Zamfara (Hausa: Jihar Zamfara; Fula: Leydi Zamfara; Adlam: 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤶𞤢𞤥𞤬𞤢𞤪𞤢) is a state in northwestern Nigeria. The capital of Zamfara state...

administrators and governors of Zamfara State, Nigeria. Until 1996 the area was part of Sokoto State. States of Nigeria List of state governors of Nigeria Azu...

prevalence. Zamfara State was the first to legislate polygamy, which occurred on January 7, 2000. Gombe State has been the most recent state to provide...

Nigeria, particularly Zamfara, Sokoto and Niger states. In 2022, a bandit gang led by Turji carried out a series of massacres in Zamfara, resulting in the...

The following table presents a list of Nigeria's state governors. Governors are elected for a term of four years (maximum of two terms). A minister appointed...

elections in Zamfara State will be held on 25 February 2023, to elect the 3 federal Senators from Zamfara State, one from each of the state's three senatorial...

the Local Government, the third tier of government in Nigeria, below the state governments and the federal government. The functions of local governments...

September 1965) is a Nigerian banker and politician who is the governor of Zamfara state. He was elected under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...

Budget for the state was kidnapped while his deputy he had been travelling with was killed in the attack. In 2019 the governor of Zamfara, Bello Matawalle...

the south for 161 km (100 miles) and Zamfara to the west. States. Nicknamed the "Home of Hospitality", Both the state capital and the town of Daura have...