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,...
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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...
Sen. Abdul’Aziz Yari (APC-Zamfara) has said he would sponsor the medical bills for the victims of gun powder explosion that injured over 40 persons at Talata Mafara weekly market. The Zonal Coordinator, Sen. Yari’s Constituency Office, Talata Mafara, Alhaji Sha’aya’u Sarkinpawa, disclosed this to newsmen, in Talata Mafara on...
Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned alleged attacks on its members by some sponsored suspected thugs. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Saturday by the State APC Publicity Secretary, Malam Yusuf Idris. “The state APC leadership described the incident as...
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has assured the World Bank that his administration is gradually winning the war against banditry. This is contained in a statement by Lawal’s media aide, Suleiman Idris on Saturday in Gusau. Idris said Lawal gave the assurance when he visited the World Bank office...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has said that the walls are closing in on those terrorising Nigerians. Musa made this known at the closing of the 2025 CDS Joint Task Force Commanders Conference with the theme, “Enhancing Jointness Across all Theatres of Operation” on Friday...
At least 17 students of an Almajiri school have lost their lives in a fire outbreak that engulfed their school in Kauran Namoda, Zamfara State. Intelligence sources according to Zagazola Makama reports revealed that the tragic incident, which occurred on the night of Tuesday lasted for about three hours...
The Director General of the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC), Brig.- Gen. Yusha’u Ahmed has urged corps members serving in Zamfara to be security conscious. The DG also advised them to avoid unnecessary traveling during the one year compulsory national service. Ahmed made the call on Saturday while addressing...
The troops of the Joint Task Force Operation Fansan Yamma have intercepted a cache of arms from suspected arms dealers at Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Tuesday by the Coordinator, Joint Media Coordinating Centre to the operation,...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Federal Ministry of Livestock Development has alerted Nigerians to the outbreak of Anthrax, a zoonotic disease, in Zamfara State. Director, Information and Public Relations Department in the ministry, Mr Ben Goong, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that...
The Military High Command has confirmed the killing of the son of Bello Turji, a notorious terrorist leader in a recent clearance operation on his stronghold on Fakai high ground in Zamfara. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, on Monday...
Sen. Abdul’aziz Yari has donated N23 million to the families of those who lost their lives and the victims of the recent mistaken airstrike in Maradun LGA in Zamafara. The gesture also included 105 bags of assorted food items. This is contained in a statement by Sen. Yari’s Political...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – The troops of Sector 2 of the Joint Task Force North West Operation Fansan Yamma have successfully dismantled terrorists’ hideouts in Fakai area of Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The Coordinator, Joint Media Coordination Centre Operation Fansan Yamma, Lt. Col. Abubakar Abdullahi,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Military air strikes and synchronised ground assaults have killed scores of bandits, leaving many others gravely wounded in Bello Turji’s stronghold at Fakai Hills in Zamfara. The Director, Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force (NAF), AVM Olusola Akinboyewa, disclosed this in a statement...