Zamfara
Security Forces Trail Bandits After Abduction, Killings in Zamfara.
Security operatives have launched a manhunt for bandits in Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State following an attack on Banga village that left two people dead and 26 others abducted. A resident, Ahmad Dan Baba Adamu, told Radio Nigeria that the attackers stormed the village around midnight, firing sporadically from multiple directions until […]
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Federal Government, Partners Move To Identify Areas Facing Food and Nutrition Insecurity In Nigeria.
By Tasi’u Hassan The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and food security, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO and other technical partners has commenced the Carde Harmonise (CH) state-level analysis for 26 states, including the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. Three main analysis centers have been established to facilitate the […]
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GOV. MATAWALLE INAUGURATES ZAMFARA STATE DEVELOPMENT, STATE AND LOCAL GOVT PROJECTS MONITORING COMMITTEES.
Governor Bello Mohammed has inaugurated a 12-man Zamfara State Development Plan Committee charged with the promulgation of a 25-year Development plan for the state. Governor Matawalle said the decision to constitute and inaugurate the Committee is born out of the Government’s desire to establish a scientific and policy guided development strategy for the state. “Our […]
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Attacks: Northeast Governors donate N20m to Zamfara State.
Governor of Borno State and chairman of Northeast Governors forum, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, was in Gusau, Zamfara State, on Monday on behalf of governors of Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe States to show empathy and solidarity over recent attacks on communities by armed bandits. During the visit, Zulum at the Government House in […]
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Zamfara Governor dissolves state’s executive council
Zamfara state Governor, Bello Matawalle has dissolved the State Executive Council with immediate effect. This was contained in a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Public Enlightenment, Media and Communications Malam Zailani Bappa and issued to newsmen in Gusau. According to the statement, the Secretary to the State Government, the […]
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RAMADAN: Governor Matawalle donates 400 bags of assorted grains to Gusau Prison Inmates
Zamfara State Governor, Hon. Dr. Bello Mohammed MON has today donated 400 bags of assorted grains to inmates at the Gusau Correctional facility as his Ramadan and Sallah welfare to the occupants. The welfare include 100 bags of rice, 100 bags of maize, 100 bags of millet and 100 bags of sugar which were […]
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Gusau Market Fire: Progressive Governors Forum donates N50m to victims, describes the fire as saddened and tragic
The Progressives Governors’ Forum, on Monday, in Gusau, Zamfara State, donated N50 million to the victims of the fire incident that gutted parts of the Tudun Wada, Gusau Central Market, penultimate week. The donation was announced by the Chairman of the Forum and Kebbi State Governor, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu when he led a […]
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Petition against Yari, mischievous and deliberate attempt to fool Governor Matawalle – Zannan Bagudu
By Mu’azu Abubakar Albarkawa, Kaduna A Former Federal lawmaker and a Chieftain of All Progressive Congress (APC) in Zamfara Hon. Abdul Malik Zubairu Zannan Bungudu has described the recent petition filed against Zamfara former Governor Abdulazeez Yari Abubakar and other APC members by Sani Abdullahi Wamban Shinkafi as mischievous and deliberate attempt to fool […]
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Of students theft, banditry and the Negotiating Government
By Usman Abdullahi Koli From Chibok in Borno to Dapchi in Yobe, to Kankara in Katsina, Kagara in Niger and Jangebe in Zamfara, thousands of school pupils have been stolen. This act is carried out by known non-state actors who mostly negotiated and subsequently fetched out millions from governments. In Nigeria, more often than […]
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