Tag: Zamfara

‘Matawalle lacks powers to order Zamfara residents to buy guns’ – CDS Irabor

Aminu Imam

Following the directive by the Zamfara State Government to citizens of the State to bear arms to defend themselves against unstoppable banditry and terrorist attacks, the Chief of Defence Staff, (CDS), General Lucky Irabor, has said that the Attorney General of the Federation has a duty to tell Nigerians if the State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has the powers to ask citizens to bear arms. The CDS spoke on the matter at the opening of the Joint Exercise for the National Defence College and War Colleges of the Armed Forces of…

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APC Membership Claim: Shinkafi is nothing but a noise maker – Yari

Ishaku Yohanna

Godwin Amunde Former Zamfara State governor and aspirant for the office of national Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdulaziz Yari, has descibed Sani Shinkafi, an aide of the present Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, as a nuisance and errand boy of some “disgruntled elements.” Shinkafi, who is the Special Adviser on Intergovernmental Affairs to Gov. Matawalle, claimed Yari was no longer a member of the APC because he didn’t participate in the recent revalidation and registration exercise of the party and challenged him to present his membership card. He said Yari is already disqualified from the…

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Gov. Matawalle of Zamfara appoints 250 additional political appointees

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Governor-Bello-Matawalle-of-Zamfara

Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has appointed 250 additional political appointees to aid governance in the state. The Director-General on Political Affairs and Inter Party Relations, Alhaji Mikailu Aliyu, made the disclosure while addressing newsmen in Gusau, on Wednesday. Aliyu said the rationale behind the appointment was to ensure that good governance reached the grassroots and communities. He said that since the inception of the administration, the governor had appointed 25 commissioners, 55 Special Advisers, 72 Directors-General and 12 board members. He said the 250 political appointees included eight directors-general…

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“Pay us or die”, Terrorists threaten 9 Zamfara communities

Aminu Imam

…”Banditry in State now a lucrative business for politicians” – Gov. Matawalle Terrorists have threatened to launch deadly attacks on nine communities in Zamfara unless they pay their levies. The terrorists, operating in the Gando forest in Bukkuyum local government area of Zamfara State, declared the threats, via a letter sent to the nine communities. The letters were reportedly written in the Hausa language and addressed to the different communities. Each of the letters has the name of the community on the top and the money it is expected to…

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Zamfara Gov. pledges new measures against security challenges, updates Buhari

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Gov. Mutawale and President Buhari

Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has updated President Muhammadu Buhari on current security developments in his state. Addressing State House correspondents after the meeting, the governor assured that the security challenges facing the state would soon be over following the assurances he got from the president. According to him, new measures will be applied towards finding a lasting solution to the insecurity problem troubling the State. He said: “Whenever I initiate an action, I usually inform the President and I have been getting support from him. “So, now I have come…

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Defection: 18 APC Govs, others set to receive Matawalle

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

No fewer than 18 All Progressives Congress (APC) governors are expected to receive Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara on Tuesday. The Chairman, Publicity Sub-Committee of the organising ceremony and Zamfara Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara, disclosed in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gusau on Monday. Dosara said, “the Progressive governors will be led by the APC Chairman Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) and Gov. Mai Mala-Buni. “We are also expecting all our national assembly members as well as state legislators to declare their defection…

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USAID supports Nigeria with $9.98m for WASH projects in N/West

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has supported Nigeria with 9.98 million dollars to improve Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) projects. This is contained in a statement issued by USAID Mission Director, Dr Anne Patterson in Kaduna. Patterson said USAID gave the support through UNICEF to improve WASH services in Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara states for the next three years. She said the funds would provide lifesaving WASH services to more than 300,000 people in need of assistance. According to her, the assistance will help to build community-centered…

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Banditry: Protesters dump corpses at Zamfara emir’s palace

Aminu Imam

Residents of Zurmi town, in Zamfara State, protesting over incessant bandits attack in their domain have stormed the emir’s palace with corpses of their loved ones killed in recent attacks. According to reports, the protesters had earlier gone around the town with the corpses during the protest, which started yesterday morning. Recall that many people have been killed and several others displaced following endless bandits attack on communities in the State. Eleven people were killed last week when the assailants attacked a community in Zurmi local government area. It was…

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Zamfara Security: Gov Matawalle is to be praised, not insulted – Concerned Citizen

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Pissed by the ongoing debates on security situation in Zamfara State, a concerned citizen said the Governor, Bello Muhammad Matawalle deserves accolades for his commitments in handling the current security situation in the state. The Katukan Nasarawa Godel, Alh. Ibrahim Muhammad Ibilo made this point at a press briefing in Kaduna. He said the situation in the state before Matawalle assumed office as the governor compared with the current situation are worlds apart and should be commended.According to him, “Banning mining and air traffic activities in Zamfara should be looked…

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Repentant’ Zamfara bandits leader, Daudawa reveals how easy it is to get a gun

Aminu Imam

The ‘repentant’ leader of the gang of bandits that abducted over 300 schoolboys in the Kankara and recently surrendered some weapons, Auwalun Daudawa, has disclosed how easy it is to get a gun. Recall that Daudawa and six of his lieutenants recently surrendered 20 AK-47s, ammunition and a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) launcher to the Zamfara State government. Speaking on how he got his arms, he said, “I got it around me. It is easy to get a gun. It’s just like you going to buy bread”. Daudawa noted that the injustice he…

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