Zamfara: Bandits release 9 kidnapped victims
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has received nine freed kidnapped victims released by Bandits from neighbouring Zamfara. The victims, including 7 men and a woman with…
Abductees from bandits’ attack in Zamfara regain freedom
Eleven abductees from bandits’ attack in Shinkafi and Jangeru in Shinkafi Local Government Area, and Aljimma Fulani village of Maru Local Government Area, have regained their freedom…
Zamfara: NUJ Correspondents Chapel boycotts state government activities, gives reason
The Correspondent Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Zamfara State Council, on Wednesday called for the immediate boycott of state government activities following the continuous…
Zamfara: Military kills 31 bandits, rescues 49 kidnap victims
Operation Hadarin Daji, a component of the military in Zamfara State, Tuesday disclosed that it has killed 31 armed bandits, arrested 20, and rescued 49 kidnapped victims…
Zamfara: Surrender now or face unprecedented fire – Military warns bandits
Maj.-Gen. Jide Ogunlade, the Force Commander, Operation Hadarin Daji, on Tuesday issued a 24-hour ultimatum to bandits in Zamfara State to either surrender or face “unprecedented fire-fight”.…
What Zamfara civil servants told outgoing governor, Yari
Zamfara civil servants on Saturday bade the outgoing state Governor, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, farewell at the last Ramadan breakfast of his eight years tenure as governor. Labour…
Stop Zamfara killings now -Protesters cry out to President Buhari
Indigenes of Zamfara State, resident in Abuja, have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently intervene and stop the killings and kidnappings currently going on in the…
Why FG should declare state of emergency in Zamfara – Chief Imam
The Chief Imam of Al-Furqan Mosque in Kano State, Dr Bashir Omar, has urged the Federal Government to declare state-of-emergency in Zamfara State to address incessant kidnappings…
Political parties in Zamfara sue INEC over refusal to issue Certificates of Return
No fewer than 20 political parties in Zamfara State have sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over its refusal to issue Certificates of Return to the…
APC Senator Marafa reacts as INEC’s position on Zamfara favours Gov Yari, reveals next action
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa (APC, Zamfara), has reacted to the decision by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the…
Air Force destroys bandits’ hideouts in Zamfara
The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, says Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation DIRAN MIKIYA has destroyed another armed bandits’ hideout and neutralised several of their fighters near…