Up to 14 abducted students of the Federal University of Gusau, Zamfara State have gained their freedom from their abductors. Unknown gunmen had invaded on Friday invaded their apartment where the female students after were kidnapped. A statement by the university’s management said, “Students and staff are enjoined to remain calm and go about their normal activities while the security Read More
The IPC’s Centre for Safety and Protection of Journalists (I-CSPJ), has condemned in its entirety the alleged gruesome killing of Hamisu Danjibga, a veteran radio reporter in Zamfara State. A statement signed by the IPC’s Press Freedom Officer, Melody Akinjiyan, stated that the Danjibga’s body who was found dead in a soak away pit in his house on Wednesday, September, Read More
Bandits reportedly kidnapped students of the Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State. The bandits had early Friday morning stormed the students’ off-campus residences in the village to abduct mostly females.
Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig Gen Yusha’u Ahmed, has disclosed that going by the interaction with kidnappers of eight corps members in Zamfara state, it was hopeful they may be released soon. Ahmed made the disclosure, Thursday, during a meeting with the House of Representatives Committee on Youth Development. Responding to lawmakers’ questions and suggestions, Read More
The International Press Institute (IPI) Nigeria and the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Thursday, called on the Inspector General of Police and other security agencies to immediately launch an investigation into the abduction and subsequent killing of a Reporter with the Voice of Nigeria (VON) in Zamfara state, Hamisu Danjibga. Recall that Danjibga was abducted in his house in Samaru Read More
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Zamfara state chapter has expressed concern over the lackadaisical manner the state government under Governor Dauda Lawal Dare has been handling security issues in the state. The state publicity secretary of the party Yusuf Idris in a statement made available to Blueprint Wednesday described the wanton killing of innocent citizens as too rampant as the Read More
For over a decade, Zamfara state has been facing challenges of insecurity as a result of the activities of armed bandits, resulting to killing of over 3,000 people. This ugly trend also caused a lot of predicaments including proliferation of arms and ammunition, destruction of thousands of houses, rendering thousands of citizens homeless, high rate of internally displaced persons, abject Read More
The Miyatti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Zamfara state branch, Monday condemned the recent attack and destructions on innocent nomadic village in Anka local government area of Zamfara state by a group of outlawed vigilante. The spokes person of the association in the state, Comrade Abdullahi Shehu, stated this in a telephone interview with Blueprint in Gusau, the Read More
It’s glaring that since His Excellency Dauda Lawal Dare was sworn in as governor of Zamfara state, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state appears to be experiencing an overload of post-election – post-failure trauma. The agony of defeat is traumatising the Matawalle’s failed APC. Hardly a day passes by without the party offloading a press release, saying one Read More
It’s glaring that since His Excellency Dauda Lawal Dare was sworn in as governor of Zamfara state, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state appears to be experiencing an overload of post-election – post-failure trauma. The agony of defeat is traumatising the Matawalle’s failed APC. Hardly a day passes by without the party offloading a press release, saying one Read More
The Commissioner of Police, Zamfara state police command, Muhammad Bunu, has presented cheques worth N20 million to the family of deceased officers serving in the command. This is contained in a statement made available to Blueprint signed by the command’s spokesman, Asp. Yazid Abubakar, Monday. The statement said the CP. presented the cheque on behalf of the Inspector General of Read More
At a glance, the title of this piece suggests something of a chronicle of the hurdles that the brand-new Executive Governor of Zamfara state had to scale before landing his mandate. This may well be the case. However, it will be greatly unjust to discuss Dauda Lawal Dare’s emergence as governor of Zamfara state without at least highlighting the monumental Read More
Zamfara state governor- elect, Dr. Dauda Lawal Dare, has inaugurated a 60- man transition committee for the incoming administration. Inaugurating the committee at the Garba Nadama Conference Hall in Gusau,Tuesday, Dr. Dauda Lawal said sub committees have been constituted that will work under the main committee to submit their report within three weeks to the main committee for onward action. Read More
The Special Adviser to Governor Bello Matawalle on Bilateral and Multilateral Relations, Dr. Suleiman Shaibu Shinkafi, has described the March 18 gubernatorial election in Zamfara state, won by PDP, as a political coup. He said APC will reclaim its mandate in court. Dr. Suleiman Shaibu Shinkafi told journalists in Kaduna Wednesday that contrary to reports, Governor Matawalle did not concede Read More
The just concluded general elections in Plateau state came with a lot of surprises for both the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), its main challenger, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and others such as the Labour Party which put up a strong fight for power. From the Presidential and National Assembly elections held on the 25th February 2023 to Read More
It is never enough that governors and governments talk about the citizens of their respective states only to turn deaf ears in times of desperation such as the naira redesign period, a terrible experience Nigerians never had. It is at this time that three governors stood out tall for their people by taking the risk of charging the federal government Read More
Terrorists have killed the district head of Yankuzo Alhaji Kogo Hamza Abdullahi of Tsafe Emirate in Zamfara state. According to a resident of Yankuzo district who pleaded anonymity in a telephone interview with Blueprint, the district head was ambushed by the bandits on the way to his house from an official engagement on Friday December 9, 2022. He explained that Read More
The Zamfara state government has shut down four media houses for reportedly covering the gathering of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The media houses shut down are Offices of NTA, Pride FM, Gamji TV and Al’umma TV. The media houses covered an event of the party on Saturday at the residence of the PDP candidate in Gusau GRA-Ring Road. The decision Read More
The NIgeria Customs Service Federal Operations Unit (FOU) ZONE B has made a huge seizure of 124 bags of cannabis, popularly known as Indian Hemp from a bandits enclave in Zamfara State, as well as other Pharmaceutical products. The seized exhibits were later handed over to the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency ((NDLEA) and National Agency for Food Drugs, Regulatory Read More
The Zamfara Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) gubernatorial candidate, Dr. Dauda Lawal, has congratulated the governor-elect of Osun State, Adeleke Nurudeen Ademola, on his victory in the just concluded election. Blueprint reported that Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), returning officer for the Osun governorship election, Prof, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, on Sunday morning, declared Ademola Adeleke winner of the exercise. The former Senator emerged Read More
The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Mohammed Matawalle, has barred Monarchs in the state from awarding chieftaincy titles without the state government’s approval. This was disclosed in a statement signed by Special Adviser Public Enlightenment, Media and Communications to the governor, Zailani Bappa, on Wednesday. According to the statement, the governor said, “All Emirs, Senior District Heads and District Heads Read More
The Zamfara State Government has suspended the Emir of Sabon Birnin Yandoto of Tsafe local government area of the state, Aliyu Garba Marafa, for turbaning a notorious repentant bandits’ leader, Adamu Aliero, as Sarkin Fulani (leader of Fulani). This was contained in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Kabiru Balarabe. The statement reads, “This is to inform Read More
The Zamfara state government has ordered citizens of the state to obtain guns to defend themselves against bandits’ invasion, following the increase of bandits attacks in various parts of the state. In a statement by the Commissioner for Information, Ibrahim Magaji Dosara, revealed that the government has concluded arrangements to facilitate residents to acquire basic weapons and also set up Read More
The social media, once a creation of scorn, appears to be having the last laugh as it is fast becoming a destination of choice for all kinds of journalism or churnalism. Individuals have also found in the ambience of the new media, a loud voice of deceit or ululation, depending on who is in their crosshairs. And it was in Read More
The Zamfara state House of Assembly has begun a fresh attempt to impeach the state deputy governor Barr. Mahadi Aliyu Muhammad Gusau. The deputy governor of the Peoples Democratic Party has alledgedly been out of office for about six months, and was said to have been relocated to Abuja from Gusau the state capital since Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle left Read More
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