Community Protection Guards
13 Oct
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has pledged his administration’s unwavering commitment to the families of the Community Protection Guards (CPG) who lost their lives in a tragic ambush by bandits. The Governor made this promise during a condolence visit to the Tsafe Emirate, following the killing of nine guards in the ambush last week. In…
8 Oct
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has expressed profound sorrow over the tragic killing of nine Community Protection Guards, who were ambushed by terrorists in Tsafe Local Government Area. The gruesome attack occurred on Monday, as the security personnel manned a checkpoint on the outskirts of Tsafe. In a statement released on Tuesday by his spokesperson,…
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The Zamfara State chapter of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed the recent call by a faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for a state of emergency in the state, labelling it as groundless and an affront to the people of Zamfara. In a statement released in Gusau on Sunday, Halliru Andi, the…
6 Mar
Ten people have been arrested in Zamfara in connection with the gruesome murder of an Islamic scholar, Sheikh Abubakar Hassan Mada. Mada was reportedly murdered in Mada town, Gusau Local Government Area, on Tuesday. A statement made available to The Guardian on Wednesday by Sulaiman Bala Idris, the spokesperson for Governor Dauda Lawal, noted that…
5 Feb
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, continued the distribution agricultural inputs and assets across the Local Government Areas (LGAs) on Sunday saying that the planned rebirth of the area has commenced. With a stimulus package empowerment for over 100,000 farmers across the 14 LGAs involving essential farm assets in the next four years, Lawal said the…
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The Zamfara State Government stepped up its war on insecurity as Governor Dauda Lawal on Wednesday formally unveiled the Community Protection Guards (CPG), designed to complement efforts of the regular security forces. The ceremony at the Trade Fair complex in Gusau, the state capital, attracted the six other governors from the North-West states of Jigawa,…
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