Tag Archives: Zamfara

Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has extended his hands of fellowship to the first executive governor of the State, Senator Sani Ahmed Yarima and other former governors. The past governors include Alhaji Mahmuda Aliyu Shinkafi, Senator Abdulaziz Abubakar Yari and the Minister of State for Defense, Hon. Bello Mohammed Matawalle. Governor Lawal also invited them to the official inauguration of ...

The Bello Mohammed Matawalle Zamfara Governorship Campaign Council has accepted the Supreme Court ruling on the state governorship election. In a statement signed by the deputy Chairman of the Campagn Committee 2023, Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi, while reacting to the Supreme Court verdict, also called on the party’s supporters to submit to the apex court’s judgement. The apex court validated the ...

The Supreme Court has set aside the November 16 judgment of the Court of Appeal voiding the election of Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State. In a judgment a moment ago, the court allowed the appeal filed by Lawal and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In the lead judgment, Justice Emmanuel Agim held that the trial tribunal was ...

The Zamfara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has assured that the party would still secure a landslide victory in the event of a rerun election in the state, as directed by the Court of Appeal. Buhari Maijega, the State’s PDP spokesman, expressed this optimism during a telephone interview with newsmen in Gusau, the state capital. He confidently ...

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has declared inconclusive the last governorship election in Zamfara State which produced Dauda Lawal of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winner. A three-member panel of the court held that there was ample evidence that the election process was not concluded in Maradun Local Government Area and some polling units in Birnin-Magaji and Bukyun ...

The Zamfara State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has affirmed the election of Dauda Lawal of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the governor of the State. The tribunal dismissed the petition by Bello Matawalle, the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, which challenged Lawal’s victory for lacking in merit. It, therefore, awarded a N500,000 cost to the petitioner, ...

Zamfara State National and State Assembly election petition Tribunal sitting in Sokoto has nullified the election of the State lawmaker representing Bungudu West in the House of Assembly, Basiru Bello Auki. He was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The Tribunal nullified his election on Thursday following a judgment delivered by the three-man panel of judges. ...

Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has charged the newly appointed commissioners to work hard for the development of the state. He warned that any commissioner found wanting would be shown the way out of his cabinet. “We are on rescue mission, therefore, this administration would not condone act of negligence and ready to sack anyone found wanting in the ...

Gov. Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has said that the state he inherited was bankrupt when he took over power. Lawal, who stated this on Wednesday evening at an interactive session with Zamfara professionals in Abuja, said that the state was in a bad state when he assumed office. “I believe in the history of our state, this is the ...

Gov Dauda Lawal of Zamfara on Thursday signed an executive order reducing the state ministries from 28 to 16 to improve quality services. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau by the Director General, Media and Communication, office of the governor, Malam Nuhu Anka. The governor noted that the restructuring of government ministries and agencies is aimed to ...