Tag: Zamfara state
Zamfara provides sanitary facilities in 3 LGAs
Zamfara Government on Monday said it had provided 229 modern toilets and sanitary facilities in Tsafe, Birnin-Magaji and Talata-mafara Local…
FG donates relief materials to Cattle rustling victims
The Presidential Committee on Flood, Disaster and Rehabilitation has donated food items and building materials to the victims of cattle…
Full farming resumes in Zamfara – Gov. Yari
Gov. Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara says full farming activities have resumed in the state following government efforts at brokering peace…
Zamfara IDPs receive healthcare materials
The Victim of Violence Charity Foundation, an NGO in Zamfara, has distributed healthcare relief materials to refuges in the state.
NYSC: Don’t reject corps members says Zamfara government
The Zamfara Government on Monday directed Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the state to accept all corps members posted…
Gov. Yari replies critics over security expenditure
Gov. Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara state said he had actually spent over N13 billion on security to contain challenges faced…
NYSC/NGO donate wheelchairs to physically challenged
The National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) and an NGO, Grace Projects International (GPI), have donated wheelchairs to three physically challenged…
Commission records over 6,000 pupils in Nomadic Schools
A total of 6, 170 pupils have been enrolled into existing 45 nomadic schools in Zamfara, the National Commission for…
Committee on meningitis closes isolation camps in state
The Zamfara Committee for the Procurement, Distribution and Monitoring of Meningitis Drugs says it has commenced the closing of isolation…
Cholera claims 80 lives in Zamfara
The Commissioner for Health in Zamfara State, Alhaji Suleiman Gummi, has said that no fewer than 80 people had been…
Bandits kill 9 in Zamfara fresh attack – Police
Nine people, including two policemen, have been killed by bandits in a fresh attack in Zamfara. The Force Public Relations…
94,000 pregnant women HIV positive in Zamfara – USAID
No fewer than 94,141 pregnant women are said to be HIV/AIDS positive in Zamfara. A United States Agency for International…
Angry youths set police station ablaze in Zamfara
Angry youths have set ablaze the Magazu Police Station in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara, following a misunderstanding between…
Osinbajo to visit Zamfara on Friday
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo will visit Zamfara on Friday to inaugurate projects executed by the state government. Local…
Curfew in Zamfara as mob kills 8 over alleged blasphemy
No fewer than eight persons were killed on Monday in Talata-Mafara community in Zamfara following violence that erupted over alleged…
INEC commences distribution of PVCs in Zamfara
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Friday that it had started issuing Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) to all…
Troops arrest 2 wanted armed bandits, destroy camps
Nigerian troops carrying out clearance operations have arrested two notorious armed bandits and destroyed criminal camps in some forests within…
Scores of cattle rustlers, armed bandits flee Zamfara- Buratai
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai in Gusau on Thursday said that intelligence reports indicated that many cattle…
Zamfara: Police arrest village head, 4 others for killing 13 persons
The Police Command in Zamfara has arrested Alhaji Muhammadu Danmliga, the Village Head of Wabi in Maru Local Government Area,…
Gunmen kill six in Zamfara
The Nigerian police in Zamfara state on Saturday confirmed that nine persons were killed at Fanteka Village in Daraga District…
Marafa donates food, cash to victims of gunmen attack
Senator Kabir Marafa representing Zamfara Central at the Senate on Saturday donated 1, 000 bags of assorted grains to the…
Ban importation of foreign fabrics, Textile Industry tells FG
Zamfara Textile industry on Sunday urged the Federal Government to ban import of foreign fabrics to revive the nation’s ailing…
Principal officers of Skye bank face contempt proceeding
Akin Kuponiyi A federal high court sitting in Lagos, South west Nigeria will tomorrow decide whether to commence the hearing…
Elected Zamfara council chairmen promise to transform rural areas
The newly elected chairmen of Bungudu and Bakura local government areas of Zamfara have promised to introduce programmes that would…
APC sweeps Zamfara LG Council polls
The All Progressive Congress (APC) has won all the Chairmanship positions in the Saturday’s local council election in the state.…
Gov. Yari, national assembly members shun LG election
Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara did not participate in the local government election conducted in the 14 Local Government Areas…
Nothing can stop LG elections in Zamfara – APC scribe
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara says the refusal of the major opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to participate…
Zamfara transports 3,887 pilgrims to Saudi Arabia official
No fewer than 3,887 pilgrims have been transported for the 2015 hajj from Sultan Abubakar International Airport, Sokoto, Alhaji Aminu…
Lightning grounds Zamfara radio station
Zamfara State Radio Station has gone off the air following a lightning that destroyed the transmitter of the state. The…
Zamfara Governor Loses Chief Of Staff
Zamfara State Government has announced the death of the newly-appointed Chief of Staff to the governor, Alhaji Dahiru Zubairu. A…