Zamfara Assembly suspends 8 lawmakers
The Speaker Zamfara State House of Assembly, Hon Bilyaminu Moriki, and six other members at a sitting on Monday have suspended sixteen members of the house who threatened to impeach the speaker of the House last Thursday. Moving the motion…
Gov Lawal rules out dialogue with bandits
Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has reiterated his administration’s uncompromising position of not engaging in dialogue with bandits across Zamfara. Governor Lawal’s presence as the Guest of Honour at the weekly preaching session organised by the Ministry of Religious…
Tinubu orders immediate rescue of abducted Zamfara students
President Bola Tinubu on Sunday directed security agencies to rescue the remaining female students of the Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State, who were recently abducted by terrorists. Around 3:00 a.m. Friday, armed bandits breached at least three hostels in the…
Governor-Elect Inaugurates Transition Committee
Zamfara State Governor-elect, Dauda Lawal Dare has inaugurated his 60-man transition committee which is headed by a former Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar. Report has it that while inaugurating the committee, the Governor-elect said that the members…
Bandits Release 74 Out Of 85 Villagers After Collecting Additional N3m
Bandits who kidnapped 85 villagers at Wanzamai in the Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State have released 74. Information from one of the residents of the area, Usman Mohammed, said that the 74 victims were released last Friday night,…
Marafa Concedes Defeat, Vows Never To Approach Court
The All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate for Zamfara Central senatorial zone, Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa has accepted his defeat by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Hon. Ikira Aliyu Bilbis. Report has it that Marafa in a statewide broadcast on…
PDP Captures All National Assembly Seats
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Zamfara, has cleared the three National Assembly seats in the just concluded supplementary election which was conducted on Saturday. Declaring Hon. Ikra Aliyu Bilbis winner in the rerun senatorial election for Zamfara senatorial zone,…
Abduction Won’t Stop With Bello Turji, Ado Aleru At Large – Shehu Sani
Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani has said kidnapping in the North won’t cease as long as Bello Turji and Ado Aleru are at large. Sani was reacting to the abduction of 80 people in Zamfara State. He emphasized that…
PDP’s Lawal Defeats Matawalle
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared Dauda Lawal of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the governor-elect of Zamfara State. Lawal was announced as the winner in Gusau, the state capital, in the early hours of Tuesday. According…
PDP Intensifies Battle To Retake Zamfara
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Zamfara State are battle-ready over who controls the political soul of Zamfara politics in the forthcoming governorship and State Assembly elections on March 18, 2023. Investigations…