The Zamfara Command of the Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC), has confirm the death of six persons from roads crashes in Gusau, caused by the ongoing road reconstructions. The Sector commander, Mr. Iro Danladi, made the disclosure in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gusau...
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Sen. Abdul’aziz Yari (APC- Zamfara) on Sunday donated N1 million and 30 bags of assorted grains to the family of the late veteran journalist, Hamisu Danjibga, who was murdered recently in Gusau. Yari announced the donation while condoling members of the state’s Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sensitised gold merchants in Zamfara on their obligations as provided under the Money Laundering (Prohibition and Prevention) Act, 2022. The sensitisation was conducted in Gusau for members of Zamfara Gold Buyers and Sellers Cooperative...
The Supreme Court on Monday affirmed the nomination of Dr Dauda Lawal-Dare as the properly nominated governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)in Zamfara State for the March 11 governorship election. The Apex Court in a unanimous delivered by Justice Adamu Jauro, the 5-man panel of Justices dismissed...
The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Saturday in Gusau, Zamfara, dismissed insinuations making the rounds that there was friction in his relationship with President Muhammadu Buhari. Tinubu, in a statement issued by Abdul’aziz Abdulaziz of Tinubu Media in Gusau, Zamfara, said his...
Zamfara Anti-thuggery Standing Committee says it has arrested 32 suspects for alleged violation of the state government’s anti-thuggery order. Chairman of the Committee, Mr Bello Bakyasuwa, disclosed this while parading the suspects before newsmen in Gusau on Tuesday. Bakyasuwa said that the suspects were arrested during a rally organised...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) in Zamfara State has condoled with the victims of the military airstrike incident in some communities of Maru Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau by the...
A political support group in Zamfara, “Matawalle/Shehi Amalgamated Mobilisation Group’’, (MASAMOG) has described Gov. Bello Matawalle and former Gov. Abdul’aziz Yari as strong pillars of All Progressives Congress (APC) reconciliation drive in the state. The group also said it was working to mobilise grassroots support for the APC candidates...
Zamfara chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday in Gusau expressed sadness at the death of the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Alhaji Sani Ahmad. Alhaji Ahmad died in Gusau on Wednesday at the age of 62 years after an official engagement...
The Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Zamfara state, Dr. Sani Ahmad, died on Wednesday in Gusau after a brief illness. This was confirmed by the Deputy chairman of the party, Alhaji Mukhtar Lugga, to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gusau via telephone. He said...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau is confident that Nigeria’s U17 Girls, Flamingos will reach the quarter-finals of the ongoing FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup in India on Monday. After a win and a draw in the first two ...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – New President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau has challenged Rivers United, Plateau United and Kwara United to ensure progress into the group stages of the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup respectively, following battling performances against North African opponents...
At least 75 secondary schools in Zamfara are still shut because of rising security challenges bedeviling different part of the state. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Alhaji Kabiru Attahiru, made this known in Gusau on Saturday. He was reading a goodwill message during a two-day meeting to...
The Police Command in Zamfara on Friday confirmed the killing of a member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Benedict-Torngee Azza by gunmen on Thursday. The command Public Relation Officer (PPRO), SP Muhammad Shehu confirmed the killing of the lawyer to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
Justice Aminu Bappa-Aliyu of the Federal High Court, Gusau, on Tuesday adjourned until July 29, the suit challenging credibility of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship primary election in Zamfara. The adjournment came following the substitution of the defendant’s lead counsel. Justice Bappa-Aliyu said the court would sit on...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Zamfara State says it has extended the daily closing hour for its staff to capture more eligible registrants at the centres in Gusau. Prof. Saidu Ahmed, Zamfara INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of...
The Zamfara State Government on Tuesday said it has secured the released of over 3,000 kidnapped victims from their abductors from 2019 to date. The Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara, stated this in Gusau while reviewing progress of security operations in the state. He said the victims regained...
The People of Zamfara State had made adequate arrangements to host 1.5 million people from within and outside the country, coming to celebrate the 36th edition of Maulud of Shek Ibrahim Inyas, on Saturday, March 5. Chairman of the Organizing Committee, Khalifa Attahiru, who disclosed this in an interview...
The Zamfara House of Assembly declared in Gusau on Tuesday that no court order could stop its impeachment of the state’s Deputy Governor, Alhaji Mahdi Aliyu-Gusau. “No court can stop the impeachment,’’ Chairman, House Committee on Information, Alhaji Shamsudeen Bosko, told a news conference. He argued that the process...
Suspected bandits have abducted the regional accountant of Nigerian Customs Service in charge of Kano & Jigawa State, Mr Mahassan Lawal. Mr Lawal was kidnapped late on Friday night in his country home of Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The officer was whisked away by gunmen who...