Alhaji Abubakar Bwari, Nigeria’s Minister of State, Mines and Steel Development, has urged mining investors in Zamfara to obey Federal Government’s directive to vacate mining sites in the state.
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Twitter users on Monday berated the Director of Strategic Communications and official spokesperson of President Buhari’s re-election bid, Festus Keyamo (SAN), over comments he made on twitter regarding the comments he made concerning the securities challenges in Zamfara.
The acting Inspector-General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, on Sunday in Abuja, advised members of the public to ignore fake social media reports on Federal Government’s decision to suspend mining activities in Zamfara.
A coalition of civil society groups has blamed the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan Ali, for his alleged inability to address insecurity in Zamfara State.
The Federal Government has announced the suspension of all forms of mining activities in Zamfara State and ordered all foreigners engaged in mining activities to leave the area within 48 hours.
Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja
Indigenes of Zamfara, resident in Abuja, have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently intervene and stop the killings and kidnappings currently going on in the state.
No fewer than 50 persons, including members of the Civilian Joint Task Force were killed in Zamfara State on Tuesday.
No fewer than 20 political parties in Zamfara have sued the Independent National Electoral Commission over its refusal to issue Certificates of Return to the governor-elect and members-elect of the Zamfara House of Assembly.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it will wait for the pronouncement of the Supreme Court before taking any decision on the primary elections of the All Progressives Congress in Zamfara State.
The Médecins Sans Frontières, an International Non-Governmental Organisation, says no fewer than 150 children affected with lead poisoning in Zamfara are still undergoing treatment.
The Nigerian Air Force has condemned the reported flogging and physical assault of suspected bandits by some military personnel in Zamfara State.
Kabiru Marafa, representing Zamfara Central Senatorial District, says Governor Abdul’azeez Yari of Zamfara State has offended God for insisting that the All Progressives Congress conducted party primaries in the state.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has suspended the issuance of Certificates of Return to winners of the March 9, 2019 governorship and House of Assembly elections in Zamfara State.
The Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed that the missing expatriate, Dr. Jeng Sunail, might have been abducted by bandits.
Immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has hailed the Appeal Court judgment, which nullified the participation of the All Progressives Congress in the 2019 elections in Zamfara State, saying: “Hope appears not lost for democracy in Nigeria afterall”.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Yari had on Monday presented the 2019 proposed budget bill of N135.326 billion to the state state House of Assembly.
A group of unidentified bandits attacked a mining site on Wednesday in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing one of the six mobile policemen on guard and abducting four others.
Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State on Tuesday in Abuja raised the alarm over stock piling of arms by bandits operating in the state.
Gov. Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara state on Monday announced that the state owned university would soon commence admission of pioneer students in 2019.