The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions has summoned Governors of Benue and Zamfara states, Hyacinth Alia and Dauda Lawal respectively, as well as their respective sate assemblies to appear before it on Thursday, 8 May. The executive and legislative arms of the two states are to appear before the committee to explain why their constitutional functions should not …

The Forum of Senior Special Assistants (SSA) to the Zamfara State Governor has expressed its appreciation and happiness to Governor Dauda Lawal for appointing an active member of the forum, Comrade Abdulmajid Rabi’u Anka as Deputy Chief of Staff, Government House, Gusau. In a statement in Gusau, the state capital, Chairman of the forum, Alhaji Bello Acha said that Anka’s …

It has been reliably gathered that Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has distributed a total of 50 million naira to former governors and deputy governors of the state in the spirit of Ramadan The Secretary to Government of Zamfara State (SSG) Abubakar Nakwada was quoted to have disclosed this in an informal discussion said, former Governor Ahmed Rufai Sani Bakura …

Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has said that his government will not consider the appeal of terrorists to stop the bombing of their hideouts. This followed the Nigerian Air Force’s (NAF) vow to continue its onslaught on bandits and terrorists in the North-West, particularly Zamfara until peace returns to the zone. In April, a suspected bandit leader, Garba Aminu in …

The Yoruba Youth Council (YYC) has called on the Zamfara State House of Assembly to impeach Governor Dauda Lawal over his alleged shoddy handling of the deteriorating security situation in their troubled state. This is even as the youth council cautioned the governor to stop attacking the minister of state for Defence and his predecessor, Alhaji Bello Matawalle. The ethnic …

An alleged plan by the Zamfara State government to set ablaze the Gusau residence of the Minister of State Defence, Dr. Bello Mohammed Matawalle has been uncovered. Believed to have been spearheaded by some key government officials, the plot was uncovered by intelligence reports, leading to attaching some security personnel to monitor and abort the attempt. According to reports, the …

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has said it is deeply concerned about the ongoing rift between eminent political and business leaders of Northern Nigeria which is reflecting negatively on the region’s economic and political stability. In a statement by the convener, Professor Ango Abdullahi, in Abuja, yesterday, said the current conflicts between Aliko Dangote and Abdussamad Isiyaku Rabiu over cement …