Dutse, Dec.4, 2025 Jigawa state Governor Umar Namadi, has appealed to shari’a court judges to uphold social harmony, since justice is the fulcrum and pillar of societal harmony and cohesion. The governor made the appeal on Thursday when he received the national leadership of the Sharia and Area Court Judges Association of Nigeria (SACJAN), led by the National President, Khadi Mohammed Mudassir Hassan at the government House in Dutse. Namadi explained that no society can thrive without an impartial and functional justice system, in view of the critical role judges play in safeguarding societal stability. He however, urged them to…
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Dutse, Dec. 4, 2025 Jigawa state Executive Council has directed all political appointees, to champion the back to school initiative, to accelerate enrolment, retention, and transition of children in basic education. The Commissioner of Information, Youth, Sport and Culture, Mr Sagir Musa disclosed this at a press briefing after the weekly state executive council meeting on Thursday in Dutse. He said that Namadi gave the order after following a presentation made before the Council, by the Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), on the Back-to-School Campaign Improved Implementation Framework. According to him, ” The framework was designed…
Kano, Dec. 4, 2025 National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Kano Zonal Command, has apprehended a suspected human trafficker and rescued seven female victims in a coordinated operation in Kano. The head of the Agency in Kano, Esq Abdullahi Babale made this known in a statement issued to Digital dispatch on Thursday in Kano. The raid according to the report, was carried out on November 2, 2025, following credible intelligence revealing that the victims were being hosted at a location pending their trip to Saudi Arabia. According to the report, preliminary investigations revealed that the five…
Dutse, Nov. 30, 2025 Jigawa state government through the state Pilgrims Welfare Board, has said that it has refunded N50 million to the 2026 intending pilgrims, following the reduction of Hajj seats by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON). Director General of the board, Alhaji Ahmed Umar Labbo, disclosed this in an interaction with newsmen in Dutse, the Jigawa state capital. According to him, the refund is for the state intending pilgrims who already made payment for their Hajj seats to the board, before the announcement of the reduction of the fares by the Federal Government. Labbo said, “NAHCON…
Nigeria– Nov. 30, 2025 The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has said it has intensified its precision counterterrorism operations across the North-West and North-East, delivering devastating, intelligence-driven air interdictions that dismantled terror cells and neutralised scores of fleeing insurgents. In Katsina State. A statement signed by Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, Director of Public Relations and Information, Headquarters, Nigerian Air Force, made this known on Sunday. The statement revealed that NAF aircraft, executed two coordinated strikes on 27 November 2025, under OPERATION FANSAN YAMMA (OPFY) Sector 2. “The first strike, launched at about 0630 hours, targeted the fortified base of a notorious…
Dutse, Nov.25, 2025 Jigawa state executive council has approved the sum of N3,997,490,785.06 for the construction of farm mechanization Office Headquarters and 60 service centres. This was disclosed by the state Commissioner for Information, Youth, Sport and Culture, Mr Sagir Musa, in an interview with newsmen after the state weekly Council meeting on Wednesday. He said that the two centres would be established in each of the 30 state constituencies, in line with the administration’s visionary Agricultural Transformation Initiative, for Greater Jigawa. The project according to Musa, is designed to strengthen agricultural mechanization, enhance productivity, and ensure that farmers have…
Dutse, Nov. 25, 2025 Governor Umar Namadi of Jigawa state has presented proposed budget for 2026 of over N901 billion, as 2026 appropriation before to the state house of assembly on Tuesday. While presenting the budget tagged “Budget of Innovation & Transformation For Greater Jigawa II“, the governor said the sum of over N693.4 billion, representing over 76 per cent will be for capital expenditure. The governor also said that the sum of over N208 billion, will be for recurrent expenditure. According to him, “Over N310 billion, is proposed for education and health, while over N186 billion was budgeted for…
Dutse, Nov. 25, 2025 Jigawa state government has said that it has concluded plans to immunize over 1.5 million children below the age of five, in November round of polio immunization exercise in the state. The Executive Secretary, State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Shehu Sambo, announced this at a one-day Media Dialogue organised by the state with support from United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Represented by the Assistant Health educator of the state, Mr Nura Ado, the ES said a total number of 1,516,244 children are expected to be immunised within the period. He explained that the November immunised…
Abuja, Nov. 24, 2025 Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, Mr Badaru Abubakar, has charged the nation’s security architecture, to adopt a “Seamless Intelligence Operations Integration Framework, to combat contemporary security challenges. A statement signed by the Minister’s Personal Assistant on Media Mr Mati Ali, made this known on Monday. According to the statement, the Minister, made the call at the 2025 Chief of Defence Intelligence (CDI) Annual Conference in Abuja, which was attended to by Defence Attachés, intelligence experts, senior military officials, and international partners. He highlighted that in the face of evolving threats like terrorism, banditry, and cybercrime, innovative and…
Yankwashi, (Jigawa), Nov. 24, 2025 Gov. Umar Namadi of Jigawa state has commissioned the 13.5 kilometer Sada-Danakari-Unguwar Malam Kuda-Magina feeder road, in Yankwashi Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. In a speech at the ceremony held on Sunday, Namadi expressed his administration’s commitment to continue to provide infrastructures in rural communities, to boost their economic activities. He explained that the road, constructed at the cost of N1.69 billion is part of the 48 road projects awarded by his administration in 2024. “Today, we are in Yankwashi to commission the first out of the 48 road projects awarded in 2024,…