…about 68 residents lost their lives The Zamfara State Governor, Bello Mattawalle has confirmed that scores of residents and soldiers were killed during an operation by the Nigerian Air Force in the state. Mattawalle condoled with the families of the victims. No fewer than 68 residents lost their lives at Mutunji village in the Maru
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The Zamfara State Police Command, on Saturday, said it has arrested a 39-year-old notorious armed bandit popularly called Umar NaMaro and eight informants who supply arms and ammunition, foodstuff, motorcycles, military uniforms and deliver ransom to bandits in the state. It also recovered one AK-47, a Lar rifle, and 174 rounds of live ammunition in the
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The banditry activities ravaging Zamfara State for over a decade have forced indigenes of the state to be suspicious of any strange face, especially in rural areas. Sources said that many people living in the Damba area of Gusau, the state capital, have been vacating the axis as it has become a bandits’ den, with
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The Zamfara notorious bandits leader, Auwalu Daudawa who had earlier repented and surrendered 20 AK 47 and RPG to the state , and six members of his gang had been killed. The Daily Vendor learnt that Auwalu who was accommodated by the State Government along with his family in the out skirt of Gusau the
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Gunmen on Monday unleashed terror attack on Kwangwami community in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing the Chief Imam, Alhaji Liman Auwalu of Kwangwami Jumuat mosque and one other villager. Sources in the community said that the bandits destroyed many farmlands and made away with cattle and other valuable properties of the villagers
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Seven teenage girls from Magamin Diddi village in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State were killed when an object believed to be a bomb exploded. The deceased according to an indigene of the area, Malam Faruku Magami, were among the nine girls who went to the nearby bush to fetch firewood. Faruku explained that
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Kaduna based popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Dr Aimed Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi, has reportedly visited bandits operating in forests around Shinkafi and Gumi local government areas of Zamfara State in a bid to preach peace and the message of Islam to the Fulani herdsmen with a view to swaying them away from kidnapping and banditry. Gumi,
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The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 (PTF) has named Kogi, Zamfara, Yobe, Jigawa and Kebbi as ‘absolute high risk’ states for Nigerians to go as the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic continues. According to the PTF, the states are high risks because no adequate data is coming from them to determine the level of the
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The Zamfara State Police Command on Sunday confirmed the killing of eight people by suspected bandits who invaded Janbako Community of Maradun Local Government Area of the state in the early hours of Sunday The command made the confirmation in a statement by its spokesman, SP Mohammed Shehu, adding that the bandits launched an aggressive
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The Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, on Tuesday, revealed his role in the release of 344 abducted students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State. The students, who were abducted by armed bandits from the college on December 11, were released last Thursday in Tsafe, Zamfara State. In a chat with journalists in Gusau,
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The Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari, said on Wednesday the college students abducted by armed bandits in the state last week had been located in a forest in Zamfara. The governor, who disclosed in a chat with the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), however, dismissed the claim that the students were
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday declared Mr. Ibrahim Tudu of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of the Bakura State constituency supplementary by- election in Zamfara State. The INEC Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Yahaya Tanko, said Tudu polled 23,874 votes to win the election. He said: “The candidate of the
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The chairman of Zamfara State Local Government Service Commission, Dr Malami Aliyu Yandoto died on Saturday. It was gathered that the chairman slumped and died at the wedding ceremony of former governor, Senator Ahmed Sani Yerima’s daughter, Fatima, and the son of Senator Adamu Aliero. The guests were later invited for a luncheon at Sokoto
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The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it is deploying Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), otherwise known as a drone, aircraft to Zamfara to enhance its air operations in the state. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Saddique Abubakar, disclosed this when he visited Zamfara on Thursday. Abubakar said he was in the state to further
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The Police Command in Zamfara has confirmed the selection of 3,850 indigenes of the state to be trained as Special Constables, to assist in the fight against banditry and other crimes in the state. The command announced this in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, SP Shehu Mohammed, and made available to newsmen in
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