Zamfara
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Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has sworn in Yakubu Sani Haidara as the new Head of the Civil Service. A statement on Friday by the Governor’s spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris, said that Lawal also swore in 12 new permanent secretaries during a ceremony at the Old Chamber of the Government House. The Governor described the new…
6 Mar
Governor Dauda Lawal has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to strengthening collaboration with security forces operating in Zamfara State, following the accidental airstrike that claimed the lives of 11 civilians on 11 January 2025 near Gidan Makera in Zurmi Local Government Area. The civilian casualties, members of a local vigilante group, were mistakenly identified as bandits…
2 Mar
Tragedy struck in Zamfara State as Zarah Abubakar Shehu, a 21-year-old student of the Federal University Gusau, died in captivity four months after she was abducted alongside her two siblings. Zarah, a 300-level student, was taken from her home in the Damba area of Gusau in the early hours of Sunday, November 3, 2024, by…
27 Feb
Armed bandits have killed an elderly man in N/Mailayi Village, Birnin Magaji Local Government Area of Zamfara State, after failing to locate a targeted individual, police have confirmed. Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama, a security expert that the attack occurred on Feb. 25 at about 12:50 p.m. when the assailants stormed the village in search…
24 Feb
A staggering 15 states in Nigeria, including Abia, Rivers, Zamfara, and Kano, failed to elect female representatives in their state assemblie
24 Feb
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has carried out heavy airstrikes on bandits’ camps in the eastern part of Shinkafi Local Government Area, neutralizing several armed criminals and destroying their hideouts. Intelligence sources hinted to Zagazola Makama, a competent counter-insurgency media expert, that the air raids targeted the residence of a notorious bandit leader, Kachalla Haru,…
14 Feb
The Zamfara State government has strongly rejected a recent online report by Sahara Reporters that it claims misrepresents the state’s security spending. In a statement issued by Sulaiman Bala Idris, spokesperson to Governor Dauda Lawal, the government dismissed the report—titled “Amid Insecurity, Zamfara Govt Spends ₦30 Million On Internal Security, ₦3.6 Billion On International Travels…
14 Feb
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has again raised alarm over surge in human rights violations across Nigeria, revealing that a staggering 169,850 complaints were received from its 38 offices nationwide in January 2025 alone. The NHRC Executive Secretary Dr. Tony Ojukwu, SAN, at the presentation of January 2025 Human Rights Situation Dashboard in Abuja,…
13 Feb
The former Governor of Zamfara State and current senator representing Zamfara West senatorial zone in the National Assembly, Senator Abdulaziz Abubakar Yari, has been appointed into the governing board of the African Association of Legislation (AAL). In a letter signed by Dr. John Mushomi, Chairman of the Steering committee of the Inaugral African conference of…
11 Feb
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has reiterated his administration’s firm stance against negotiating with bandits operating in the state. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Governor’s spokesperson, Sulaiman Bal Idris, clarified that Lawal had been misquoted in an exclusive interview with the BBC Hausa Service over the weekend. He accused certain media platforms of…
9 Feb
Gov. Dauda Lawal of Zamfara assures the World Bank that his administration is gradually winning the war against banditry. This is contained in a statement by Lawal’s media aide, Suleiman Idris, on Saturday in Gusau. Idris said Lawal gave the assurance when he visited the World Bank office in Abuja. He said the meeting focused…
9 Feb
Nigerian Army troops of Operation FANSAN YANMA, under the TSAFTADAJI III-Phase 2, have neutralised another four notorious bandits in Ruwan Kunku, a village along the Gusau-Magami highway in Zamfara State, in continued offensive. Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency media expert, that the offensive carried out during the weeklong targeted terrorists responsible for multiple…
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