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Day: July 15, 2026

MSF aircraft lands in Gusau Airport, boosts healthcare delivery

A Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) aircraft landed in Zamfara State, northwest Nigeria, for the first time following the opening of the new Gusau International Airport. This marks an important milestone in improving access to communities across the state and strengthening the delivery of healthcare and humanitarian assistance. The new airport is expected to significantly reduce…

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Lawal shares 120 free trucks of fertiliser, 200,000 litres of herbicides, 100 crop residue crushers to farmers

Governor Dauda Lawal distributed more than 120 trucks of fertilisers and essential farm inputs to Zamfara farmers. The Zamfara 2026 wet-season fertiliser programme was launched on Friday at the Trade Fair Complex in Gusau, the state capital. According to a statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris, the Zamfara State Government distributed 72,000 bags…

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PenCom aims to improve police pensions, says exit from CPS not needed

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA —THE The National Pension Commission, PenCom, has moved to allay rising unrest among Nigeria Police personnel about remaining in the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), saying it aims to secure improved retirement benefits for officers—not to back their withdrawal from the scheme. Director-General of PenCom, Omolola Oloworaran, said on Tuesday that the…

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Recruitment: Zamfara conducts CBT for nurses, midwives

The Zamfara State Hospital Service Management Board (HSMB) successfully conducted a Computer-Based Test (CBT) for applicants seeking employment as Nurses and Midwives in the state healthcare system. The exercise was organised as part of the board’s commitment to ensuring a transparent, credible, and merit-based recruitment process aimed at strengthening healthcare service delivery across Zamfara State….

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Celebrations over CTJ’s killing of bandit leader Sani Yellow in Zamfara

Citizens are celebrating the killing of a notorious bandit kingpin, Kachalla Sani Yellow, by a combined team of Civilian Joint Task Force, known as Askarawan Zamfara, and hunters in Zamfara State. The bandit warlord was killed in Anka Local Government Area of the State during an exchange of fire while trying to repel an attack…

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