History Made In Gusau: First Aircraft Lands At Zamfara International Airport After 30 Years — And The Entire State Is Celebrating
By Hotgist9ja News Desk | Breaking News | Nigeria Some moments in Nigerian history are small. Some are large. And some — like what happened in Gusau, Zamfara State on Sunday afternoon — are the kind that make an entire people stop, breathe, and say: finally. At exactly 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, a Bombardier Challenger 605 aircraft — registration number 5N-FGZ, operated by the Federal Government of Nigeria — touched down at the Gusau International Airport in Zamfara State. Governor Dauda Lawal was there to witness it personally. And for the people of Zamfara, it was more than a landing. It was thirty years of waiting coming to an end in one runway moment. Zamfara State has existed since 1996. For every single one of those thirty years — through every administration, every promise, every abandoned project — the state has had no functional airport. No direct air access. No aviation infrastructure. Citizens travelling by air have had to drive hours to neighbouring states just to boa...