Zamfara
30 Oct
Zamfara State Government has produced documents showing how former Governor and Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, approved 100% payment of over one billion Naira for fencing, landscaping, and furnishing of Governor's lodges in 14 Local Government Areas even before the project began.
9 Oct 2023
National Commission for Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, (NCFRMI), has launched a rehabilitation and resettlement city for Internally Displaced Persons, (IDPs), and the vulnerable.
28 Sep 2023
Some indigenes of Zamfara State in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have urged the Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawan and his predecessor, Bello Matawalle, to forget their political differences and work together to tackle the challenges of insecurity and insurgence in the state.
25 Sep 2023
Sixteen kidnapped victims, comprising 13 students of the Federal University of Gusau, Zamfara and three construction workers, have regained their freedom so far.
15 Sep 2023
Troops of the Joint Task Force Northwest Operation Hadarin rescued 17 kidnapped victims and recovered large numbers of rustled cattle in the ongoing operation in Zamfara State.
4 Sep 2023
Sen. Sahabi Ya’u (APC-Zamfara) has sponsored free surgeries and treatment for 3,000 eye patients. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the lawmaker had recently flagged off the free medical outreach targeting over 5,000 vulnerable persons. The head of medical team to the outreach, Dr Kamal Umar, disclosed this while addressing newsmen on Monday…
22 Aug 2023
Gunmen have abducted eight National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in Zamfara State. The Guardian learnt that the corps members were travelling in Akwa Ibom Transport Company (AKTC) bus from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, to Sokoto State, for the one-year national service, when their vehicle was intercepted by the hoodlums. A source in the transport…
11 Aug 2023
A former Provost of the Federal College of Education (Technical) Gusau, Dr Hassan Abubakar Augie and his son, were rescued from armed bandits by troops of Sector 1 Operation Hadarin Daji deployed at Forward Operating Base Mada in Zamfara State.
21 Jun 2023
A Federal High Court in Abuja has reinstated Mahadi Aliyu Gusau as the Deputy Governor of Zamfara State. A Federal High Court in Abuja has annulled the February 2022 impeachment of Mahadi Aliyu Gusau as Deputy Governor of Zamfara State. They also ordered that Gusau should be paid all his entitlements. Gusau and the Peoples…
19 Jun 2023
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has not declared former Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle wanted.
14 Jun 2023
Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji deployed at Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, on Tuesday, rescued 10 kidnapped victims.
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The Zamfara Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday berated the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Department for State Services (DSS) for the alleged invasion of the Gusau and Maradun homes of the immediate past Governor of the state, Alhaji Bello Matawalle. The condemnation is contained in a statement issued in Gusau…
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