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  • Badaru approves N7.8m for remedial studies

    Dr Abbas Abbas, the Executive Secretary, Agency for Mass Education, says the Government of Jigawa has approved N7.8 million for the 2018 remedial studies.

    Abbas made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Friday.

    He said that N6 million would be spent ob the procurement of working and instructional materials while the balance would be for the payment of monthly allowances to the coordinators.

    He said that the agency would soon distribute instructional materials for the take-off of the programme.

    He lauded the state government for introducing the programme, saying that it had yielded positive results over the years.

    According to him, most of the candidates who studied under the programme, had passed their Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) with credit in English and Mathematics.

    Abbas added that each of the 27 local government areas would now have two remedial and continuing education centres for the programme.

    He commended the quality of teachers handling the program and urged them to do more this year.

  • Harsh weather forces Dutse residents to sleep outdoor

    Residents of Dutse metropolis of Jigawa are currently sleeping outside their homes due to excessive heat, investigations by our reporters have revealed.

    Since the beginning of hot season in March, residents have abandoned their rooms to sleep outside their premises.

    Further investigations revealed that people not only sleep in open spaces, but under trees in front their houses till early hours of the morning.

    Malam Kabiru Musa said that he had abandoned his room for almost three months now, since the beginning of the prevailing heat.

    A house wife, Hajiya Hadiza Abubakar, said that she had been sleeping outside with her husband and children in the last three weeks.

    “In fact we sleep outdoor in view of too much heat, doctors said that too much heat and sleeping in a room without good ventilation can cause meningitis’’ Hadiza said.

    Isyaka Gomna, a resident of Danmasara village, near Dutse also said that he couldn’t remember when last he slept in his room, due to excessive heat being experienced across the state.

    A medical Practitioner in Dutse, Dr. Bashir Ahmed, said that was a wise decision that people are now sleeping outdoors.

    Ahmed stated that the body could be affected by too much heat like weakness of the body, headache and high body temperature.

    He explained that sleeping in a room without good ventilation could cause meningitis adding that the weather was prone to increase in mosquito bites.

    “Mosquitoes like hot environment, mosquito bites also cause malaria,’’ Ahmed added.

    NAN

  • 60 persons possess pump action guns in Jigawa – Police

    The Police in Jigawa say 60 persons are in possession of Pump Action Guns in the state. The Police Commissioner in the state, Mr Bala Sanci, confirmed this while fielding questions from newsmen in Dutse on Tuesday.

    Sanci said no one could possess such gun without the approval of Mr President. He called on people in possession of such guns to immediately surrender them to the command.

    “We have the list, names and addresses of sixty people who are in possession of pump action guns in Jigawa.

    “The time given to such people with illegal firearms to surrender them has elapsed and these sixty people are yet to surrender theirs.

    Read Also: Police nab drivers for allegedly defiling, robbing passenger

    “And our task force team will soon embark on forceful recovery of such arms,” he warned.

    The commissioner said that such people were in illegal possession of pump action guns, pointing out only the President could give license for people to own such guns.

    Sanci, therefore, urged such people to voluntarily surrender the guns to the police. “We are calling on people having these pump action guns in the state to voluntarily surrender them to us.

    “We have their names and addresses so they should just voluntarily surrender them before our task force team embarks on forceful recovery of such arms,” he warned.

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  • Police recover 119 firearms, others in Jigawa

    The Police Command in Jigawa has recovered 116 assorted firearms, 65 rounds of ammunition and six life cartridges in the ongoing nationwide recovery of prohibited and illegal firearms by the police.

    The Commissioner of Police in the state, Bala Sanci, disclosed this at a news conference in Dutse on Tuesday.

    Sanci said the exercise was conducted in compliance with the directive of Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris to police commands to mop up, seize and recover illegal firearms in the country.

    The recovered arms are 104 locally made guns, five locally made pistols, three AK 47 rifles, three locally fabricated rifles two AK 56 rifles, one Dicon pistol and one pump action rifle.

    According to him, most of the arms were voluntarily surrendered by their owners to the police task force set up for the exercise.

    Read Also: Jigawa NSCDC tasks 28 promoted officers on commitment, dedication to duty

    He added that the mop up was geared towards tackling the proliferation of firearms which had direct bearing on the prevalent insecurity in most states of the federation.

    “In compliance with the IG’s directives, the Jigawa State Police Command mopped up, seized and recovered large number of prohibited/illegal firearms and ammunition in the state.

    “The exercise tends to tackle the proliferation of firearms that has direct bearing on the current insecurity prevalent in most states of the nation.

    “So no fewer than 119 firearms, sixty-five rounds of ammunition and six life cartridges were successfully recovered,” he said

    Sanci called on those with arms in the state who had yet to surrender them to expeditiously do so before the task force embarked on forceful recovery of such arms.

    NAN

  • LG empowers 53 women with N20, 000 each in Jigawa

    LG empowers 53 women with N20, 000 each in Jigawa

    The Birniwa Local Government Area of Jigawa has empowered 53 female traders with N20, 000 each, to enhance their petty trades.

    The council’s Spokesman, Malam Muhammad Usman, made this known in an interview with the News Men in Dutse on Wednesday.

    “Birniwa Local Government has empowered 53 women with N20, 000 each to enhance their petty trades.

    “The gesture is also aimed supporting women to become self-reliant, as well as encouraging them to participate in productive activities in the area,” Usman said.

    He explained that while handing over the cash to the beneficiaries, the council’s Chairman, Alhaji Muhammad Jaji, urged the beneficiaries to make judicious use of the money.

    Read Also: CPC confiscates 14 sacks of adulterated Sesame in Jigawa 

    The spokesman quoted Jaji as promising that every three months the council would select more women to be empowered to develop the socio-economic wellbeing of the rural populace in the council.

    In her vote of thanks, Hajiya A’isha Usman, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Women Leader of the local government area, commended the council for the gesture.

    She assured that the women would make good use of the money in order to achieve the set objective.

    The women leader also called on those who have not benefited from the gesture to be patient, saying that they will soon benefit as promised by the council’s chairman.

    NAN

  • CPC confiscates 14 sacks of adulterated Sesame in Jigawa

    CPC confiscates 14 sacks of adulterated Sesame in Jigawa

    The Jigawa State Consumer Protection Committee ( CPC ) has seized 14 sacks of adulterated sesame seeds worth N483,000 from two traders in Maigatari town.

    The Chairman of the committee, Alhaji Farouk Abdallah, said on Monday in Dutse that the traders were arrested in Maigatari International Market.

    Abdallah said the suspects, Muhammad Bala and Musa Yawale, were arrested when the committee paid unscheduled visit to the market on January 25.

    Read also: NDLEA arrests 646 suspects, seizes 1,238,45kgs of illicit drugs in Jigawa

    He said the suspects were later taken to court where they were sentenced to five months imprisonment with an option of N5,000 fine each by a Magistrate Court in Maigatari.

    The chairman warned traders in the state against engaging in unwholesome practice to defraud consumers, adding that anyone found would be prosecuted.

    Abdallah assured that the committee would continue to monitor markets to protect consumers from adulterated foods, drugs and medication, as well as shield them from shylock traders.

    According to him, the Court has mandated the committee to destroy the confiscated items one month after judgment if the suspects did not appeal.

    NAN

  • Accident claims 20 lives along Kaduna-Abuja expressway

    Accident claims 20 lives along Kaduna-Abuja expressway

    No fewer than 20 people died in a ghastly motor accident along Kaduna-Abuja expressed way on Sunday night.

    The Sector Commander of the Federal Roads Safety Corps in Kaduna State, Umar Ibrahim said in Kaduna on Monday that the accident occurred around 7 p.m. at Dutse U-turn, 22 kilometres from Kaduna metropolis.

    Ibrahim said the accident involved a white DAF articulated vehicle with registration number: AJG118XA and a white Toyota HAICE bus with registration number: XA866MLF.

    He said that the 16-seater bus was overloaded with 30 passengers, 29 males and a female going to the southern part of the country.

    According to him, the accident occurred when the truck that was coming from Abuja axis was trying to make a u-turn at Dutse when the bus coming from Kaduna axis rammed into it, killing 17 people instantly.

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    “Ten others sustained injuries and were rushed to the hospital by an FRSC official, where three of them also died.”

    The sector commander said that the truck was going to evacuate cows from a broken down truck closed to the accident scene.

    He said that the number of the death was this high because the bus was extremely overloaded.

    “The bus was not only overloaded with passengers but also choked with dismembered motorcycles belonging to the passengers, “he said.

    He said that the accident caused a trafficking gridlock that lasted for about four hours, saying, “we had to divert traffic to single lane before we were able to clear the wreckage and allow free flow of traffic.”

    An eye witness, Kabiru Mohammed, said that he was on his way to Abuja when he came across the accident.

    “Initially I thought it was armed robbery in progress, because I saw motorists turning back and taking the other lane, before I saw the articulated vehicle by the u-turn that obstructed traffic.

    “On getting there after I took the other lane, I saw a lot of people laying dead, while FRSC officials were trying to take the injured to the hospital.

    “It was really a terrible sight, “Mohammed said.

    NAN

  • NSCDC recovers N23.2m debts in Jigawa in 2017

    NSCDC recovers N23.2m debts in Jigawa in 2017

    The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC ), Jigawa Command, said it had recovered about N23.2 million as debts from some residents of the state between January and December 2017.

    The Spokesman of the command, DSC Adamu Shehu, disclosed this in Dutse on Wednesday.

    Shehu said that the amount was recovered following complaints the command received from aggrieved creditors within the period under review.

    He explained that between January and March, the command recovered N3,934,485 as debt, while N6,307,620 was recovered between April and June.

    Read also: NSCDC arrests 26 suspects for various offences

    The spokesman added that between July and September, N7,018,625 was recovered by the corps, and N5,965,095 was recovered between October and December.

    According to him, the command’s Peace and Conflict Management Unit ( PCMU ) has amicably resolved disagreements between the debtors and their creditors.

    Shehu said the command had handed over the recovered funds to their owners after the resolution of the disagreements.

    He reiterated the determination of the corps to continue to ensure that residents of the state lived in peace and harmony.

    NAN

  • NSCDC records 1,204 criminal, civil cases in Jigawa

    NSCDC records 1,204 criminal, civil cases in Jigawa

    The Jigawa Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC ) recorded 1,204 cases comprising  321 criminal and 883 civil matters in 2017.

    The state Commandant of the corps, Mr Muhammad Durumin-Iya, made the disclosure at a news conference in Dutse on Monday.

    Durumin-Iya said that the command recorded 777 cases made up of 144 criminal and 633 civil cases in 2016.

    The commandant said that the cases recorded in 2017 included armed robbery, theft, fraud, gross indecency, conspiracy and gross misconduct.

    According to the commandant, the other cases included, assault, arson, trespass, breach of trust, homosexuality, rape and defilement.

    Read also: NSCDC arrests 57 in Edo

    He said that the command also recorded cases of family, contract, communal, land, tenancy, farmers/herdsmen disputes as well as cases of diversion of petroleum products, larceny, trespass, vandalism and drug abuse.

    He said that the command secured 180 convictions out of the 321 criminal cases in 2017, adding that 134 cases were transferred to the relevant agencies while seven were pending.

    The commandant said that all the 883 civil cases were settled out of court by the command.

    Durumin-Iya attributed the increase in the cases to urbanisation, increase in population, unemployment, rural and urban drift, and harsh economic situation.

    He called for collaboration of security agencies in the state in tackling crime.

    “The solutions to the problem should include synergy of all security agencies, training and re-training of officers and men, aggressive public awareness campaigns and cooperation from the general public,” he said.

    According to him, lack of adequate operational vehicles and office accommodation in the 27 LGAs of the state had been militating against the command’s operations.

    Durumin-Iya called on the federal, state and local governments to come to the aid of the command.

    He, however, hailed the state government for support, and thanked the mass media for publicising activities of the command.

    The commandant also hailed officers and men of the command for dedication, and called for continued support and cooperation of the people of the state.

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  • Kazaure Emirate distributes grains to 5,538 families

    Kazaure Emirate distributes grains to 5,538 families

    Kazaure Emirate Council, Jigawa, on Friday said it had distributed grain worth N12 million as Zakkat ( alms ) to 5,538 families in the area.

    Malam Gambo Garba, the spokesperson of the emirate, disclosed this in an interview in Dutse.

    Garba said the grain was distributed to deserving families in three districts of the emirate.

    Read also: Jigawa emirate gives Zakkat to district heads

    He commended those who voluntarily gave out alms in support of the needy and reaffirmed the commitment of the emirate towards uplifting the living standard of the people of the area.

    Garba urged wealthy people in the area to support the vulnerable and less privileged in the society to reduce poverty in emirate.

    NAN