Tag: Zamfara
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Governor directs 100% increment in corps members’ allowances
Gov. Dauda Lawal of Zamfara has directed increase in allowances of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members posted to the state by 100 per cent. Lawal disclosed this on Friday in Gusau, while declaring open the orientation course for the 2025 Batch ‘A’,
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Zamfara lawmaker, Aminu Daji is dead
A member of the Zamfara House of Assembly, Aminu Daji, is dead, an official has said. The assembly’s Public Relations Officer, Bello Madaro, confirmed the death to newsmen in Gusau on Wednesday.
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FG orders illegal miners out of Zamfara
The Federal Government has ordered illegal miners to immediately vacate all mining sites in Zamfara following the confirmation of an outbreak of lead poisoning in Bungudu Local Government Area. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, gave the warning in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Segun Tomori, on Tuesday in…
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We’re gradually winning war against banditry in Zamfara – Gov Lawal
Gov Dauda Lawal of Zamfara, assures the World Bank that his administration is gradually winning the war against banditry. This is contained in a statement by Lawal’s media aide, Suleiman Idris on Saturday in Gusau.
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17 kids d!e, 17 others !njured in Zamfara Almajiri school inferno
No fewer than 17 Almajiri students have lost their lives in a fire incident which occurred in the Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State, as a fire outbreak at an Islamiya school. The fire which began late on Tuesday night and raged for about three hours left 17 others injured. A resident of the…
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CAS sends fact-finding team to Zamfara
The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has dispatched a fact-finding team to Zamfara to investigate reported incidence of civilian casualties in the recent Nigerian Air Force (NAF) airstrikes. The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, AVM. Olusola Akinboyewa, made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja.
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NAF expresses ‘worry’ over alleged airstrike misfire over death of civilians in Zamfara
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has expressed worry over reports that its airstrikes on terrorist hideouts, including areas linked to notorious bandit leader Bello Turji, led to the death of civilians in Zamfara State. Recall reports had said the airstrike on the Tungar Kara community under the Gidan Goga district of Maradun Local Government Area,…
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Again, Zamfara on fire as bandits linked to Bello Turji abduct passengers, burn vehicle
After notorious bandits leader, Bello Turji vowed to launch attacks in response to the arrest of his relatives, some bandits have abducted passengers and burnt their vehicle in the Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Although it is unclear if this development is related to the threats, the incident occurred at Kwanar Jalab village…
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Female supplier of logistics to terrorists, nabbed by soldiers in Zamfara
Troops of the one brigade of Operation Fansan Yanma have nabbed 25-year-old Shamsiyya Ahadu, a suspected logistics supplier for terrorist activities in Zamfara State. The suspect was arrested on Saturday, December 28 after authorities received intelligence about her movement. She was with her accomplice, Ahmed Husaini, at a checkpoint along the road from Kware to…
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WAR against terrorism: Troops silence notorious terrorist kingpin in Zamfara
Troops of the 1 Brigade in Sector 2 Joint Task Force, North-West, Operation Fansan Yamma, have silenced a “notorious” terrorist kingpin in Zamfara State. Alhaji Ma’oli was killed alongside other suspected terrorists on Thursday. The Coordinator Joint Media Coordination Centre, Operation Fansan Yamma, Lieutenant Colonel Abubakar Abdullahi, said the operation leading to Alhaji Ma’oli’s death…