The Zamfara House of Assembly has formally served the state’s Deputy Governor, Alhaji Mahdi Aliyu-Gusau, with notice of impeachment for alleged gross abuse of office. Alhaji Shamsudeen Bosko, the Chairman, House Standing Committee on Information, confirmed this at a news conference in Gusau on Monday. Alhaji Bosko said the...
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Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has revealed why banditry will not end soon in the state. The governor attributed the continued attacks by bandits on innocent residents of various communities in the state to the activities of some individuals. He made the remarks on Monday while briefing State House...
Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has expressed appreciation to the nation’s security forces for the achievements so far recorded in the fight against banditry and kidnapping in the North-West. Matawalle spoke at the 2022 Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration in Gusau on Saturday. He said through the efforts of...
The National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Lagos State governor, Sen. Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, announced a donation of N50 million to Zamfara communities recently attacked by bandits. Tinubu announced the donation shortly after he commiserated with Gov. Bello Matawalle in Gusau, Zamfara. The APC...
The death toll in the recent bandit attacks on Anka and Bukkuyum local government areas of Zamfara State has risen to 58, according to government sources. At least four villages were also burnt down in the attacks which started on Wednesday and lasted for about 48 hours. Local vigilantes...
The Zamfara Commissioner for Women and Children Affairs, Hajiya Rabi Shinkafi, has resigned her appointment to take up another appointment as a commissioner in Imo. “I resigned my appointment as commissioner in Zamfara to enable me to pick another appointment as commissioner in Imo,’’ Shinkafi told the News Agency...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have demanded over N1 million as levies from different communities in the Zurmi, Kaura Namoda and Birnin-Magaji local Government areas of Zamfara State. The communities are Birnin Tsaba, Gabaken Mesa, Gabaken Dan-Maliki, Turawa, Askawa and Yanbuki A resident in the affected area, Aliyu Abdul...
Zamfara state has barred officials from Ministries, Departments and Agencies from disseminating information regarding policies and programmes of the government. The Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara, made the disclosure while addressing members of the Correspondents Chapel in Gusau on Thursday. Dosara said Zamfara government centralized information management to...
A group, Zamfara State Patriotic Association, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari and elders of the All progressives Congress (APC) to save the party from the hands of some dark horses. Chairman of the group, Alhaji Ibrahim Nabature, made the call while addressing a press conference in Gusau, Zamfara,...
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has lifted the ban on mobile telecommunication network in the state. Matawalle made the announcement at the state congress of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gusau on Saturday. Matawalle said the Nigerian Communication Communication (NCC) would release all the networks by Monday. He said...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gasau – Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has expressed optimism that the Federal government’s proposed legal framework on mining would end banditry in the state. Governor Matawalle in a statement signed on Friday by Malam Yusuf Idris, his Director-General Media Public Enlightenment and Communication, commended President...
The Zamfara State Taskforce Committee on Compliance to Gov. Bello Matawalle’s Executive Order on insecurity has ordered the closure of a filling station and bakery in Gusau and Tsafe LGSs of the state. Chairmen of Committee, Abubakar Dauran, gave the order shortly after security forces arrested four suspects for...
An APC governorship aspirant in Zamfara in the 2019 governorship election, Alhaji Sagir Hamida, was killed by unknown gunmen on Sunday evening, a family source has confirmed. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered from the deceased’s elder brother, Kabiru Hamida, that Sagir was killed near Abuja while he...
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has appealed to the factions of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state to sheathe their swords and unite for the progress of the state. Governor Matawalle made the appeal in Maradun, Maradun Local Government Area (LGA) of the state while addressing his...
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has said security forces have rescued no fewer than 544 abducted persons in the last two months in the state. Governor Matawalle made the disclosure while addressing supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who attended the swearing-in ceremony of 21 political appointees, at...
The Zamfara Government says the RUGA settlement it is constructing in the outskirts of Maradun town, Maradun Local Government Area, has reached 80 per cent completion stage. Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara, the state Commissioner for Information, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sokoto on Friday. He...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has approved the re-opening of seven weekly markets that were earlier closed as part of measures to address the state’s security challenges. The State Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday, in...