Tag: Zamfara state
Gov. Matawalle signs Zamfara 2021 budget into law
Governor Hon. Bello Mohammed Matawalle of Zamfara State has signed the N142.4 billion 2021 budget into law.
COVID-19 : Matawalle dissolves coronation organizing committee
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has dissolved the committee he set up earlier to organize his coronation ceremony as…
INEC sets new date to conclude Zamfara’s Bakura bye-election
The Independent National Electoral Commission has fixed 9 December to conclude the Bakura State Constituency bye-election in Zamfara state.
No winner yet in Bakura constituency in Zamfara
The bye-election for the Bakura state House of Assembly seat in Zamfara state has been declared inconclusive by the returning…
Zamfara goldfield belongs to FG – Commissioner
By Muhaimin Olowoporoku Dr. Nuruddeen Isa, the commissioner overseeing Zamfara State Ministry of Solid Minerals has said that the…
N450m scam: Ex-Gov Shinkafi’s statement voluntary – EFCC witness
Tasiu Abubakar, the 6th witness of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in the ongoing trial of a former Governor of…
Zamfara declares N37 billion missing from treasury
The Zamfara Government said it is tracking the whereabouts of over N37 billion refunds on Federal Government projects executed by…
Disregard forged letter on Disciplinary Action – APC tells Zamfara party members
National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the party members to disregard a forged document on the…
Zamfara has no confirmed coronavirus case – Commissioner
Zamfara State Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Yahaya Kanoma, has refuted claims that the state recorded its first case of the…
Police rescue 4 abducted NYSC members
The police have announced the rescue of four NYSC members who were kidnapped on 9 March, 2020 on Funtua-Gusau Road…
Gov. Matawalle disburses N56 million to Z-SIP participants
The Zamfara government said it disbursed more than N56 million to 5,600 beneficiaries of its Social Intervention Programme (Z-SIP) across…
District head kidnapped in Zamfara community
Armed bandits Gunmen have invaded Gayari community in Gummi Local Government Area of Zamfara State on Friday and abducted the…
119 year-old ‘ghost worker’ collects salary in Zamfara
A ghost worker who by the records had retired from the Zamfara state civil service has remained on the payroll…
SON presents certificates to 5 Zamfara companies
The Standard Organisations of Nigeria (SON) has presented the Mandatory Confirmation Assessment Programme (MANCAP) to five companies in Zamfara state.
Bandits’ attack: APC condoles with victims’ families
The Zamfara Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has condoled with families of victims of Sunday’s bandits’ attacks in…
Zamfara Governor sacks 21 Permanent Secretaries
Governor Bello Muhammad Matawalle of Zamfara state has sacked 21 out of its 47 permanent secretaries and announced the creation…
I’m qualified – Zamfara Dep. Gov clears air on his age
The Deputy Governor of Zamfara state, Barrister Mahdi Aliyu M. Gusau has reacted to inaccurate reports concerning his age and…
Zamfara APC sets up committee for party development plan
The Zamfara Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has set up a nine-man technical committee to draft development plans…
Zamfara bandits surrender weapons, military uniform – Police
Some repentant armed bandits in Zamfara, on Saturday handed over sophisticated rifles, ammunition and military uniform after denouncing crime, the…
Zamfara appoints new HOS
Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has approved the appointment of Alhaji Kabiru Balarabe as the new Head of Service for…
Sallah mood: Zamfara Gov grants amnesty to 150 prisoners
In the spirit of Eid-el Kabir celebration, the Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has granted amnesty to 150 inmates…
Banditry: Zamfara govt removes emir, district head
The suspended Emir of Maru, Alhaji Abubakar Cika Ibrahim and the district head of Kanoma, Alhaji Ahmed Kanoma, have finally…
Zamfara State to employ 8,000 civil servants
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has announced plans by the state government to recruit 8,000 workers into the civil…
Banditry: Villagers drop dead body at Zamfara govt. house in protest of killings
Over 100 villagers from Jirrawa community in Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara on Saturday besieged Government House, Gusau with…
Banditry: Buratai pledges to support Zamfara govt on peace move
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has pledged that the Nigerian Army will support the effort of Zamfara…
Zamfara: Gunmen kidnap Director of Budget, kill his deputy
The Zamfara Government has confirmed the kidnap of its Director of Budget, Alhaji Hamza Salihu.
Bandits agree to drop arms before Speaker Gbajabiamila
Leader of a Gusau gang of bandits and a vigilante volunteer group, popularly known as Yansakai, fighting banditry in Gusau,…
Gov. Matawalle announces Gbajabiamila’s donation to Zamfara IDPS
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, has donated two trucks of rice to Internally Displaced Persons and…
Gov’s wife to promote women empowerment, girl-child education
The Wife of Zamfara Governor, Hajiya Aisha Matawalle, has said that she will establish a Task Force to promote women…
Bandits release 11 more abductees in Zamfara
Eleven abductees including three children have regained their freedom in Zamfara.