Aisha Ahmed Dutse December 11, 2024(NAN) Jigawa state government has sealed a strategic deal with a United Kingdom based education solution organisation, NewGlobe, on basic education. The deal which was sealed on Wednesday, will ensure implementation of the “Jigawa Unite” initiative, with an aim to transform basic education in the state. Governor Umar Namadi of the state, said the MoU seeks to enhance literacy and numeracy skills, by equipping pupils with the foundational knowledge necessary to thrive in the modern world. Namadi expressed his administration’s commitment, to revamping the education sector as part of his 12-point agenda. “The history we…
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Aisha Ahmed Dutse, Dec. 9, 2024 Jigawa state Commissioner for Infomation, Youths, Sports and Culture, Mr Sagir Musa, has advised graduating students of the Federal Unuversity Dutse, to regulate their social media engagements to attract jobs. The Commiasioner gave the advice in a presentation at a one-day carrier workshop organised for graduating students of Environmental Sciences department of the Federal University Dutse on Monday. He said that students need to be responsible and engage in developmental social media engagements. Musa said employers have adopted the trend on checking their applicants social media handles to see their kind of engagements and…
Aisha Ahmed Dutse Jigawa state Governor, Malam Umar Namadi, has vowed to protect the integrity of the Federal Government’s agricultural initiatives and ordered the arrest of agro-dealers for alledged sabotaging the Federal government’s wheat production scheme in the state. The Governor made the commitment in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Hamisu Gumel which said that the Governor paid an unscheduled visit to some local governments to monitor the process over the weekend. The statement said that Namadi uncovered how the the agro-dealers allegedly inflated the prices of inputs, thus sabotaging the Federal Government’s…
By Aishatou Ahmed Dec, Sat, 2024 Gov. Umar Namadi of Jigawa was amongst the 30 notable Nigerian leaders and business tycoons honoured at the Nigerian NewsDirect 14th Anniversary on Friday night in Lagos. Namadi bagged the Governor of the Year Award in Agro-Investments and Security, 2024. Namadi, who was represented by Malam Bala Ibrahim, the Secretary to the State Government to receive the award, said he was pleased with the recognition and happy his contributions were being acknowledged. In a short remark after receiving the award, Namadi said, he was highly elated with the recognition of his investments in agriculture,…
By Aisha Ahmed Dutse Prof. Armaya’u Bichi, the Vice Chancellor, Federal University DutsinMa, says the university will reposition and provide improved quality academic services in the university. He stated this in a sideline interview at a closing ceremony of a three-day retreat for the management, staff and governing council of the university, on Thursday in Dutse, Jigawa State. The retreat Bichi said, has accorded them with an opportunity to review the activities of the university, in the outgoing year 2024. “We came to Dutse to have a retreat and the aim is to refresh our minds on our annual academic activities…
By Salma Salihu December 2, 2024 The acting Zonal Coordinator of Northwest Zone, National Film and Video Censorship Board, Alh. Aliyu Sani, has expressed concern over low submission of Hausa films for censoring. This was contained in a statement signed by the board’s information Officer, Abdullahi Sani, made available to newsmen on Monday. The statement said that the Zonal Coordinator made this known during an official visit to Alh. Abba El-mustapha, Executive Secretary of Kano State Censorship Board on Monday. Sani explained that the purpose of the visit, is to strengthen the relationship between the two organizations and seek…
By Bintu Ahmed Kanoke rugar Hamza, is a Fulani settlement and one of the border communities along the Nigeria and Nigerian border in Kaugama local government area of Jigawa state. It covers a distance of about three kilometers, roughly an hour’s walk to reach the main town of Kaugama local government. The settlers of the area, cover the distance on daily basis in search of portable water for their daily use and for their animals to drink. Muhammadu Jauro, aged 59, a resident of the community, said in an interview with digitaldispatch correspondent, that the situation remained the same for…