Jigawa State

March 15, (THEWILL) - The Jigawa Hisbah Board has arrested 61 persons including 44 women in Taura Local Government Area, for alleged immoral acts. Malam Ibrahim Dahiru, Commandant of the Hisbah in the state, made this known in Dutse on Tuesday. Dahiru...

A fortnight ago, the Jigawa State Government enacted the child protection law, which prescribes the death penalty for rape with an option of fine. In another instance, the law includes a provision that rules out any option for rapists...

December 30, (THEWILL) - The Jigawa State Government has approved the Child Protection Law which prescribed death penalty for child rapists. With the law, anyone convicted of raping a child below the age of 10 will be sentenced to a...

December 07, (THEWILL) - Jigawa State was created on August 27, 1991 from the northeastern-most region of Kano State. It is located on Nigeria’s border with Niger Republic. The state capital and largest city is Dutse. The economy of the...

September 18, (THEWILL) - A man, identified as Ahmad Nadabo, has allegedly been killed by kidnappers, after delivering ransom of N1.5 million to them. The incident happened in Kaugama Local Government Area of Jigawa State. Police Public Relations Officer in the...

August 18, (THEWILL) - The police in Jigawa have confirmed the death of 14 persons in an auto crash in Ringim Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Jigawa Police Command, ASP Lawan Shiisu, who ...

July 21, (THEWILL) - Armed kidnappers have abducted a 38-year-old man in Kiyawa Local Government Area of Jigawa State. Spokesperson of the State Police Command, ASP Lawan Shiisu, who confirmed the incident to newsmen in Dutse on Wednesday, said the suspects...

June 09, (THEWILL)- A fatal motor accident at the  Birninkudu Local Government Area of Jigawa State has claimed the lives of 18 people, the State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Lawan Shisu, disclosed  on Wednesday. The accident, according  to reports,...