Tag: Zamfara state
Leave PDP alone: Zamfara deputy governor warns Gov. Matawalle
The Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Mahdi Aliyu, has told his boss Governor Matawalle to stop attacking the Peoples Democratic…
Troops nab 8 fleeing bandits in Zamfara
About eight bandits who were injured in the ongoing bombing of their hideouts in forests in Zamfara State have been…
Zamfara auto crash claims six lives
The accident occurred when the Sharon bus in which the victims were travelling had a head-on collision with an articulated…
Gov. Matawalle lifts ban on telecom services in Zamfara
Matawalle said that banditry and kidnapping had been substantially suppressed within the period of the telecom shutdown.
PDP: APC plotting to cow our party into submission in Zamfara
PDP alleged that APC in Zamafara is using state apparatus to stifle PDP of its constitutionally guaranteed rights in the…
Insecurity: Buhari should come out of Aso Rock and see for himself, says Bafarawa
Bafarawa described the North west, especially Zamfara and some parts of Sokoto as an area of 'deep calamity".
Defection: PDP now wants all Zamfara lawmakers sacked alongside Matawalle
Matawalle alongside the three senators, six House of Representatives members and all the 24 members of the Zamfara House of…
Zamfara govt to reinstate civilian JTF, Yansakai
Zamfara Government is set to reinstate the disbanded, Civilian Joint Taskforce (CJTF) and a volunteer security group, known as “Yansakai”.
School abductions: What Buhari is not telling Nigerians
Observers have said the gunmen appear to be young men from the Fulani ethnic group who had traditionally worked as…
Matawalle seeks spiritual help to end banditry
According to him, it will take God’s intervention alongside the government's efforts to end banditry.
Matawalle shuts down markets in Zamfara
The governor also said the state government banned the selling of petrol in jerrycans as part of the measures to…
Matawalle appoints Ibrahim Gusau as Chief of Staff
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has approved the appointment of Alhaji Ibrahim Suleiman Gusau as the new Chief of…
Bandits abduct district head, 75 others
There was no security presence in the community when the bandits came calling as the mobile police unit initially stationed…
Bandits on rampage abduct father of Zamfara speaker, seven others
By Muhaimin Olowoporoku Bandits in Zamfara State have hit again this time abducting the father of the Speaker Zamfara…
Dancing On The Blood Of Zamfarans….
Recently, no fewer than 40 persons were reportedly killed following attacks by suspected bandits on some villages in Zamfara state.…
Matawalle hailed for leaving PDP for APC
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has been hailed for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All…
Matawalle sacks special advisers
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has sacked all his Special Advisers following his defection to the All Progressives Congress,…
Zamfara deputy governor Mahdi Aliyu reveals why he remains in PDP
The Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Mahdi Aliyu has revealed why he did not cross carpet with his principal, Bello…
Matawalle to Zamfara people: Defend yourselves, don’t wait for police
After recording another massacre of no fewer than 90 people in Kadawa Village, a frustrated Governor Bello Matawalle has told…
Insecurity: Matawalle calls for more troops in Zamfara
The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle has called for the presence of more troops in the state to tackle…
Tragedy: Gunmen on motorcycles shoot 30 villagers dead in Zamfara
Gunmen on motorcycles have reportedly shot 30 villagers dead in a raid of four villages in Zamfara State.
Disquiet in Zamfara APC over Matawalle’s alleged planned defection
Fresh facts emerged, yesterday, that crisis is brewing in Zamfara State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC); over…
Bandits outnumber Nigeria’s security men in Zamfara state
The Emir of Anka Alhaji Attahiru Ahmad has painted a grim picture of the banditry in Zamfara state and why…
Corruption: CSOs call for arrest, probe of Zamfara ex-governor, Yari
The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations has called for immediate arrest and probe of former governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz…
Zamfara: Journalists attacked as angry residents protest abduction of schoolgirls
Angry residents of Jangebe, the Zamfara community where 317 schoolgirls were abducted early Friday attack journalists, others
Between Matawalle and naysayers…
Governor Bello Muhammed Matawalle of Zamfara State has been a subject of sustained media onslaught which reveals mischief and malicious…
Peace talk with bandits yielding results – Zamfara govt
Zamfara Government has said that its sustained dialogue with gunmen was yielding results with more bandits surrendering their arms.
Matawalle responds to claims he gave Hilux vans to bandits
Zamara State governor, Bello Matawalle has denied reports that he donated Hilux vans to bandits to facilitate their nefarious operations…
Matawalle gave Hilux vans to bandits – Zamfara ex-council boss alleges
Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle of Zamfara State has been accused of silently donating Hilux vans to bandits to facilitate their…
Zamfara shuts down 500 private schools
The Zamfara State government has revoked the operational licences of more than 500 private schools in the state, over their…