The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has said that banditry and other criminal activities which have bedeviled Zamfara will soon be over.
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The President of the Association, Dr Adesina Adebayo, noted that a recent report on the situation had indicated that 30 pregnant women in the state die daily due to complications during delivery.
Dankande gave the advice while speaking to newsmen in Gusau on Monday.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is being used by influential politicians to influence the outcome of the 2019 governorship election in Zamfara State, a coalition of civil society organisations has alleged.
The Zamfara chapter of the Animals Transporters Association has called on the State Government to close markets in the state where rustled animals are sold.
The Zamfara State Government has directed animal sellers to take pictures with their animals to confirm that they are the real owners.
The Nigerian Medical Association in Zamfara on Thursday lamented the increasing mortality rate in the state.
The General Officer Commanding, 8 Division of the Nigerian Army Sokoto, Maj. – Gen. Stevenson Olabanji made the appeal in Gusau on Thursday when he paid a courtesy call on the Emir of Gusau, Alhaji Ibrahim Bello.
The clash was sequel to a raid on criminals’ hideouts in the state by the police during which 104 bandits were killed by policemen.
Speaking during the distribution which held in Gusau on Tuesday, the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Bello Dankande said the government considered it very necessary to provide the motorcycle to the Civilian JTF.
The Chairman of Zamfara Council of Chiefs and Emir of Anka, Alhaji Attahiru Ahmad, made the call on Tuesday in Gusau at an event to hand over operational motorcycles to members of the recently established Civilian Joint Task Force in the state.
Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State has warned that any traditional ruler linked to banditry in the state will be deposed.
Senator Saidu Dansadau, Governoship candidate of the National Rescue Movement for Zamfara, on Sunday launched his campaign with a promise to rescue the state from insecurity.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa (APC-Zamfara Central), has said he would remain in the All Progressives Congress to support President Muhammadu Buhari and coordinate his 2019 re-election bid.
Speaking at a press briefing in Gusau on Friday, the state Commissioner of Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Bello Dankande said the traditional ruler was implicated in the onslaught of innocent citizens by bandits in the state.
Zamfara state government said on Friday it will soon prosecute seven traditional rulers over their complicity in the killing of innocent citizens in the state.
A statement by the force spokesman, acting DCP Jimoh Moshood, in Abuja on Friday, said 50 hideouts in three camps belonging to the bandits were also destroyed.
A five-man panel of the Court of Appeal sitting in Sokoto and presided over by Justice Hannatu Sankey has sentenced the Chairman of the Zamfara State Universal Basic Education Board, Murtala Adamu Jengebe, to a cumulative jail term of 41 years.
The Commission’s chairman, Alhaji Abubukar S-Pawa, made this known while speaking to newsmen on the 2018 hajj in Gusau.
The Zamfara State Command of Federal Road Safety Corps says fatal road accidents have reduced by 54 per cent in the state.