•House of Representatives The Benue and Zamfara State Houses of Assembly have rejected the summons issued on them by the House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions, describing it as unconstitutional and an overreach of federal legislative powers. The House of Representatives committee had last Friday summoned the Governors of Benue...
Like the Sword of Damocles, the mighty hand of emergency rule is now hanging on Benue and Zamfara states as the House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions has summoned the governors of Benue and Zamfara states alongside the leadership of their Houses of Assembly to appear before the House on Thursday, May 8 to […]
•Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State Due to the insecurity incidents in Zamfara State, the United Democratic Coalition (UDC) has called on President Bola Tinubu to immediately declare a state of emergency in the state. The group asked the President to nip the crisis in the bud before it snowballs into a breakdown of democratic […]
The Kaduna Electric management has restored electricity to Kaduna and all its franchise States, including Zamfara, Sokoto, and Kebbi after five days of power outage. This follows a truce between the management of Kaduna Electric and the two in-house labour unions, with the company agreeing to review its past actions, reports Saturday Tribune. ...
•Airstrike The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has deployed a high-level fact-finding team to Zamfara State over alleged accidental bombing of civilian casualties during Saturday’s operation by NAF in the state. The accidental bombing reportedly happened in Kakindawa village, Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State, ...
No fewer than 16 vigilantes were reportedly killed in an airstrike in Kakindawa village, Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State. An indigene of the area, Garba Umar, told our correspondent that the incident occurred on Saturday evening when the village’s vigilante group was on its way to assist neighbors in Tungar Kara village, who [&h...
•Bandits Bandits have abducted about 43 persons, mostly women and children, from the Kakidawa ward in the Gidan Goga district of Maradun Local Government Area, Zamfara State. A source, who spoke to our correspondent under anonymity, said the incident occurred at around 2 am on Sunday, reports Daily Trust. “We have counted 43 people, including ...
Terrorists today planted a fresh set of explosives around Mai Lamba axis along Dansadau-Gusau road under the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara state, killing travellers. Gory pictures seen by our correspondent showed victims of the blast lying lifeless by the roadside as passersby looked on in shock and despair, reports Channels TV. Reside...
•Youth Corps members The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has reopened its orientation camp in Zamfara State after a sixteen-month closure due to security concerns. The reopening ceremony which was held today at the temporary camp in Gusau also marked the swearing-in of Batch C Stream 1 corps members deployed to the state, reports Channels ...
•Zamfara State governor, Dauda Lawal Parents of Zamfara State students studying at Cyprus International University under a government scholarship are pleading with Governor Dauda Lawal to address the hardships their children are enduring due to unpaid scholarship fees. A total of 93 Zamfara students were sponsored by the previous administratio...
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