The Nigerian Army said on Tuesday troops of the Operation Sahel Sanity had arrested 158 suspected bandits in the ongoing clearance operations in Katsina and Zamfara...
Unidentified gunmen on Tuesday abducted two sons of a former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, in Zamfara, Alhaji Bello Dankande with two others. Among...
The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle has given reason why he feels the northern region of Nigeria will continue to battle with insecurity. Governor Matawalle...
The Zamfara State government on Tuesday directed secondary schools in the state to reopen from August 9, to enable students in exit classes to sit for...
One of the suspected leaders of the bandits terrorising the Northwest geopolitical zone, Dangote has been reportedly killed in an air raid in Zamfara by the...
A former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has expressed gratitude to the Emir of Shinkafi in Zamfara State, His Royal Highness, Alhaji Muhammad Makwashi, for conferring on...
The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Mohammed Matawalle has attributed lack of proper moral upbringing among youths as a major cause of security challenges in the...
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breaders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has denied claims that Fulani herdsmen are behind criminal activities especially in the northern part of the...
The Zamfara State Police Command on Saturday confirmed the killing of four persons in fresh bandit attack at Yartalata village, Tsafe local government area of the...
The Zamfara State Police Command on Monday confirmed the arrest of a 25-year-old man, Aminu Bala for allegedly raping and killing his elder brother’s wife in...
Police in Zamfara has refuted media reports that bandits killed about 120 persons in recent attacks in the state. The police said through the state Police...
The Federal Commissioner in charge of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), Basheer Mohammed, said on Thursday the Federal Government would...
Nigerian Army troops of the Air Component of Operation HADARIN DAJI have confirmed the killing of no fewer than four terrorists and the bombing of their...
A member of the Zamfara State House of Assembly representing Bakura Constituency, Tukur Jekada, is dead. The Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Shamsudeen Hassan,...
The government of Zamfara has declared the state Covid-19 free after the discharge of the last five patients in the state. The state Commissioner for Health,...
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, Friday expressed grief at the increasing banditry in the North-West of the country. El-Rufai, who spoke to State House correspondents after...
The Zamfara State Police Command said on Friday at least 251 illegal miners including a Burkinabe were arrested during a raid on the state’s mining sites...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Zamfara State has applauded President Muhammadu Buhari’s efforts at ensuring an end to banditry and other crimes in the state....
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, said on Sunday only eight patients out of the 73 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state were still in the isolation...
The Chairman of Maradun local government area of Zamfara State, Alhaji Ahmad Abubakar and his deputy, Alhaji Shehu Muhammad Faru have been impeached by councillors in...
No less than eight medical doctors have contracted COVID-19 in Zamfara State. The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in the state confirmed this to Channles Television on...
The government of Zamfara State has asked the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to tender an apology to the state over an alleged false claim...
A total number of 8,000 Nigerians have lost their lives and another 260,000 other victims displaced within 10 years due to the rising spate of insecurity...
The Zamfara State Government on Thursday warned residents against discriminating against victims of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the state government, whoever is caught discriminating against...
The Zamfara State government has announced the discharge of 18 COVID-19 patients from the state’s isolation centre in Damba, Gusau. The Publicity Secretary of the state’s...
The Zamfara State Government has lost two permanent secretaries in the state’s civil service after a brief illness. Daily Trust reports that the permanent secretaries are...
The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olalekan Adegbite, said on Friday the ministry was working with the country’s judiciary to prosecute foreign illegal miners caught...
The Zamfara State government has impounded 101 vehicles and prosecuted their drivers for flouting the border closure order declared in the state. The prosecuted transporters were...
The Zamfara State Government has reacted to criticisms that trailed its use of tricycle ambulances to fight the deadly COVID-19 disease. The Special Adviser to the...
The Zamfara State government led by Governor Bello Matawalle has declared a patient who tested positive for COVID-19, identified as Jamilu Shinkafi, wanted, for absconding after...
The Zamfara State Police Command Monday confirmed the arrest of two Chinese nationals for alleged illegal mining at Kwali village in Bukkuyum local government area of...
The Zamfara State government led by Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle has confirmed two new cases of COVID-19 in the state. Governor Matawalle in a series of...
The Zamfara State government has informed that it has started the screening of Almajiris sent to the state after they were evacuated by the Kano State...
Troops of Operation Hadarin were on Tuesday ambushed by bandits in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State, leading to the death of four of the...
Troops of the Operation Hadarin Daji on Saturday neutralised about 10 bandits terrorising residents of Zamfara and Sokoto states, the Defence Headquarters said in a statement...
The appeal by the All Progressives Congress (APC) for a review of the governorship and other elections in Zamfara State has been sacked by the Supreme...
The Supreme Court is expected to rule on the motion by the All Progressive Congress (APC) praying it to review its ruling on the 2019 elections...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said Sunday it would call for the review of Supreme Court judgments on some of the elections held in 2019 if...
The Defence Headquarters said Saturday troops of Operation Hadarin Daji killed 26 bandits in different locations in Zamfara and Katsina states. The Acting Director of Media...
The Zamfara State government has discovered no fewer than 200 ghost workers who are currently on the state government’s payroll. This was revealed on Friday in...
Mansur Mohammed, a 300-level student of the Federal University, Gusau has been arrested for allegedly supplying hard drugs to bandits that have been terrorising the state....
Policemen on Wednesday rescued four National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members abducted by unknown gunmen along Funtua-Gusau Road, Zamfara. The corps members were kidnapped on Monday...
There are palpable fears as the Supreme Court will Monday (today) hear the application for the review of the apex court ruling that sacked Emeka Ihedioha...
No fewer than 41 members of the Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) have jumped ship to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...
Two buildings in Kaura-Namoda and Sakajiki Local Government areas in Zamfara State suspected to be used as hideouts by cattle rustlers in the state have been...
Yasir Mohammed, the son of the District Head of Gayari town in Zamfara State, Alhaji Hassan Mohammed, who was kidnapped alongside his father has been released...
The military on Monday intercepted a cache of ammunition hidden in a bag of rice in Moriki, Zamfara state. Military sources said the bag that contained...
A study by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) put the number of out-of-school children in Nigeria to 13.5 million – as of 2018. An unimpressive...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday condemned the repeated attacks by bandits on communities in Niger State and directed the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to deploy its...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday urged the National Assembly to invite President Muhammadu Buhari to address the lawmakers on the worsening security situation across...
