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  • Gunmen invade ASUU chairman’s house, abduct six

    Gunmen invade ASUU chairman’s house, abduct six

    Gunmen have invaded the residence of Mr Abdurrahman Adamu, Chairman of the Federal University of Gusau chapter, Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.

    According to information gathered, six persons were kidnapped during the attack on the ASUU chairman’s home in Damba Quarters, an outskirt of Gusau, the Zamfara State capital.

    The Chairman’s younger brother, a niece, a nephew, and younger sisters of his two wives were all abducted during the incident, Channels Television reports.

    The kidnappers also abducted a neighbor, who is also a staff in the bursary department of the university.

    Details to follow…

  • Governors donate N20m to Zamfara banditry victims

    Governors donate N20m to Zamfara banditry victims

    The North East Governors Forum on Monday donated N20 million to victims of banditry in Anka and Bukkuyum local government areas of Zamfara.

    Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno presented the cheque to Gov. Bello Matawalle on Monday in Government House Gusau.

    Zulum who expressed sadness over the incident called on the traditional and religious leaders as well as the people of the state to embark on consistent prayers to end the menace.

    He described the incident that led to the killing of 58 persons in eight communities of Anka and Bukuyum local government areas as devastating.

    “On behalf of northeast progressive governors forum, we commiserate with Zamfara state government and people affected with bandits attack,” Zulum said.

    Zulum noted with concern the alarming rate of banditry and kidnapping in Zone and called for collaboration between the government and the people to end the situation.

    “I didn’t say people should take up arms but communities, religious leaders, traditional institutions and all critical stakeholders must work together to find a lasting solution of insecurity in the northwest,” the governor said.

    He said Borno and Zamfara were faced with similar insecurity situations.

    He said Borno was winning the fight against the insurgents.

    Receiving the cheque, Matawalle thanked the Forum for the support and promised to work harder to end the insecurity situation in the state.

    Matawalle said with different measures being taken by his government, the insecurity in the state would soon be history.

    He thanked the forum and Gov Zulum for their love and show of concern to the people of Zamfara.

    Zulum was accompanied by the Chairman Senate Committee on Army, Mohammed Ndume, Muhammed Munguno, among others

  • Presidency slams PDP over Buhari’s aborted Zamfara visit

    Presidency slams PDP over Buhari’s aborted Zamfara visit

    The Presidency says the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) position on the aborted visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to Zamfara on Thursday is an act that smacks of mischief.

    PDP had frowned at the sudden cancellation of the president’s trip to Zamfara, rejecting the reason of bad weather as advanced by the presidency for aborting the visit.

    However, the President’s spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement on Sunday, dismissed PDP’s position, describing it as an act that smacks of mischief.

    Shehu explained that it would have gone against all well-known protocol worldwide for a serving president to suddenly embark on a road journey without this being planned ahead of the trip.

    He said: ”Criticism of the President, in particular the one by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for not proceeding with the journey, Sokoto-Gusau by road, a distance of about 200 kilometres shows, either a lack of understanding of presidential movements especially for a party that held that office for 16 years, or an act that smacks of mischief.

    ”Whatever be the case, there must be a limit to trivialization.

    ”All over the world, Commanders-in-Chief, serving or even those that have left office cannot hop into a car and go anywhere they want, at any time of the day. In the United States for instance, a law going as far back as 1958 prevents past Presidents from traveling on public roads without assured security (how much more of serving Presidents).

    ”When roads are closed for presidential movements here and elsewhere, consideration is also given to the safety of other road users, not just that of the President or even Governor.

    ”The statement on the issue by the PDP attacking the President for not making it to Gusau without this being planned ahead of the journey is shameful and disgraceful for a party that held the presidency of the country in the past. What is their own record?

    ”It is sad for the country that the bankruptcy of issues have forced the PDP, so-called leading opposition party, to hang on to life by only telling lies. And their caravan of falsehood has moved even more speedily following the inauguration of their not-so-new national executive at the end of last year.”

    The presidential aide also frowned at those local political actors in Zamfara, using the aborted trip to score cheap political goals in the state.

    ”It is equally important that local political actors who have seized upon the cancellation of the visit to describe it as a victory for this or that faction of the party, accompanied by songs, lyrics and videos to know that their joy is a short lived one. As he promised in that broadcast, the visit to Gusau by the President is only a matter of time.

    ”Given the right conditions of the weather and all other things, he will return, and in time to accomplish his mission,” he added.

    The president had earlier on Jan. 27, in a broadcast to the people of Zamfara, expressed regret for not visiting the State as earlier planned on Thursday, due to inclement weather conditions.

  • Zamfara Lawmaker, Na’iddah dies at 68

    Zamfara Lawmaker, Na’iddah dies at 68

    A Zamfara State House of Assembly, member, Alhaji Ibrahim Na’iddah (APC, Gusau 2 Constituency) has died at 68.

    This was contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Saturday by, Mustafa Jafaru-Kaura.

    Mustafa, Director-General, Press Affairs and Public Relations of the assembly confirmed his death.

    The lawmaker died in the early hours of Saturday at the Federal Medical Center, Gusau, following a protracted illness.

    “The remains of the lawmaker was finally laid to rest at the Gusau Central Cemetery along Gangaren Kwata area in Gusau, the state capital.

    “His funeral prayer was performed at the Central Jumu’at Mosque Kanwuri area in Gusau metropolis.

    “The funeral prayer was attended by the Speaker, Zamfara State House of Assembly, Nasiru Magarya, his Deputy, Musa Bawa,

    ‘All members of the state House of Assembly and other government functionaries in the state also attended” he said.

    Condoling the family of the deceased, the Speaker prayed to Almighty Allah to grant the soul of the deceased Aljannatul Firdausi.

    He also urged the family to consider death as destined by Allah,” he added.

  • UN Secretary-General condemns Zamfara attacks

    UN Secretary-General condemns Zamfara attacks

    UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has strongly condemned the attacks perpetrated over the weekend in Nigeria’s Zamfara State in which scores of civilians were killed.

    UN chief, who spoke through his spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, extended his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families.

    According to reports, an estimated 200 people or more were killed in villages in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara during deadly reprisals by armed bandits following military air strikes on their hideouts.

    The bandits stormed five villages in Anka and Bukkuyum local government areas from Tuesday to Wednesday and left behind a trail of blood.

    The bandits burnt down the five villages, killed many residents and mutilated their bodies.

    As at Saturday morning, 200 people had been buried in funerals.

    The secretary-general urged the Nigerian authorities to spare no effort in bringing those responsible for these heinous crimes to justice.

    Guterres reaffirms the solidarity and support of the United Nations to the government and people of Nigeria in their fight against terrorism, violent extremism and organised crime.

  • Police arrest 20-year-old notorious bandit terrorising three LGs in Zamfara

    Police arrest 20-year-old notorious bandit terrorising three LGs in Zamfara

    The police in Zamfara State have arrested a 20-year-old notorious bandit, named Sani Mati also known as Mai Yanmata.

    Mai Yanmata is known for terrorising three local government areas of Zamfara State – Zurmi, Shinkafi and Birnin Magaji before he met his waterloo.

    Police authorities said the suspect was nabbed while trying to block a highway around a community called Koliya with the intent to unleash mayhem on commuters and abduct innocent citizens.

    Parading the suspect on Thursday in Gusau, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Ayuba Elkanah said the suspect is a member of a notorious bandit kingpin, one Turji but now operating under another gang of a notorious bandit known as Kachalla Sani Black.

  • Bandits kill district head, his two sons in latest attacks on Zamfara communities

    Bandits kill district head, his two sons in latest attacks on Zamfara communities

    Bandits have killed three persons during an attack on Gada community in Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State.

    During the invasion of the community very early on Wednesday, the armed men killed the District Head of Gada, Umaru Bawan-Allah, and his two sons.

    The Commissioner for Information in Zamfara, Ibrahim Dosara, confirmed the attack hours after the incident.

    He stated that apart from the killings, the bandits also razed down the house of the district head of the community

    “The security agencies, including the Nigerian Air Force are currently on the trail of the bandits,” Dosara stated.

    An indigene of the community, who witnessed the attack, said the assailants invaded the area in the early hours and unleashed mayhem on the residents.

    According to him, the armed men abducted many others from the community, in addition to killing the district head of Gada and his two sons.

    Gada community is about seven kilometres from Bungudu town, the headquarters of the local government.

  • Thugs invade venue of Zamfara PDP congress, destroy vehicles, chairs, canopies

    Thugs invade venue of Zamfara PDP congress, destroy vehicles, chairs, canopies

    Some political thugs on Monday attacked the venue of the Zamfara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Congress.

    The programme initially slated for the Zaitun Oil mill, behind State Pilgrim Board has been moved to the Command Guest House in Gusau, the state capital.

    According to reports, the thugs invaded the venue in the early hours of Monday and destroyed the voting materials, nomination forms, two vehicles belonging to party members, chairs and set canopies ablaze.

    The Personal Secretary to Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Umar Aminu said the party will not be intimidated by the incident, noting that the congress will still go ahead as scheduled.

    He said the hoodlums are unknown but assured security agencies will investigate.

    It is not certain which political party is responsible for the attack on the PDP facility in the north-western state.

    Despite the attack, the Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Barrister Mahdi Aliyu Gusau and the Caretaker Chairman of the party, Ambassador Bala Mande have arrived the new venue of the congress.

    The congress has drawn 1,089 delegates and is meant to produce key PDP officials that will pilot the affairs of the party.

  • Six die, others injured in Zamfara auto crash

    Six die, others injured in Zamfara auto crash

    Six persons died while six others were injured in an auto crash at Tazame Village in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State on Thursday.

    The tragic incident occurred when the Sharon bus in which the victims were travelling had a head-on collision with an articulated vehicle.

    Sector Commander of the FRSC in Zamfara, Mr Iron Danladi, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Gusau on Friday that the bus in which the victims were travelling was heading to Sokoto from Abuja.

    The driver of the unregistered bus was overtaking dangerously when it struck the articulated vehicle travelling from the opposite direction

    Danladi added that the injured were taken to Yeriman Bakura Specialists Hospital, Gusau, for treatment while corpses of the dead were deposited at the morgue in the same facility.

  • Police rescue baby, two adults kidnapped by bandits in Zamfara

    Police rescue baby, two adults kidnapped by bandits in Zamfara

    The police has rescued a three-month-old baby and seized sophisticated weapons from bandits in Zamfara.

    The Commissioner of Police in the state, Ayuba Elkanah, made this known during an interview with newsmen in Gusau on Wednesday.

    He said that the victims were kidnapped from Ruggar Tudu Village in Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara.
    Elkanah revealed that the police operatives also arrested three suppliers of hard drugs to bandits, and recovered some items from bandits.

    They include one motorcycle, eight AK-47 rifles, one General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG), one Rocket launcherand five magazines.

    While giving an update on the activities of the police in the last four months, the police commissioner said the State Police Command has recorded tremendous successes in the ongoing war against banditry, kidnapping, cattle rustling, and other crimes in Zamfara.

    According to him, the police operatives also recovered 69 cows from bandits in the last four months.

    This is even as he reiterated the ban on the use of fireworks in Zamfara with a warning that the police would not spare any person found culpable.

    To ensure a hitch-free yuletide season, Elkana assured the people that the police would work in collaboration with other agencies to ensure adequate security in the state.(NAN)