Dutse, Oct.25, 2025 Federal University Dutsin-Ma, has elected Prof. Muhammed Khalid Othman as its substansive Vice Chancellor with the approval of the University’s governing Council in Dutse on Friday. Addressing newsmen in on the development in Dutse on Saturday, the Registrar of the University, Dr Musa Ajiya, said that the Pro-Chancellor of the university Mr Ali Abubakar-Jatau, announced the appointment. According to Ajiya, Jatau, also the Chairman of the Governing Council, made the announcement after the 36th Special Meeting held on Friday evening. According to him, Prof. Othman emerged successful following a rigorous selection process involving 17 short-listed applicants for…
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Northern Rose
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By Sadeeq Shehu First, I join many well-meaning Nigerians to acknowledge and appreciate the service of the outgoing Service Chiefs for their contribution to national security, and to wish the incoming Chiefs a successful tenure of duty as they take on the demanding responsibility of leading the Services at this critical period in our nation’s history. As someone who has spent a good part of my professional life within the security and defence architecture, I believe moments of transition offer valuable opportunities for public understanding of how the system works — beyond the rumours, whispers, and speculative commentaries that often…
By: Dr Ibrahim brahim Sani Kaita President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent removal and reconstitution of the nation’s Service Chiefs marks a bold and strategic reset in Nigeria’s long and painful war against insecurity. The move is not a mere administrative adjustment — it is a courageous declaration that complacency, fatigue, and inertia will no longer have a place in the nation’s most vital institution: its defence architecture. For too long, insecurity has remained Nigeria’s most stubborn challenge — claiming lives, displacing families, and undermining the economy. From insurgency in the North-East to banditry in the North-West, from kidnapping in the…
Dutse, Oct. 24, 2025 Governor Umar Namadi of Jigawa state, has pledged to become nutrition champion of the nutrition 774 initiative with Jigawa’s commitment and investment in the fight against malnutrition. Namadi inaugurated the Council on Friday, when he received the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Health, Mrs Uju Rochas-Anwukah, who paid a courtesy visit to the Governor on Friday in Dutse. He inaugurated the Jigawa State Nutrition Council, to fulfill the requirements of the Presidential Nutrition 774 initiative, with himself as the Chairman of the Council. According to the Governor, Jigawa state invests N13.5 million on…
Dutse, Oct.24, 2025 The Soil Values Program in collaboration with the Nigerian Agro-Inputs Dealers Association(NAIDA) Northwest, has launched a new model, one stop shop model, to strengthen delivery of inputs to smallholder farmers within the watersheds. In a speech at the function in Dutse on Friday, the country Coordinator Soil Values Mrs Medina Ayuba Fagbemi, said that the nine mobile shops will cover over 20 Northern communities. She added that the initiative is also expected to reach about 7,000 small holder farmers across nine LGAs from Kano, Jigawa and Bauchi states, who were trained on business and financial management of…
Malam Madori (Jigawa), Oct, 24, 2025 Malam Madori local government area of Jigawa state has said that it has offered free oral and dental treatment for 60 persons in the area, to promote primary health in the area. The Information of the area of the council, Alhaji Musa Muhammed reported that the Dentist who coordinated the program, Mr Abdulkareem Ibrahim, said they have successfully treated over 60 persons with oral cavity issues. He further revealed that while some of the beneficiaries were diagnosed and treated, some received free prescribed drugs for their various ailments. Shedding light on the program, thr…
Dutse, Oct. 22, 2025 United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has reaffirmed commitment to collaborate with the High-Level Women Advocates(HiLWA), the European Union(EU) the Jigawa state on increasing access to girls education. Chief of UNICEF Field Office, Kano, Mr Rahama Mohammed, made reaffirmation on Tuesday, in a good will message at a one-day dissemination workshop. The workshop on the role of women in leadership positions in the Basic Education sector in Jigawa State, was organised by HiLWA to disseminate a baseline survey conducted by the association. Mohammed commended the HiLWA for their insight in conducting a baseline study and the…
Kano, Oct.22, 2025 Governor Abba Kabir of Kano state, has reaffirmed his commitment to continue exhibiting the Kwankwasiyya Movement ideology, for the development of the state. A statement signed by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Mustapha Muhammed made this known on Tuesday. “I assure you, Kwankwasiyya followers, that the ideology of the movement which the present administration is executing will be sustained, while the ones that we have not started will soon be launched,” the statement quoted the governor. The statement said that the Governor stated this during the 69th Anniversary Lecture organized in honour of the Global Leader…
Dutse, Oct. 20, 2025 Jigawa stategovernor Umar Namadi, has set up a technical commitee on the new tax reform policy to study, domesticated and implement the new policy in Jigawa state. A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor Mr Hamisu Gumel made this known Monday. It said that the committee was set up to study and implement the new Federal Tax Reform Policy at the state level, in line with the Federal Government’s ongoing fiscal reforms. The statement said that the fiscal reforms aims at broadening the revenue base, improving efficiency, and ensuring fairness in Nigeria’s…
Dutse, Oct. 20th, 2025 Jigawa, Katsina and Kano states have agreed to partner on tri-state electricity market and acquire equity stake in Future Energies Africa (FEA), as the core investor in Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO). The Jigawa state Commissioner for Power Engr. Surajo Musa (PhD), made this known in a statement issued to newsmen in Dutse on Monday. It said that governors of the three states, made the agreement in Marrakech, Morocco, over the weekend from Thursday October 16th to Sunday October 19th, 2025, during a High-Level Electrification Summit. The statement explained that during the summit, Kano and Katsina…