Zamfara Deputy Governor, Malam Ibrahim Wakkala, has cautioned youths in the state against any form of violence before, during and after the 2019 general elections.
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Barely 48 hours after his demand for the declaration of a state of emergency in Plateau, Taraba, Benue and Zamfara States, the Minister of of Youths and Sports, Solomon Dalung, has come under fire, with the Middle Belt Conscience Guard warning him to desist from such “in his own interest.”
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the disclosure on Monday when he led a team of ministers on courtesy visit to Governor Abdulazeez Yari at the Government House, Gusau.
Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara has revealed that a total of 2,385 people were killed by armed bandits in the state from 2011 to date.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the governor will seek to upstage Sen. Ahmad Sani-Yarima who is serving his third term as Senator representing Zamfara West.
In spite of the endorsement of Alhaji Muktar Idris as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Zamfara, the state Deputy Governor, Ibrahim Wakala, said he is still in the race.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the candidate emerged through consensus after stakeholders of the party unanimously adopted him at a meeting in Gusau on Sunday.
The National Youth Service Corps has directed Corps members to actively participate in the 2019 general elections and warned them against violating the Electoral Act.
The Coordinator in charge of Sokoto Operations’ Office of NEMA, Malam Sulaiman Muhammad, disclosed this in Gusau on Thursday at the opening ceremony of a three-day in-house staff training.
Alhaji Lawal M-Liman, chairman of the party in the state, revealed this after the stakeholders meeting held at Government House in Gusau on Wednesday.
The party Chairman in the state, Alhaji Lawal M-Liman, disclosed this after a meeting of stakeholders of the party held at the Government House in Gusau on Wednesday.
Zamfara state government has donated food items and cash to families of three All Progressives Congress local government chairmen from the state who died on Friday as a result of auto crash in Saudi Arabia.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the deceased died in the early hours of Friday in a motor accident on their way from Makkah to Madina.
The Public Relations Officer of the commission, Malam Yakub-Yahaya Talata-Mafara, confirmed the death to the News Agency of Nigeria in a telephone interview.
The National Youth Service Corps says the 700 corps members deployed to Zamfara State currently taking their orientation course in Katsina State has nothing to do with security reasons.
The Emir of Anka and Chairman of Zamfara Council of Chiefs, Alhaji Attahiru Ahmad, said this while speaking with newsmen in Anka on Thursday.
The government has also announced reduction in work hours for its workers from 4 pm to 12 noon on Wednesday and Thursday.
Yari expressed the concern while inspecting the ongoing projects in the state.
Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.
The Acting Director-General of the Institute, Dr Bakut T. Bakut, said this on Monday in Abuja at a news conference on the security challenges in the state.