on 1st January 2024…
The Governor of Jigawa State, Umar Namadi, on Thursday, revealed plans to produce two million tonnes of wheat for export and agricultural self-sufficiency through the National Wheat Development Programme and the state’s wheat programme. He asserted that Nigeria possessed the capacity to export wheat under the initiative which was aimed at attaining self-reliance. Namadi, who…
Jigawa State has recorded 91 suspected cases of diphtheria in 14 local government areas. The Permanent Secretary, Jigawa Ministry of Health, Dr Salisu Muazu, disclosed this to newsmen in Dutse, the state capital, on Saturday. “There has been a diphtheria outbreak in the northern parts of Nigeria in the last four months. “This is especially…