Bandits on Tuesday killed 29 people in Babban Rafi village in Gummi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. An indigene of the village, Musa Ibrahim, who...
The Zamfara State Government led by Governor Governor Bello Muhammad Matawalle has vowed to deal with unrepentant bandits who refused to embrace peace with a view...
Zamfara State Commissioner for Education, Alhaji Jamilu Zannah, has resigned barely two weeks after the inauguration of the state executive council. Zannah hinged his resignation to...
Zamfara State’s former governor, Abdul’aziz Yari, on Saturday said the All Progressives Congress (APC) was still strong and intact in the state, in spite of the...
The Upper Shari’a Court sitting in Gusau, Zamfara State, on Thursday adjourned the case of alleged kidnapping and cattle rustling involving a former Commissioner of Local...
A total number of 2,000 repentant bandits, who have terrorised Gusau, Zamfara, State, for years have surrendered after handing over 190 locally made rifles and shotguns...
Nigerian Governors, as custodians of the people’s mandate at the state level, have so much expectations placed on their shoulders. These range from policy formulations to...
A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State, Bello Dakande, was arrested by the police on Wednesday for allegedly sponsoring social media users...
While commending the Zamfara House of Assembly for abolishing ‘despicable’ life pension law in the state, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has encouraged other states...
The Governor of Zamfara State, Mohammed Matawalle, has again suspended the District Head of Gummi, Alhaji Abubakar Bala Gummi (Bunun Gummi), who is a senior district...
81 kidnap and armed robbery suspects were on Monday paraded by the Nigeria Police Force in Abuja. The suspects included a Chadian, Nigerien and six ex-convicts...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said in a latest report that Lagos has the highest number monkeypox disease in the country with 29 reported...
Report by a committee established by the state government to find solutions to banditry and other security challenges in Zamfara State and headed by a former...
A directive has been issued to troops fighting bandits, marauders and other criminals in Zamfara, Katsina and Sokoto States, among others, to deal decisively with criminal...
Panic rented the air on Wednesday evening when some bandits invaded Kwanar Mayanci, Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State, on motorcycles and looted residents’ belongings....
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday said its operatives had arrested and quizzed four officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) who...
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has charged the Zamfara House of Assembly to pass bills banning hawking and begging during school hours in the state....
The police in Zamfara State on Friday said bandits terrorizing the state had surrendered no fewer than 19 assorted rifles, to show they had agreed to...
Editor’s note: Nigerian Governors, as custodians of the people’s mandate at the state level, have so much expectations placed on their shoulders. These range from policy...
The governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle has given the go ahead for the implementation of RUGA scheme with a directive for immediately construction of RUGA...
Former Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State has approached a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja praying that the court order the Economic and Financial Crimes...
The heightened state of insecurity in Nigeria following clashes between the Nigerian Police and members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) has forced the government...
There was confusion at the All Progressive Congress (APC) Secretariat in Zamfara State, following an attack by suspected hoodlums. Reports say the rampaging vandals destroyed property...
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has hailed the refusal of the Supreme Court to reverse its judgment on the participation of the candidates of the All...
Consequent upon a subpoena issued on the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu and its Resident Electoral Commissioner for Zamfara state,...
Nigerian Senate has said that it is unhappy, like most other Nigerians, over the security situation in some parts of the country. The Senate also noted,...
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has informed that the state would implement the controversial Ruga settlements initiative to resettle herders and boost economic activities. The...
Zamfara state government has revealed that it recovered a total of 216 rifles, mostly AK-47, from bandits terrorizing the state. This was disclosed in a statement...
No fewer than 22 soldiers and seven policemen have been killed in the ongoing security crisis looming in the country in the past one month. A...
The Nigerian Army has stated that internally displaced persons in Zamfara State are returning to their villages due to an improvement in the security situation in...
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with families of victims of bomb blasts at a viewing centre in Mandarari, Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State. Buhari’s...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) has kicked against the suspension of the inauguration of the Ninth Assembly by the Bauchi State Government which was supposed to...
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended his condolences to states of Zamfara and Sokoto where recent bandits’ attacks left several citizens dead. In Zamfara, no less than...
The Zamfara State government has suspended the Emir of Maru, Alhaji Abubakar CIKA Ibrahim and the District Head of Kanoma town, Alhaji Ahmed Lawal for their...
Former Zamfara State Governor, Abdul’aziz Yari, has maintained that the All Progressives Congress, APC, remains strong political party in the state despite the Supreme Court verdict....
The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, is under fire. The Chairmanship seat of the APC is now extremely...
Several lives were lost on Tuesday when a clash ensued between some bandits and a mob in Kabaje and Tunga communities of Kauran Namoda Local Government...
The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has said that over 15,000 Nigerians, from Sokoto and are Zamfara are currently in Niger Republic as refugees. According to...
Operatives of the Nigeria Police attached to Operation Puff Ader, have rescued five Chinese nationals and 22 others who were kidnapped in different parts of the...
The Nigerian Air Force NAF says its Air Task Force (ATF) for Operation DIRAN MIKIYA, which is aimed at combating banditry, has killed 20 bandits in...
As part of efforts to end the activities of these bandits across the region, the Nigerian Army, under its Exercise Harbin Kunama 111, has announced a...
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the military to put an end to killings in Katsina, Zamfara, Kaduna and other parts of the country where banditry reigns....
The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, has said that it set up a high powered panel to investigate the names of dead civilians released by the Zamfara...
The Zamfara State Council of Chiefs has gone ahead to release names of innocent civilians the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) allegedly killed claiming they were bandits....
A Taraba State group, Jukun Development Association of Nigeria, has said that the insecurity going on in Zamfara is not comparable to that of Taraba. The...
The people of Zamfara State may have to wait a little longer to know who is their new governor and other elected representatives, as the Independent...
In a bid to stamp out armed bandits and insurgents groups, the Nigerian Army is set to begin operation “EX HARBIN KUNAMA IV” in identified forest...
It was another round of harrowing experience for some communities in Zamfara State on Saturday as armed bandits attacked them, killing several persons. Residents say the...
Contrary to reports in the media, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has said it has not set up any panel to probe outgoing Governors...
The game of suspense is on in Zamfara State where the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has placed on hold, its earlier decision to present Certificates...
