Thousands of civil servants have strongly criticised Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal for what they consider to be a "peanuts" pay rise in the state's already-existing salary structure. "Prior to this, my monthly take-home pay was N30,000. Fortunately, I noticed a N3,000 increase, which sent me into a state of confusion. I honestly believed it was a gift from His Excellency Dauda Lawal for wage award , but I later learned from my colleagues that it was a minimum wage that the governor had promised civil servants during his 2023 campaign" according to a level 5 Step 6 Zamfara State civil who begged for anonymity. Additional information gathered from the Zamfara State Accountant General Office shows that the state government, led by Governor Dauda Lawal, has raised N3,000 from level One to level Six and N6,000 from level Seven to level 16, in that order. Another development is that the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC Zamfara State Chapter leadership has reportedly...

  As governor Dauda Lawal Dare clocked one year in office, report from Zamfara State have it that, governor Dauda Lawal had approved the  released of   billions of Naira as contract to paint some major  roads and some  projects executed by the immediate past governor of the state His Excellency Dr, Bello Mohammed Matawalle while in office. Some of  the projects commissioned by governor Dauda to celebrate his one year achievements are  the Almajiries Schools which was built by the former president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan when he was in power in each of the Northern States to sync both the western and Islamic learning for the children roaming on the streets for begging across  the Northern States of the Federation and the  Clinics along with primary Health Center in each of the 14 local government Headquarter of the State built  equiped and Commissioned by Dr Bello Mohammed Matawalle in each   of the 14  Local governmen...

In  delivering this week’s tourism product, Otunba Olawanle Akinboboye, apologized over the delay, which he attributed to his rather very tight schedule, and work on a project related to this week’s tourism product as well. He recalled that, in the last 40 years development of the tourism industry in Nigeria, he has always stressed the importance of creating tourism destinations. Otunba Akinboboye said that, Nigeria has numerous geographical and other attractions that includes beaches, hills, waterfalls, historical landmarks and so on. However, it has failed to transform many of these tourist attractions into tourism destinations, which is essential in creating a viable tourism industry in Nigeria and providing employment and economic empowerment to numerous communities across Nigeria. The tourism icon, Otunba Olawanle Akinboboye explained that, when tourists visit an attraction, they will only expend money at that location if it contains infrastructure that encourages such expendi...

  Otunba Olawanle Akinboboye has apologized for the slight delay in revealing  this week tourism product and gave his assurances that he is still committed to his release of 52 products over a 52 week period, as promised. This week’s product he said, is, ‘Simi Rigi.’ Though different, but aligned  with, the two previous products (Simi Rimi and Ijoko Rimi) which he has spoken about earlier. As it also involves taking advantage of your advantages.   He indicated that the product under discussion was fabricated from materials that could be easily sourced in Nigeria and so was relatively inexpensive to make. It could also be fabricated in an eco - friendly manner using recycled plastic chairs. He noted that the product, unlike the earlier products, was land based and would appeal to those who wanted to try new things but were nervous of being on water.  Otunba Akinboboye noted that, whenever a tourism site or destination is established, wherever people would si...

By Auwal Danjuma Gusau. An alleged investigation conducted  by the faked online ( The mailnewsonline.com) that ," the Honourable Minister of State for Defence Bello Mohammed Matawalle distributed 50 bags of rice through Honourable Musa Bawa Yankuzo to some selected bandits in Zamfara State is another desperate failed move to discredit the hard earned Name of the Honourable Minister of State for Defence His Excellency Bello Mohammed Matawalle by the opposition who have woefully failed to fulfill their  rescue slogan to the good people of Zamfara State. Zamfara Newsletters correspondent in Gusau took a trip to Honourable Musa Bawa Yankuzo to find out exactly what happen and his alleged role for the allegation of 50 bags of rice Ramadan package to one of the most wanted bandit leader Ado Aleiro on 17 March 2024 as falsely reported by faked online paper,  fortunately his family members along with one of  his neighbors  confirmed that, "Honourable Musa Bawa Yankuzo l...

Tourism  Icon, Otunba Olawanle Akinboboye’s tourism product for week 21, ‘Tourism Half Hour’ is ready to go on air in the next few days. While speaking at the release of the product penultimate week, Otunba Akinboboye had pointed out that, ‘Tourism Half Hour’ is a weekly television programme that focuses on Knowledge, Application and Fulfillment (KAF) in relation to tourism and the creation and growth of a tourism industry in Nigeria and Africa. Tourism Half Hour among other things, will showcase and expand upon the 52 products being presented by him, in his weekly new tourism products, media presentation series. The TV programme is designed to enlighten not only tourism practitioners and members of the public, but also government officials, who will gain a better understanding of the tourism industry and the products required to create a viable tourism industry for the continent. Which also will facilitate their ability to create an enabling environment for the African tourism ind...

* Otunba Olawanle Akinboboye    The  24th product of the week, is Ijoko Rimi, says tourism icon, Otunba Olawanle Akinboboye. Though it may appear similar to last week’s presentation of is (Simi Rimi), it has distinct features that provides a complete different water experience from last week’s tourism product.   ‘Ijoko Rimi’ according to him, is a Yoruba term that means ‘sit on water’. Once again, this item is produced locally from wood and recycled vegetable oil  kegs. However, rather than being designed as a floating bed, it  incorporates the seating portion of a plastic chair (what’s left after you cut off the chair’s legs) to create an apparatus that will enable tourists gently float on water while relaxing in a seated position.   He then mentioned that the apparatus is also designed in a way that would facilitate sports fishing, so that keen anglers can spend a relaxing day attempting to catch fish.   The materials this apparatus uses are eco...