Nigerian military fighter jets have eliminated seven wanted Zamfara terrorists’ kingpins. The notorious bandits were eliminated in Kaduna State by airstrikes of two Nigerian Air Force (NAF) attack jets. PRNigeria gathered that those killed included Jibrin Gurgu, Isah Jauro and Tambowal from Zamfara State. Other kingpins eliminated are Noti,...
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The Zamfara executives of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) on Monday defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). This was contained in a statement issued in Gusau by the state APC Publicity Secretary, Yusuf Idris. According to the statement, the defectors include state executive members, local government chairmen,...
Zamfara chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday in Gusau expressed sadness at the death of the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Alhaji Sani Ahmad. Alhaji Ahmad died in Gusau on Wednesday at the age of 62 years after an official engagement...
Residents of insecurity-inflicted Northwest geopolitical zone have kicked against any plan to ban the use of motorcycles, saying such measure would do more harm than good. Responding to survey conducted by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), they noted that the common people rely more on motorcycles for their...
Justice Aminu Bappa-Aliyu of the Federal High Court, Gusau, on Tuesday adjourned until July 29, the suit challenging credibility of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship primary election in Zamfara. The adjournment came following the substitution of the defendant’s lead counsel. Justice Bappa-Aliyu said the court would sit on...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Zamfara State says it has extended the daily closing hour for its staff to capture more eligible registrants at the centres in Gusau. Prof. Saidu Ahmed, Zamfara INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of...
The longest serving emir in Zamfara, Emir of Kwatarkwashi in Bungudu Local Government Area, Alhaji Ahmad Umar (Mai-Kwatarshi), died on Thursday at 93, having been on the throne for 61 years. The Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Kabiru Balarabe, who disclosed this in a public announcement, said the...
Defence Headquarters said that the troops of Operation Hadarin Daji, on May 21, arrested one, Jabe Buba, a foreigner and notorious terrorists’ informant, at Garuwa village, in Tambuwal Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, said this while briefing newsmen on military...
In simultaneous airstrikes, fighter jets of the Nigerian Air Force have eliminated over a hundred terrorists at Sangeko Forest in Zamfara, New Kusawa in Kaduna and Tumbuns in Borno State. In the Northeast, and after days of intelligence gathering, a ‘spy operative’ of the Nigerian military told PRNigeria that...
At least 20 persons have been killed by bandits in Ganar-Kiyawa village of Adabka District, Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State The latest attack happened on Sunday morning at about 8:30 am when the gunmen stormed the community and started shooting sporadically, killing 20 persons including the village...
The Nigeria Police Force on Thursday said it has arrested a 38-year-old female suspect over arms and ammunition smuggling from Plateau to different terrorists’ camps in Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara and other parts of the country. The Acting Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this during a...
Heavily armed bandits have reportedly kidnapped at least 75 people in Kekun Waje district of Bungudu LGA of Zamfara State. In a raid on the community over a month ago, more than 60 people were abducted in a similar attack. Those abducted in that incident are still in captivity,...
Federal High Court sitting in Gusau, Zamfara, on Monday struck out the suit filed against Gov Bello Matawalle and four others for defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in June 2021. Justice Aminu Bappah Aliyu while ruling on the suit on Monday said the court lacked jurisdiction to...
The Minister of Information Alhaji Lai Mohammed last Thursday in Abuja said the government has uncovered 96 financiers of terrorist groups, Boko Haram and the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP). “Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), which exchanges intelligence on Boko Haram, ISWAP with 19 countries in 2020-2021,...
Terrorists have written to nine communities within the Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State, asking them to pay levies or face deadly attacks. The communities, which were sent letters include, Wawan Icce Salihu, Wawan Icce Ibrahim, Gangara, Gande, Tungar Gebe, Galle, Nan Narki, Ruwan Kura, and Yar Galma...
Abductors of the wife and two daughters of a lecturer with the Federal College of Education, Technical (FCET) Gusau in Zamfara State, Abdurrazak Muazu, have demanded N50 million ransom. A family member who pleaded anonymity said on Tuesday that the bandits called and informed them that they needed the...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau- A notorious bandit leader, Bello Turji, has reportedly released over 50 kidnapped victims in his custody in Zamfara State. Confirming the release on Tuesday, The Co-Chairman of the state Committee on Finding Lasting Solutions to Banditry, Dr. Abdullahi Shinkafi, said the victims are about 70,...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has recorded a success after it eliminated wanted bandit leaders, Alhaji Auta, and Kachalla Ruga in a forest in Zamfara. According to PRNigeria, the two men were bombed to death in the forest. The notorious bandit Commanders met their waterloo after a Nigerian Air...