Many students of the Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State have been kidnapped by Bandits who reportedly invaded the village in the early hours of Friday (today). The Daily Vendor gathered that a significant number of students were abducted during the invasion. An indigene of Sabon Gida village, Abubakar Sani, revealed that the bandits, who were
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…the labour bodies said the delay in the payment of November 2022 salaries was a result of technical challenges Labour union leaders in Zamfara State have blamed technical hitches for the delay in the payment of the N30,000 minimum wage scheduled to begin in November in the state. The reasons were given by the state
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“Yes, our candidate was kidnapped early this morning” – APGA Chairman Terrorists have abducted four persons consisting a man, woman and two children, in Kolo village, in the Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Sources claimed that following the victims’ abduction, the suspects demanded N10m ransom and rejected the old naira notes. Another source
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…abductors yet to contact relatives of the victims to demand for ransom Forty four people have been abducted by bandits from Kanwa community in the Zurmi Local government Area of Zamfara State. A source claimed that the bandits moved from house to house on Thursday night. The source added that the community of late has experienced
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‘The government has also withdrawn security forces deployed to the media houses’ Zamfara government has withdrawn its order shutting down the NTA, Pride FM, and three other private broadcast media organisations in the state. The other media organisations shut down by the government included Gamji TV, Gamji FM, and Al-umma TV. The Chairman of the
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‘The media houses are Radio Nigeria, Pride FM Gusau, NTA Gusau, Gamji Television others’ Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, has ordered the immediate shutdown of some media houses in the state for covering a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) political rally. The affected media houses are Radio Nigeria, Pride FM Gusau, NTA Gusau, Gamji Television, Vision
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“Intelligence information revealed that the suspect has been an informant to her two younger bandits brothers in the bush’ Operatives of Zamfara State Police Command have arrested two suspected informants allegedly collaborating with bandits operating from Munhaye forest of the Tsafe Local Government Area of the state. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Kolo Yusuf,
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A public commentator in Zamfara State, Alhaji Ahmed Bakare, has lamented that the state government’s continued distribution of food items and other essential commodities as welfare packages to less privileged indigenes would not end banditry activities in the state. Bakare said the government should rather focus on designing a formidable strategy toward ending insecurity. “If
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Gunmen on Wednesday killed two staff of the Federal Polytechnic, Kaura-Namoda, Zamfara State. The Spokesman of the state police command, Mohammed Shehu, who confirmed the incident in a statement in Gusau, gave the names of the victims as Usama Nazifi and Bashiru Mohammed. According to him, the gunmen came to Nazifi’s house located in the
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At least three soldiers and four civilians were reportedly killed in a gun duel between troops and armed bandits in Kabasa village in Gusau local government area of Zamfara State on Wednesday. A resident of the community told journalists that several people trying to escape from the scene of the attack were also injured. The
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Bello Matawalle, Zamfara governor, says he is willing to step down if it will bring a lasting solution to the prevalent insecurity in his state. The governor spoke on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme, on Wednesday. He said: “I am not intimidated. If I know that my resigning as a governor will make the
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No fewer than 42 persons including women were kidnapped by Bandits on Saturday in an attack in Gobirawar Cali village, in the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Malam Abdullahi, an indigene of the village said on Saturday after one AK-47 rifle was seized from a suspected bandit who entered the village for a
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