Police operatives in Zamfara on Saturday foiled an attack by bandits in Kwaren Ganuwa Village, Tsafe Local Government Area of the state. The spokesman for the...
Some communities in Zamfara State have been thrown into panic after they were served a notice by terrorists to pay a levy of N24 million or...
Bandits on Friday abducted the wife of a lecturer at the Federal College of Education (Technical), Gusau, Zamfara, simply known as Dr. AbdulRazaq, and his two...
The Zamfara State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old notorious bandit, Sani Mati a.k.a. Mai-Yanmata, said to be specialised in kidnapping, banditry, cattle rustling and other...
The Kabiru Marafa-led faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State has condemned the attacks on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state,...
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has revealed his mandate to entrench a synergy with the Niger Republic to end banditry in the North West. This was...
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, fixed January 18, 2022, for hearing of a suit, seeking the removal of the Zamfara...
The 75 students of the Government Day Secondary School, Kaya, in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State, who were abducted by bandits on September 1,...
The United Nations Children’s Fund’s (UNICEF) office in Nigeria says it is horrified by yet another attack on an educational institution in Nigeria resulting in the...
The former Senator who represented Zamfara Central in the National Assembly, Saidu Dansadau, has raised the alarm over a new armed group, made up of foreigners,...
The Zamfara State Police Command, has refuted reports claiming that armed bandits abducted 60 passengers along the Sokoto-Gusau highway on July 25. In a statement obtained...
Not less than 15 people were killed on Monday night when heavily armed bandits invaded a community in Zamfara State, injuring many others in the process....
The judge handling a suit seeking to impeach the Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Mahadi Aliyu Gusau, Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in...
Nigeria’s military authorities on Monday confirmed that one of its aircraft crashed in Zamfara on Sunday. The confirmation was made by Chief of Defence Staff (CDS)...
A Federal High Court in Abuja, has stopped moves to impeach the Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Mahadi Aliyu Gusau over his refusal to defect from...
The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, says those plotting to remove him from his seat for defecting from the People Democratic Party (PDP) to the...
The Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, said on Saturday said he will not tolerate any attempt to breach the security of the state by any person,...
Bandits who abducted the provost of the College of Arts and Animal Science, Bakura, Habibu Mainasara, in Zamfara State, have demanded a ransom of N5 million...
A few days after defecting from the People Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has fired all his...
Former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, and the Senator representing Zamfara Central in the National Assembly, Kabiru Garba Marafa, have both rejected Governor Bello Matawalle...
A member of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, Mohammed Ahmed, has been reportedly killed by suspected bandits along the Sheme-Funtua highway in Katsina State, while...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has derided the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying the only achievement the ruling party can point to in its six-year reign...
All is set for the final phase of the defection of Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to the All Progressives...
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...
In the past one month, renowned Islamic cleric and preacher, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, has effortlessly put himself in the forefront as, arguably, the most talked...
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), has called on the Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, to change his strategies of dealing with ‘so-called’ repentant terrorists...
Activist and co-convener of the #BringBackOurGirls advocacy movement, Aisha Yesufu, has reacted to the abduction of female students from the Government Secondary School, Jangebe in Talata...
Contrary to the earlier figure of 300 given as the number of female students abducted by gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents from the Government...
The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle has denied rumours making the rounds that he donated some new Hilux vehicles to repentant Boko Haram bandits in...
A female kidnapper arrested by police in Kano State, Maryam Mohammed, has explained why she abducted her ex-boyfriend. Mohammed, who was paraded the Kano State police...
The Defence Headquarters has said several bandits have been killed by troops of Operation Hadarin Daji, in Zamfara State. A statement by the Coordinator of Defence...
The governor of Zamfara State, Bello Mohammed Matawalle has no regret he negotiated with bandits to stop killings and kidnappings in the state. The governor, who...
Governor Bello Matawalle has told Almajiris rejected by other northern states that they would be accommodated in Zamfara State. This followed the governor’s decision to drop...
The Defense Headquarters (DHQ) on Saturday announced that troops of the Nigerian Army had killed 135 bandits and destroyed their hideouts in Katsina and Zamfara states....
The governor of Zamfara State, Bello Mohammed Matawalle has launched the largest zero-contact testing centre for COVID-19 in Nigeria. This was contained in a statement on...
The Zamfara State government Monday received 45 Islamic education pupils (Almajirai) comprising 28 females and 17 males repatriated from Kaduna State. The state Commissioner for Women,...
The Zamfara State Government Thursday warned the Osun State Government against its planned deportation of youths who sneaked into the state from the Northern part of...
The Governor of Zamfara State, Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a security company in Dubai for the supply of...
The Zamfara State Police Command has said that its unit has killed a suspected bandit while arresting two others in a recent raid in Tsafe Local...
The Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is seeking divine intervention to quell the internal crisis in the midst of several challenges rocking...
The suspended chairman of Maradun Local Government in Zamfara State, Alhaji Ahmad Abubakar, has denied claims that he recently defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC)...
The Zamfara State Police Command has issued a stern warning to elements it described as ‘disgruntled’ who are planning a protest against the building of Police...
Senator Ahmad Sani Yarima, the former governor of Zamfara state has signaled his intention to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in the next general elections set for...
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has asked the former governor of Zamfara state Abubakar Yari to refund to the state coffers what it called the illegal...
The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has lamented the huge pension liabilities to local governments, primary school teachers and state civil servants totalling N10 billion...
An alleged breach of security by the Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Ibrahim Danmaliki Gidangoga, has led to his arrest by men...
The Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has accused Governor Bello Matawalle of borrowing the sum of N70 billion in less than five...
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, on Friday, threatened to arrest the immediate former governor of the state, Abdulaziz Yari, if the killing of innocent people continued...
The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle has approved the removal of 19 permanent secretaries in the state after they failed a competence test conducted by...
A petition challenging the election of Governor Bello Matawalle has been dismissed by the Zamfara State Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Abuja. The tribunal on Monday...
