Tag: Zamfara state
Nigerian village cleared of deadly lead poisoning
Medical charity MSF said Wednesday a Nigerian village in Zamfara State that suffered an unprecedented and deadly lead poisoning outbreak…
Ahmed Sani Yerima: The Profile of Unrepentant Paedophile
By Alaba Abdulrazak Ahmed Sani Yerima, the former Governor of Zamfara State is indeed a man who derives joy in…
150 Gunmen Storm Village, Kill 48
An armed gang has raided a village in Zamfara State, northwest Nigeria, and killed 48 people in an apparent reprisal…
Lead Poisoning Treatment Starts In Zamfara
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Tuesday that it had begun treating children exposed to the worst-ever lead poisoning epidemic, after…
How Far Can APC Go?
Opposition parties in the country fuse into one party, All Progressive Congress, with which they hope to break the dominance…
Bandits massacre 7 Nigerian villagers
Bandits raided three villages in northern Nigeria’s Zamfara state on Saturday, leaving seven people dead and seven in hospital, an…
10 guards shot dead in Zamfara’s bloody day
It was a day of bloodletting in Nigeria’s Zamfara state as some unidentified gunmen riding on motorcycles on Friday shot…
Dangerous and lucrative—The gold rush in Nigeria’s Zamfara
BAGEGA,Zamfara state, Nigeria — Neighboring a hillside laced with gold, parents in this remote village live with an impossible choice:…
Robbers massacre victims in Nigerian village
No fewer than 20 people have been shot dead by armed robbers in Kaboro village, Zamfara state, north western Nigeria.…
Cleric blessed with 5 babies cries for help
An Islamic scholar in a village in Nigeria’s Northwestern state of Zamfara has gotten embarrassed with blessings from his God…
Farmers snub council polls in Zamfara
Many farmers on Saturday defied Nigeria’s Zamfara government’s call to come out and vote for candidates of their choice into…
Robbers gun down 27 Nigerian Villagers
Twenty seven persons, including a policeman were killed by robbers in the early hours of Monday in Dangulbi Village in…
Zamfara Loses Kids To Lead Poisoning
More than 400 children have died of lead poisoning in Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria, since March, 2010. Thousands of other…
Rainstorm kills 8 in Nigeria’s Zamfara
Torrential rains and strong winds killed at least eight people, injured dozens of others destroyed hundreds of homes in Nigeria’s…
The Man, MD Abubakar
The new Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar, FCE mni, yesterday resumed duty. MD Abubakar was born 5 May,…
Zamfara Youths Protest Against Subsidy
Hundreds of aggrieved youths in Zamfara State on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest against the removal of petroleum subsidy by…
Elections 2011, Headlines, News, Politics
Gov Shinkafi, Babangida’s In-Law, Loses Re-Election Bid
Governor Mahmuda Shinkafi of Zamfara State who is also an in-law to former military President Ibrahim Babangida, is one of…