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Zamfara state Commissioner of Health, Dr. Nafisa Muhammad Maradun, has undertaken a surprise night visit to the Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital in Gusau. During the visit, Dr. Maradun expressed satisfaction …
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The All Progressive Congress (APC) has won the Kaura Namoda South State Assembly bye-election where Jamilu Sa’idu Kasuwar Daji emerged as winner. Announcing the outcome of the election, the returning …
APC sweeps Kaura Namoda South bye-election Read More
An Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG Hassan Mohammed Gumel, has described the Kaura Namoda supplementary bye election as peaceful, noting that no arrest was made during the election. The …
Zamfara bye election: No arrest made by police – AIG Gumel Read More
Supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State have vowed to defend their votes in the forthcoming rerun election for Kaura Namoda South constituency. They pledged to resist …
Zamfara APC supporters vow to defend their votes, reject injustice in Kaura South rerun Read More
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Thursday August 21, 2025 for election in the five polling in Zamfara state. Also the commission said two re-run elections by order …
Bye-election: INEC fixes rerun in 5 polling units in Zamfara, to issue certificates to winners Read More
The All Progressives Congress’ (APC) Hon kamilu sa’idu, has won the bye-election in Kauran Namoda Constituency of Zamfara state, defeating the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate. The contest saw …
Former Matawalle special adviser defeats Dauda in Zamfara bye-election Read More
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the ruling party in Zamfara state, Sunday accused the state chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) for using the military to cause havoc during …
Zamfara: PDP blames APC for using military to disrupt bye-election Read More
The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Zamfara state Assembly bye-election in Kaura Namoda South constituency inconclusive. This was announced by the two returning officers of the election, Dr. …
Zamfara: Kaura Namoda state assembly bye-election inconclusive – INEC Read More
Barely 24 hours after Abubakar Abba, leader of the deadly Mahmuda terror group was arrested, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) Thursday announced that it was on the lookout for another bandit …
Nigeria: DHQ reinforces hunt for Turji 24 hours after Mahmuda leader’s arrest Read More
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), under the Operation Fasan Yamma, has neutralised several armed bandits in Zamfara state during coordinated air and ground assaults on Makakkari Forest. NAF’s Director of …
NAF raid forests in Zamfara as Army sustains fight against oil thieves in Niger Delta Read More
Reports from Bukuyum local government area of Zamfara state weekend said gunmen have killed 13 security personnel in Adabka village. A resident of the area, identified as Malam Musa Lawal …
Bandits kill 13 security personnel in Zamfara ambush Read MoreHundreds of communities of Jimrawa village mainly women and children under Dan’isa district of Kaura Namoda local government in Zamfara state have stormed the Government House in Gusau protesting over …
Zamfara communities protest in Gusau over worsening insecurity Read More
Notorious Zamfara-based bandit, Bello Turji, has released 32 people he kidnapped, and agreed to stop attacking farmers following a peace deal with Islamic scholars in Fakai Forest, Shinkafi local government …
On clerics’ intervention, Bello Turji releases 32 captives, 211 kidnappers, ritualists nabbed in Edo Read MoreThe member of House of Representatives for Bungudu and Maru federal constituency, Hon. Abdulmalik Zubairu, has empowered 62 unemployed graduates with capital to start the business of selling medicine in …
Zamfara Reps member empowers 61 unemployed medical students Read MoreBandits have stormed Sabon Garin Damri of Bakura local government in Zamfara state, kidnapping over 50 villagers. A resident in the area, Malam Sani Damri, told Blueprint via a telephone …
Bandits kidnap over 50 Zamfara villagers Read More
The Northern Senators Forum Wednesday condemned in its entirety, the killings of 35 victims of kidnap incident in Kaura- Namoda, Zamfara state, by their abductors few days ago. The forum, in a strongly-worded …
Northern senators condemn Zamfara killings Read MoreNo fewer than 35 kidnapped victims from Banga village in Kaura Namoda local government have been killed by a group of armed bandits after collecting over N50 million as ransom. …
Zamfara: Bandits kill 35 kidnap victims after N50m ransom Read MoreResidents of Maradun town, headquarters of Maradun local government area of Zamfara state are under threat to pay a N20 million levy placed on them by a bandits kingpin Jummo …
Bandit kingpin Jummo places N20m levy on Maradun, Matawalle ‘s home town Read MoreThe Zamfara state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the appointment of Hon Sanusi Garba Rikiji, as the Director General of the …
Zamfara APC hails Tinubu on Rikiji’s appointment as NOTN DG Read More
The former governor of Zamfara state and senator representing Zamfara West senatorial zone, Abdulaziz Yari, has sponsored 2,055 indigent students of Zamfara to study in various tertiary institutions across the North-west. …
Yari sponsors Zamfara 2,055 students to study in North-west tertiary institutions Read More
The House of Representatives member, representing Bungudu/Maru Federal Constituency Hon. Abdulmalik Zubairu Zannan Bungudu has handed over completed five solar-powered borehole projects he executed in federal Polytechnic Kaura Namoda in …
Zamfara lawmaker constructs 5 solar-powered boreholes in Kaura Namoda school Read More
Zamfara state governor, Dauda Lawal, has distributed the conditional cash transfers to 8,225 adolescent girls in all 14 local government areas of the state. The governor officially commenced the disbursement …
Lawal empowers 8, 225 Zamfara secondary school girls Read MoreZamfara state government is set to validate a new strategy to combat severe malnutrition, which affects an estimated 250,000 children in the state. The Commissioner of Health, Dr Nafisa Muhammad …
Zamfara to validate nutrition strategy affecting 250,000 children Read More
The Federal Government has ramped up its efforts to ensure safer inland water transportation across Nigeria with the official handover of 3,5000 life jackets to Zamfara State Government. The Minister …
FG boosts water safety with life jacket distribution in Zamfara state Read More
The Zamfara state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) under the leadership of Hon. Tukur Umar Danfulani has congratulated Hon Ali Bukar Dalori over his appointment as the Acting …
Zamfara APC expresses confidence in acting APC national chair Read More