Former Zamfara State governor, Abdul’aziz Yari has cautioned the State Government against politicising security challenges in the state. Yari said this when he spoke with newsmen...
The Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, on Tuesday gave bandits in the state a two-month ultimatum to either repent and surrender their weapons to the state...
The dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed by the Zamfara State Government on Jangebe Town of Talata Mafara Local Government Area, has been relaxed. Ripples Nigeria had reported that...
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has lauded Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State for exposing sponsors of banditry in the state. In a statement released on...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday accused the Federal Government of plotting to take over Zamfara State with the declaration of a no-fly zone in...
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has vowed that he would arrest politicians and prominent people who are sponsoring bandits and terrorists in the state. Matawalle added...
A group, the Yoruba Ronu Leadership Forum has warned that the ban on mining activities in Zamfara State over insecurity concerns by President Muhammadu Buhari may...
The Federal Government has announced a complete ban on mining activities in Zamfara, declaring the state as a “no-fly zone’’. The National Security Adviser (NSO), retired...
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians the abduction of students of Government Girls Science Secondary School in Jangebe, Zamfara State, would be the last in the...
The schoolgirls of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Talata Mafara local Government Area of Zamfara State who were kidnapped from their school recently, have been...
The Nigerian polity came alive last week as the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, and his Bauchi counterpart, Bala Mohammed, dumped decorum in the bin...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the UN Security Council and its members urging them to “urgently hold a special...
Global rights group, Amnesty International, has described the strings of abductions of students in schools in the northern part of Nigeria as war crimes. Ripples Nigeria...
At least seven young girls were on Monday killed in a bomb explosion at Magamin Diddi village, Maradun local government area of Zamfara State. The victims...
A notorious leader of bandits, Auwalu Daudawa, and six members of his gang on Monday, February 8, repented and surrendered 20 AK-47 rifles and one RPG...
Police operatives in Zamfara have rescued five kidnapped victims and recovered 11 rustled cows in Kaura Namoda, Birnin-Magaji, and Gusau local government areas of the state....
The two factions of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State have resolved their differences and agreed to form a formidable force ahead of future...
The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has set out plans to build RUGA settlements for repentant bandits who are ready to embrace his peace moves...
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 (PTF) has named Kogi, Zamfara, Yobe, Jigawa and Kebbi as ‘absolute high risk’ states for Nigerians to go as the...
Worried by rising cases of bandit attacks on communities in Zamfara State, President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered his ministers and security chiefs to immediately end the...
The Zamfara State government on Tuesday dismissed reports of its alleged support for bandits in the state. An online media platform had on Tuesday accused the...
The Zamfara State Police Command on Sunday confirmed the killing of eight people by suspected bandits who invaded Janbako Community of Maradun Local Government Area of...
Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have killed no fewer than 50 bandits in Zamfara State and recovered 272 livestock. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operation, Defence Headquarters,...
The Zamfara State government has revoked the licences of 500 private schools for failing to meet the required operational guidelines. The state’s Commissioner for Education, Alhaji...
Police operatives in Zamfara on Saturday foiled an attack by bandits and rescued a 30-year-old abducted man in the state. The spokesman of the state police...
Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji on Thursday rescued 10 persons held hostage by bandits in Katsina and Zamfara States. The Coordinator of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen....
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) claimed on Friday that troops of Operation Hadarin Daji had killed 38 suspected bandits in separate operations in Katsina and Zamfara States....
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has disclosed that 10 persons abducted by suspected bandits at Yenyewa village in Zamfara State have been rescued by troops of Operation...
The new Commissioner of Police, Zamfara State, Mr. Abutu Yaro has assumed office and has vowed to end all forms of crime including banditry, cattle rustling...
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has lashed out at the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), saying it was insulting for the party to accuse him of...
Zamfara State government on Tuesday ordered the closure of 10 schools in the state in a bid to prevent the abduction of students by armed bandits....
The Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, on Thursday presented the 2021 budget proposal of N145 billion to the state House of Assembly for approval. In his...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has forwarded reasons it says made the All Progressives Congress (APC) withdrew from the Zamfara State rerun by-election. The chairman of...
Zamfara State doctors have revealed that they would embark in a one-week warning strike from Thursday. The State Chairman of the chapter of the Nigerian Medical...
The Zamfara State Police Command on Sunday confirmed the killing of five persons and abduction of 18 others by gunmen at a mosque in the state....
The Zamfara State Commissioner for Solid Minerals, Dr. Nuruddeen Isa, said on Wednesday the state government was not directly involved in mining activities or own goldfields...
The governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari, has blamed bandits from Zamfara State for the killings, kidnappings and other acts of banditry in his state. Masari...
The Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Bello Masari has demanded the speedy demarcation of the remaining five per cent boundary lines between Katsina and Jigawa and...
Conversations on social media on Thursday were centered around controversial issues of national interest, with #EndSARS protesters also hinting on a possible second wave of protests....
The Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa has stated that it is unlawful for Zamfara State Government to control and manage gold deposits in that state....
26 young girls who were kidnapped by bandits in Katsina State and taken to a hideout in bush in Zamfara State, have been released following the...
The Chairman of Zamfara State Local Government Service Commission, Dr. Malami Aliyu Yandoto, is dead. Yandoto died on Sunday after he attended the wedding ceremony of...
The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle has read the riot act to those sponsoring, aiding or abetting the activities of bandits in the state. Governor...
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Sadique Abubakar, said on Thursday the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) would deploy Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) otherwise known as...
The immediate past senator representing Zamfara Central, Kabiru Marafa, has said that the Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has lost...
Suspected bandits have abducted a District Head of Lingyado, Dalha Danjago and four residents of Maru Local Government Area, the state Police disclosed on Sunday. The...
The Zamfara State government said it desires to build its bullion reserve steadily in the years ahead after it created a reserve with an initial deposit...
The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Mohammed Matawalle has set up a commission of inquiry to probe the immediate past administration in the state, led by...
Former governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari has been accused of diverting N10.8 billion meant for the state’s university project. The state Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) disciplinary committee in Zamfara State has recommended the expulsion of 126 members of the party for anti-party activities. One of the...
