Browsing: Zamfara

There was tension in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital on Sunday when residents of Bini village in the Maru Local Government Area of the state blocked the Gusau Government House gate. They were protesting the withdrawal of security personnel from their village despite persistent bandits’ attacks on their community. The villagers, who were in large […]

The Zamfara State Police Command said bandits attacked and killed a man known as Ashiru Nagoma and seized his wife and neighbor in Buluku, on the outskirts of Gusau Local Government Area of the state. The spokesperson for the command, ASP Yazid Abubakar, verified to PUNCH Online on Tuesday. This occurred following a […]

The eight suspended members of the Zamfara State House of Assembly have taken the Speaker, Bilyaminu Moriki, and six others to the Federal High Court, Gusau, the state capital. The state House of Assembly had suspended the eight members for the alleged violation of the law and constitution of the assembly. However, the suspended lawmakers […]

The governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal, has issued a directive to forbid the use of tinted windows, the selling of bread without labels, and the sale of over 50 liters of petrol in the entire state. It was revealed in a statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Sulaiman Idris, on Wednesday. Lawal implemented Executive Order No. 02 and […]

The Academic Staff of the Federal College of Education (Technical) Gusau in Zamfara State has embarked on an indefinite strike, calling on the immediate removal of the Provost of the College, Mrs Hauwa’u Gimbiya Mukhtar Abdulkarim. In a statement issued to newsmen on Wednesday and signed by the chairman of the Academic Staff Union of […]