The death toll from Friday’s clash between farmers and herders in Gululu, a community in Miga Local Government Area of Jigawa State, has risen to nine, the police have said. The police said nine bodies were recovered after the violent confrontation that extended to neighbouring Jahun Local Government Area. PREMIUM TIMES reported that one person, … Read more
One person has been confirmed killed, and four others injured in a violent clash between crop farmers and cattle herders in Miga Local Government Area of Jigawa State. Residents said the clash occurred on Friday at the Fulani settlement in Gululu, where the peasant farmers accused the herders of stealing from a provision store last … Read more
The Jigawa State Governor, Umar Namadi, has signed the state’s 2025 appropriation bill into law. The N698.3 billion budget is the largest ever in the history of the state. The governor signed the bill on Tuesday at the Council Chambers of the Government House at a ceremony attended by the Speaker of the state House … Read more
The Jigawa State House of Assembly has slashed the allocations for the education sector in the state’s 2024 budget, while making generous provisions for the purchase of a new vehicle for the speaker, a new guest house in Abuja, renovation of members’ guest house in Kano State, and construction of imams’ residences. The lawmakers significantly … Read more
