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Jigawa House of Assembly has resolved its internal crisis as lawmakers endorsed the Speaker, Haruna Aliyu in a unanimous vote of confidence on Wednesday.

The House took the decision after the Chairman, Committee on Local Government Affairs,  AminuTsubut, presented a motion for the suspension of the affected council chairmen.

Jigawa State House of Assembly has suspended three local government council chairmen on the allegation of travelling outside the country without seeking permission from the state executive or legislature. The suspended chairmen included Mubarak Ahmed, Rufai Sunusi and Umar Baffa of Birniwa, Gumel, and Yankwashi LGAs, said to have travelled to Rwanda without permission. The…

The lawmakers claimed that the council chairpersons neither sought their permission nor that of the governor, before embarking on a trip.

This is an act of insubordination and nonchalant attitude to the primary responsibility which must be investigated immediately

The House made this decision after the Chairman of the House Committee on Local Government Affairs, Hon Aminu Zakari Tsubut, presented

The Jigawa State House of Assembly has suspended three local government council chairmen in the state. The suspended chairmen include Hon Mubarak Ahmed of

The Jigawa State House of Assembly has suspended three local government council chairmen for allegedly travelling outside the country without seeking permission from the state executive or legislative. The suspended chairmen included Hon Mubarak Ahmed of Birniwa LGA, Hon Rufai Sunusi of Gumel LGA local and Hon Umar Baffa of Yankwashi LGA who was said…

Eight people have been reported killed and 15 others seriously injured in a road accident along the Malam Madori-Birniwa road in Jigawa State. The

A fire incident has killed a four-year-old boy, razed down four houses and destroyed valuables worth millions of Naira in Jigawa State. The incident took