Dutse, Nov. 7, 2025 The Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation (ABMF) has commended Governor Malam Umar Namadi of Jigawa state, for humility, simplicity, and commitment to the development of Jigawa State. Chairman of the Foundation’s Board of Trustees and former Governor of Niger State, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, made the commendation when he led the Board members on a courtesy visit to Gov. Namadi at Government House, Dutse on Friday. The board Chair described Namadi’s leadership as a reflection of the values and legacy of the late Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto. The Talban Minna, said the Foundation…
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Jigawa (Dutse) October 31, 2025 Governor Umar Namadi of Jigawa state, has set up a 10 man commitee to review its regional planning framework for urban renewal and development. Jigawa state Commissioner for Information, Youth, Sport and Culture, Mr Sagir Musa disclosed this in an interview with newsmen after the weekly executive council meeting on Friday in Dutse. He said that a presentation by Pragmatic Solutions Consult, triggered the action because it showcased a plan would provide a strategic blueprint for land use and infrastructural development. The plan he said, will also provide a quality environmental management, housing, transportation, and economic…
Jigawa state (Dutse), October 31, 2025 Jigawa state government state executive council has approved a partnership between the state and a company, El-Meena Farms on the development of Alfalfa value chain. The state Commissioner for Information, Youth and Sports, Mr Sagir Musa, made this known on Friday while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the weekly executive council meeting in Dutse. He said that the partnership is financially supported by Nigeria Export-Import Bank (NEXIM Bank) and the Saudi Export-Import Bank (Saudi EXIM Bank) respectively. According to him, “This strategic collaboration marks a major step in the Jigawa’s efforts to diversify…
Jigawa Oct. 30, 2025 Female farmers in Chuwasu and Baranda community in Taura local government area of Jigawa state, have appealed for the support of Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA), to provide them with Rice milling machines to begin full time rice production. The farmers made the appeal when a team of officials of the SAA and the media visted the communities for the SAA’s annual media field day in Dutse, Birnin Kudu and Taura local government areas. The coordinator of the Chuwasu Women rice farmers association, Mrs Uwani Adamu, said they witnessed a bumper harvest of rice during the 2025 harvest…
Nigeria – Saturday Oct. 25, 2025 By Dr Abdulrazak Ibrahim After my recent guest appearance on the The Fitila Podcast, one recurring question from listeners was about biosafety-how safe are genetically modified or transgenic organisms, and how are they regulated in Nigeria? It’s an important question. Having spent my PhD years working on transgenic lettuce plants that used RNA interference (RNAi) to suppress whitefly genes, I understand both the promise and the responsibility that come with these technologies. Biotechnology, like any powerful tool, must be guided by science, ethics, and strong institutions. For context, Nigeria currently has only four genetically…
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…
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…