Ifeanyi Nwannah 
Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal has signed an Executive Order aimed at tackling inefficiency in the state civil service. According to a statement made available to newsmen in Gusau, the state capital by the Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Affairs, Lawal Hussein, the Executive Order is an instrument to streamline ministries and refocus their roles to align … Read more
The Zamfara State Government has announced the temporary shutdown of Yan Waren Daji cattle market in Tsafe Local Government Area of the State. The Commissioner of Information and Culture, Mannir Muazu Haidara Kaura, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen in Gusau, the state capital. According to the statement, the closure of the cattle … Read more
The President of Zamfara State Students Association of the Federal University Gusau, ZAMSSA, Comrade Haliru Ibrahim, has lamented that over 2,565 students cannot continue their studies due to the school fees hike. He disclosed this while fielding questions from newsmen at the university, the state capital. He urged Governor Dauda Lawal and other stakeholders to … Read more
Minister of State for Defence, Mohammed Bello Matawalle has said he is determined to silence his critics and demonstrate capacity in his new role. The Zamfara State former Governor said that he was very resolute in his confidence to handle the responsibilities effectively. During a reception organized in his honor in Abuja, Matawalle told his … Read more
A non-governmental organization based in Zamfara State, Voluntary Aid Initiative, VAI, has called on the marginalized community to speak out against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, SGBV. The Executive Director of the NGO, Musa Umar made the call in Gusau, the State capital, at a quarterly review meeting involving CSOs, local community and security agents in … Read more
Hauwau Mukhtar Abdulkarim has been appointed the substantive Provost of the Federal College of Education, Technical, FCET Gusau in Zamfara State. According to a statement signed and issued to newsmen on Sunday by the Director of Protocol and Information Unit, FCET, Gusau, Aliyu Umar, the appointment took effect from August 1. “The new provost’s inauguration … Read more
Gunmen suspected to be bandits who abducted over eight National Youth Service Corps, NYSC members have demanded the sum of four million Naira as ransom to secure their freedom. The terrorists were reported to have kidnapped the eight Corps members along a highway within Zamfara State last Friday. The young people were said to be … Read more
Members of Janya’u community in the outskirts of Gusau, the State capital, trooped out in their large numbers on Thursday, protesting at the State headquarters of the Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company. They are demanding immediate restoration of power to their community. Speaking with newsmen, the leader of the group, Mustapha Janya’u said the distribution company … Read more
Zamfara State’s deputy governor, Mani Mummuni, has tasked the military and other security personnel to redouble their efforts in tackling the insecurity situation ravaging the state. Addressing newsmen in Gusau, the state capital, the deputy governor urged the military and other security operatives not to relent in their efforts to ensure the restoration of peace … Read more
The Zamfara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has officially launched the Safe School Response Squad in the State under the Safe School Initiative program of the Commandant-General, Dr Abubakar Ahmed Audi, to revamp, restructure, rejig, rejuvenate and reposition the Corps in line with international best practices. The State NSCDC, … Read more