Tag: Zamfara
Gov. Matawalle wants enlistment of Zamfara into PFI
Gov.Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has requested the Fertilisers Producers and Suppliers Association of Nigeria (FEPSAN) to enlist Zamfara's fertiliser company…
Zamfara: Bandits’ commanders agree to suspend attacks
Bandits commanders in Birnin-Magaji Local Government Area of Zamfara, on Friday agreed to suspend attacks on the people at a…
Atiku’s lawyers lied: Police say Zamfara witnesses not attacked
Zamfara State Police Command has refuted allegations of bandit attack on witnesses at the Presidential Election Tribunal for the candidate…
Zamfara govt houses over 100 rescued kidnap victims
The Zamfara Government says it is housing more than 109 rescued kidnap victims at the Government House, Gusau, having recently…
Zamfara: 40 kidnapped victims freed as police, bandits implement peace deal
A new deal of rapprochement between the police and bandits is yielding dividends in crisis-plagued Zamfara in Nigeria's north west…
Tell people to stop killing Fulani, bandits tell Zamfara police boss
Bandits in Zamfara State have given conditions for laying down their arms. One of the conditions is that extra-judicial killings…
Gunmen on motorcycles massacre 18 in Zamfara
Suspected gunmen have killed 18 persons in some communities in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara, the Emir of Tsafe,…
Windstorm destroys over 1000 houses in Zamfara LGA
Over 1000 houses have been destroyed by windstorm in Bungudu town, Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara, the lawmaker representing…
Gunmen on motorcycles kill 35 in Zamfara villages
Suspected gunmen have killed at least 35 people in attacks on three villages in Shinkafi local government area of Zamfara…
Sallah day tragedy: 16 persons killed by bandits in Zamfara
Sixteen persons were allegedly killed by bandits in Kanoma District of Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara on Tuesday. The…
Zamfara may declare death penalty on bandits’ informants
Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has declared that the state government may soon start implementing death penalty on bandits’ informants…
Proposed Gusau Airport to become reality soon in Zamfara
Zamfara state governor Bello Matawalle says work will begin on the proposed Gusau Airport within his first 100 days in…
Lone physically challenged member-elect in Zamfara seeks speakership
Alhaji Salisu Usman, the only physically challenged member-elect soon to be inaugurated as a legislator in the Zamfara House of…
Zamfara will soon start palm oil production – Gov. Matawalle
Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has announced that the state would soon begin the production of palm oil. Matawalle told…
Bandits massacre 23 people in Zamfara
Bandits killed 23 people on Tuesday morning in Kabaje and Tunga communities of Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara…
Oshiomhole blasts Supreme Court over Zamfara ruling, calls PDP strangers
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Adams Oshiomhole, has described as injustice, the Supreme Court judgement, which…
NAF destroys bandits camp at Zamfara forest
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the Air Component of Operation HADARIN DAJI has destroyed bandits’ camp and neutralised dozens…
Read INEC’s full statement on Zamfara polls
First, let me welcome all of you to this Press Conference. The reason for addressing you today is to provide…
Watch full video of how INEC declared PDP winner of Zamfara polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has declared candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, winners of general elections in…
INEC complies with Supreme Court verdict, declares PDP winner of Zamfara polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Saturday complied with the Supreme Court's verdict on Zamfara State by declaring candidates…
Zamfara: INEC meets on Saturday, to announce final decision on Monday
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says it will meet on Saturday to further deliberate on the Supreme Court's judgment…
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Supreme Court awards Zamfara to PDP
In an unprecedented judicial pronouncement, Nigeria’s Supreme Court awarded governorship, National Assembly and state Assembly elective posts to the Peoples…
Bandits abduct 3-month old baby, 7 others, kill 2 in Zamfara
Security forces are now trailing yet to be identified gunmen who invaded Kanoma village in Maru Local Government Area of…
20 bandits massacred in Zamfara
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its Air Task Force (ATF) for “Operation DIRAN MIKIYA” has destroyed the camp of…
Zamfara killings: Arewa youths protest over insecurity
The Coalition of Northern Nigerian Youths Associations, under the umbrella of Arewa Youths Federation, on Monday held a peaceful protest…
NLC pledges to support widows in Zamfara
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Zamfara chapter has promised to introduce more ways of supporting widows in the state. The…
Zamfara under pressure from bandits for more than 10 years — SSG
Zamfara State has been under pressure from bandits for more than 10 years now, the Secretary to the State Government,…
NAF aircraft neutralises several bandits in Zamfara
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its Air Task Force (ATF) for Operation DIRAN MIKIYA has neutralised no fewer than…
Troops kill 6 bandits, arrest 18 informants in Zamfara
Troops have killed six bandits in various clearance operations in Zamfara villages and arrested 18 of their informants, including a…
Zamfara: I will not apologise over air strikes which killed villagers – Yari
Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara, says the government will not apologize over the alleged killing of villagers in the state…