Politics

Zamfara Assembly Crisis: Six PDP Lawmakers Dump Party for APC

Daily Dispatch January 2, 2026

….Accuse Legislature of Constitutional Breaches Six serving members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Zamfara State House of Assembly have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), citing alleged violations of the constitution and what they described as the erosion of

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15 Residents Fleeing From Bandits Feared Dead In Zamfara Boat Accident

Daily Dispatch August 30, 2025

At least 15 people have reportedly died, while three others remain missing, after a boat capsized in the Gummi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The incident happened on Friday, August 29, 2025, when villagers fleeing bandit attacks attempted to cross a river at Nasarawar Kifi in Birnin Tudu ward. Eyewitnesses said the victims, mostly […]

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Jubilation as Shinkafi Volunteer Forces kill Bandit Commander, Danbokolo in Zamfara

Daily Dispatch June 30, 2025

▪︎ Turji in disarray, as DSS Maintains Studied Silence. Role Unclear. Details have emerged on how notorious bandit kingpin Kachalla Yellow Danbokolo died at the weekend in Zamfara State after an earlier gun battle with Shinkafi Volunteer Forces in the State. Danbokolo’s death is being wildly celebrated in Zamfara State and many parts of the […]

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How Zamfara Civilian Protection Guard decimated Turji

Daily Dispatch June 26, 2025

•Over 100 bandits killed•DSS role unclear Details have emerged on how members of the Zamfara Civilian Protection Guards on Monday night launched a surprise offensive against hundreds of suspected bandits believed to be loyal to wanted terrorist kingpin, Bello Turji. At the end of the attack which happened near Cida, a remote village in Shinkafi […]

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Breaking: Kaduna, Zamfara, Kogi Governors drag Buhari To Supreme Court over new naira scarcity

Daily Dispatch February 6, 2023

Worried has trailed the effects the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s naira redesign policy is having on the residents of their states, the governments of Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara have dragged the Federal government before the Supreme Court, seeking a restraining order to stop the full implementation of the policy. In a motion ex-parte filed […]

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Nigeria receives US$1 million to boost food and nutrition needs of troubled Katsina, Zamfara, Borno

Daily Dispatch March 17, 2022

Nigeria has been given US$1 million from Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to boost food and nutrition needs in Katsina, Zamfara and Borno states. The fund was given to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in 2021 as part of an ECOWAS humanitarian assistance to the Nigerian Government for victims of violent […]