Zamfara State Archives - Page 4 of 19

�I’m tired of being Zamfara governor, says Matawalle

March 30, 2023March 30, 2023 Aminu Imam

Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, has said he was weary of being governor of the state due to the incessant killings and kidnappings by terrorists. The governor stated this during an interview with German DW Hausa programme on Tuesday, while reacting to his defeat at the polls, said, �For a very long time, I got fed up with the power, due to what was happening in the State. I tried my best to address the security situation, but it was beyond my powers; only God can end it�. Matawalle, who…

Bandits abduct Zamfara Governor�s aide

March 27, 2023March 27, 2023 Aminu Imam

Bandits have abducted the Zamfara State Special Adviser to Governor Bello Matawalle on Political Affairs, Ibrahim Ma�aji. Ma�aji was kidnapped in his house in Mareri area in Gusau town, the State capital in the early hours of Saturday. According to a source close to the family of the abductee, Mohammed Ahmed said, the bandits were yet to reach out to them. He said, �The bandits are yet to call any of the family members to demand for a ransom. We have been calling his phone number and it was ringing…

Zamfara: Troops neutralise several bandits, recover rocket launcher, destroy camps�

March 17, 2023March 17, 2023 Aminu Imam

Troops of Joint Taskforce of North-West ‘Operation Hadarin Daji’ have neutralised several bandits following a clearance operation around Kagara, Gidan Fadama, Gangara, Tseika, Malamawa and Zango Kamarawa general areas, in Talatan-Mafara and Shinkafi local government areas of Zamfara State. It was gathered that the troops, on Tuesday and Wednesday, embarked on clearance operations on several bandits� camps in these areas, engaged the terrorists in fierce gun battle, killed several bandits and destroyed their camps and hideouts. The troops of ‘Operation Hadarin Daji’ also recovered one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG), one…

Zamfara: PDP guber candidate optimistic of Atiku�s victory��

January 30, 2023January 30, 2023 Aminu Imam

Ahead of the visit of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential flagbearer in the forthcoming general elections, Atiku Abubakar, to Zamfara State, the State’s governorship candidate, Dauda Lawal, has enjoined the people of the State to turn out�en masse�to receive the former vice president and his entourage. Atiku Abubakar is scheduled to hold the PDP presidential rally today, in Gusau, the capital city of Zamfara. In an issued statement by the Dauda Lawal Media Centre in Gusau yesterday, the governorship candidate said the PDP mega rally provided another opportunity for…

2023: “Zamfara will become great, developed in agriculture, mining if I�m elected” � Tinubu�

January 29, 2023January 29, 2023 Aminu Imam

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has assured Zamfara indigenes that he will focus on the agricultural and mining sectors to develop the state economically if elected in the forthcoming election. Tinubu disclosed this during his campaign rally at the Trade Fair Complex in Gusau, the State capital. According to him, the general development of the sectors will create more job opportunities that can reduce the rate of crime bedevilling the State, adding that despite the sabortage, APC will runaway with victory in…

Zamfara: Terrorists demand N50m ransom for abducted retired colonel, children

January 10, 2023January 10, 2023 Aminu Imam

Terrorists in Zamfara State have demanded N50 million as ransom for the release of a retired colonel, Rabiu Yandoto and his two children, who are still in captivity. Speaking to newsmen, one of Yandoto�s relations who spoke to newsmen on condition of anonymity for security reasons, said the terrorists called him and demanded N50million ransom. The suspected terrorists kidnapped the retired colonel and his two children along Gusau-Tsafe road, last week. The retired army personnel was reportedly going back to his hometown together with his children when they were ambushed…

Zamfara: Terrorists snatch phones, valuables from officers at Police post

October 28, 2022October 28, 2022 Aminu Imam

Bandits who stormed a Police outpost in the Magami town of Gusau, the State capital, stole the cellphones of some police officers who were on duty in Zamfara State. As a result of the terrorists� relentless strikes, several inhabitants have left the neighborhood. Magami is one of the areas of Zamfara State that has been devastated by violence. According to a source, the bandits invaded the neighborhood on Wednesday at around 3:40 p.m. After stealing the Police officers� phones, the terrorists allegedly fired into the air to frighten bystanders before…

Armed thugs beat up Zamfara NUJ Chair, threaten journalists

October 21, 2022October 21, 2022 Aminu Imam

Some thugs yesterday beat up the Zamfara State Chairman of the Nigeria Union Journalists, (NUJ), as they threatened to deal with journalists in the State. According to reports, the thugs went haywire after the chairman of the Union, Comrade Ibrahim Musa Maizare, asked some workers who were at the NUJ Shops Complex at the Union�s Secretariat to renovate a shop for use as campaign office to stop the work. The hoodlums said they would not stop the work or leave the place because it was given to them by a…

Zamfara tenders apology, reverses order to shut down NTA, other private media houses

October 19, 2022October 19, 2022 Aminu Imam

Zamfara State Government has apologised and reversed the order to shut down five broadcast stations in the State. The Government ordered the closure of some media houses in Gusau, the State capital, for providing coverage for a political rally organised by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). The affected media stations are the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Pride FM, Gamji TV, and FM, Al-Umma TV. The State governor, Bello Matawalle, also ordered the suspension of political meetings and activities in the affected communities. However, the Chairman of the State Committee…

Insecurity: Zamfara Govt. orders shutdown of some media houses�

October 17, 2022October 17, 2022 Aminu Imam

Zamfara State Government has announced a shutdown of all Federal and private media houses in the State for covering the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP)�s political rally. This is contained in a statement signed by the Commissioner of Information, Ibrahim Magaji Dosara. The statement also directed the State Commissioner of Police to arrest all pressmen that attended the event organised by the PDP governorship candidate, Dr. Dauda Lawal Dare. The development was also announced by the commissioner via the local State-owned radio stations. The order affects Radio Nigeria, Pride FM, Gusau;…