The men of the Nigerian Army has rescued six students abducted from the Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State. This was made known by military blog, #ZagazOlamakama on Friday, September 23. It said: “The Troops of the Joint Task Force Northwest Operation HADARIN DAJI under the command of the General officer Commanding 8 Division Nigerian Army rescued six students of Federal Read More
Recently, the Nigerian democratic space has been overheated with agitations particularly directed at the nation’s judiciary. For a nation with a long history of well-documented instances of judicial rascality leading to the blatant commercialisation of, and miscarriage of justice, it is only fair that Nigerians, now a bit more informed due to an unfettered access to information, feel a little Read More
The Zamfara state Police Command has launched an investigation on the state government’s missing vehicles. This is coming after the Command executed a raid on the residence of the former state governor, Bello Matawalle, on Friday, June 9, 2023, leading to the confiscation of over 40 vehicles. This was disclosed in a statement by the state Police Public Relations officer, Read More
The Nigeria Police Force has executed a raid on the residence of the former Zamfara state governor Bello Matawalle leading to the confiscation of more than 40 vehicles. According to a statement released by the spokesperson for the Zamfara governor, Sulaiman Bala Idris, the Police operation was conducted in compliance with a court order. The statement further disclosed that a Read More
Zamfara state governor, Dauda Lawal, has refuted claims of failing to declare his cash, investment, and property assets amounting to N9 trillion. The governor dismissed the allegations during an nterview with Radio France International (RFI) Hausa on Thursday. He described the allegation as a baseless speculations fueled by individuals seeking to create mischief. He said, “Amin. I hope so and Read More
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it won’t brandy words with the Governor of Zamafara state, Muhammed Bello Matawalle, over bribery allegations against thr Chairman of the Commission, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa. Governor Matawalle, in an interview with BBC Hausa Service monitored by Blueprint, accused the EFCC Chairman of demanding $2million bribe from him. Matawalle also said he Read More
The Zamfara state, governor Bello Matawalle, has alleged that he is experiencing persecution from the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) AbdulRasheed Bawa for refusing to offer a bribe of $2 million. Matawalle disclosed this while speaking with BBC Hausa on Friday. This is coming after the EFCC disclosed on Thursday, May 18, 2023, that they are Read More
Former governor of Zamfara state and one of the contenders for the office of Senate President, Abdulaziz Yari, has written a congratulatory message to all the Senators-elect, asking them to eschew religious, tribal sentiments in the choice of the next Senate President. In a message he personally signed, Saturday in Abuja, Yari said the lawmakers need a Senate President that Read More
The District Head of Kasuwar Daji in the Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Ibrahim Sarkin Fada, has been kidnapped by bandits in his residence in the early hours of Thursday. Confirming the report, an indigene of the area, Malam Audu Mohammed, said the bandits who were in large numbers stormed Kasuwar Daji village and went straight to the Read More
Months after being suspended for conferring a traditional title to one of the alleged most notorious bandits kingpins, Ado Aliero, the Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, Sunday, reinstated the suspended Emir of Birnin Yandoto, Aliyu Marafa. The Emir was suspended since July 2022. However, a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Kabiru Balarabe, said the Emir was not Read More
From all informed political permutations, the outcome of the 2023 Presidential Election in Nigeria makes very plausible the swing of the position of Speaker, 10th House of Representatives, to the North. And on the list of eligible Reps-Elect for the Office of Speaker, House of Reps, Rt. Hon. Dr. Aminu Sani Jaji ranks atop. Undoubtedly one of the best lawmakers Read More
Zamfara state government has imposed a statewide curfew from 8pm to 6 am to restore peace and orderliness following the aftermath of the Saturday, March 18, 2023 governorship election. This was disclosed in a statement by the commissioner for information, Ibrahim Dosara, on Tuesday. The statement reads, “The government of Zamfara state has noticed with dismay, the wanton destruction and Read More
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the Saturday March 18, 2023 election Dauda Lawal has defeated incumbent Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Lawal the governor-elect with a total of 377,726 votes, after he beat Matawalle of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who polled 311,976. He was announced as the winner in Read More
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials arrived governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle’s polling units at Kanwuri Buga Buga 01 and 02 in Maradun Town the headquarters of Maradun local government area at around 10:00am for the conduct of presidential and national assemblies election today. Blueprint reports that electorates have veen waiting for the accreditation since 8:00am. Our Correspondent also observed Read More
As scarcity of naira notes continues in Nigeria, the governments of Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara have dragged the federal government before the Supreme Court, seeking a restraining order to stop the full implementation of the policy. In a motion ex-parte filed on their behalf by their lawyer, AbdulHakeem Uthman Mustapha (SAN), the three northern states are urging the apex court Read More
The President of the National Association of Students in Europe (NANSE), Bashiru Saidu Muhammad, has commended Zamfara state governor, Bello Mohammed Matawalle, for settling outstanding bursary, including tuition fees, accommodation and other fees for its students studying in Europe. The president also appealed to all Nigerian governors to always ensure that their students in Europe were not subjected to undue Read More
The Director, Contact and Mobilization (North-west), of the Asiwaju Bola Tinubu Presidential Campaign Council, Hon Aminu Sani Jaji, has distributed 70 cars to all the 14 local government areas of Zamfara state to boost campaign for the candidate of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. A statement released Wednesday in Abuja by Jaji’s media office said the distribution was made Read More
For quite sometime now, the main opposition PDP in Zamfara state has been relegated to the background in the political arena like a fish swept off the ocean, trying to grapple with what remains as life for its survival. It is expected that those who are not learned in a field of endeavour, especially in politics, should bury their pride Read More
Zamfara state governor Bello Matawalle and the zonal chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Salihu Moh Lukman, have received some supporters of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) into the ruling party in the North-west zone. The decampees have, however pledged to support ALC presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In a statement signed Saturday by the North-west publicity secretary, Malam Read More
I wish to write as a concerned indigene of Zamfara North Senatorial District, Zamfara state to passionately appeal to your excellency, to allow for the establishment of a new Federal Science and Technical College in Zamfara North as proposed by the Federal Ministry of Education. Your Excellency Sir, you may wish to recall that Zamfara state has a total of Read More
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State, Saturday, inaugurated the state’s Presidential Campaign Council of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his Governorship Campaign Council. Matawalle, while inaugurating the two councils, urged its members to deploy all available resources for the victory of the APC at all levels. Quoted in a statement by the Publicity Secretary of the APC in Zamfara State, Read More
The Zamfara Council of Ulama has commended the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state under Governor Bello Matawalle as well as the federal government under President Muhammadu Buhari. Consequently, the Ulama pledged to support the APC in the 2023 general elections. The party’s publicity secretary in the state, Yusuf Idris, in a press statement Friday, said they made the Read More
The Zamfara State Presidential Campaign Council at the weekend mapped out strategies for the victory of the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu, and Governor Bello Matawalle in the forthcoming presidential and governorship elections. The meeting which was chaired by the state coordinator, Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa, held at the Mini Chamber, Government House, Gusau, Read More
By Rosemary Moribirin Five days after the former Peoples’s Democratic Party (PDP), Gusau ll House of Assembly candidate, Alhaji Ibrahim Mada, tore a certificate of return issued to him as the PDP candidate and defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Talata Mafara North Counterpart, Umar Yahaya, has also joined the ruling party. A statement issued by the APC Read More
The federal high court sitting in Gusau on Tuesday November 8, 2022 nullified the governorship primary election that produced Dauda Lawal Dare as gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the upcoming 2023 general election. The presiding Judge, Justice Aminu Baffa, who delivered the judgement also ruled that PDP will not field any candidate for the 2023 governorship Read More
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