BAZAMFARA

Part I Ahmed Sani Yariman Bakura was born on 22 July 1960 in Anka town, Zamfara State. After completing a matriculation course at the Sokoto College of Arts and Science in 1978, he was admitted to Bayero University, Kano, and graduated with a B.Sc in Economics in 1982. In 1987 he returned to Bayero University and achieved a master's degree in economics. As part of the National Youth Service, he was posted to Borno State where he worked in the Budget Department of the Governor's office and also taught at the Borno College of Basic Studies, Maiduguri. In 1983 he began his career in the Sokoto state civil service as an economic planning officer in the Ministry of Finance. Between 1988 and 1993 he worked with various Federal Government bodies, including the National Directorate of Employment from 1988 to 1990, and the Central Bank of Nigeria between 1990 and 1993. In 1994 he returned to the Sokoto state civil service as the Director of Budget in the Ministry of F...

By Suleman Umar Ma'aji Dansadau. With due respect and regards to all in your cabinet, I am constrained to write to you this open letter. I decided to make it an open letter because the issue is very weighty and must be greatly worrisome to all concerned Citizen of Zamfara and that means all right-thinking Zamfara indigenes and those resident in Zamfara. Since the issue is of momentous concern to all well-meaning and right-thinking Nigerians, it must be of great concern to you, and collective thinking and dialoguing is the best way of finding an appropriate and adequate solution to the problem. I have never been timid or shy of my total support for the success of your administration to deliver my dear state to the Promised Land.  My confidence had always been based on Your Excellency’s ability, fitness and competence in leading the Zamfara to the next level, where law and order prevail, individual liberty is guaranteed, economic well-being of the citizens is assured. ...

By Zailani Baffah . Federal Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has ruled in favour of Governor Muhammad Matawalle who was dragged before it by one Alhaji Mohammed Takori, Gubernatorial candidate of APDA political Party in Zamfara State. Four of the five man panel ruled in favor of Governor Matawalle that the judgement of the Supreme Court was valid and the case was filed behind time and one Judge dissented on this. Similarly the judges ruled that   the issue of spread challenged by Takori was in favor of Governor Bello Muhammad and that the INEC decision on this issue was valid. On the issue of primary elections, the Court ruled that Takori had no valid argument because the issue of primaries are entirely a party affair. After the judgement, the newly appointed Commissioner of Justice, Nura Zarumi said the ruling against Matawalle that the case was time valid would be challenged in court at the appropriate time Responding to the judgement Governor Matawalle sai...

By Zailani Bappa It has come to the notice of His Excellency, Governor Bello Mohammed (Matawallen Maradun) that some mischievous persons in the state are alluding the arrest of offenders to his person, or his office, or both. Hence, His Excellency wishes to draw the attention of all and sundry that he has no hands in the arrest of any offender within and outside the state. "anyone who finds himself in collusion course with the law should courageously face his travails with the law of the land and desist from blame game on the office of the Governor", Matawalle warned. "The Police and, indeed, all other Security operatives are not my property, nor are they working for my personal interest but for the well being of Zamfara State and Nigeria as a whole ", the Governor further observed. It has been a while now that after the attainment of peace in the state, some  enemies of the state and Nigeria have indulged themselves in making inflamma...

By Sani Abdulrahaman Dansadau . Dear sir.  If our political leaders failed to connect us with you then your political vision is supposed to. We're badly neglected by the past government in almost every aspect of governance. There was never a half km of road construction in Dansadau out of the township roads constructed in all the other 16 emirates. Our road from GUSAU, WANKE, MAGAMI to DANSADAU which also connect BINDIN, DANGULBI and DANKURMI badly needs reconstruction since about 10 years but was neglected by the past government due to a reason known to only God and the government itself. Despitethe security challenges which Alhamdulillah your administration have reduced to the minimal level now, we came out and voted in large numbers to see the end of what was nothing but a disastrous governance that leads to the unrest of our people, mismanaged and looted the state resources. We are begging you by the name of Allah in whose hand our lives are to help include us in ...

No fewer than 2,000 repentant Youths who terrorised Gusau, Zamfara, handed over 190 locally made rifles and shotguns to Gov. Bello Matawalle at the Government House, Gusau. The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the governor on Media, Mr Zailani Bappa, disclosed this in statement on Thursday. Bappa  said the youth were led to the government house by the Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Security,  Abubakar Dauran . He quoted Dauran as saying that he was convinced that the youths had genuinely repented. According to him, Dauran said in the recent past, major cities of the state, especially Gusau were highly unsafe as banditry, youth restiveness and other crimes were the order of the day. The governor’s aide, however, expressed happiness that the youth were towing the line of the repentant bandits and also repenting from their bad ways. Leader of the repentant youths popularly known as  Sani Shaidan , said that they were encouraged by what the ...

By Yusuf Idris Gusau. His Excellency, Zamfara State Executive Governor, Hon Dr. Bello Mohammed MON (Matawallen Maradun )has expressed confidence in the current Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Usman Nagogo especially in the commissioner's  drive to make the state free from all forms of banditry and criminality. Matawalle made his feelings known today at the Government House while receiving firearms voluntarily surrendered by two repentant bandits, Sani Mochoko and Alhaji Shehu Bagewaye who in the past had terrorized communities in the state but have now come to join hands with the state government following the governor's peace and reconciliation initiative. "I wish to declare that I pass a vote of confidence in this Commissioner of Police Usman Nagogo because he has shown the government and good people of Zamfara that he is here to demonstrate what police work really means, which is the protection of people's lives and property while trying to show t...

By Yusuf Idris Gusau. His Excellency, Zamfara State Executive Governor Hon Dr. Bello Mohammed (Matawallen Maradun) has said that he will use the mind blowing pensions claims that has been repealed by the state House of Assembly in youth empowerment and the development of infrastructure in the state. Matawalle gave the assurance today while assenting to the repealed law in which past governors, past deputy governors, past speakers of the state House of Assembly were supposed to collect about a billion naira annually from the state government at a time pensioners are languishing in penury due to the past administration's failure to pay them. He regretted that although the immediate past administration in the state left behind a pensions liabilities to local government workers, primary school teachers and state civil servants amounting to about N10 billion apart from other liabilities such as promotion benefits, workers annual increment and the rest, which have put the state...

By Yusuf Idris Gusau  Is the media a willing tool in the hands of anarchists or an innocent arbiter between feuding political interests? Much as there are many ways to find out how, the task is not as easy as it seems. Needless to say, to us the media is part owner of a peaceful and tranquil Zamfara State. We are proud of its contributions so far. Oftentimes, finding and disseminating the facts, and truthfulness of those facts, can appear difficult especially with our polarized political firmament, wild guesses and conjectures do take the front burner to our chagrin. How do we then make an informed analysis especially in situations of insecurity as obtained in today's Zamfara? That is what the government of Zamfara State is grappling with at the moment, as it is confronted with political actors who lost relevance but are trying hard to fuel the fires of discontent through the media, that could lead to conflicts, injuries and even deaths. We make haste to say the media out...

By Mohammed Kabir Whenever I came across some write-ups by the opposition party in Zamfara State, I find it difficult to understand if they really know what's politics and role playing as an opposition. Just recently, Governor Bello Matawalle issued a warning to his former that if he step in Zamfara and it happens there is any attack on any community, he ( the governor) will lead security men to arrest him. Before his statement, The governor stated many reasons that made him to take that decision. He noticed that whenever Abdulazeez Yari pay any visit to Zamfara state, there must be an attack on village or villages where scores will be killed, and literally it is something to look at. Why bandits attack whenever he visit the state? To my surprise, I came across some write-ups by his blind followers that sees him as demi-god trying to encouter Governor Matawalle's statement and warning to Abdulazeez Yari without any constructive or valid point. As an opposition, y...

Governor Bello Muhammad (Matawallen Maradun) has vowed to arrest and appropriately deal with his predecessor, Abdulazeez Yari should there be any future breach of the peace in the state while he is around. "I swear, the next time Abdulazeez Yari comes to town and there is breach of the peace, I will order for his immediate arrest in the state. In fact, if need be, I will lead the arrest myself in his village of Talata-Mafara and I am not joking" , Governor Matawalle warned. Governor Bello Muhammad observed that this was the third time there was major breach of peace only when the former Governor is on a visit to the state. " My victory as the incumbent Governor and my success in bringing peace to Zamfara are a ordained by God. I will not allow the former Governor and his crannies to rubbish our hard earned peace in the state any more", Matawalle said. "Henceforth, I will show him that power is now in my hands not in his hands anymore. And we shall a...

Wani rahoton hukumomin kasa da kasa kan ayyukkan ta'addanci ya ce Najeriya ce ta uku cikin jerin kasashen da suka fi fama da ta'addanci a duniya. Rahoton wanda cibiyar bunkasa tattalin arziki da zaman lafiya ta IEP da ke birnin Sydney ta fitar ya nuna cewa bayan kasashen Iraqi da Afghanistan, Najeriya ce a kan gaban wajen yawan mutanen da suka mutuwa saboda hare-haren da ke da alaka da ta'addanci. Sai dai rahoton ya ce an samu raguwar yawan adadin mutanen da suka mutu sakamakon hare-haren ta'addanci idan aka kawatanta da shekarar 2018. Amma kuma rahoton ya ce ta'addanci na ci gaba da yaduwa a kasashe. A cewar rahoton, a Najeriya an kai hare-haren ta'addanci 562 da suka kashe mutum 2,040, adadin da ya kai kasar matsayi na uku a jerin kasashen da ke fama da hare-haren ta'addanci. Afghanistan ce ta daya a duniya da aka fi fama da hare-haren ta'addanci inda aka kai hare-hare 1,443 da suka kashe mutum 7,379, sai Iraqi da aka halaka mutum ...

Facts that led to the downfall of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara state during the 2019 general elections have began to emerge as the first civilian governor of the state, Senator Ahmed Sani (Yariman Bakura) puts the blames on ex-governor Abdul’Aziz Yari Abubakar’s high headedness and disrespect for party rules and regulations. Yarima who came to global prominence after the introduction of Shari’ah legal system in Zamfara state, chided the the ex- Chairman Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) for all the calamity that befell the former ruling party in the state. He said Yari refuse to see reasons due to his quest to retain political relevance despite all entreaties by President Muhammad Buhari and APC National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to remedy the situation before it got out hands. Speaking in an interview on Radio Nigeria (FRCN) Pride FM Gusau, Yarima said President Buhari was the person who first drew his attention to the impending dangers that awaits ...