The harvest season is a moment of festivity in Medu, a Hausa farming community in the Gagarawa Local Government Area of Jigawa State, North West Nigeria. After residents gather crops and fill their granaries, women set aside a special day to celebrate Asure, an age-old traditional feast whose name means “enjoyment”. Ramma Hassan, a mother […]
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The Nigerian franchise of the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the bomb blast on Tuesday in Dutse, the capital of Nigeria’s northwestern state of Jigawa. Earlier reports about the explosion said one person was injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded in the evening around Hakimi Street. In its communication claiming responsibility for […]
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In April 2022, residents of Guri gathered in the Model Boarding Primary School premises to witness a ceremony they hoped would restore peace to the area. The community leaders had arranged for a Dangwal-Pulako ritual to mend relations between the local herders and farmers. This happened about two weeks after a clash erupted between the […]
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It was a day like any other; the sun shone and birds chirped. Then the sound of gunfire shattered the silence and Rabi knew that Boko Haram members had come. It was not their first time storming Doron Baga, a settlement about 160 kilometres from Maiduguri in the northeastern part of Nigeria. This was their […]
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Even before the scientists were predicting torrential rains would cause devastating floods in many Nigerian states, Hadejia people knew that the high frequency of floods in their villages and towns every August meant they were in for trouble. After all, it has happened that way for years. Mahmuda Ibrahim, 30, of Kubayo village in Hadejia, […]
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has commenced an oral cholera vaccination (OCV) after a recently concluded cholera vaccination campaign in Jigawa State, Northwest Nigeria. As of the second week of Oct. 90,908 suspected cases were recorded and over 3,000 deaths have been reported across 32 states since the beginning of the year, according to WHO. […]
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Suspected terrorists on Wednesday, July 14, 2021 abducted the wife of Ahmed Yahaya Marke, a former chairman of Kaugama Local Government Area in Jigawa State, Northwest Nigeria. The armed group of about 10 persons, on Wednesday at 1 a.m. WAT attacked the residence of the former local council chairman in Marke town and whisked away […]
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Non-Governmental Organisation Save the Children and pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) have donated medical equipment worth N20 million to the Rasheed Shekoni Specialist Hospital, Jigawa State, in Northwest Nigeria. According to a statement released by the organisation on Thursday, the donation will go towards reducing child mortality rate associated with pneumonia and other illnesses due to […]
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Unknown gunmen have kidnapped a nursing mother at Gujungu village in Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa State, Northwest Nigeria. The woman, who sources said is a wife to one Basiru Inusa, was abducted at about 2 am on Saturday when the armed men invaded the village with deadly weapons. Those who witnessed the incident […]
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Two policemen were killed while one other was injured Friday afternoon by unknown gunmen in Kalgo village of Garki Local Government Area, Jigawa State, Northwest Nigeria. The incident occurred on Friday shortly after the release of Zainab Isa Zakari, a 400-level student of Sule Lamido University, Jigawa State abducted by terrorists on Monday in Bosuwa […]
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Zainab Isa Zakari Bosuwa, a 400 level student of Sule Lamido University, Jigawa State, Northwest Nigeria was Monday morning abducted from her residence by some gunmen. According to Hafsat Bosuwa, sister to Zainab, the abduction took place at about 1am on Monday. “The gunmen scaled the fence to our house through our neighbor’s compound after […]
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Three states in Nigeria’s Northwest region – Jigawa, Kaduna and Kano – have ordered the closure of schools following rising cases of COVID-19 and heightened terrorism attacks. The Jigawa State Government on Tuesday evening ordered public and private primary and secondary schools to close over the rising COVID-19 cases. The acting Permanent Secretary of the […]
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