zamfara

Pension For Ex-Governors: The Zamfara Example

December 1, 2019 7:56 am

ZAMFARA State House of Assembly recently took a remarkable decision when it repealed the controversial Pension Law that hitherto entitled ex-governors, their deputies, former House Speakers and their deputies outrageous pensions and other entitlements. The House leader, Farouk Musa Dosara, who presented the Bill, urged his colleagues to consider repealing the obnoxious pension law as a matter of urgency and in the best interest of the state and its citizens. According to him, the package in the pension law for erstwhile political office-holders in the state was selfish and without regard to the hardships of serving and retired civil

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Yarima Has No More Political Relevance – Zamfara APC

November 24, 2019 5:15 am

All Progressives Congress (APC), Zamfara state chapter has described the recent statements by the first civilian governor of the state, Senator Ahmed Sani Yarima blaming ex-governor Abdul-Aziz Yari Abubakar as a ploy to regain lost political relevance.

Speaking on behalf of the party at a press briefing in Gusau on Saturday, the Secretary, Zamfara state APC Publicity Committee, Alhaji Ibrahim Maigandi GidanGoga said the recent statements by senator Ahmed Sank Yarima was nothing but an attempt to seek political sympathy having lost all his integrity due to his cunning character which the people have found out.

“Yarima has no more …

How Emirs And Military Officers Fuel Zamfara Banditry

October 13, 2019 7:08 am

A committee set up by Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State to find solutions to banditry and other security challenges in the state has indicted top military officers and traditional rulers for complicity in the spate of violence that has killed more than 6,000 people in the last 10 years.

This is as the Nigerian Army said its soldiers neutralised no fewer than 39 armed bandits in two different operations in Zamfara State last week.

In another development, the Army said on Saturday the blockade of terrorists’ logistics supply routes in the North-east by troops paid off with the capture …

Bandits attack: 2,277 people displaced in Niger

16 persons murdered by bandits in Zamfara on Sallah day

June 6, 2019 12:12 am

Bandits were said to have allegedly killed 16 persons in Kanoma District of Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara on Sallah day.

Confirming the attack in a press statement in Gusau on Wednesday, the Director-General on Media to the state governor, Yusuf Idris, said “the governor visited the community and sympathised with them”.

“During the visit, the governor also directed security agencies to immediately “swing” into action and bring the perpetrators to book.

“The governor also directed the movement of 14 persons, who sustained injuries from gun shots from Kanoma General Hospital, to the Federal Medical Centre, Gusau, for better …

11,000 people murdered in 8 yrs by Zamfara bandits – Marafa

May 5, 2019 11:00 pm

A member of the National Assembly, Senator Kabiru Marafa (Zamfara Central) has put the total number of lives lost to armed banditry in Zamfara State since 2011 at 11, 000.

Marafa who is the Chairman of Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), in a statement yesterday declared that the unfortunate and dark eight years of banditry from 2011 to date in the state had conservatively led to the killing of over 11,000 male adults

He added that the killings left behind an estimated average of 22,000 widows and an estimated 44,000 orphans.

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Bloodbath continues in Zamfara, bandits kill 50

April 6, 2019 2:58 am

At least 50 people, including several members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), in Zamfara State have been killed in Kaura Namoda by rampaging bandits.
This is coming on the heels of a robust security action plan tagged, ‘Operation Puff Adder’ launched by the Ag. Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu aimed at flushing out criminal elements across some states of the federation, Zamfara inclusive.

The Speaker of the Zamfara State House Assembly, Sanusi Rikiji, who revealed this during a condolence visit to Kaura Namoda, said the killings took place on Tuesday and attributed the incidence to CJTF confrontation

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Electoral materials seized in Zamfara

February 19, 2019 1:59 pm

Two vehicles carrying election materials to Sokoto were separately intercepted in Gusaum, capital of Zamfara state capital on Tuesday afternoon.

One of the vehicles was engage in an accident when it collided with two motorcycles along Sokoto road while the other was intercepted near Faru, a border town in Sokoto from Zamfara.