Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to instruct the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, and the Nigerian...
The Zamfara State government has incepted vehicles conveying food, drinks, and fuel to various bandit camps in the state. The Secretary of the state’s Special Taskforce...
The Commissioner for Information in Zamfara State, Ibrahim Dosara has said the military offensive against the bandits in the state is yielding tremendous success since the...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has petitioned the International Criminal Court (ICC) calling on the body to declare the incessant abductions of school children...
Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has directed Telecommunications companies to shutdown their operation in Zamfara and other neighbouring states. In a memo dated September 4, 2021, network...
The Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of 73 students from the Government Day Secondary School in Kaya, Maradun Local Government Area of the...
The Zamfara State government on Wednesday imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on 13 local government areas in the state. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Ayuba Elkana announced...
Bandits have again abducted an unspecified number of students from a secondary school in Zamfara State. The students were abducted on Wednesday from Government Day Secondary...
The Zamfara State Police Command has disclosed that it rescued eight persons abducted on August 25 at Kangon Sabuwa area of the state. The Command’s spokesman,...
Eighteen kidnapped students and staff of the College of Agriculture and Animal Science, Bakers in Zamfara State, on Friday regained their freedom from the bandits’ den....
The Zamfara State Government has revealed its battle and predicament over 784,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) due to banditry and insecurity across the state. This was...
Police operatives in Zamfara State rescued 12 kidnapped victims in the state. The spokesman of the state police command, Mohammed Shehu, who disclosed this in a...
In exchange for the students and staff of the College of Agriculture and Animal Science, Bakura in Zamfara State, the kidnappers on Tuesday made a demand...
The Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed the rescue of three staff of Zamfara State College of Agriculture and Animal Sciences, Bakura. Armed bandits had on...
Hassana Saudaki, the abducted wife of a former Zamfara State councillor, Babangida Haruna, has regained her freedom. Gunmen suspected to be bandits abducted the woman and...
The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle has approved the immediate suspension of the activities of the Joint Task Force on Zamfara State Road Traffic Agency...
Bandits on Friday attacked Dansadau community in Maru local government area of Zamfara State. Incoming reports say three people were killed, and about seven others kidnapped....
Police operatives have rescued 100 victims abducted by bandits at Kabaro forest in Maru local government area of Zamfara State. The spokesman of the state police...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Sunday killed 13 mobile police officers during a fresh attack on a police formation in Kurar Mota community, Bungudu local...
Chaos reigned in the Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara State after notorious bandit leader, Turji went on a rampage holding a lot of villages as...
Another member of the House of Representatives representing Zamfara State, Kabiru Amadu, on Wednesday, announced his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee has dissolved the party’s executive committee in Zamfara State. Consequently, it has constituted a three-member committee...
An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Zamfara State, Dr Sani Shinkafi, said on Sunday the defection of Governor Bello Matawalle from the Peoples Democratic Party...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday condemned the continuous killing of innocent Nigerians in Zamfara and Kaduna States by armed bandits. Buhari, who stated this in a...
The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved the appointment of a caretaker committee for the party in Zamfara State. The party’s...
The gale of defections in the National Assembly continues unabated as four lawmakers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the House of Representatives announced their...
10 family members have reportedly died after eating poisoned Guinea corn meal in the Jangeme community in Gusau Local government area of Zamfara State. The deceased,...
There are indications that Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, may have dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Though information...
Operatives of the Zamfara State Police Command have rescued four women who were kidnapped three weeks ago by bandits at Bilbis village in Tsafe Local Government...
The Nigerian Army has disclosed that its troops of 8 Division have eliminated an unspecified number of bandits in fierce encounters in Talata Marafa Local Government...
The Zamfara State police command on Wednesday confirmed that some security operatives including four policemen and a National Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) officer were...
Gunmen have killed four policemen and an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Zamfara State, leaving another person critically injured. The...
The Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Kaduna State on Friday dismissed the petition filed by the All Progressive Congress (APC) and its candidate in the December...
Bandits on Monday evening killed 10 people in five villages in the Bungudu local government area of Zamfara State. The bandits, who came on motorcycles, also...
The Police Command in Zamfara State on Sunday said several bandits were neutralised in the state on Saturday night when criminals attempted to attack Magami village...
The Senator representing Niger North senatorial district in the National Assembly, Sabi Abdullahi, says bandits dislodged from Katsina and Zamfara States by security operatives, have now...
A new index has ranked 19 Nigerian states below the benchmark for transparency and accountability in the use of public funds and overall governance. The report...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara has confirmed the commencement of the distribution of 400 cows to its members for the Sallah celebration. This was...
Following the heightened insecurity in the South-East and South-South region, the Acting Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has announced the redeployment of some senior...
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has mandated the demolition of houses belonging to informants and those supplying arms to bandits in the state, in a new...
The Zamfara State Government has suspended the distribution of relief materials to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), staring that it would rather train them in different trades....
The Zamfara State Government has disclosed that it spent the sum of N2.9 billion on the purchase of essential commodities for distribution to various categories of...
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has suspended the District Head of Badarawa in Shinkafi Emirate Council, Alhaji Surajo Namakkah. The district head was suspended indefinitely by...
Police operatives in Zamfara have arrested a medical doctor and seven other persons for allegedly aiding and abetting banditry across the state. The state’s Commissioner for...
The Public Relations Officer of the Zamfara State Police Command, SP Muhammad Shehu, in a statement on Saturday, disclosed that the command has secured the release...
A former Commissioner for Social Welfare in Zamfara State, Alhaji Sanusi Maradun, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in...
The Zamfara State Government has asked the police, Department of State Services (DSS), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to monitor reports of media organisations...
Gunmen on Wednesday killed two staff of the Federal Polytechnic, Kaura-Namoda, Zamfara State. The Spokesman of the state police command, Mohammed Shehu, who confirmed the incident...
At least three soldiers and four civilians were reportedly killed in a gun duel between troops and armed bandits in Kabasa village in Gusau local government...
The Zamfara State Police Command has redeployed the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Kaura-Namoda area of the state for allegedly fraternising and conniving with bandits terrorising...
