By Isah Aliyu Chiroma Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have rescued 20 persons abducted by bandits in Zamfara State. It was gathered that the victims regained their freedom after the troops of Sector 1, Team 3, Magami deployed at FOB Dansadau engaged the bandits in a gun battle on Wednesday, July 19, 2023. Intelligence sources
By Isah Aliyu Chiroma The chairman of Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP, Zamfara State, Alhaji Hassan Mohammed has lamented that many pensioners in the state are still receiving N3,000 per month as pension. He said he wondered how a pensioner with a wife and children would cope with N3,000 per month, an indication, he added
By Isah Aliyu Chiroma Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal has secured another engagement with the World Bank to invest massively in education, healthcare, poverty reduction and infrastructure development in the state. Statement by Governor Lawal’s Director General, Media and Communication, Malam Nuhu Salihu Anka said the developmental projects were secured when the governor paid a
By Isah Aliyu Chiroma Chief of Defence Staff, Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa, and Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, are meeting at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja after a recent spate of killings in the state, including the recent one which claimed four policemen at a checkpoint. An official said that the meeting was aimed at finding
By Isah Aliyu Chiroma Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has reiterated his promise to end the perennial water scarcity in the state. He was speaking while inaugurating an eight-man Restoration Advisory Committee that would provide a final solution to the water problem across the state. This was contained in a statement issued to newsmen by
By Isah Aliyu Chiroma Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has inaugurated a committee for medical outreach with a view to provide relief & support to the citizens in the state Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Abubakar Muhammad Nakwada who stated this during the inauguration held in his office Gusau, said the program will greatly
By Isah Aliyu Chiroma Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has reiterated his promise to end the perennial water scarcity in the state. He was speaking while inaugurating an eight-man Restoration Advisory Committee that would provide a final solution to the water problem across the state. This was contained in a statement issued to newsmen by
By Isa Aliyu Chiroma Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara state has signed an Executive Order to reduce the number of state government departments from 28 to 16. Sulaiman Idris, the governor’s spokesperson, stated this in a statement he released on Thursday, saying that the measure was intended to reduce waste in government and get rid
By Ismail Auwal The newly sworn in governor of Zamfara state, Dauda Lawal Dare has accused his predecessor, Bello Muhammad Matawalle of leaving behind a massive debt, an empty treasury, taking 17 government vehicles, and stealing goods like televisions and cookers from the state government governor’s residence. In a phone-in segment with a local radio
By Habib Sani Galadima The Zamfara government has allocated N70 million to 300 Point-of-Sale (PoS) operators to speed up the implementation of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) cashless policy. Yazeed Danfulani, the Commissioner for Commerce and Industries, said this while giving out point-of-sale machines to 300 young people and women in Gusau on Wednesday.