By Achiever Peterson, Jigawa LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department for International Development, an agency of the United Kingdom has spent over N12 billion on the improvement of the welfare, nutrition and livelihood of vulnerable and pregnant women and children in Jigawa and Zamfara states. The expenditure came through an unconditional transfer programme targeting pregnant and…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service, in Kano and Jigawa states, is set to shutdown supermarkets and shops found patronising foreign rice and other prohibited items. The agency, in a letter with reference number NCS/KAN/053/S.28 dated 17th February 2020 wrote to all supermarkets and shops in Kano and Jigawa states, directing them to stop…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senate President Ahmad Lawan (Yobe North) was said to have secured 26 job slots for his constituents, from the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Daily Trust exclusively gathered. This is just as the job scandal rocking the upper chamber gets messier with senators threatening showdown over the sharing formula of the employment slots…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man suspected to be an informant of rice smugglers has been killed allegedly by officials of the Nigeria Customs Service in Jigawa State. Tasiu Muhammad, 22, a resident of Babura Local Government Area, was shot dead at Unguwar Gawo, about five kilometres from Bubara town, the council headquarters. The police commissioner…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Environment Sanitation and Special Offenses Taskforce on Friday intercepted a truck laden with 48 motorcycles and 123 men coming from Jigawa state. Yinka Egbeyemi, chairman of the taskforce, said the truck was seized, following a tip off by members of the public who raised security concern about the manner…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Six persons have been killed following a heavy rainfall in Jigawa State, Daily Trust has gathered. Five persons died in Kirikisamma Local Government area while one other person was killed in a building that collapsed in Kafin Hausa Local Government Area. A pregnant woman was among the dead persons, who were killed…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A fan of President Muhammadu Buhari known as Datti Assalafy posted the picture of this old man who claimed to be related to the president on his Facebook page but Buhari’s aid said the news is fake. Datti Assalafy said The man named Idris Usman is from Garin Gabas Twon, Hadejia Local…
LAGOS APRIL 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nineteen wedding guests have reportedly died in a road accident in Jigawa State, Nigeria’s northern region. The incident occurred on Tuesday when an 18 seater bus lost control and burst into flames. The bus was said to be carrying 40 women and children returning from a wedding when its front tyre burst,…