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Bandits who demanded N350 million after kidnapping 15 students, four staff members, and a dispatch rider in Zamfara have threatened to kill the victims. The victims were kidnapped from the College...

There have been harvests of joy and jubilations in Zamfara State over the replacement of the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu. Residents who spoke to Our Source said they are...

The All Progressive Congress (APC) Governors Forum has donated the sum of N50 million to the Zamfara State government to assist in rebuilding the Tudun Wada market that was gutted...

Unknown gunmen suspected to be armed bandits have killed two workers of the Federal Polytechnic Kaura Namoda in Zamfara State. The bandits stormed the residents of the deceased at low cost...

There have been criticisms and speculations in Zamfara State that the federal government intends to make the vaccination compulsory considering its effort to inoculate the population against COVID-19 using the...

The Zamfara State Government has said that all boarding schools earlier closed by the government should be reopened with immediate effect and be converted to day schools. In a statement signed...

Unknown arsonists on Tuesday evening attacked and set ablaze the shopping complex of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Zamfara State Council secretariat, located at Gusau, the state capital. According to...

Shehu Sani, former Kaduna Central Senator, on Tuesday reacted to the release of abducted students of Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS) Jangebe, Zamfara State. Sani said the abduction and release of...

Hunainatu Abubakar, one of the abducted girls of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Zamfara, says their abductors asked them to pray for them to become good citizens. Hunainatu told the...

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has said he is delighted over the release of Jangebe school girls in Zamfara State. Atiku in a tweet on Tuesday congratulated the Zamfara State government...

The abducted students of Government Girls’ Secondary School, GGSS, Jangebe in Talata Mafara Local Government Area, LGA of Zamfara State have been released. The students arrived at the Government House, Gusau,...

Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation, has urged Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State to expose those behind the abduction of over 300 students from Government Girls’ Secondary School,...

Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has said repentant bandits assisted security agencies in the operation that led to the rescue of Jangebe school girls. our source had reported that the...

One of the victims abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, GGSS, Jangebe identified as Hafsatu Anka, on Monday revealed that they were laid in trenches littered with human feces. The SS-II...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday received a briefing on the schoolgirls abducted from Government Secondary School in Jangebe, Zamafara State. Leader of the Federal Government delegation to the state, Hadi Sirika,...

Roman Catholic head, Pope Francis has reacted to the abduction of schoolgirls in Zamfara State by bandits. The Pope condemned the attack on innocent students, describing it as a “vile” abduction. “I...

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has disclosed what should happen to state governors negotiating with bandits. HURIWA said state governors negotiating with bandits should be arrested, prosecuted and...

The Police Command in Zamfara State has said it is intensifying aerial surveillance for the rescue of the 317 abducted students of Government Girls Science Secondary School, Jangebe in Talata...

The Zamfara State government has closed down all boarding schools after the abduction of 317 schoolgirls of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe. Briefing newsmen in Government House Gusau, on Friday, Governor...

A report from Zamfara State indicates that about 300 female students of Government Secondary School, Jangebe have been abducted by suspected armed bandits. The schoolgirls were discovered missing on Thursday night...

No fewer than 30 AK-47 rifles, 2 GPRP rifles, rocket launchers, and a large cache of ammunition have been surrendered by Muhammed Sani, popularly known as Zakwi. Sani is the son...

Zamafara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has revealed that is “the best approach” to tackle Nigeria’s security challenges is by pardoning bandits. He added that it has helped more than 1,000 persons abducted by...

Zamfara State Commissioner for Hajji commission, Alhaji Sirajo Maikatako has resigned his appointment from the cabinet of Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle. This is following the reconciliation between former governor Abdul Aziz...

Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has condemned the violence on a northern community in Ibadan, Oyo State. He called on President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Seyi Makinde to put a stop to the senseless and...

The two factions of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State have reconciled their differences and agreed to form a formidable force ahead of future elections. Dr Mikailu Barau, a...

A former council chairman of Maradun Local Government of Zamfara State, Hon. Ahmad Abubakar has alleged that the State Governor, Hon. Bello Mohammed Matawalle is silently donating Hilux vans to...

The victims, Bashar, Abubakar, Haruna, Habibah, Sufyanu, Mubarak, and Armiya, were kidnapped by bandits last Friday in Kadauri village. According to a report by The PUNCH, some dangerous bandits have kidnapped...

The Zamfara state police command has confirmed the abduction of six family members in the state. According to the state police spokesperson Shehu Mohammed, six of the abducted persons are children...

The Zamfara State wing of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has flagged off the extended special public works program for fourteen thousand youths in the state. The Director-General of the...

Our correspondent who visited the office along Zaria road in Gusau, reports that the NIMC office appeared surprised to know that more than half of the citizens in Zamfara have...