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Bandits Invade Zamfara Mosque, Abduct Many Worshippers

Bandits Invade Zamfara Mosque, Abduct Many Worshippers

September 3, 2022 4:09 am

Bandits yesterday attacked a Jumuat Mosque in Zugu community of Gummi local government area of Zamfara state and abducted dozens of worshippers in a move that has sparked massive outrage. 

Residents who spoke to reporters shortly after the attacked narrated that the armed men hid their guns inside their clothes and stormed the mosque when the Imam was about to start delivering sermon.

According to reports the marauders reportedly told those outside the mosque to go inside.

“When they laid siege, they asked people who were outside to go into the mosque while informing the worshippers that they had come …

Police Area Commander Killed By Bandits In Katsina

Police Area Commander Killed By Bandits In Katsina

July 6, 2022 7:58 am

Bandits yesterday killed Assistant Commissioner of Police Aminu Umar Dayi, the Dutsinma Area Commander of the Nigerian Police in Katsina State.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the late Assistant Commissioner of Police led the invasion on one of the bandits hideout in Safana forest where he and one other officer paid the ultimate price after being overpowered by the hoodlums in a fierce gun duel on Tuesday.

While confirming the report on Wednesday, spokesman of the Katsina Command, SP Gambo, said the late Aminu and his team were ambushed by over 300 bandits riding on motorcycles with AK-47 …

Bandits Abduct Dozens Of Wedding Guests In Zamfara

Bandits Abduct Dozens Of Wedding Guests In Zamfara

June 13, 2022 5:28 am

Gunmen suspected to be terrorists yesterday abducted no fewer than 29 people in Zamfara State, police have confirmed.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the victims were travelling back home from a wedding ceremony when the armed men ambushed a convoy of their vehicles.

The victims were mostly mobile phone dealers from a popular market in Gusau, the Zamfara state capital – who had attended the wedding of one of their colleagues in neighbouring Sokoto state.

One man who survived the attack told the BBC the gunmen had mounted three roadblocks on Saturday evening, trapping vehicles and opening …

Seven Farmers Gruesomely Murdered By Bandits In Zamfara

Seven Farmers Gruesomely Murdered By Terrorists In Zamfara

May 16, 2022 5:09 am

No fewer than seven farmers have been confirmed dead after terrorists invaded their farmlands in Faru community of Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State, in the early hours of yesterday.

According to one Garba Abdullahi, who is an indigene of the community, the farmers were working in their farmlands, preparing for this year’s farming season, when the bandits attacked and killed them.

The eyewitness narrated to reporters via phone that one of his relations, Sani Akwala was among the people killed during the attack.

“Sani Akwala was among those who were killed gruesomely by these blood-sucking criminal elements,” he …

Insecurity Bandits Murder 56 In Zamfara Communities

Insecurity: Bandits Murder 56 In Zamfara Communities

May 9, 2022 1:15 am

Bandits attacked two villages in the Bakura Local Government Area of Zamfara State, yesterday where left at least 56 people dead with several others sustaining various degrees of injuries.

A resident of the area, Samaila Mohammed, who confirmed the development to newsmen on Sunday stated that the bandits, who were on motorcycles and carrying sophisticated weapons, invaded Sabon-garin Damri and Kalahe villages on Friday, opening fire on everyone on sight.

Mohammed narrated, ‘The bandits, who were riding over 100 motorcycles with each motorcycle carrying three persons, attacked our village Sabon-garin Damri immediately after the Friday prayers and started shooting sporadically, …

Matawalle Swears In New Zamfara Deputy Gov, Senator Hassan

Matawalle Swears In New Zamfara Deputy Gov, Senator Hassan

February 24, 2022 1:55 am

Zamfara State Governor, Hon Bello Mohammed Matawalle, on Wednesday swore in the new Deputy Governor of the state, Senator Hassan Mohammed Gusau after the impeachment of the former Deputy Governor.

While delivering his speech at the Councils Chamber, Government House, Gusau on Wednesday, the Governor said following the impeachment of the immediate past Deputy Governor by the State House of Assembly, it became imperative to fill the vacancy as provided for by section 191, subsection 3 of the 1999 Constitution.

According to him, the person who should occupy the position of Deputy Governor should be an able lieutenant, loyal, …

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Zamfara Gold: I Never Said FG Should Hands Off Rivers Oil – Wike

October 12, 2020 8:32 am

Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike has denied making any statement that Rivers state can also manage its oil like the case of the gold in Zamfara.

A statement by Paulinus Nsirim, the Commissioner for Information reads ‘ The attention of the Rivers State Government has been drawn to a completely false and misleading story circulating in the Social Media, that Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State made some remarks in connection with a report that the Central Bank of Nigeria will purchase N 5billion worth of Gold from the Zamfara State Government.’

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Zamfara House Of Assembly Relocates To Primary School

Zamfara House Of Assembly Relocates To Primary School

March 11, 2020 6:00 am

The Zamfara House of Assembly has relocated to a new primary school in Gusau, following ongoing renovation of the assembly complex.

Malam Mustafa Jafaru-Kaura, the Public Relations Officer of the House, announced this in a statement in Gusau.

Gov. Bello Matawalle recently awarded the contract for the reconstruction of the state assembly’s complex.

“Sequel to the total reconstruction of the state assembly’s complex project awarded by the state government, the assembly has now been relocated to a temporary site.

“The temporary assembly complex is a newly completed Primary School behind the State Headquarters of Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Gusau,’’

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Mass Defection In Zamfara, 20,000 APC Members Port To PDP

February 13, 2020 3:32 am

No fewer than twenty thousand APC members today dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) and embraced the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Zamfara State.

The decampees were from Bakura and Gumi Local Government areas of the state, noting that the crowd that gathered indicated that the PDP made a serious grassroots mobilization in the state.

Receiving the decampees at the Government House in Gusau, the state capital, the state governor, Hon. Bello Mohammed Matawalle described the decampment as a big loss to the APC.

” Their decamping may be connected to what has been put on ground by this

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Buhari Orders NAF Ariel Bombardment Of Zamfara, Niger

January 28, 2020 12:46 am

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari ( retd . ), has ordered the deployment of fighter jets against kidnappers, bandits and cattle rustlers said to be terrorising communities in Niger State.
The communities are situated around the Dogon Gona forest, which serves as a hideout for the attackers.

The forest stretches from Niger through Kaduna to Zamfara states , according to a State House statement by Buhari ’ s spokesman, Mr Garba Shehu, on Sunday.

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The Presidency observed that the attackers had claimed many lives , saying Buhari …

Zamfara Govt Bans Illegal Gathering In The State

December 31, 2019 2:36 pm

The Zamfara state government has resolved to prosecute any one involved in any unlawful gathering in the state, saying that it may create another tension in the state.

This came on the heels of a public protest in Shinkafi Local Government area of the state, where a group of youths that some politicians have doled out huge amount of money to some unscrupulous elements to invoke the alleged dead banditry in the state.

In a press briefing by the commissioner of Security and Home affairs, Hon. Abubakar Dauran said the protest had been scheduled to take place in the 14

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Police Exposes Sponsors Of Thugs In Zamfara State

December 30, 2019 2:40 pm
The Zamfara Police Command have accused some highly placed persons of sponsoring thugs to cause disorder in the state.

The Command says it has notified the people of the State of an intelligence report it gathered about the activities of some heartless and bloodthirsty individuals who derive pleasure when citizens of Zamfara State are killed, maimed and properties destroyed.

In a press statement signed by the Command’s Public Relation’s Officer, SP Mohammed Shehu, some unpatriotic elements are not comfortable with the relative peace achieved in the state, because that has conflicted with their selfish interest and personal aggrandisement.

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