The Police Command in Zamfara says it will investigate the arrest and detention of the vehicle and driver of the state Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Tukur Danfulani by some policemen. The Public Relations Officer of the Command, ASP Yazid Abubakar said on Sunday in Gusau that...
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Armed bandits on Monday night killed four policemen serving under Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The officers were said to have mounted a checkpoint along Bungudu-Gusau Road when the armed bandits ambushed and opened fire on them. The spokesperson for the Zamfara State Police Command, ASP...
Gov Dauda Lawal of Zamfara on Thursday signed an executive order reducing the state ministries from 28 to 16 to improve quality services. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau by the Director General, Media and Communication, office of the governor, Malam Nuhu Anka. The governor noted...
The Police Command in Zamfara has confirmed the killing of six persons in an attack by local vigilantes, Yan Sakai, in Kadamutsawa community of Bungudu Local Government Area. A statement on Tuesday issued in Gusau by the command spokesman, ASP Yazid Abubakar said the attack, which took place on June...
A notorious bandit leader in Zamfara State, Dogo Gudali, has been killed by an Improvised Explosive Device, IED, planted by members of his terrorist group, PRNigeria reports. The IED, according to a military source in the North West, was planted by terrorists to eliminate troops of Operation Hadarin Daji,...
The Zamfara government says it has not embarked on negotiating with bandits to address security challenges bedeviling the state. The Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Abubakar Nakwada disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Gusau on Tuesday. He noted that the present administration of Gov. Dauda Lawal had no...
Nigerian military troops have rescued 10 people abducted by terrorists in Zamfara State. The rescued persons, who are farmers were kidnapped recently. “They were working on their farms, when a group of bandits attacked them, and took 10 of them away,” a local source in Zamfara told PRNigeria. But...
The Zamfara Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday berated the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Department for State Services (DSS) for the alleged invasion of the Gusau and Maradun homes of the immediate past Governor of the state, Alhaji Bello Matawalle. The condemnation is contained...
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has pleaded with the Federal Government to deploy security agencies to Zamfara to prevent the ‘heartbreaking’ killings in some parts of the state. Atleast seven people were reported killed on Tuesday, after unknown gunmen went from house to house killing...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – The Zamfara State Police Command has rescued nine children abducted by bandits from Goran-Namaye Community in Maradun local government area of the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Yazid Abubakar made the disclosure in a statement issued in Gusau on Sunday by “On 3rd...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has condemned Saturday’s bandits attacks on Sakiddar Magaji and Janbako communities in Maradun Local Government Area of the state. Governor Lawal in a statement on Sunday by his media aide, Malam Mustafa Jafaru-Kaura, described the attack as barbaric and...
Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara on Saturday handed over the state’s transition committee documents to the Governor-elect, Dr Dauda Lawal. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Matawalle, represented by his Deputy, Sen. Hassan Nasiha, presented the documents to Lawal at the Government House, Gusau. “On behalf of...
Ideas Nigeria Movement (INM), a leadership-focus group has lambasted Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara for asking President Muhammadu Buhari to cancel the study leave purportedly granted to the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. Matawalle had in a statement on Monday, said that Emefiele does not...
Hundreds of terrorists led by a notorious bandit, Ɗan-ƙarami, have reportedly relocated from Zamfara to areas between Safana and Batsari Local Government Areas of Katsina State. Villagers said the terrorists were escaping from military onslaught in Zamfara. They were said to have moved into Tsaskiya, Runka, Gora, Labo and...
Zamfara Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) has intercepted 75 drums of calcium chlorate, a water treatment chemical believed to have been diverted from the state Water Board. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that calcium chloride is used to remove undesired impurities in water. The...
By OFFOR CALLISTUS, Abuja – The Defence Headquarter has said Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have eliminated three bandits in an ambush at Anka-Dan Kapani crossing in Anka LGA of Zamfara. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, made this known in a statement via its official Twitter...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – No fewer than seven terrorists have been killed and two others arrested after troops of Operation Hadarin Daji raided the terrorists’ camps in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The Director, Defence Madia Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, made this known in a statement...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Candidate for Bukkuyum/Gummi Federal Constituency in Zamfara, Alhaji Sulaiman Gummi, was declared winner of the supplementary election conducted in the constituency on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that INEC declared the House of Reps election for the constituency inconclusive due to...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says it has distributed materials for Saturday’s re-run election in six local government areas of Zamfara. The Residents Electoral Commissioner, Prof. Saidu Ahmad made the disclosure at a stakeholders meeting on Thursday in Gusau. He said the election was for Zamfara Central Senatorial...
Zamfara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), has impounded three trucks carrying precious stones. The Commandant, Muhammed Muazu, disclosed this at a news briefing in Gusau on Monday, saying that the trucks, loaded with precious stones, were intercepted in Gusau on their way to...