Gov. Dauda Lawal has declared a state of emergency in the health sector of Zamfara State with a commitment to revamping the state’s healthcare system. In a state-wide broadcast on Tuesday, the governor lamented the disturbing conditions of the hospitals…
149 days in kidnappers’ den:Bring back our children alive, parents of NYSC 7 beg FG
Distraught parents of seven Akwa Ibom prospective National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, members kidnapped in Zamfara State are losing hope on the fate of their children still in kidnappers’ den over four months after they were abducted. Recall that on…
Troops’ protection of farmers has boosted farm produce in Zamfara – Army
The Nigerian Army says farm produce has increased tremendously in Zamfara State more than in the past years as a result of the troop’s efforts to provide security to farmers. The Commander One Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Gusau, Brigadier…
Bandits attack LG headquarters in Zamfara, abduct 10
No fewer than 10 persons have been abducted by armed bandits in an attack on Zurmi town, the Headquarters of Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The bandits invaded Zurmi town on Tuesday evening and shooting sporadically, forcing residents…
2 more abducted corps members freed in Zamfara, 4 still in captivity
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has secured the release of two more female prospective corps members who were kidnapped in Zamfara State while travelling to the orientation camp in Sokoto. This brings the total number of released victims to…
Appeal Court clears PDP for Zamfara governorship election
The Court of Appeal sitting in Sokoto State has set aside the judgement of the Zamfara Federal High Court, barring the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from participating in the forthcoming governorship election in the state. A Federal High Court in…
Court sacks Zamfara PDP governorship candidate
A Federal High Court in Zamfara State has nullified the primary election that produced Alhaji Dauda Lawal Dare as the state’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the forthcoming general elections. A former federal lawmaker, who also contested for…
‘Abducted Zamfara worshippers working on bandits’ farmlands’
The 44 worshippers abducted from a mosque in Zamfara community last Friday have been subjected to physical labour on armed men’s farmlands, Daily Trust has learnt. Residents told Daily Trust that the bandits had called to tell relatives that the…
Nigerian students from Zamfara expelled by Cyprus university
No fewer than 91 students from Zamfara state have been expelled by Cyprus International University over the failure of the Northwestern state government to pay the tuition and other fees. The students who are on state-sponsored scholarships in the university…
Running mate denies Zamfara PDP gov candidate’s defection
The Zamfara State deputy governorship candidate under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, Malam Mani, has denied that the party’s standard bearer in the state, Dauda Lawal Dare, was defecting to the All Progressives Congress. Addressing journalists in Gusau…
