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Ahmed Attahir  A Non Governmental Organization (NGO),based in Zamfara State "Voluntary Aid Initiative" (VAI) has sensitized four communities on community-based initiatives to address harmful cultural norms and practices that promotes Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in the state. The sensitisation took place in Tsafe, Bilbis, Birnin Magaji and Nasarawa Godel communities under Birnin Magaji and Tsafe local government areas of the state. It was conducted by the NGO Voluntary Aid Initiative (VAI) in collaboration with Ukaid funded organisation "International Alert" under a project Promoting Stability, Access to Justice and Accountability. Speaking at Bilbis and Tsafe communities, the Executive Director of the VAI, Musa Umar urged the participants to change harmful cultural norms and practices with a view of reducing SGBV in the society.  Umar added that the tittle of the sensitization is "Develop and Support Implementation of Community-Based Initiatives to

Ahmed Attahir  The Zamfara state Agro  Climatic    Resilience  in Semi Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) Project has move to construct 6 solar powered Boreholes with accomodations of watchmen in the selected cholera hot spots community in the state. The project is also aim to support the livelihood in the benefiting community in the area. This was disclosed on Wednesday in Gusau,by the State Acting project coordinator (SPC) Nasiru Bello during the ceremony of the agreed action on bidding process of zamfara state ACReSAL project held at Project office in the state. Nasiru Bello explained that ACReSAL is a project initiated by the federal government through world bank assistance with aimed to address critical challenge of regional desertification and landscape management in northern Nigeria.  The Acting state SPC further disclosed that the programme was to ensure more sustainable future food and water security in changing  climate,"it  was also aimed to support communities with improved cap

Hon.Nasiru Bello Lawal Bungudu. Ahmed Attahir The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate 2023 House of Assembly election,for Bungudu West state house  in Zamfara Honourable Nasiru Bello Lawal Bungudu has described his rent victory at the Tribunal judgement as a victory for the democracy.    Nasiru Bello Lawal stated this while speaking to newsmen in Gusau on Tuesday. He noted that the tribunal judgement that declared him as a winner of the Bungudu  West constituency in the 2023 state house of assembly election as a justice to the common mans' choice. The former lawmaker represented the constituency in the state house of assembly between 2019 and 2023 as Deputy Leader of the house. "You know, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had earlier in March declared my opponent from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), *Basiru Bello* as a winner of Bungudu West the state assembly constituency seat.  "But the three man panel at the  tribunal sitting in Sokoto on T

Ahmed Attahir The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Zamfara State has distance itself from an audio leaked by Anas Sani Anka of thunder blowers online media aimed to tarnish the good image of the party,saying he is not card  carrying member nor a good supporter of the APC in the state. In a statement issued today by the Zamfara State APC publicity secretary Yusuf Idris Gusau,said t he attention of the All Progressives Congress APC in Zamfara has been drawn to a grand plot used by the PDP and its structure in the state using an old friend to the governor Dauda Lawal Dare and a journalist, one Anas Sani Anka of Thunder Blowers online media in the state. The statement reads in parts: "the said Anas has in the concocted audio openly said he is a friend to governor Dauda a statement which says a lot about his attitudes to the APC and its stakeholders". "It is on record that the thunder blowers was single handedly financed by the current governor of the state Dauda Lawal Dare

 Ahmed Attahir  A non governmental organization (NGO) based in Zamfara state called "Voluntary Aid Initiative"(VAI) has urged marginalized Community to come out and speak against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) for access to justice in the state. The Executive Director of the NGO, Musa Umar made the call in Gusau at the quarterly review meeting of CSOs network with local community and security agents in the state. The meeting was Organised by the VAI in collaboration with UKAid funded NGO and International Alert. The participants of the meeting included journalists,representatives from security agencies,CSOs, people with special needs and community members in the state. The International Alert is an NGO funded by the UK Conflict Security and Stability Fund (CSSF) implementing a project, “Promoting Stability, Access to Justice and Accountability’’ in Zamfara and Kaduna States. Umar noted that the meeting was part of the activities of the project aim to promote

State Minister of Defence,Bello Mohammed Mattawale. Ahmed Attahir  Some patriotic indigenes of zamfara state of different political class (ZAMPPOC) has assured president Bola Ahmed Tinubu that Ministerial appointee from zamfara state Bello Mattawale would surely exhibit vast of his experience with positive development. Addressing newsmen on Sunday evening in Gusau,the group chairman and secretary Bilal Shehu Umar and Kabiru Ibrahim Garba described appointment of ex zamfara Governor Mattawale as giant with many methods of overcoming insecurity. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has choose our amiable son, leader, former Governor, Hon. Dr Bello Mohammed Matawalle MON  in his cabinet as representative of the good people of Zamfara State  "The choice of Matawalle by the Jagaban as a Minister of Defence no doubt is a clear indication that the several methods he used in decimating armed banditry that bedevilled the state when he was the governor were ca

Dr Bello A.Mohammed, Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre, Gusau Zamfara state Ahmed Attahir The Medical Director of Federal Medical Centre ( FMC ) Gusau in Zamfara state,Dr Bello A. Mohammed has disclosed Soon,the hospital would be transform to the status of Teaching Hospital in the state. MD disclosed that despite security challenges the hospital operate twenty four hours,says he is afraid to disappoint those who gave him trust. Dr, Bello Mohammed who was speaking in an interview today in Gusau has expressed his appreciation to president and federal ministry of health for his reappointment as MD FMC,Gusau to another four years term. "We operate 24 hours despite security challenges,attended to everyone even the victims of insurgency and road accident at all times". According to him,FMC Gusau has witnessed tremendous transformation particularly during his administration, Interms of service delivery, provision of manpower, renovations, construction of new structures and pr

  Immediate past Governor ,now Ministerial Nominee from from Zamfara state,Dr Bello Mohammed Mattawale. BY Yusuf  Idris Gusau.  As the Nigerian 10th Senate and by extension the National Assembly through its chairman and Senate President, Godswill Akpabio commend President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for nominating a "veteran politician of integrity" in Dr. Bello Mohammed Matawalle into the incoming National Executive Council of the Tinubu-led administration, there is no iota of doubt that the nomination of the Zamfara state nominee and immediate past Governor is well deserved. Matawalle who has very good and responsible national leaders including former and serving members of both the upper and lower chambers of the National Assembly cutting across all regions of the country as good friends of long standing, has demonstrated that he is a unifying leader who always has the passion of progressive Nigeria in him. While at the National Assembly to pass through the rigorous marathon screeni