The Zamfara Good Governance Group (ZGG) has issued a passionate plea for Nigeria’s Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Mohammed Matawalle, to contest the 2027 Zamfara governorship election and lead the state once more. ZGG Chairman Aminu Kabiru Tsafe, in a statement on Friday, praised Matawalle’s transformative leadership during his tenure as governor. “In…
Former Nigerian leader Olusegun Obasanjo will visit Zamfara State on Tuesday, 17 June, to inaugurate several major development projects, including the newly renovated Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital in Gusau, the state capital. The event forms part of activities to commemorate Governor Dauda Lawal’s second year in office. In a statement issued on Monday, the governor’s…
The Coalition for Good Governance in Zamfara has come out in strong defence of Honourable Bello Matawalle, Minister of State for Defence, dismissing a viral video aimed at tarnishing his image as “misleading” and “detached from reality”, describing it as political sabotage In a statement on Wednesday, the Forum’s Chairman,Kabir Ibrahim bukuyum, said those calling…
Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State has issued a strong rebuke of a media aide to Governor Dauda Lawal, calling on security agencies to investigate what it termed “dangerous falsehoods” and character attacks against top APC figures. In a statement issued Tuesday by Yusuf Idris, spokesperson for the Zamfara APC, the party accused…
The Minister of State for Defence and the immediate past Governor of Zamfara, Dr Bello Matawalle, has formerly invited Gov. Dauda Lawal to join the All Progressives Congress (APC). This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Sunday by Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara,former Commissioner for Information in the state. He said that the minister…
In a major gesture of goodwill ahead of the Eid al-Adha celebrations,the Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Bello Muhammad Matawalle, has donated 3,000 rams to communities across Zamfara State. The donation, announced on Tuesday, aims to support families and promote social unity during the Islamic festival, which is traditionally marked by the ritual slaughter…
The parallel Zamfara House of Assembly has urged Gov. Dauda Lawal to establish three Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in the state. The call was made on Tuesday following a motion moved by Ibrahim Tudu-Tukur (APC, Bakura Constituency) at the parallel assembly’s plenary in Gusau. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 10…
The Nigeria Red Cross, in collaboration with the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), has assisted 7,300 women-led households in Gusau, Shinkafi, and Tsafe Local Government Areas of Zamfara State. Speaking during a distribution event in Gusau on Monday, Secretary General of the Nigeria Red Cross, Abubakar Kyande, said the intervention aimed to relieve…
No fewer than 30 armed bandits were reported to have killed in an ambushed by the local vigilante members in Dansadau district of Maru local government area Zamfara state. According to intelligence sources quoted by counter-terrorism expert Zagazola Makama, the ambushed about 2:00pm on Thursday April 4. The bandits were said to be en route…
The Civil Society Organization under the umbrella of the Coalition of Zamfara Youths has criticised Governor Dauda Lawal for removing 2,363 workers from the state’s payroll, describing the action as unjust and detrimental to security in the region, described the move, calling it “the height of wickedness” and arguing that it would worsen insecurity in…
