The Zamfara government is introducing new measures to improve Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), Alhaji Bala Bello, Secretary to the State Government (SSG), said on Thursday in Gusau. Bello, while receiving officials from the state’s Vehicle Investigation Office (VIO), who paid…
Zamfara organises festival for repentant Fulani bandits (Punch)
The Zamfara State Government, on Tuesday, organised ‘Sharo’ cultural festival for repentant Fulani bandits as parts of the peace pact it reached with the ex-hoodlums. The sharo Fulani culture is a yearly event organised at the end of the Eid-el-Kabir…
Police investigates attempt to burn down Zamfara ex-commissioner’s house (Guardian)
The Police in Zamfara has commenced an investigation into an attempt to burn down the residence of former Information Commissioner, Ibrahim Danmalikin-Gidangoga. Unidentified persons had hauled burning materials into the resident at about 2 am on Friday, but the fire…
Why we attack, kidnap people – Repentant Fulani bandits (Punch)
Some repentant bandits in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, on Monday, explained why they took up arms against the people of the area. The ex-bandits said at a peace meeting in Tsafe that they were harassed and intimidated…
ZMSG to declare death penalty on bandits informants (Guardian)
Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has declared that the state government may soon start implementing death penalty on bandits’ informants in the state. The governor announced this on Sunday when he visited Lilo village of Wonaka district in Gusau local…
Zamfara first lady to prioritise girl-child education (Guardian)
The wife of the new governor of Zamfara, Hajia Aisha Matawalle, says she plans to prioritise girl-child education in the state. She said this during a press briefing at the Government House, Gusau, on Saturday. She said that the educated…
Supreme Court nullifies APC candidates’ elections, declares PDP winner of Zamfara polls (Punch)
The Supreme Court on Friday nullified the elections of all the candidates of the All Progressives Congress in Zamfara State in the 2019 general elections. Delivering a unanimous judgment of the five-man panel led by the Acting Chief Justice of…
Gunmen storm government school, abduct caterers, children (Punch)
The Police Command in Zamfara State has confirmed the kidnap of five persons at the Government Girls Secondary School, at Moriki, in the Zurmi Local Government Area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Muhammad Shehu, who confirmed…
Zamfara Emirs make u-turn, apologise to NAF over killings allegations (Guardian)
The Chairman, Zamfara State Council of Chiefs, Alhaji Attahiru Ahmad, has apologized to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) over its recent allegations that innocent citizens were killed in the state during air strikes by personnel of the Air Force. The…
No room for negotiation with bandits – Zamfara CP (Guardian)
The Commissioner of Police in Zamfara, Mr Celestine Okoye has said that the security agents in the state will not negotiate with the bandits terrorising the people of the state. Okoye made this position known on Sunday in Talata-Mafara while…