Labour

Ramadan: Jigawa Reduces Official Working Hours

By Web News 597

Jigawa State government has reduced the official working hours in the state by two hours during the 2023 Ramadan period.

This was contained in a statement signed by the State Head of the Civil Service, Hussaini Kila and issued to newsmen by his Public Relations Officer, Ismail Dutse.

According to the statement, civil servants in the state would report to the office at 9 am and close by 3 pm between Mondays and Thursdays instead of 5 pm.

“Furthermore, workers would report to work on Fridays by 9 am and close by 1 pm as usual,” he said.

He explained that the gesture is aimed at providing more opportunities for Civil servants to prepare for their Ramadan break and also to have more time to observe the spiritual activities of the Holy Month.

The government expressed hope that civil servants in the state would use the Ramadan period to pray for God’s guidance and blessings for the state.

“It is also hoped that civil servants would use the fasting period to pray for the peace and economic prosperity of the state and Nigeria at large”, the statement added.

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Agriculture

Twist of Fate: Cow Survives, Rescuer Dies

By Web News 601

An 18-year-old man, Adamu Musa of Unguwar Magina, Buji town, in Buji Local Government Area, Jigawa State, lost his life in a pond while trying to rescue his Cow that slipped and fell into the pond while grazing around the area.

The Jigawa State Command’s Public Relations Officer, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, CSC Adamu Shehu, made this known in a statement issued on Sunday

He said the unfortunate incident occurred on Saturday at around 2 pm when the young man took two of his cows to the farm and let them loose to feed from the grasses nearby.

He said, sadly, one of the cows slipped and fell into a pond located close to the farm where they were grazing.

The PRO pointed out that, on sighting what happened, Musa rushed to rescue his cow but was drowned, and despite the combined efforts of the locals and the NSCDC personnel to rescue him, he was not found until 1am on Sunday (today).

“The body was thoroughly examined, confirmed dead and handed over to his parents for proper burial while the cow was rescued alive,” Shehu said.

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Crime

NSCDC Intercepts 70 Northerners in Ogbomoso

By Web News 1067

Men of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has intercepted seventy northerners coming into Oyo state through Ogbomoso end of the state.

In an interview with Radio Nigeria, Commissioner for Information, Dr Wasiu Olatunbosun said the people were apprehended through intelligence report early this morning pointing out that they were coming from Jigawa and Kano states.

According to the commissioner, majority of the people were heading to Ibadan, the Oyo state capital while others were moving to Sagamu in Ogun and Lagos states.

Dr Olatunbosun however noted that the people intercepted at the Ogbomoso end would be escorted to Kwara boundary so as to return to their various states in accordance with Inter states movement lockdown to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

Iyabo Adebisi