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ADAMU AMADU visited Majiya town, Taura Local Government Area in Jigawa State, the site of a petrol tanker explosion that claimed close to 200 lives. He spoke with families of the victims and eyewitnesses of the tragedy. His report: Parents, friends and family in Majiya town, Taura Local Government Area in Jigawa State, have narrated […]
Like many parents in Majia, Maimuna Rabiu presumed her son dead after she could not find him a day after a petrol tanker explosion in the town. The explosion in the small town in Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa State killed over 170 people, according to the official tally on Friday, three days after […]
Jigawa State Commissioner for Special Duties, Auwal Danladi Sankara, has vehemently denied allegations of involvement in an illicit affair with a married woman. His denial comes after the Kano State Hisbah Board confirmed his arrest at an uncompleted building with the woman on Friday. Advertisement The Hisbah Board’s Director General, Dr. Abba Sufi, stated the […]
The Kano state Hisbah board says its operatives have arrested Auwal Sankara, the Jigawa commissioner for special duties, over an alleged illicit affair with a married woman in Kano. Abba Sufi, the director general of the Kano Hisbah board, told journalists on Friday that operatives arrested the commissioner at an uncompleted building he owns […]
Jigawa Police command has confirmed the death of 95 people and 50 got diffident degrees of injuries in Majiya village of Taura local government area in Jigawa. Confirming that accident, the Jigawa state command Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Lawal Shiisu Adams, said, “Today (Wednesday) a Petro Tanker from Porthacourt going to Nguru in […]
Ahmadu Umaru was elated after enrolling in a healthcare intervention programme of the Jigawa State Government in June. Mr Umaru and others selected from poor nomad settlements in Buji Local Government Area converged at the primary healthcare facility at the council headquarters in Buji town to enrol in the programme. He said being free from […]