Tag: Zamfara police command
Police rescue 25 women, children after daring shootout with bandits
He explained that shortly after receiving a distress report, joint Police patrol teams and Community Protection Guards were immediately deployed…
Gunmen storm Zamfara community, whisk 2 councillors, Imam away
Zamfara Police Command ,however, said the command had deployed its men to the area and efforts are ongoing to rescue…
Police nab notorious Algerian arms dealer, others in Zamfara
Dalijan also revealed that the police recovered 16 AK47 riffles, during various raids within the last three weeks. He said…
‘How bandits killed 4 policemen, 3 soldiers in Zamfara’
Zamfara Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Dalijan, confirmed the tragic development, according to Channels Television. He noted that the were planning…
‘How Police DPO Halliru Liman was shot dead at military checkpoint in Zamfara’
According to the statement, DPO Halliru Liman was on his way to Birnin Kebbi in Kebbi State to attend a…
Police chaplain abducted alongside daughter in Zamfara seeks help for N6m ransom
According to Channels Television, Pastor Andrew, in a viral video, urged the First Lady and other Nigerians to come to…
Zamfara journalist Danjibga abducted, killed by cousin, say police
Shehu said that the suspects were Danjigba’s nephew, Mansur Haruna, and his friend, Ibrahim Garba, both of whom conspired to…
Police arrest suspect over murder of Zamfara journalist Danjibga
The journalist was missing for three days before his corpse was found in a soak-away behind his house in Zamfara…
Zamfara: Police in gun battle with bandits, kill one, arrest informant
Police said operatives acted on credible intelligence that a group of armed bandits was planning to carry out the attack.
Police rescue 9 abducted children in Zamfara
The nine children comprising males and females were sent by their parents to fetch firewood in the bush when they…
Police, bandits in gun battle in Zamfara: 2 killed
Other members of the bandits who also sustained bullet injuries however ran away, Spokesperson for Zamfara Police Command, CSP Muhammad…
Police arrest 17 suspects for post-election violence
Shehu recalled that earlier in connection with post-governorship election violence, police detectives led by the state Commissioner of Police, Mr…
Police rescue 14 kidnapped victims in Zamfara
According to him, “On 10th March, 2023, Police tactical operatives in conjunction with the vigilante group, while on a Mop…
‘How gunmen killed DPO, Inspector in Zamfara’
On March 5, 2023, around 2am, gunmen in large numbers, armed with sophisticated weapons attacked Maru Division with intent to…
Police arrest suspected female gun runner in Zamfara
“She further informed us that she had earlier supplied three AK 47 Rifles and 1000 rounds of AK 47 live…
Deadly female gunrunner Nana cracked in Zamfara with AK-47 rifle, ammunition
The police report that the suspects were busted with 325 rounds of live ammunition, one magazine and AK-47 rifle.
Police in gun-battle with bandits in Zamfara: 15 people rescued
Shehu said after intensive gun battle, the criminals withdrew and fled into the forest, leaving the captives.
Zamfara: Police kill bandit, nab 6 others
The police tactical operatives, while on a confidence-building patrol, conducted a stop and search based on intelligence information that led…
Zamfara CP urges for ‘special peace prayers’
According to CP Yusuf, security measures have been put in place to safeguard lives and property during and after the…
Chinese national Fan Yu, 11 bandits shot dead in Zamfara
According to him, the police operatives who responded to the distress call regarding the ambush neutralized 11 bandits while others…
Gun-battle in Zamfara as police foiled bandits’ plan to attack communities
He disclosed that two AK-47 rifles with 35 rounds of live ammunition and some charms belonging to the bandits were…
Police rescue 27 kidnapped victims in Zamfara
The command’s spokesperson, SP Muhammad Shehu while presenting the rescued victims to the state Commissioner for Security and Home Affairs,…
Zamfara: Police, vigilantes rescue 10 women, baby from Gando forest
The women and the baby who were abducted on 17 October were rescued by police operatives at Gando Forest in…
1 killed, many injured as APC, PDP youths clash
APC alleged in a statement issued by Mr Yusuf Idris, Publicity Secretary in Gusau on Saturday that PDP hired the…
Police arrest armourers, food suppliers to bandits
Some of the suspects were also said to have successfully negotiated and delivered several sums as ransom from families to…
How ex-soldier turned notorious gunrunner Sa’idu Lawal was busted
During interrogation, the suspect confessed that he was conveying the exhibits from Loko Local Government Area of Nasarawa State to…
12 Zamfara villagers rescued from camp of notorious bandit Maibille
he victims were abducted from Rungawa village in Talata Mafara Local Government Area, Zamfara police spokesperson, SP Muhammad Shehu said…
Family of 7 die after eating ‘Dambu’ in Zamfara
Four of the victims including two married women and five teenagers died on the spot while the three others died…
Umaru Maradun Zamfara Correspondent of Leadership Newspapers arrested
Maradun was arrested in his home town in Maradun Local Government Area where the state governor Bello Matawalle also hails…
Gunmen invade Zamfara College of Health, abduct four female students
Shehu said that the students were kidnapped on Tuesday night.