The Police Command in Jigawa says 3,779 of the 8,062 applicants who passed the medical and physical fitness screening for recruitment into the Nigeria Police Force will sit for aptitude test in Jigawa.
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SP Abdu Jinjiri, the spokesman of the state Police Command, told newsmen in Dutse on Monday that the accident occurred on Sunday around 1:30 p.m.
Alhaji Isma’il Ibrahim, the spokesman, office of Secretary to the State Government, disclosed this in a statement issued in Dutse.
The Police Command in Jigawa said a teenager and two farmers have drowned in a river and pond in Kiyawa and Dutse Local Government Areas of the state.
Frequent heavy downpour in Hadejia town of Jigawa has resulted in the submerging of five primary and junior secondary schools in the area, an official said on Friday.
Badaru told newsmen in Dutse on Tuesday that he was trying to strengthen the operations of the councils in the state and not to stifle them.
The Information Officer for the council, Alhaji Fahad Muhammad, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Kaugama that the flood was caused by heavy rain which began by 4 p.m on Monday and lasted till 10 p.m.
Muhammad said that the displaced persons were taking shelter in neighbouring towns.
The performance chart of the states released by UBEC and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Ilorin on Monday listed Jigawa as first having accessed 94 per cent of its fund.
The Jigawa State Independent Electoral Commission has fixed June 29 for the conduct of local government election in the 27 councils of the state.
Over 200 houses were destroyed by windstorm in Sugungun village, Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa State, according to an official of the local council.
Governor Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa State has relieved all Council Secretaries of the 27 Local Government Areas of their appointments with immediate effect.
Corpse of a 15-year-old boy, who on May 18 got drowned in a river in Ringim Local Government of Jigawa, has been recovered.
Hisbah, the Sharia Law enforcement agency in Jigawa on Monday said it had arrested 21 suspects of immoral acts and confiscated 111 bottles of beer from them.
The Jigawa State Government has approved the reduction of official working hours in the state by two hours during the 2019 Ramadan fast.
The Chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Jigawa chapter, Malam Sunusu Alhassan, has urged the State and Federal Governments to create more employment opportunities for the teeming unemployed youths.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday reiterated that no part of the country, regardless of its geographical location or political leaning, would suffer neglect during his administration.
Suspected hoodlums on Saturday allegedly killed a 65-year-old Chief Imam of Kwara Village, Kiyawa Local Government Area of Jigawa, the Police have confirmed.
Suspected motorcycle snatchers on Friday allegedly killed a 33-year-old motorcyclist in Dutse Local Government Area of Jigawa, the Police have said.
Governor Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa State has assured stakeholders that there will be no going back on the establishment of Gagarawa sugar factory in the state.
The Jigawa Police Command on Thursday said suspected armed robbers shot dead one person and injured several others in Garin Maidawa village of Dutse Local Government Area of the state.