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  • Jigawa: FRSC, Setraco to sensitise motorists to use flyover

    The Federal Road Safety Corps ( FRSC ) says it is partnering with Setraco Construction Company, to sensitise the motorists and the general public to the use of flyover in Jigawa Local Government Area of the state.

    The Jigawa FRSC sector commander, Mr Angus Ibezim, said this while speaking with the News men in Dutse on Tuesday.

    Ibezim explained that the partnership was part of the commission’s proactive method to end the confusion with motorists and pedestrians’ non use of the flyover.

    “The sensitization of motorists will go a long way to avoid possible crash from route violation by some drivers.

    “I have had discussions with Setraco Dutse yard project manager on road safety matters.

    Read Also: FRSC records 42 deaths from 27 road mishaps in Osun

    “We all came to terms on the urgent need to create diversion(s) and as well as sensitise stakeholders to ensure that motorists from Kano-Gaya to Dutse, effectively utilize the completed Shuwari overhead bridge.

    “This is aimed at ending the confusion and probable crash as a result of route violation at the flyover bridge by recalcitrant uninformed drivers,” Ibezim said.

    He disclosed that the command also discussed the need for the management of the construction firm to regularly train and retrain its drivers under the road transport safety standardization scheme ( RTSSS ).

    Ibezim urged the construction firm to always provide standard and adequate road signs at the construction sites, saying “the meeting was very apt and fulfilling.”

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  • Police arrest two suspected thieves in Jigawa

    The police in Jigawa State have arrested two suspected motorcycle thieves in Dutse Local Government.

    Spokesman Abdu Jinjiri told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse at the weekend that the suspects were arrested in Belleri after they allegedly attacked a commercial motorcyclist with the intention of snatching his boxer motorcycle.

    He alleged: “On April 5 about 4 p.m., policemen arrested two suspects in Dutse after they attacked a motorcyclist, Abdullahi Abdulhamid, with the intent to rob him of his motorcycle.

    “The victim and one of the suspects were injured.

    “The suspects are from Kumbotso Local Government of Kano State,” Jinjiri said.

    Jinjiri said the victim and suspect are receiving treatment at Rasheed Shekoni Specialist Hospital, Dutse.

    He said during investigation, one of the suspects identified Nasiru aka Nass and Mohammed aka Hilal as their accomplices.

    The spokesman said the suspects would be arraigned after investigation.

    He said the police had launched a manhunt for the accomplices.

  • 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.

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    “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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  • 17-year-old girl commits suicide in Jigawa – Police

    The Police in Jigawa says a 17-year-old girl has committed suicide by consuming insecticide popularly known as “Piyapiya”.

    The Jigawa Police Command spokesman, SP Abdu Jinjiri, our reporters in Dutse on Monday that the incident happened in Birnin Kudu Local Government Area of the state.

    “Information reached us that Gambo Jibrin, aged 17 of Gambara Village was brought to the General Hospital, Birnin Kudu unconsciously after she was suspected to have drunk insecticide substance.

    “Immediately the information was received, detectives were drafted to the hospital to confirm the information.

    “Unfortunately, the detectives met the victim dead already,” Jinjiri said.

    He explained that remains of the deceased had already been handover to her family for burial according to Islamic rites.

    The police spokesman said that investigation had commenced to ascertain the cause of the deceased action.

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  • Dismissed police sergeant leads robbery attack

    A dismissed sergeant of the Nigeria Police Force attached to Jigawa state police command, Sani Danjuma, who led a suspected syndicate of armed robbers to attack a guest house belonging to the deputy governor of jigawa state Barr Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia, in Kano has been arrested.

    Duriing the operation the gang of armed robbers disarmed the policemen on guard duty of an AK47 rifle loaded with 30 rounds of live ammunition.

    It was gathered that the dismissed officer had served as a guard duty in the said guest house while in active service of the force and thus conspired with three others to attack the house carting away with a BMW posh car valued N11m and some undisclosed amount of cash.

    Parading the suspects yesterday at the Kano state police command, its spokesman, SP Magaji Musa Majia said the guest house was attacked on Sunday, 18th March, at 9:30pm.

    He said “an information via a good Samaritan was intercepted at Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) kano, that armed robbers with dangerous weapons attacked the guest house of the deputy governor of jigawa state located along Okashatu close off Hadejia road where they attacked the policemen on guard duty and confiscated one AK47 rifle with the rifle No: 26594 loaded with 30 rounds of live ammunition.

    He said upon the receipt of the information, the state Police Commissioner, Rabi’u Yusuf immediately ordered the Anti-Robbery Squad to swing into action, which led to the eventual arrest of the suspects, all of whom are residents of sultan road, Nasarawa GRA in Kano metropolis.

    Majia said the suspects confessed to the crime, and led detectives to their hideout where the said AK47 rifle loaded with 30 rounds of live ammunition and the BMW posh car and other dangerous weapons were recovered.

    He added that investigation is in progress to trail the remaining operational arms of the syndicate who are currently at large, stressing that, they would be charged to court as soon as the investigation is concluded.

  • Gov. Badaru facilitates release of 82 inmates – NBA

    Gov. Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa has facilitated the release of 82 inmates from various prisons in the state, Mr Baffa Alhassan, the state Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association ( NBA ) said.

    Alhassan told our reporter in Dutse on Friday that the governor paid a total fine of over N2 million to facilitate the release of the inmates with minor cases.

    He said “this is commendable and an act of charity.

    “I believe this is as a result of efforts by the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Aminu Ringim, after we toured prisons across the state and found that some of the facilities are congested.

    “Part of recommendations of the committee raised to work on decongestion of prisons is that inmates with minor offences should be released and be reformed so that they will become useful to the society.

    “So, I believe this is what prompted the governor to graciously pay N2 million to free the inmates.”

    Alhassan urged the governor to maintain the tempo to further trim down prisons’ population.

    The Jigawa Government recently constituted a committee under the leadership of the state Chief Judge to ascertain the number of inmates serving various jail terms with a view to ensuring justice.

    The governor had in July 2015 facilitated the release of 40 inmates from various prisons in the state.

    NAN

  • Jigawa NSCDC tasks 28 promoted officers on commitment, dedication to duty

    Mr Muhammad Durumin-Iya, the Commandant, Jigawa Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has charged the 28 newly-promoted officers of the command to be more committed and dedicated to duty.

    Mr Muhammad Durumin-Iya, the Commandant, Jigawa Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has charged the 28 newly-promoted officers of the command to be more committed and dedicated to duty.

    Durumin-Iya made the charge shortly after decorating the officers with their new ranks at the command’s Headquarters in Dutse on Thursday.

    He also urged them to regard their elevation as an added responsibility.

    ‎ “To whom much is given much is also expected,” he said.

    According to the commandant, the officers should reciprocate the gesture by rededicating themselves to duty and also ensure total loyalty to the Federal Government and their superiors.

    “You must put more efforts in doing what the Federal Government employed you to do, that is protection of lives and property of Nigerians, as well as critical infrastructures provided by the government across the nation,” he said.‎

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    The Newsmen reports that those promoted included the Spokesman of the command, DSC Adamu Abdullahi, who  was now elevated to the rank of Superintendent of the Corps (SC).

    Others are one: Deputy Corps Commandant (DCC) ; two Assistant Commandants of the Corps (c); seven Chief Superintendents of the Corps (CSC); 13 Superintendents of the Corps (SC), six Deputy Superintendents of the Corps (DSC); two Assistant Superintendents of the Corps (ASC); two Principal Inspectors and five Senior Inspectors, among others.The newly-promoted spokesman of the corps,  SC Adamu Shehu, thanked the Commandant-General of the corps for finding them worthy of the promotion.

    Shehu pledged that they would  continue to discharge them duties with high sense of responsibility and commitment.

    NAN

  • Customs Impounds N7m worth of Rice, Macaroni, arrests Two In Kano

    The Kano/Jigawa Customs Command, impounded over 300 bags of smuggled foreign rice and macaroni, valued at N7 million.

    The Comptroller of the Command, Yusuf Abba-Kassim, who spoke to reporters over the seizure, said the two suspects were arrested in connection with the smuggled items.

    According to him, 10 vehicles which conveyed the smuggled items were also impounded by his men at Babura village, a border town between Kano and Jigawa.

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    Also, Abba Kassim said that the rice were loaded in Babura, a border town between Jigawa and Kano, in five Golf car with the intention of smuggling into the country.

    He said, “I am here to showcase to you the suppression of smugglers in Kano/Jigawa Command; and the arrest of those foreign items were carried out within three days and as such, we are facing daunting challenges as the smugglers are now growing wild in their tactics to outsmart us.”

    He added the two suspects arrested will be prosecuted in the court of law.

  • Badaru and the old order in Jigawa

    Badaru and the old order in Jigawa

    I write to comment or disagree with Governor Abubukar Badaru’s  plan to emulate some techniques or agendas of the former governor of Jigawa State, Senator Ibrahim Saminu Turaki, to transform Jigawa by paying polling booth fund (Kudin Akwati) to few politicians neglecting or abandoning the roles or responsibilities of councilors, local government chairmen and perhaps commissioners and other M.Ds and E.Ss and making them redundant and inactive.

    The governor, for his past and present experience as a governor,  needs  no extraordinary research to know the problems of the poor masses because as we all know, the demands of Talaka (citizen/poor), right from the 60’s has always been the same. Such demands are qualitative and free education, good health care, portable water, electricity, good roads, shelter, agricultural production, job opportunities, security, poverty alleviation, industrialization, and desertification control, most especially in the Northern parts of Nigeria.

    To be candid, if Governor Badaru is truly serious with his agenda of transforming Jigawa  and he means well for the people of the state, he should not ignore the reality of knowing, planning  and attending to the suffering of the masses not until he gives or awards unconstitutional money to each polling unit across the state as a free gift to politicians because 2019 elections are fast approaching and we can term this agenda as a bribe to electorates instead employing hundreds of thousands of youths roaming the streets in Jigawa, supplying drugs to hospitals, providing fertilizer to the rural farmers at an affordable price, construction of boreholes, prompt payment of scholarship to Jigawa indigenes, giving of loans to the small and medium scale traders,  etc.

    Looking back to posterity, one could easily relegate the period 1999-2007 in the annals of Jigawa State history as being one of the worst in the state since its creation. The attempted resurrection some of those policies or agenda could be described as a denouement of monumental proportion politically and in the development of Jigawa State.  The previous regime of former Governor Turaki, who couldn’t show a single project in the entire state in the eight years because of money being allocated to few politicians as polling unit fund (Kudin Akwati) which hindered the provision or execution of any meaningful developmental project in the state, like construction of roads, attending to educational and health sectors, provision of potable drinking water, agricultural production, etc so, is such maladministration governor Badaru will emulate?

    So, Governor Badaru still believes that the good and honest people of Jigawa State will succumb to these archaic and unproductive idea that halted Jigawa’s progress and stagnation under that nasty and fruitless agenda of Kudin-Akwati? One can even ask what kind of alliance these two individuals want to make?  After Jigawa have been liberated and transformed with all the needful things of human existence by Sule Lamido administration, when Jigawa turned to be like a small London or Paris and to think that someone will come and claim any credit for misruling Jigawa State beats anybody’s imagination. But come to think of it; the people of Jigawa State are blessed and have realised their potentials and are determined to keep it that way. As the Hausa put it “Kan Mage ya Waye”, and if anyone is in doubt, the present experience should be the warning signs.

    Lastly, the state assembly members should as well think twice on this planned or borrowed idea; checkmate the affairs of the governor and know their responsibilities as lawmakers. They should not try to be bench-warmers and toothless bulldogs. For Governor Badaru, you need to pattern your belt very well and very tight to rule with speed and forget this idea of Kudin-Akwati because time is going and it waits for nobody. We wish you God’s guidance and we pray to God to save you from this predicament. Your Excellency, what people care and mind is honesty, transparency, accountability, equity and commitment for Jigawa to reach a greater height. May God come to our aid, protect and bless Jigawa and Nigeria as a whole.

    • Adamu writes from Kafin-Hausa, Jigawa state (amu3333@yahoo.com)
  • Unity Bank takes ‘Agency Banking’ to Kano, Jigawa

    Unity Bank takes ‘Agency Banking’ to Kano, Jigawa

    Unity Bank has commenced its agency banking services in Kano and Jigawa states. Theexcercise is expected to bring manyof the unbanked into the financial services net.

    In line with Central Bank of Nigeria’s financial inclusion mandate, Unity Bank targeted its Agent Banking services at Gumel in Jigawa state and Rijiya-Lemu in Fagge Local Government area of Kano state.

    According to the General Manager Products & Channels Directorate of Unity Bank, Bonaventure Okhaimo, prioritizing the North West was borne out of the need to tap into the huge unbanked population in the region.

    Agent Banking model is conceptualised to evolve as a model of community and rural banking where basic banking services are brought to the level of rural financial activities, said Bonaventure.

    The roll-out, which witnessed the opening of many Agency outlets in the areas, was attended by numerous locals, customers and prospects, who were all excited to be able to avail themselves of financial services without travelling long distances to a bank branch.

    The customers were able to open accounts with Unity Bank, perform cash-in (deposit), cash-out (withdrawal) as well as bills payment transactions at the new Agent Banking outlets. With the bank’s digital account opening portal – Unity1 Online – new tier-1 accounts can be opened for customers without any need for identification. The whole process takes less than 4 minutes. Customers are advised of their NUBAN account numbers immediately, and are able to start transacting straightaway; in fact, once they provide their Bank Verification Numbers (BVN), they have full access to their accounts.

    The bank’s Group Head, Retail & SME Banking, Olufunwa Akinmade, explained that an important part of the roll-out in any location, is a two-day customer education session organized to bring customers up to speed with the basic tenets of the scheme.

    On the security of the customers’ funds, Mr. Akinmade said that the mitigant on the withdrawal side is that  the service is running on MCash-a secure phone-based withdrawal system backed by the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement Systems (NIBSS) while at the deposit end, the customer must receive an alert to be sure that the transaction has been consummated.