Zamfara State

February 22, (THEWILL) - The seven-man panel investigating alleged gross misconduct and abuse of office against Zamfara State Deputy governor, Mahdi Aliyu, has closed its hearing on Tuesday. However, THEWILL learnt that the deputy governor was absent and was not...

February 19, (THEWILL) - A Commissioner in the Zamfara Independent Electoral Commission, Alhaji Hashimu-Shehu Gazura, is dead. THEWILL reports that Gazura died in a ghastly accident on Friday. His death is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Saturday by the...

February 14, (THEWILL) - Suspected bandits have abducted the regional accountant of Nigerian Customs Service in charge of Kano and Jigawa State, Mahassan Lawal. Lawal was kidnapped late on Friday night in his country home of Tsafe Local Government Area...

February 13, (THEWILL) - Situated in north-western Nigeria, Zamfara State was carved out of Sokoto State on October 1, 1996.  Its capital is Gusau. Its climate is tropical, with temperatures rising up to 38 °C (100.4 °F) and above between...

February 10, (THEWILL) - The Speaker, Zamfara state House of Assembly, Nasiru Magarya, has directed the clerk of the House, Shehu Anka, to serve all members with notice of impeachment of the state’s deputy governor, Alhaji Mahdi Aliyu Gusau. A statement...

February 08, (THEWILL) - A Federal High Court sitting in Gusau, Zamfara state capital on Monday dismissed the suit challenging the defection of Gov Bello Matawalle and four others from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress...

February 08, (THEWILL) - Zamfara state House of Assembly has served an impeachment notice on the deputy governor, Alhaji Mahdi Aliyu Gusau. The chairman of the house standing committee on information, Hon. Shamsudeen Basko, announced the development at a media briefing...

February 05, (THEWILL) - The Zamfara state House of Assembly has begun a fresh attempt to impeach the state deputy governor, Barr. Mahadi Aliyu Muhammad Gusau. A statement issued in Gusau on Friday by the Director General, Press Affairs and...

January 28, (THEWILL) - President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed regret over the aborted visit to Zamfara State on Thursday, due to inclement weather conditions. The President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in a statement, said Buhari made...

January 26, (THEWILL) - President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday visit Zamfara state on a condolence visit over the recent killings in Anka and Bukkuyum local government areas of the State. Governor Matawalle disclosed this at an emergency meeting...