Tag: Zamfara

Zamfara: Federal University expels students for protesting worsening insecurity

Aminu Imam

The Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State, has expelled four students and reportedly restricted others from accessing its registration portal for protesting against insecurity two months ago. It was gathered that 34 students were invited to face a disciplinary committee before they left for semester holiday for partaking in the protest. Three of the students who were questioned said they had been handed letters of expulsion, while others are waiting to receive their expulsion letters from the school’s management. Most of the indicted students are in 300 or 400 levels. During…

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‘How Zamfara officials allow terrorists participate in 2023 Hajj’ – Report

Aminu Imam

Officials of the Zamfara State 2023 Hajj committee deliberately allowed known terrorists participate in the just concluded Hajj exercise in Saudi Arabia, a government report has revealed, according to an official. The report also accused some of the officials of embezzling funds, not having proper documentation, criminal reduction of pilgrims’ allowances among other corrupt practices. This revelation comes amidst earlier reports in the media on how security agents apprehended terrorists, their wives as well as some informants working for the terrorists at the Sultan Abubakar III International Airport in Sokoto…

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Zamfara Governorship Tribunal: PDP alleges plan to bribe Judges by APC

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

…No, it is PDP sponsored act against us – APC By; Abdull-Azeez Ahmed Kadir The Peoples Democratic Party PDP Zamfara State chapter has alleged a plan to bribe the state governorship election tribunal judges to influence the judgement of the ongoing case against her by the All Progressive Congress APC. In a statement signed by the state PDP Acting Chairman, Mouktar Lugga, he alleged that the members of the State House of Assembly are also to be induced financially  to commence the impeachment of the state Governor Dauda Lawal Dare.…

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Alleged Corruption: EFCC denies declaring Mattawale ‘wanted’

Aminu Imam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), has denied declaring the immediate past governor of Zamfara state, Bello Mattawale, wanted, as reported by some news media outlets. In a statement issued on Sunday and signed by the commission’s Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, the commission stated that it never asked the Department of State Service to arrest the former governor, and that it will only follow standard procedure in the former governor’s case. “The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to a…

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Zamfara: “Present evidence to reclaim impounded vehicles” – Police tell Matawalle

Aminu Imam

Following the reaction of immediate-past Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, that the vehicles impounded by the security agents in his residences were his personal properties, the State Police Command has urged him to produce evidence and reclaim the vehicles belonging to him. Recall that there were earlier reports that Matawalle claimed that the majority of the vehicles taken away by the security agencies from his two houses in Gusau and Maradun last Friday were procured by him before he became a Governor. However, in a press statement, the Public Relations…

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Zamfara: “Purported declaration of N9tr assets declaration by Gov. Dauda Lawal a fabricated lie” – Govt.

Aminu Imam

The Zamfara State Government has cleared the air over a purported social media story that the State governor, Dauda Lawal, has declared assets worth nine trillion Naira in his asset’s declaration form submitted to the Code of Conduct in accordance with the constitutional provisions. The Government, in a statement issued by the Spokesperson of the Governor, Sulaiman Bala Idris, yesterday in Gusau, described the story as a fabricated lie designed to distract the new government from its ‘Rescue Zamfara’ agenda. The statement observed that the said lie is a continuation of…

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Appeal Court upholds Zamfara PDP Governorship primary election

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Court of Appeal Sokoto division on Friday upheld the primary election which produced Dr Dauda Lawal-Dare as candidate of the PDP for the March 11, governorship election in Zamfara. The first PDP Governorship Primary election was held on May 25, 2022. The primary was challenged at Federal High Court in Gusau. The court ordered for fresh primary election which the re-run was conducted on Sept. 23, 2022 and also quashed by the same court for irregularities. Not satisfied, the Appellants, Lawal-Dare, Adamu Maina-Waziri, the chairman primary election committee and retired…

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Political Thuggery: “Call parties to order”, Atiku tells Buhari as thugs disrupt PDP rally in Kaduna, attack supporters in Zamfara

Aminu Imam

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has condemned the attack on his supporters at the presidential campaign rally of the party, which was held in Kaduna yesterday. Suspected political thugs reportedly attacked the presidential candidate’s supporters at the rally in Kaduna. In a Twitter post yesterday, Atiku condemned the act, and urged President Muhammadu Buhari to call all political parties, noting that it was an attempt to scuttle the lawful right of Nigerians to assemble peacefully. This comes just a few days after thugs attacked party supporters in Zamfara…

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IPI Nigeria condemns Zamfara government’s shutdown of media organisations 

Aminu Imam

…Asks State governor to immediately rescind action The International Press Institute (IPI) in Nigeria has condemned the order by the Zamfara State government to shut down some media organisations operating in the State. The IPI Nigeria made this known in an issued statement signed by its President, Musikilu Mojeed, yesterday. The affected media houses are the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria’s (FRCN) Pride FM, the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Gamji Television, Vision FM and Al-Umma Television ) in Gusau, the state capital. Mojeed stated that the Zamfara State government does…

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Zamfara: Terrorists ambush military convoy, kill scores of soldiers

Aminu Imam

Some unknown gunmen, believed to be terrorists, ambushed a military convoy in Zamfara State’s Kekun Waje district, of Bungudu local government area, killing an undetermined number of soldiers. According to reports, soldiers were ambushed on Wednesday while on patrol nearby. Recall that in 2019, a peace agreement was signed by the State Government and the bandits. Additionally, the Governor of 2020 presented about 15 brand-new Hilux vehicles and cash gifts to the heads of various ‘repentant’ bandit gangs. Turji Bello was the most recent bandit to turn around, according to…

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