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Zamfara School Fire Tragedy Claims Lives of 17 Children

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 6, 2025

A fire outbreak at a Tsangaya school (Almajiri school) has resulted in the deaths of 17 children in the Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Community residents reported that the fire, which broke out at midnight, also left at least 16 other pupils injured. The chairperson of

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Lawal Offers Employment to 16 Zamfara Nursing Graduates from Sudan

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 26, 2025

The Zamfara State Government has announced that Lawal presented certificates to nursing graduates from Sudan International University on Thursday at the Government House in Gusau. According to the statement, 66 students sponsored by the Zamfara State Government were evacuated from Sudan in 2023 due to the ongoing conflict in the East African nation. The statement […]

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Governor Lawal Strengthens Zamfara Education with Recruitment of 2,000 Teachers

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 16, 2025

Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has authorized the hiring of 2,000 additional teachers as part of his administration’s dedication to improving the education sector. This announcement was made during an Executive Council meeting at the Government House in Gusau. A statement released on Thursday by the Governor’s spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris, revealed that

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Group criticises Gov Lawal for allegedly neglecting Zamfara students in Cyprus

Fadiran Ifeloluwa November 1, 2024

The Zamfara Concerned Citizens group has voiced serious concerns regarding Governor Dauda Lawal’s alleged abandonment of over 100 Zamfara students studying in Cyprus on state-funded scholarships. These students, initially sponsored by the Zamfara State government to pursue higher education abroad, are now reportedly stranded and struggling to cover basic living

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Zamfara emerges best performing northern state in NECO examinations for gifted students

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 15, 2024

Zamfara State has emerged as the best-performing northern state in the National Examination Council’s (NECO) entrance tests for gifted students. Remember that the national examination body recently released the 2024 results for admission to the Federal Government Academy in Suleja, Niger State. According to a statement given by Governor Dauda Lawal’s

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Zamfara seeks TETFund takeover of abandoned projects in state universities

Fadiran Ifeloluwa June 8, 2024

Dauda Lawal, the governor of Zamfara State, has requested additional funding from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to promote infrastructure development at certain of the state’s public tertiary institutions. Lawal spoke in Abuja while visiting Sonny Echono, Executive Secretary of the TETFund. The governor stated that the state of emergency he recently

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FUGUS graduates 2,534 students with 43 bagging first-class

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 26, 2024

The Federal University Gusau (FUGUS) in Zamfara State has graduated 2,534 students, which is 27.03% higher than the number that graduated in the previous convocation, with 43 students receiving first class in the state. Speaking on Saturday at the Federal University Gusau’s second (3rd and 4th) combined convocation ceremonies, the university’s Vice Chancellor,

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Abducted university students and NYSC members in Zamfara regain freedom

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 15, 2024

The remaining students of Federal University, Gusau, Zamfara State, who were kidnapped by a bunch of bandits last year, have been released. On September 22, 2023, the criminals stormed the Sabon-Gida hamlet in Zamfara’s Bungudu Local Government Area and abducted 20 students. Females were most commonly taken from their hostels. Despite the arduous efforts of […]

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Zamfara Govt. to recruit 2,000 English, Science teachers – Commissioner

max Amuchie April 4, 2024

ZAMFARA (Sundiata post) – Government says it is set to recruit 2,000 English and Science subjects teachers in the state, an official disclosed Alhaji Wadatau Madawaki, the state Commissioner for Science and Technology made this known in Gusau on Tuesday. Reports that the commissioner spoke at a stakeholders’ meeting on “Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning […]

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World Bank funded project to renovate 441 public schools in Zamfara – Official

max Amuchie April 4, 2024

GUSAU (Sundiata post) – The Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE), a World Bank funded intervention, will renovate 441 public primary and secondary schools in Zamfara.The Coordinator of the Project, Hajiya Sa’adatu Abdu-Gusau, disclosed this in Gusau on Wednesday at the stakeholders’ meeting on AGILE project in the state. Reports that the