A bridge collapsed at a cobalt mine in southeast Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 32 wildcat miners, a regional government official said Sunday. The bridge came down Saturday onto a flooded zone at the mine in Lualaba province, Roy Kaumba Mayonde, the provincial interior minister, told reporters. He said 32 bodies had…
The Minister of State for Defence and former Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has challenged the state government to account for what he described as more than ₦1tn received with no visible results. Addressing a massive crowd of APC supporters in Gusau, Matawalle delivered a fiery message on transparency and responsible governance, accusing the…
Thousands thronged the APC state secretariat in Gusau on 14 November as Minister of State for Defence, Bello Mohammed Matawalle, returned to Zamfara to announce a fresh security drive and rally party support ahead of the 2027 elections. The gathering, estimated by organisers at two million, turned the capital into a carnival of flags,…
A massive crowd of about two million residents, shut down Gusau, Zamfara State, in a historic homecoming reception for the Minister of State for Defence and former governor, Dr Bello Mohammed Matawalle. Witnesses said the city became a “living river of people,” with streets, roundabouts and market lanes packed with supporters rushing out as though…
Supporters of the All Progressives Congress in Zamfara State have launched a fierce rebuttal against what they described as “a cowardly attempt to distort history” by the state government under Governor Dauda Lawal Dare. In a statement signed by the group’s secretary, Kabiru Ibrahim Gusau, the supporters said the governor’s recent publication, “Zamfara Will…
The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Muhammad Matawalle, on Tuesday received officials from the Turkish Embassy in Nigeria, led by Ambassador Mehmet Poroy, during a courtesy visit to the Ministry of Defence in Abuja. According to a statement by the Minister’s Personal Assistant on Media, Ahmad Dan-Wudil, the discussions centred on enhancing…
A youth group in Zamfara State has accused the state government of falsifying financial records to claim credit for projects largely funded by an external donor agency. The Zamfara Youth Awareness Forum, in a statement on Sunday, alleged that the administration of Governor Dauda Lawal Dare deliberately misrepresented figures in its 2025 third-quarter budgetary…
By Jeremiah Emmanuel, Abuja Following the declaration of Nigeria by the America President Donald Trump as country of particular concern, it generated myriad of reactions from Nigerians, with some citizens viewing it as invasion of Nigeria sovereign territory. It is true that as Nigerians, patriotic ones for that matter, we will not be happy to…
The Zamfara Concerned Citizens Forum (ZCCF) wishes to draw the attention of the public, anti-corruption agencies, and all lovers of justice to the alarming financial recklessness being perpetrated by Governor Dauda Lawal Dare in the name of road construction across Gusau metropolis. Our investigation reveals that the state government has awarded a highly suspicious…
The Nigerians in Diaspora Assembly (NiDA) in London has commended Engineer Gbenga Komolafe, Chief Executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), following his recent dual honours: a professional doctorate in Leadership (Energy Law) from the International Business School of Scandinavia, and the Global Sustainable Leadership Award at the Global Sustainable Education and…
