Tag: Zamfara

Insecurity: Zamfara community jubilant, as terror kingpin relocates to their area

Aminu Imam
Zamfara community

…Praise him in new song?Residents of Magami, in Gusau local government area of Zamfara State are celebrating the relocation of Dogo Gi?e, a terrorism kingpin rumoured to have been killed in March, to their area. Gi?e was allegedly involved in the abduction of students from a public school in Kuriga, Kaduna State. He was reported to have been killed in a gunfight with soldiers deployed to rescue the pupils. Reports stated that the troops of ‘Operation Hadarin Daji’ wounded Gi?e in Madada forest, in Maru local government area of Zamfara…

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Zamfara: State Govt. rejects FG peace accord with bandits

Aminu Imam
Dauda Lawal

Zamfara State government has dissociated itself from the ongoing plans by some suspected group of individuals claiming to be the agents of Peace Accord initiated by the Federal Government  to negotiate with bandits with a view to address the lingering security challenges in the State. This rejection was contained in a press statement issued yesterday, signed by the State Commissioner of Information and Culture, Comrade Mannir Mu’azu Haidara ?aura, in Gusau, the state capital,. Recall that recently, Northern leaders and stakeholders in  the North had warned the Federal  Government and…

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Alleged N70bn Corruption: Protesters storm EFCC Abuja office, demand re-opening of Matawalle’s probe

Aminu Imam
Matawalle protest

…”Case still open” – Commission Some protesters yesterday stormed the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja, asking the Commission to re-open the investigations of former Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle. This includes the alleged contract diversion up to the tune of N70 billion during his tenure as governor of the state. According to reports, the EFCC Director of Public Affairs, Wilson Uwujaren, who received the protest letter on behalf of the Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, assured the protesters that the Commission would pursue corruption cases to…

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Zamfara: Bandits attack Mattawale’s hometown, , kill 2, abduct 30 others

Aminu Imam
Zamfara banditry

Bandits have reportedly invaded Maradun, the hometown of Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, in Zamfara State. According to reports, the bandits attacked the town in the early hours of yesterday, killing two persons and abducting about 30 others. It was gathered that the bandits attacked the town at about 2:00 a.m, shooting sporadically and ransacking residents’ houses for two hours. The actual number of the abducted persons was yet to be ascertained as of press time; however, the figure was put around 30, including women, children and adults,…

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Appeal Court sacks Zamfara governor, orders re-run

Aminu Imam

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has sacked Zamfara State governor, Lawal Dauda, of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), following an appeal entered by the former State governor, Bello Matawalle. Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), had after the March 18 governorship poll, declared Dauda Lawal as the governor-elect, saying he garnered 377,726 votes. The incumbent governor at the time, Bello Matawalle, of the All-Progressives Congress (APC), was said to have gotten 311,976 votes. He approached the Zamfara State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Sokoto, with a…

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Borno, Zamfara: NAF airstrikes kill terrorists, destroy gun trucks

Aminu Imam

The Nigerian Air Force, (NAF), says the Air Components of ‘Operations Ha?in Kai’ and ‘Hadarin Daji’, have eliminated scores of terrorists in stream of air strikes in their enclaves across the theatres. This is contained in a statement by the NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, yesterday in Abuja. Gabkwet said the air component in the early hours of Saturday, carried out air interdiction missions at a newly identified terrorists’ hideout at Bukar Meram, near the Lake Chad region in Borno. He said the strikes…

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Abducted Female Uni Students: Sir Ahmadu Bello Foundation calls for urgent rescue

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Federal University, Gusau Zamfara State

The Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation has strongly condemned the recent abduction of over 40 female students from the Federal University Gusau. This is contained in a statement by Engr. Abubakar Gambo Umar, Director General of the foundation, on Monday in Kaduna. The statement said the foundation considers the act to be ignoble, dastardly, and a gross violation of the sanctity of human life and the pursuit of education. It expressed its deepest sympathies and solidarity with the affected students, their families, and the entire university community during this challenging…

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Zamfara Students abduction: Gov. Lawal calls emergency security meeting

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara has  summoned an emergency Security Council meeting, following the recent abduction of an unspecified number of female students of the Federal University, Gusau. The governor’s Media Aide, Suleiman Idris, disclosed this in a statement issued in Gusau and made available to newsmen on Friday. Idris stated that the meeting was necessitated by the abduction of the students from their off-campus residence in Sabo Gida Village, Bungudu Local Government Area of the state. He said that the essence of the meeting was to ensure the immediate…

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Insecurity: Voice of Nigeria journalist murdered in Zamfara

Aminu Imam

The Zamfara council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has confirmed the murder of a Voice of Nigeria (VON) correspondent, Hamisu ?anjibga. His death was announced on Wednesday. ?anjibga had been missing for three days before his corpse was found.  A statement issued by the NUJ State chapel’s Secretary, Ibrahim Ahmad, said the deceased’s body was dumped in a soak-away. According to the statement, “The discovery of his corpse was a result of an unpleasant odour observed by children of an Islamic school behind his house in the evening of…

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Zamfara: Tribunal affirms Lawal as Gov.; throws out Matawalle’s petition

Aminu Imam

The Zamfara State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, which was in session in Sokoto yesterday, validated Dr. Dauda Lawal’s election as the legitimate governor of the State. The petition by Bello Matawalle, a former governor of the State, contesting the legitimacy of the election that elected Lawal as governor was also rejected by the court. Matawalle, who is now Minister of State for Defence, had accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of subverting his victory at the polls, for failure to include the results of some ward areas, which if…

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