Zamfara State News Today

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Zamfara has displayed lists of governorship and state assembly candidates in the state for the upcoming 2019 general elections without the APC candidates.

Farmers in Zamfara are being assaulted by armed bandits who place levies on them before they are allowed to harvest their farm produce. Residents of Anka LGA narrated how the gunmen have been slamming levies on them.

The state commissioner for local government and chieftaincy affairs, Alhaji Bello Dankande, who handed over the money on behalf of the government said the gesture was in fulfillment of the state governor’s pledge to give N1m.

An fara bankado ta’adin da Gwamna Yari yayi a shekaru 7 da hakin bakin Kwamishinan sa. Kungiyar CUPS ce ta tonawa Gwamna Abdulaziz Yari zani a kasuwa tace yana amfani da wani asusun UBA wajen sace kudin Zamfara.

Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman, APC, says the party will approach the court on its ban by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from fielding candidates for elective positions in Zamfara state.

Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara state on Thursday, October 1, announced a N1m reward for every illegal AK-47 rifle returned to the state govt. He said the gesture had become necessary following the unabated increase in crime.