Details have emerged on how members of the Zamfara Civilian Protection Guards on Monday night launched a surprise offensive against hundreds of suspected bandits believed to be loyal to wanted terrorist kingpin, Bello Turji. At the end of the attack which happened near Cida, a remote village in Shinkafi...
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By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has commended Governor Dauda Lawal for increasing the salaries of medical doctors in Zamfara State, making them the highest-paid in Northern Nigeria. NMA’s State Chairman, Dr. Ibrahim Hano, at press conference in Gusau on Thurs, praised the governor’s administration...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – Troops of the Mobile Strike Team (MST) under Operation FASAN YAMMA (OPFY) successfully killed a group of terrorists during a decisive offensive operation around Ƙunchin Kalgo town in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State on 10 June 2025. Among those killed was a...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Former Zamfara State Governor and Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, has formally invited Governor Dauda Lawal to join the All Progressives Congress (APC). Matawalle made the call while receiving thousands of supporters at his residence in Maradun, urging Lawal to join the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has eliminated no fewer than 20 armed terrorists and destroyed over 21 motorcycles during an air interdiction operation on May 31 in Zamfara. This is contained in a statement issued on Monday im Abuja by the Director of Public Relations and...
Zamfara State Government returned 3,000 rustled animals recovered by security forces to their rightful owners in the state in 15 months. The Chairman of the Committee on the Verification of Recovered Rustled Animals, Sheikh Sa’idu Maikwano, made this known at a meeting with the Secretary to the State Government...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – A group known as North West Good Governance Forum has accused Zamfara Governor Dauda Lawal in cahoot with state officials of alleged financial recklessness, misappropriation and diversion of local governments allocations into personal advantages. The group in a press conference in Kaduna on Monday...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – A group known as the Concerned Northern Forum has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the former governor of Zamfara State, Bello Mohammed Matawalle on how he handled over N528 billion from Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), Joint Account Allocation...
Zamfara chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it would resist any attempt to witch-hunt the suspended members of the State House of Assembly. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Sunday by the State APC Publicity Secretary, Mallam Yusuf Idris. The News Agency...
The Patriots for the Advancement of Peace and Social Development (PAPSD) has described the calls for a state of emergency in Zamfara as “politically motivated, ill-conceived, unwarranted, unpatriotic and unconstitutional”. The Executive Director of PAPSD, Dr Sani Shinkafi, in a statement on Saturday in Abuja also described the calls...
Troops of 1 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Gusau said they have neutralised five bandits’ leaders in Zamfara. This is contained in a statement in Gusau on Friday by the Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations,1 Brigade, Gusau, Capt. Suleiman Omale. According to the statement, those killed are Auta...
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has directed increase in allowances of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members posted to the state by 100 per cent. Governor Lawal disclosed this on Friday in Gusau, while declaring open the orientation course for the 2025 Batch ‘A’, Stream I corps members posted...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has announced that it has honored all commitments made to the victims and families impacted by the tragic airstrike that occurred on January 11 in Dangebe Village, Maradun, Zamfara. Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame,...
An interest group, Patriots for the Advancement of Peace and Social Development (PAPSD), has urged President Bola Tinubu and lovers of democracy to ignore calls for declaration of a state of emergency in Zamfara. The PAPSD Executive Director, Dr Sani Shinkafi, made the call in a statement issued on...
A member of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, Aminu Daji, is dead, an official has said. The assembly’s Public Relations Officer, Bello Madaro, confirmed the death to newsmen in Gusau on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Daji represented Kaura Namoda South Constituency on the...
Sen. Abdul’aziz Yari (APC-Zamfara) has urged Muslims to uphold the virtues learnt during the holy month of Ramadan. Speaking to journalists at his residence in Talata Mafara, Zamfara, on Sunday, Yari emphasised that the lessons gained must be put into practice. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that...
An interest group, The Patriots for the Advancement of Peace and Social Development, has described the call for a state of emergency in Zamfara as unpatriotic. The forum’s Executive Director, Alhaji Sani Shinkafi, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, also described those making the call as enemies of...
The Nigeria Labourer Congress and Trade Union Congress in Zamfara have given the state government 14 days ultimatum to address the irregularities in the implementation of the N70,000 minimum wage. The leaders of Zamfara chapters of NLC and TUC gave the ultimatum at a news conference in Gusau on...
President Bola Tinubu has donated 7000 bags of rice to the All Progressives Congress (APC) members in Zamfara as a Ramadan package. The State Publicity Secretary of the party, Yusuf Idris, disclosed this in a statement issued in Gusau on Saturday. He said that the distribution of the largesse...
No fewer than two persons have died following a locally made gun powder explosion that occured on Tuesday at a weekly market in Talata Mafara town in Zamfara State. Chairman, Talata Mafara Local Government, Yahaya Yari,, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a...