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All Africa (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Nigeria: Don't Criticise Yar'adua! (Lagos)EDITORIALIN Zamfara State, it is an offence, punishable by a sack, to criticise President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua.Last week the state government fired the Managing Director of the state-owned newspaper Mallam Bashir Sanda Gusau. The newspaper, Legacy, published an article that criticised the President.Our laws do not prescribe the sack of journalists as...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
Nigeria: Zamfara Assembly Denies Impeachment PlanImam ImamGusauZamfara state House of Assembly has debunked reports by a national newspaper(not THISDAY) that it was planning to impeach the state Governor , Mahmud Aliyu Shinkafi.Addressing journalists on the issue in Gusau yesterday, Deputy Speaker of the House, Hon Murtala Adamu Jangebe, said the reports of the impeachment, which appeared...
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... school teachers and instructors of the Early Child Care and Development Education (ECCDE) in Gusau.The chairman said the teachers had no relevant qualification to teach even though they were graduates of universities and polytechnics.Alhaji Aliyu Anka also advised teachers who were yet to make up the National Certificate in Education (NCE such teachers to register for the professional certificates...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Nigeria: Zamfara District Head, Guard KilledImam ImamGusauMagamin Tarko Village, Kaura Namoda Local Government area of Zamfara State has been thrown into mourning, following the killing last Monday, of District Head of the area, Alhaji Abubakar Maiyawa Dantoro, by unknown gunmen.Village and Police sources confirmed that the 47-year-old District Head was killed at his residence in the early hours...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
On 20 August 2008, Mr. Bashir Sanda Gusau, the Managing Director of "Legacy", the Zamfara (North Western Nigeria) State-owned newspaper, was sacked for publishing an article the state considered to disparage President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Nigeria: Assembly Orders Yarima, Others to Refund I Billion NairaImam ImamGusauVerification committee set up by Zamfara State House of Assembly to probe contracts awarded by previous administration has indicted former governor Ahmed Sani Yarima and some contractors.They were alleged to have expended over N1billion belonging to the state government. The committee, therefore, recommended a refund...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
... accompanied by fellow committee members including Senators Gang Dantong, Inuwa Ahmed and Hassan Gusau.The Senate committee inspected capital projects such as the N90 million administrative block, N10 million special ultrasound unit and the N45 million intern-quarters.Others were a tele-medicine room, expansion project for the gynecology ward and the accident and emergency wards.Speaking...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
Nigeria: Criticise Yar'Adua, Be Sacked, Zamfara Tells Workers (Lagos)Imam ImamGusauAll Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) Governor of Zamfara State, Mahmud Aliyu Shinkafi, has warned civil servants in the state that they risk losing their jobs if they attack President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua or his administration.To give bite to the threat, the government has sacked the Managing Director of the state-owned...
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hjtler re-incarnate
nigeria is a democratic country,so who is zamfara gov.or yaradua to gag any-ones mouth
ninger - (not a member) - 08/23/2008