Police in Jigawa State has busted a suspected armed robbery syndicate in Ringim Local Government Area of the state. Spokesman of the Jigawa State Command SP Abdu Jinjiri confirmed the development to newsmen. He said the incident occurred on Wednesday at about 0350hrs along Ringim to Dutse road. Jinjiri explained that Police rushed to the … Read more
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Jigawa State Command, have arrested two men, Abubakar Usman (18yrs) and Ya’u Sa’idu (20yrs) both of Gidan Ruwa Quarters, Kazaure LGA for allegedly gangraping a Seventeen (17) year old girl of the same address. A statement released by the spokesperson of the command, Adamu Shehu, says … Read more
At least four members of the same family died on Sunday in a road accident along Gaya-Dutse Road. The accident, a head-on-collision, occurred in Jigawa State along the busy highway connecting Kano and Maiduguri. The victims included Abubakar Isah, a deputy director for the Jigawa State Ministry of Land, who died alongside his wife and … Read more
The nearest clinic to the village is 29km away and the women contributed N1,000 each to buy a N1m car which will take pregnant women to the health facility when they are in labour. Some women in Bordo village of Jahun Local Government Area in Jigawa State have contributed money to buy a car to … Read more
Hisbah, the Sharia law enforcement agency in Jigawa, said it had destroyed no fewer than 588 confiscated bottles of beer in Ringim Local Government Area of the state. Malam Ibrahim Dahiru, the State Commandant of Hisbah, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Sunday that the beer was destroyed on Aug. 20. … Read more