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Zamfara first lady wins The Sun newspaper’s award

The wife of Zamfara State governor, Hajiya Huriyya Lawal, has won The Sun newspaper’s First Lady of the Year award for 2026. This was announced by the management of the newspaper yesterday. The Sun Publishing Limited is the publisher of Daily Sun, Saturday Sun, Sunday Sun, Sporting Sun, and thesun.ng. The award was extended after […]

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WHO, Zamfara gov’t train health workers on diphtheria, cholera

The Zamfara State Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO), has conducted a sensitisation/ training for health workers on cholera, diphtheria, AFP and other vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) in the state. The training, held at Darma Hotel, Gusau, was designed to strengthen the knowledge, skills and capacity of clinicians to effectively detect, […]

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Zamfara approves 95% salary increase for health workers

The Zamfara State Government has approved a 95 per cent increase in the salaries of health workers across the state, with the new pay structure taking effect from September 7, 2026. It said that the revised remuneration is aligned with the Federal Government’s approved health-sector salary structures, particularly the Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS). The […]

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Public service: Zamfara gov’t restates commitment to capacity building

Zamfara State Government will sustain its institutional capacity building initiative to achieve competency and professionalism in public service. Zamfara State Head of Service, Shehu Baraya, announced this at his office during a brief ceremony marking the end of the Pre-Examination Refresher Course and examination for directors aspiring to become permanent secretaries. The course was organised […]

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IOM, Zamfara gov’t establish Safe Space Centre in Gusau

Zamfara State Government in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is constructing a Safe Space Centre in Gusau to support survivors of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and other traumatised persons. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, Nasiru Galadima Kaura, yesterday led a supervision team on an inspection visit to assess […]

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Makinde to Wike: Tinubu didn’t give Oyo N50bn for airport

Oyo State Governor and Allied Peoples Movement (APM) presidential candidate, Seyi Makinde, has rejected a claim by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, that President Bola Tinubu provided N50 billion to support the upgrade of the Ibadan airport. Makinde described the claim as false, insisting that the airport upgrade was being funded […]

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Akpabio: No vacancy in Aso Rock amid Tinubu’s vacation

By Henry Umoru ABUJA — President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has dismissed calls for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to hand over power to Vice President Kashim Shettima, insisting that there is no leadership vacuum despite the President’s extended working vacation abroad. Akpabio spoke on Tuesday in Akwa Ibom State while commissioning road projects […]

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Commercial flights from Gusau International Airport to Abuja begin next month

Commercial flights from the Gusau International Airport to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, will begin next month, in October, 2026. The Zamfara State Government announced this when it signed an Air Route Development Partnership Agreement with XEJet Limited for scheduled commercial flights between Gusau and Abuja on Monday. The Memorandum of Understanding signed yesterday […]

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