•Zamfara State House of Assembly The eight suspended members of the Zamfara State House of Assembly have instituted a suit at the Federal High Court in Gusau, challenging the breach of their constitutional rights to liberty, dignity of human person, fair hearing, and taking of property without following due process. The suit was against seven ...
The eight lawmakers suspended by the Zamfara State House of Assembly, yesterday, said they had been hounded out of the state by political thugs for exposing the increasing wave of insecurity in the state. They also said the House had written to them to return their official vehicles to the Clerk, reports The PUNCH. Zamfara […]
•Troops burning terrorists camp The military Joint Task Force North-West Operation Hadarin Daji said yesterday, that it neutralised scores of bandits and rescued eight kidnapped victims in Zamfara State. The Information Officer of Operation Hadarin Daji, Lt. Col. Suleiman Omale, stated this in a statement yesterday in Gusau. Omale said, “On th...
•Bandits Bandit attacks on rural communities in Zamfara State have taken another dimension as the hoodlums now concentrate in raping married women and girls in their family homes. This came on a day suspected bandits arrested by the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC and personnel of [...
•Gunmen Bandits have killed two policemen, and two other residents and abducted about forty persons in an attack on Kasuwa-Daji Town under the Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area in Zamfara State. Residents said the bandits invaded the town early hours of today and started shooting indiscriminately to scare residents, reports Channels TV. A res...
•Protection Guards personnel The Zamfara State Government stepped up its war on insecurity in the area as Governor Dauda Lawal yesterday formally unveiled the Community Protection Guards (CPG), designed to complement the efforts of the regular security forces. The ceremony at the Trade Fair complex in Gusau, the state capital, attracted the si...
•Governors Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi and Dauda Lawal of Zamfara states The Supreme Court, today, affirmed the election victory of Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State. In the same vein, the Supreme Court also upheld the election of Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State. For Ebonyi, the court, in its lead judgment that was delivered [&helli...
Police authorities in Zamfara have banned political gatherings and rallies ahead of the Supreme Court verdict on the governorship election in the state. The Commissioner of Police in Zamfara State Muhammad Dalijan issued the ban yesterday, hours before today’s Supreme Court judgment on one of the petitions filed by Governor Dauda Lawal seeking...
Almost a month since the abduction of 150 villagers in Mutunji District of Maru LGA of Zamfara State, three of the victims have been reported dead in captivity even as the bandits have remained silent on the issue of ransom for the remaining 147 in their den. Armed bandits had on Friday, November 24, 2023 […]
Parents of the abducted students of Federal University of Gusau in Zamfara State have staged a peaceful protest at the Government House, demanding the unconditional release of their children. They want Governor Dauda Lawal and security agencies to rescue their children who have been in captivity for 72 days, unhurt, reports Channels TV. No few...
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