Tag: Zamfara
Banditry: Yari urges combine forces to sustain operations in Zamfara
Gov. Abdula’ziz Yari of Zamfara has called on the Nigerian Army and other security agencies to sustain their ongoing operations…
Banditry: Senate approves N10bn intervention to assist displaced persons in Zamfara
The Senate has proposed that a N10 billion intervention be made part of the 2019 Budget to assist persons displaced…
Miners will comply with suspension of activities in Zamfara – Chairman
The Miners Association of Nigeria, says it will comply with the directive by the Federal Government, to suspend all mining…
Bandits kill 3,526 people in Zamfara – Yari
The Zamfara Government has said that a total of 3,526 persons were killed by armed bandits in the state in…
Bandits’ Attacks: Nigerian Govt Suspends Mining Activities in Zamfara
The federal government through the acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Muhammed Adamu on Sunday announced the suspension of mining…
NAF destroys bandits’ logistics Base in Zamfara
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the Air Task Force (ATF) for Operation DIRAN MIKIYA has successfully destroyed a bandits’…
50 civilian JTF, others massacred in Zamfara
The Speaker of the Zamfara State House Assembly, Alhaji Sanusi Rikiji, on Friday said no fewer than 50 persons, including…
20 political parties in Zamfara sue INEC over refusal to issue Certificates of Return
No fewer than 20 political parties in Zamfara have sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over its refusal to…
Lead poisoning: over 150 children were affected – NGO
The Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), an International Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) says no fewer than 150 children affected with lead poisoning…
Zamfara signs N135.4bn 2019 budget into law
Gov. Abdula’ziz Yari of Zamfara on Saturday signed the 2019 budget of the state into law. Yari had on Monday…
Bandits kill policeman, abduct four in Zamfara
A group of unidentified bandits attacked a mining site on Wednesday in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara, killing one…
Gov. Yari seeks cooperation as he presents N135.3b budget for 2019
The Governor of Zamfara state, Abdula’ziz Yari has presented a budget of N135.32 billion for the 2019 fiscal to the…
INEC declares APC’s Shehu winner of Zamfara governorship election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Mukhtar Shehu, winner of Zamfara…
Election: PDP guber candidate, Minister, call for calm in Zamfara
Some prominent citizens of Zamfara on Monday urged people of the state to remain calm and accept the outcome of…
APC omitted from INEC results sheet in Zamfara
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed regrets over the omission of the acronym of the All Progressives Congress…
Reign of terror in Zamfara as bandits kill another 30
Zamfara state is under siege by bandits who kill with impunity and then escape. Zamfara police spokesperson Mohammed Shehu told…
Road crashes decline by 48.2% in Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Zone RS10 has said that road crashes have reduced in comprising Sokoto, Kebbi and…
Zamfara APC candidates: Court strikes out motion seeking stay of judgment
The Court of Appeal Sokoto Division on Friday struck out a motion seeking a stay of the judgment delivered by…
APC lauds INEC, security agents over peaceful conduct of poll in Zamfara
The Zamfara chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies over…
Cholera kills 130 people in Zamfara – Group
The Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in Emergency Working Group says no fewer than 130 people died of cholera in…
Gunmen kill 15, kidnap 6 women in Zamfara
Police in Zamfara on Tuesday confirmed the killing of 15 persons and kidnap of six women by gunmen in Gusau…
APC postpones presidential rally in Zamfara
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed its Presidential Campaign Rally in Zamfara State from Feb. 3 to Feb. 10.
Bandits kill 2 Nigerian soldiers, 2 vigilantes in Zamfara
Troops have neutralised activities of some bandits in Zamfara, in an operation to rid the state of criminal elements. The…
2,868 corps members to participate in election duties in Zamfara
A total of 2,868 National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) members are expected to participate in the conduct of the upcoming…
Police foil planned attack on Zamfara communities, arrest gunrunner
The police command in Zamfara has foiled planned attacks on some communities in the state and arrested a notorious gunrunner…
NAF neutralises bandits near Doumbourou hill, Zamfara
The Nigerian Air Force, says Air Task Force (ATF), of Operation DIRAN MIKIYA has destroyed another armed bandits’ hideout and…
Air Force hits bandits in Zamfara, kills many
The Nigerian Air Force has raided the hideout of armed bandits in Zamfara, killing many of them. The Air Task…
FG to mobilise additional security in Zamfara – Dambazau
The Minister of Interior, Lt.- Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd), has assured Nigerians of the Federal Government’s readiness to deploy additional…
Buhari: Horrendous killings in Zamfara, others must stop
Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari has strongly condemned the killing of innocent Nigerians in some communities in Zamfara State, saying that…
Police deploy another unit to tackle bandits in Zamfara
Police have deployed another unit to Magami village in Maradun local government in Zamfara to tackle rampaging bandits, who again…