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Headlines, State News, Zamfara
Monday, June 18th, 2018
Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State has pledged to provide succour to the thousands of traumatised Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from the neighboring Zamfara State, currently seeking refuge in the state. The IDPs estimated at over 3,500 fled their Zamfara communities, to Dansabau village, in Kankara local Government Area of Katsina State, following the […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News, Zamfara
Sunday, February 18th, 2018
Killings: I-G deploys 3 additional Police Mobile Force units to Zamfara ON FEBRUARY 18, 20184:26 PMIN NEWSCOMMENTS The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Ibrahim Idris, has deployed additional three units of Police Mobile Force ( PMF) to Birane village in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara, to forestall further loss of lives. Nigerian police Newsmen […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, State News, Top Stories, Zamfara
Saturday, February 17th, 2018
Direct security agencies to arrest perpetrators Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday dispatchedthe Minister of Defence, Brig.-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali (retd.), to Zamfara State for an on-the-spot assessment of the situation in Birane village, Zurmi Local Government Area of the state where some innocent persons were killed on Thursday. The Senior Special Assistant to the President […]
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Headlines, State News, Zamfara
Friday, June 2nd, 2017
One of the most unfortunate contradictions of our current political experience is that a man, known as Abdul-Aziz Yari Abubakar, is chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum. Abubakar, the governor of Zamfara State in North-West Nigeria was elected to chair what is supposed to be the equivalent of America’s National Governors Association, shortly after […]
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Headlines, State News, Zamfara
Tuesday, March 14th, 2017
Cholera kills 80 in Zamfara — 14th March 2017 No fewer than 80 persons had been killed by Cholera in Zamfara State in the last one month. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Suleiman Gummi, dislclosed this on Tuesday, in Gusau. Alhaji Gummi maintained that about 500 others were currently receiving He said the disease […]
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Headlines, State News, Zamfara
Tuesday, November 8th, 2016
The Police in Zamfara said several people were killed by gunmen suspected to be cattle rustlers at a mining site in Gidan Ardo Village of Bindin district of Maru Local Government Area. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Shehu Muhammad, disclosed this to journalists in Gusau on Tuesday. Mr. Muhammad, however, said […]
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Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Headlines, Zamfara
Thursday, August 25th, 2016
Adelani Adepegba and Femi Makinde The Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.), has condemned the murder of eight students of the Abdu Gusau Polytechnic,Talata Mafara in Zamfara State. He has also ordered the police to ensure that the perpetrators were brought to justice and directed the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to reactivate […]
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General Politics, Headlines, Raw Politics, State News, Top Stories, Zamfara
Thursday, January 21st, 2016
-Punch The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission on Thursday arraigned former Governor Sani Yerima of Zamfara State before a Gusau High Court over an allegation that he misapplied over N1bn while in office in 2006. Yerima is standing trial on a 19-count charge bordering on misappropriation of funds, according to the News Agency of Nigeria. Counsel […]
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Headlines, State News, Zamfara
Wednesday, January 20th, 2016
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja Zamfara State governor, Abdulazieez Yari, has denied reports indicating that he was romantically involved with a daughter of President Muhammad Buhari, Zarah. He also denied divorcing one of his wives, Hadiza Umaru Shinkafi to accommodate Zarah. The governor, who doubles as the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, also denied the reports […]
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Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, State News, Zamfara
Friday, January 8th, 2016
From: GODWIN TSA, Abuja The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the election of Malam Abdulazeez Yari of All Progressives Congress as governor of Zamfara. In a unanimous judgment, the apex court dismissed the petition challenging the election of Governor Yari for lack of merit. Alhaji Mahmud Shinkafi, the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the […]
