In a daring act of self-defense, passengers traveling on the Talata Mafara-Gusau highway in Zamfara State, Nigeria, thwarted a kidnapping attempt on April 23rd, 2024. The...
The Nigerian Army said on Tuesday troops deployed for counter-terrorism operations in Zamfara and Katsina have killed scores of suspected terrorists in the two states. In...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Monday night killed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secretary in the Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Musa Ille....
The Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji on Wednesday bombed three terrorist camps in Zamfara State. The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Director of Information and Public...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Tuesday killed a man identified as Ashiru Maigoma in Zamfara State. The hoodlums also abducted the victim’s wife and his...
Troops of the Joint Task Force Operation Hadarin Daji foiled an attempt by bandits to kidnap 10 persons in Tsafe town, Zamfara State on Tuesday. The...
Spokesman for the Zamfara State Police Command, ASP Yazid Abubakar, has confirmed the rescue of one of the worshippers who was abducted by bandits who attacked...
An unspecified number of worshippers were on Thursday morning, abducted when heavily armed bandits invaded a mosque in Tsafe town, the headquarters of Tsafe local government...
Armed bandits on Tuesday afternoon reportedly abducted 26 travelers along the Gusau-Sokoto highway in Zamfara State. A resident of the area told journalists the bandits blocked...
At least seven people including police officers, were confirmed killed while scores of others were injured when heavily armed bandits attacked the divisional headquarters of the...
The Nigeria Police Force, on Tuesday paraded a dismissed officer of the Nigerian Air Force who has been allegedly supplying military camouflage and other accoutrements that...
A newly married couple have been abducted by bandits who stormed Madabanciya village in Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State, on Sunday night. An indigene...
The Zamfara State Police Command, on Wednesday, debunked rumours that notorious Zamfara bandits’ kingpin, Bello Turji, was recruited into the police force as part of the...
Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji on Wednesday killed 10 suspected terrorists in Katsina and Zamfara States. The spokesman of Operation Hadarin Daji, Ibrahim Yahaya, who disclosed...
Zamfara State government has ordered the indefinite closure of 11 cattle markets over the activities of bandits in the state. This is the second time in...
At least three miners died and 11 others were injured when a mining pit collapsed in Dan Kamfani, Anka local government area of Zamfara State on...
Suleman Tukur, 15, an SS 2 student of Government Day Secondary School (GDSS) Bakura in Bakura local government area of Zamfara State, could not hide his...
The Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, on Sunday, urged the residents to pray and seek divine intervention on the lingering insecurity in the state. Lawal made...
Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) on Monday killed three suspected bandits and destroyed their hideouts in clearance operations in Kebbi and Zamfara States. The spokesman...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits reportedly abducted the district head of Ruwan Rana, Bukkuyum local government area of Zamfara State, Alhaji Magaji Makau, and five others...
One of the eight National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members abducted by suspected bandits in Zamfara State has regained her freedom. The corps members who were...
Gunmen have abducted a village head, and about 50 others, including women and children in an attack in Bagega, a mining village in Zamfara. The bandits,...
Terrorists in their dozens were on Sunday eliminated by air strikes from the Nigerian Air Force jets in Borno and Zamfara States. Air Force’s Director of...
Police operatives in Zamfara have arrested two suspects in connection with the murder of a reporter with the Voice of Nigeria (VON) in the state, Hamisu...
Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have rescued 17 kidnapped victims and recovered rustled cows in Zamfara State. The Force Information Officer, Operation Hadarin Daji, Capt. Yahaya...
Medical doctors in Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital, Gusau, in Zamfara have suspended their planned strike. The doctors had planned to embark on an indefinite strike from...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Zamfara State on Monday issued a one-week ultimatum to the state government to settle the four months’ salary arrears of...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Saturday abducted eight graduates travelling to Sokoto for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp. The Director of Press...
Bandits reportedly killed one person and abducted seven others during an attack on the headquarters of Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State on Monday. A...
The Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji last week killed 16 suspected bandits during raids on the criminals hideouts in Katsina and Zamfara States. The NAF...
The Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, on Thursday, honoured Hajiya Aishatu ‘yan Guru Nahuce, the pilgrim who returned a misplaced $80, 000 (N64.2 million) to the...
Armed bandits reportedly killed seven soldiers in Zamfara State on Monday. An eyewitness told journalists on Tuesday that the bandits also attacked the Kangon Garacce community...
Families of four female students of the Zamfara State College of Arts and Science who were kidnapped by bandits six months ago have cried out to...
A former Commissioner for Information in Zamfara State, Ibrahim Magaji Dosara, has revealed new tactics bandits have employed in the state to circumvent security operatives in...
The Zamfara State Police Command on Sunday promised to investigate the arrest and detention of the driver of the All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman in the...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits reportedly killed four police officers along the Gusau -Sokoto Road in Zamfara State on Monday. An eyewitness told journalists on Monday...
Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji on Friday rescued 24 people kidnapped by bandits in Zamfara State. The Director of Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu,...
The Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, on Thursday, signed an Executive Order reducing ministries in the state from 28 to 16. The Chief Press Secretary to...
The Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has appointed Malam Sheriffdeen Jatto as his Private Secretary. The Secretary to the State Government, Abubakar Nakwada, disclosed this in...
Police operatives in Zamfara on Wednesday rescued 10 kidnapped persons in the state. Gunmen suspected to be bandits abducted the victims on May 7 and took...
Police operatives in Zamfara have rescued one Abdullahi Naibi from kidnappers in Yardadi village, Bakura local government area of the state. The operatives also killed two...
Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji on Sunday killed three suspected bandits in an ambush at the Anka-Dan Kapani crossing, Anka local government area of Zamfara State....
Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji on Saturday killed seven suspected bandits and arrested two others in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The Director of...
Zainab Abdullahi, one of the 85 villagers kidnapped from Wanzamai village in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, has escaped from the bandits’ camp and...
Gunmen who kidnapped children and women in Wanzamai village, Zamfara State have demanded a ransom of N30 million, according to reports on Saturday. Ripples Nigeria had...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly abducted the Special Adviser to the Zamfara State Governor on Political Affairs, Ibrahim Ma,aji. Sources told journalists that Ma,aji...
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won the governorship election in Zamfara state, taking the government house from the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Independent...
Police operatives in Zamfara have rescued 14 kidnapped victims during a raid on kidnappers’ hideout in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Muhammad...
The President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Monday condemned the attacks by criminals in Kano and Zamfara States. Gunmen had during the weekend killed a Divisional Police...
The Supreme Court on Monday affirmed the nomination of Dauda Lawal-Dare as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in this weekend’s governorship election in Zamfara State....
