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June 30, 2014

Let the rice sharing continue: Zamfara politicians go the Ekiti way (LOOK)

by 'Jola Sotubo The recently concluded Ekiti elections were decried by many who felt that former governor, Ayo Fayose won because he shared bags of rice to some members of…

April 12, 2014

Perry Brimah: Death and the consequence of state corruption

by Perry Brimah When helicopters are not bought for the police force: the consequence is death. 250 people like you and I died in Zamfara state. There was no…

March 30, 2014

Terrible: Man slaps wife to death in Zamfara

by Oge Okonkwo A 60-year-old man, Malam Umaru following a dispute with his wife, Inno, slapped her to death in Jerin Duwatsu Village, Wanke district of Gusau local government. According…

October 20, 2013

Fresh violence: 3 people beheaded in Zamfara as Ag. Gov. escapes death

File photo The acting governor of Zamfara State, who is also the speaker of the state House of Assembly, Honourable Sanusi Garba Rikiji, escaped death by the whiskers at the…

October 8, 2013

Man, 37, sentenced to death by hanging for killing step-daughter with Germaline

by Adeola Balogun A 37 year old man has been sentenced to death by a Zamfara State High court after being convicted of the murder of his step-daughter. Abdullahi Abubakar,…

September 18, 2013

Student arrested for impregnating, killing 17-year-old girl in Zamfara

26-year-old student of health technology has been arrested by the police in Zamfara State for allegedly abducting, impregnating and killing a 17-year-old girl, Bela’u. The suspect, Bello was arrested following…

July 29, 2013

Cheta Nwanze: Yerima is all about himself and little of Islam (Y! FrontPage)

by Cheta Nwanze The world will always be full o'people like Yerima who will always attempt to twist conditions for their own benefit regardless of what storm it causes. But…

July 17, 2013

Dele Agekameh: Security – Zamfara as scapegoat

by Dele Agekameh But beyond throwing tight security cordons everywhere, we must urgently find a way to put able-bodied men and women back to work as well as put food…

June 19, 2013

Hell’s angels: Gunmen on 38 motorcycles kill 32 in Zamfara village

by Akan Ido About 32 people have been reported killed at Kizara village in the Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara, when gunmen on motorcycles attacked early on Tuesday. The gunmen…

June 4, 2013

Wickedness: Man kills his mother, 2 sisters over father’s inheritance (PICTURED)

A 25- year-old man, Kamar Yusuf, who killed his mother and siblings in Sabon Gusau, Zamfara State last week has been arrested by the Kaduna Police Command, and is now…

May 27, 2013

Reno Omokri: President Jonathan is a study in under-promising and over-delivering

by Reno Omokri These successes have not been accidental. The Federal Government has taken a number of initiatives to get Nigerians working. As we approach the midterm period of the…

May 24, 2013

Tragic: Mother of nine commits suicide in Zamfara

by Akan Ido Malama Hadiza Sani, a 45-year-old woman from Gada Village in Bungudu Local Government area of Zamfara has allegedly committed suicide. The woman was said to have killed herself…

May 14, 2013

Sam Nda-Isaiah: Why do they take Dokubo-Asari seriously?

by Sam Nda-Isaiah All of these executive militants derive their strength and mojo from President Jonathan. So we should leave people like Dokubo-Asari, Tom Ateke and Tompolo alone and know…

May 6, 2013

Cheta Nwanze: Why we need the Nigeria Governor’s Forum (Y! FrontPage)

The problem with the NGF, however, is the manner in which they go about their business. While on the one hand, the NGA in America is bipartisan and open; our…

April 26, 2013

Opinion: Education in Nigeria – The Northern (dis)advantage

by Femi Owolabi In Nigeria, I think we see more scholastic achievements in the study of Islamic religion than any other. I beg to say that the problem is perhaps…

April 26, 2013

How we stopped Boko Haram from invading Zamfara – Governor

Zamfara State governor Abdulaziz Abubakar Yari yesterday stated that the collective effort of traditional rulers and the state government, coupled with sharia law established in the state, were the main…

February 12, 2013

Kingsley Amaku: What I witnessed death mines of Bagega

by Kingsley Amaku They simply had very few choices available for survival in a very arid and dry place like Bagega. It was hard to imagine the kind of grinding…

January 28, 2013

Opinion: Five leadership lessons from Martin Luther King, Jr.

by Lanre Olagunju The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference Last Monday, the world again celebrated the Martin…

January 23, 2013

Japheth Omojuwa: For bloggers only – Part 2 | #SaveBagega (Y! FrontPage)

The power of new media realities is that everyone who cares to have a voice now has a voice. The world has not only changed, that change is in itself…

October 1, 2012

“I can observe Hajj, whether I’m muslim or not” – Christian attempting to board flight to Saudi

by Isi Esene Lohnan Joseph, a 29-year-old Plateau State born teacher was on Sunday held at the Sultan Abubakar III Airport while trying to board a Saudi Arabia bound flight.…

August 12, 2012

Northern states top Nigeria’s jobless list according to figures released by NBS

by Isi Esene The Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has recently released the 2011 unemployment data which reveals a wide dichotomy between states in the North and those in the…

May 13, 2012

Doctors without Borders: Nigeria government ignores lead poisoning that killed 400 children in Zamfara

by Seyi Lawal Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has criticised the Nigeria's government for lack of action to tackle a lead poisoning epidemic that has killed 400 children and poisoned ten…

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