Tag: Bello Matawalle

The project is, among others, expected to revive the textile industry and provide water to Zamfara communities.

"As from today, no vigilante group member or volunteers should attack or kill any herdsman," Katsina Gov. Masari says.

Some of the victims spent more than seven months in the hands of their abductors.

Spokespersons of the community say the bandits invaded the village around 10 a.m. and shot sporadically in the air

The youth are to be trained in various skills under the state's social intervention programme.

Zamfara Governor says he is saddened by the development and working hard to free the abducted.

The governor said the Ruga Program, which will transform the nomads to sedentary life, will significantly address the farmer/herder crisis ...

Those killed include a daughter of the leader of the Yoruba group, Afenifere.

The police also secure the release of 25 Fulanis who were detained by the vigilante group.

He urged the PDP-led government in the state not to witch-hunt the past administration.

An aide of the ex-governor says allegations are “baseless and do not hold water”.

Information about the attack came hours after President Muhammadu Buhari commiserated with Zamfara residents over another attack in the state ...

The APP filed a petition against the governor at the Zamfara Governorship Elections Petitions Tribunal.

“I assure you, I get daily reports from people in the field and traditional rulers," Mr Buhari told the Zamfara ...

A government spokesman gives a different account of what happened.

Hundreds of people have been killed and kidnapped by bandits in Zamfara.

The governor also visited a community attacked by bandits.

The governor has also made other appointments.

The governor says the state would soon to start palm oil production.

Bello Matawalle was inaugurated as governor earlier on Wednesday.

The Supreme Court on Friday invalidated the participation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last Governorship, National Assembly ...

The APC lost out after the Supreme Court ruled against it on Friday.

The Supreme Court on Friday sacked the AC candidate in Zamafara and declared Mr Matawalle governor-elect.