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...
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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...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – Police tactical team have killed two bandits and repelled attack on a community in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The state police spokesman, CSP Muhammad Shehu, confirmed the incident in a statement issued to newsmen on Monday in Gusau. CSP Shehu assured residents...
Armed bandits have kidnapped no fewer than 80 children in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The children, aged between 12 and 17, were abducted on Friday at about 8am, the BBC Hausa Service has reported. According to the report, the children were abducted while fetching firewood in...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – The Zamfara State Police Command has arrested additional 17 suspects in connection with post elections violence that erupted, following the announcement of Governorship election result in the state. The command spokesman, SP Muhammad Shehu, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Gusau, said...
The former Zamfara Governor, Alhaji Abdul’aziz Yari, has donated 240 trucks of food items to members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), Orphans and other categories of the less privileged groups in their state as Ramadan Welfare Package. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
INEC declares PDP’s Dauda Lawal winner of Zamfara governorship election