Suspected bandits have kidnapped the parish priest of St. Raymond Catholic Church Damba, Gusau, Zamfara State, Revd. Fr. Mikah Suleiman. The spokesperson of Zamfara State Police Command, Yazid Abubakar, said the priest was kidnapped around 3 am on Saturday at his residence in the Damba area...
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The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, has donated 4,860 rams and N390million to the All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders, stakeholders and less-privileged families in Zamfara. This is contained in a statement on Tuesday by the State APC Publicity Secretary, Malam Yusuf Idris. The rams as...
Sen. Abdul’aziz Yari (APC-Zamfara) has commenced the distribution of 380 cows to 147 political wards across the state for the Eid-el-Kabir festival. The Chairman, Sen. Yari’s Political Organization, Alhaji Lawal Liman, disclosed this in a statement issued in Gusau on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
By ESTHER ALEXANDER, Abuja – The President of Voice of the Voiceless, Nasir Ismail Doka, has criticized Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, over his handling of the escalating security crisis in the state. At a press conference on Thursday in Abuja, Doka joined forces with internally displaced persons...
The Zamfara Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the recent suspension of the state Chairman of the party, Alhaji Tukur Danfulani by the Galadima Ward executives of the party as illegal and undemocratic. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that eight out of the...
All Progressives Congress (APC), ward officials in Galadima Ward of Gusau Local Government in Zamfara have explained why they suspended Alhaji Tukur Danfulani, the State Chairman. The ward youth leader, Alhaji Ahahuraira Ilyasu, told newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja that the chairman was booted out because he had...
Groups of terrorists in the North West have suffered heavy casualties when the laid ambushes for troops of Operation ”Hadarin Daji” in Zamfara. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Buba said the troops had on...
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has said that the establishment of the Federal University of Health Sciences and Technology in Tsafe, Zamfara will address the ‘Japa syndrome’ in the health sector. He said this at a one-day public hearing on “A Bill for an Act to Establish the Federal...
Rep. Abdulmalik Zubairu (APC-Zamfara) has distributed N 10.94 million as scholarship grants to 297 undergraduates, NCE and Polytechnic students from his constituency. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Zubairu represents Bungudu and Maru Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. Speaking at the cash disbursement exercise...
The Zamfara chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected the purported suspension of the state party Chairman, Alhaji Tukur Danfulani. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Saturday by the state APC Publicity Secretary, Malam Yusuf Idris. Idris said, “The state APC leadership...
Tragedy struck in Zamfara State as bandits unleashed a wave of violence on farming communities, claiming the lives of at least 30 innocent farmers, including a respected Islamic cleric. The attacks occurred in Gidangoga village, Maradun Local Government Area (LGA), and Bilbis village, Tsafe LGA. Sources told PRNigeria...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – Zamfara State Government has confirmed the outbreak of unknown illness in the state which recorded four deaths and 177 cases so far. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Aisha Anka, confirmed this in a statement issued in Gusau on Friday by the Information Officer...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Troops of the Nigerian Army deployed for Counter-terrorism operations in Zamfara and Kastina States have killed scores of terrorists, who attempted to abduct some civilians. The troops also rescued the victims, according to a post by the Nigerian Army’s authority on its official X...
In a courageous act, the family of a bride-to-be and a group of passengers thwarted a kidnapping attempt by killing a terrorist in Zamfara State. PRNigeria reports that the incident unfolded when the family of the bride-to-be and other travellers were ambushed by bandit terrorists along the Talata...
The Nigerian Army says its troops have made significant inroad into terrorists’ enclave in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara, where they destroyed the terrorists’ camp and eliminated 12 of them. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Maru LGA is one of the hotbeds of terrorism...
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, on Monday received 22 abducted students and staff of Federal University, Gusau in Zamfara, who were rescued on Sunday. The 22 people, comprising 15 students and seven workers of the university, were abducted from the university in September 2023. According to...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) in North-West have eliminated no fewer than 12 bandits, recovered weapons, AK-47 rifle, 1 magazine and 2 rounds of 7.62mm and 18 cows. The Information Officer, OPHD, Lt. Suleman Omale, stated this in a statement issued to newsmen...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji, has destroyed 3 terrorists camps in Zamfara on Wednesday, eliminating several of them and their structures. NAF Spokesman, AVM Edward Gabkwet, confirmed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Gabkwet...
Sen. Abdul’aziz Yari (APC-Zamfara) has distributed 380 cows to All Progressive Congress (APC) leaders, stakeholders and less-privileged families in the state for the upcoming Eid-el-fitr festival. The Chairman, Sen. Yari Political Organization, Alhaji Lawal Liman, disclosed this to newsmen in Gusau on Wednesday. Yari is a former Zamfara...
Police in Katsina State have rescued five persons suspected to have been kidnapped while travelling from Abuja to Zamfara. Police spokesman, ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, confirmed the rescue when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Katsina on Tuesday. He said a police patrol team rescued...