Zamfara: Gov Lawal appoints new Accountant General

Zamfara: Gov Lawal appoints new Accountant General

Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has approved the appointment of Ali-Akilu Mohammed Bungudu as the Accountant General of the State, while Alhaji Idris Shehu was named the Deputy Accountant General. The appointments were contained in an official announcement on Tuesday, signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Malam Abubakar Nakwada. The statement from … Read more

Zamfara APC calls out PDP govt over worsening insecurity in state

Zamfara APC calls out PDP govt over worsening insecurity in state

The All Progressives Congress, APC in Zamfara State has expressed deep concerns over the worsening insecurity situation in the state, saying the citizens were reaping thorns in their apple farms. The party lamented that the way and manner the Governor Dauda Lawal-led administration is handling security issues in the state was condemnable, alleging that the … Read more

Bandits kill scores, abduct many villagers in Zamfara community

Bandits kill scores, abduct many villagers in Zamfara community

Gunmen suspected to be terrorists attacked Kwatar community, close to Gidan Zala, Kotorkoshi district of Bungudu Local Government Area in Zamfara State, killing scores and kidnapping many villagers. DAILY POST reliably gathered that the bandits invaded the community in the wee hours of Friday without security operatives intervention. According to a police officer from the … Read more

Governor Lawal inaugurates tribunal to recover revenue for Zamfara

Zamfara: Don’t negotiate with bandits – Security expert warns Gov Lawal

The Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has inaugurated a six-man revenue recovery tribunal headed by Rabi Bashir and Musa Labbo, who will serve as a secretary. Governor Dauda charged members of the tribunal to discharge their constitutional responsibility diligently, without fear or favour, noting that they were carefully selected among their peers to serve, with … Read more

Settle 80% of our demands – Zamfara doctors to FG

Brain drain: Stakeholders demand immediate action

The Zamfara State chapter of the National Association of Residents Doctors joined their counterparts in the nationwide indefinite strike, thereby paralysing medical services in the state on Wednesday and urging the federal government to meet their demands. Addressing newsmen in Gusau, the state capital, the General Secretary of the association, Dr Ibrahim Dauran, explained that … Read more

President Tinubu to honour Zamfara pilgrim who returned lost $80,000 to owner

N617 per litre fuel hike: Declare state of emergence – IPMAN tells Tinubu

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has arranged to honour a Zamfara female pilgrim, Hajiya Aishatu Yan Guru Bungudu Nahuche, who showed honesty by returning to the owner the lost sum of $80,000, equivalent to about N60 million, while performing the 2023 pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. This was disclosed by the chairman of the Zamfara State Hajj … Read more

Insecurity: Gov Lawal meet security chiefs in Abuja to address insecurity in Zamfara

Zamfara: Don’t negotiate with bandits – Security expert warns Gov Lawal

The Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal said he has concluded arrangements with Security Chiefs in Abuja to address the teething security challenges bedevilling the state A press statement signed and issued to newsmen in Gusau, by the Senior Special Assistant, SSA to the Governor on Broadcast and Public Affairs, Mustapha Jafarau Kaura, said Governor Lawal … Read more

Continued closure of boarding schools over banditry dangerous for Zamfara development – Expert, Dangata

Continued closure of boarding schools over banditry dangerous for Zamfara development – Expert, Dangata

A security expert in Zamfara State, Usman Dangata has lamented the closure of all boarding schools as a result of banditry, saying it would do more harm than good in the education sector of the State. In an exclusive interview with DAILY POST in Gusau, the State capital, Dangata stated that since the influx of … Read more