The sustained aerial bombardments by the Nigeria Airforce (NAF) on bandits locations and hideouts in the Nortbwestwern states of Katsina, and Zamfara, have forced notorious bandit kingpins, to request for dialogue and amnesty from the government, PRNigeria has reported.
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Immediate past Governor of Zamfara, Bello Matawalle has charged Gov. Dauda Lawal to involve major stakeholders in finding lasting solutions to the security situation bedeviling the state.
The Zamfara state Police Command said its operatives repelled bandits who attacked the Divisional Police Station in Zurmi Local Government Area of the state.
The Zamfara state governor, Dauda Lawal on Friday, presented a list of 18 Commissioner-nominees to the state House of Assembly for screening and confirmation.
Zamfara State governor, Dauda Lawal on Thursday honoured Aishatu Guru-Nahuche, a pilgrim from the state who returned missing 80, 000 dollars she found to the owner during the Hajj exercise in Saudi Arabia.
New and continuing governments of 2023 are over one month old across Nigeria. At all levels, first term and continuing administrations ought to have begun bracing up for the task of delivering on their mandate to their people. ElectedElected officers, particularly those in their first term, will soon realize, if they have not already, that pre-inauguration impressions of leadership are nothing compared to the realities of governance on the ground.
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has disclosed that, rather than checkmate terrorism, and banditry, the amnesty programme for bandits and terrorists in Zamfara and other states, instead helped the terrorists to regroup and reorganise.
The member representing Gusau/Tsafe Federal Constituency, Hon. Kabiru Amadu Mai Palace has donated two solar Batteries VT200 with a capacity of 12V/200AH to support the operations of the Zamfara State Police Command.
The Arewa Youth Assembly has rejected call by former Zamfara governor, Sen. Ahmed Yerima for government to negotiate with bandits terrorizing the North West region.
Improvised Explosive Device (IED), planted by members of his terrorist group, has killed the notorious bandit leader in Zamfara state, Dogo Gudali, PRNigeria has reported.