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Zamfara State

Zamfara Government returns IDPs to communities as security improves
10 Sep  Nigeria
The Zamfara Government has started returning Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to their communities following improved security situation in the state.
Security agencies requested shutdown of telecoms services in Zamfara, says FG
9 Sep  Nigeria
The Federal Government, yesterday, said it approved the request to shut down telecommunications activities in Zamfara State following request by security agencies.
Banditry: Zamfara govt. intercepts food, fuel suppliers, arrests 100 suspects
8 Sep  Nigeria
The Zamfara State Government says it has incepted vehicles conveying food, drinks and fuel to various bandit camps in the state.
Sokoto, Kebbi, three others witness service disruptions as Zamfara’s 2.1 million phone users lose access
6 Sep  Telecoms
With mobile network operators (MNOs) having complied with Federal Government’s (FG) order to shut down services in Zamfara State, some 2.1 million subscribers in the state have been cut off from the networks.
Zamfara cuts phone network in restive northern state
4 Sep  Nigeria
Nigeria's telecoms regulator has for security reasons asked operators to shut down mobile phone lines in Zamfara State, days after other restrictions were announced in the region plagued by violence. Gangs of criminals known locally as bandits snatched 73 children from a local school on Wednesday in the latest mass kidnapping in the country's northwest. …
Banditry: Matawalle cautions journalists on crisis reporting
4 Sep  Nigeria
Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara, on Friday in Gusau, cautioned journalists against reeling out unverified information on the security situation in the state.
Gunmen kill four, abduct 50 in Zamfara
24 Aug  Nigeria
The Police Command in Zamfara State have confirmed that gunmen killed four persons and abducted 50 others in Goran Namaye town, Maradun Local Council of the state.
Bandits abudct students, kill security officials in Zamfara college
16 Aug  Nigeria
Armed bandits have abducted many students and teachers in Zamfara State. The attack happened at the state’s College of Agriculture in Bakura Local Government Area of the state on Sunday. Registrar of the college, Aliyu Bakura, confirmed the incident to BBC Hausa Monday morning. Bakura said four persons, including a police officer and three gatemen,…
Police neutralise bandit, rescue 11 kidnapped victims in Zamfara
22 Jul  Nigeria
The Police Command in Zamfara says it has neutralised a notorious armed bandit in the state and rescued 11 kidnapped victims.
Aviation stakeholders urge military to rejig strategy as bandits shoot down attack jet in Zamfara
20 Jul  Nigeria
Intense fire from bandits caused a Nigerian attack jet to crash in Zamfara State on Sunday, but the pilot survived by ejecting from the aircraft, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said yesterday...
Nigeria Airforce confirms fighter jet crash after terrorist attack
19 Jul  Nigeria
The Nigeria Airforce has finally revealed that its Alphajet crashed in Zamfara State after an initial denial. Airforce spokesman, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet noted: "On 18 July 2021, at about 12.45 pm, a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha Jet aircraft, returning from a successful air interdiction mission between the boundaries of Zamfara and Kaduna State,…
PDP drops suit against Zamfara deputy gov over alleged defection
17 Jul  Politics
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, in Abuja withdrew Zamfara State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Mahadi Aliyu Gusau, from a suit seeking to unseat him and Governor Bello Matawalle...