Tag Archives: Zamfara State
Boko Haram Republic of Arewa, Boko Haram Republic of Borno-Yobe, Boko Haram Republic of Northern Nigeria is not a bad idea. I have reiterated in an earlier write up ‘Boko Haram Republic: Why Not?’ that a referendum is necessary in … read more »
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Tagged bokoharam, BornoState, IndepthAfrica, Islam, Islamic State, news about boko haram, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian news, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Zamfara State
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Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s decision to immediately release funds to clean up lead-contaminated villages in Nigeria will save untold lives, Human Rights Watch said today. Releasing the funds clears the way for at least 1,500 children in urgent need of … read more »
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Tagged Africa Cup of Nations, Climate Action Network, ethiopia eritrea, Facebook, Football Nigeria, GoodluckJonathan, Human Rights Watch, Jonathan, Lead poisoning, Nigeria, nigeria africa, Nigeria Government, Nigeria newspaper, Nigeria politics, senegal africa, West Africa, Zamfara State
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From ADETUTU FOLASADE-KOYI,The Sun Chairman of the Housing and Urban Development Committee, Bukar Abba Ibrahim has refuted comments made by the Chief of Army Staff, Azubuike Ihejirika that over 3,000 people had been killed by Boko Haram. Senate President David … read more »
Abba Mahmood,Leadership opinion During the Ramadan fast, precisely in the first week of August 2012, I read in the papers that the Zamfara State government had spent a whopping N2.7bn for the fasting period! I began to wonder if that … read more »
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Tagged Bayelsa State, Indepth Africa Magazine, Kaduna, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Ramadan, Zamfara State
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by Comrade AremuforYouths In the past lies the problems of the present and in the present lies the answers to the future or the destruction of it. History is very fascinating and in history lies the beginning of Boko Haram … read more »
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A gang of armed robbers has killed 23 people in two villages in northern Nigeria, witnesses and police say. An eyewitness told the BBC that about 80 people on motorbikes launched an attack in the remote villages of Dan-Gulbi and … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Agence France-Presse, bbc, bokoharam, Dan-Gulbi, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Northern Nigeria, Zamfara State
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press release Friday May 11, 2012 – Abuja, Nigeria — An International Conference to find solutions to the Zamfara lead poisoning crisis (1), of which Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), was the lead organiser concluded on Thursday. The conference delegates endorsed … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, afria travel, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, Lead poisoning, map africa, Medecins Sans Frontieres, news, Nigeria, Nigerian government, Politics of Nigeria, South Africa, travel to africa, Zamfara, Zamfara State
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As we explore the issue of Nigeria’s missing federalism, we turn today to Bauchi as we focus on and analyze sub-national budgets, fiscal prudence and good governance. The state is one of the older states with the good fortune … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Bauchi, Bauchi State, Boko Haram, IndepthAfrica, Isa Yuguda, Lagos State, Nigeria, Yuguda, Zamfara State
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Thousands of children in northwestern Nigeria are in urgent need of treatment for lead poisoning. New York-based Human Rights Watch says dozens of villages in northwestern Zamfara State remain contaminated, two years after the problems were first discovered. Left untreated, … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, child, Gold mining, Human Rights Watch, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Lagos, Lead poisoning, Nigeria, Zamfara State
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November 3, 2011 by benim
Kano – A 1-month-old baby, said to hold a diploma, was on the Nigerian government payroll, officials have discovered, exposing the levels to which corruption runs in Africa’s most populous country. The name of the infant was recently found on … read more »
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October 29, 2011 by benim
Kano – Illegal gold mining has left at least 2 000 children with lead poisoning in several northern Nigerian villages, where 400 children have already died from contamination, an official said on Friday. The 2 000 children under 5 have … read more »
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Tagged Environmental health, Friday, Gold mining, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfricaMagazine, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, Lead poisoning, New York, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, West Africa, Zamfara, Zamfara State
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Kano – Police in northern Nigeria’s Zamfara state have arrested seven people suspected of involvement in a weekend raid on a village that left 19 people dead, the state governor said on Monday. Dozens of attackers suspected of belonging to … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Boko Haram, Fula people, Gusau, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Lingyado, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Saturday, Southern Africa, West Africa, Zamfara State
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September 9, 2011 by benim
A Shariah court in northern Nigeria has ordered that two men have their right hands amputated for stealing a farmer’s bull. The decision by the Shariah court in Zamfara state came Friday. In the Judge Muhammadu Abubakar’s ruling, the court … read more »
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Tagged Boko Haram, Christian, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Muslim, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Northern Nigeria, Pan African News, Sharia, Southern Africa, West Africa, Zamfara State
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Come May 29 2011 Nigerians will be witnessing the making of another dispensation, this will come with high hopes as many Nigerians will wants to see President Goodluck Jonathan put his words into action as he promised transformation. Yes transformation … read more »
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Lead poisoning linked with illegal gold mining has killed a further 400 children in northern Nigeria since November, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Monday. The latest figures suggest the death toll from the crisis in the northern … read more »
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, breaking news, child, Embassies and Consulates, Gold mining, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Lead, Lead poisoning, News local news, Northern Nigeria, United Nations, World news, Zamfara, Zamfara State
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December 22, 2010 by benim
A Lagos High Court yesterday discharged and acquitted Hamza Al-mustapha, a major and former chief security officer (CSO) to the late military dictator, Sani Abacha, and three others standing trial for the attempted murder of the publisher of The Guardian … read more »
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Tagged abacha, Africa news, African news, Alex Ibru, Attempted murder, breaking news, chief security, Delta State, former Chief Security Officer, Hamza al-Mustapha, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International relations, James Danbaba, Jubrin Bala Yakubu, Lagos, Lagos State, Law Crime, military dictator, Mohammed Abacha, Muftau Olokoba, News local news, Nigeria, Nigeria news Papers, political-news, prima facie, Sani Abacha, Sani Abacha Stadium, security officer, War Conflict, World news, Zamfara State
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December 18, 2010 by benim
Barely 48 hours after 21 governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan for the 2011 presidential election, 75 PDP senators yesterday threw their weight behind him. 844 delegates to the PDP forthcoming presidential primaries from the … read more »
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Tagged Goodluck Jonathan, Kaduna State, Namadi Sambo, Peoples Democratic Party, President, Redeemed Christian Church Of God, West Zone cricket team, Zamfara State
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