ZAMFARA

No fewer than 35 suspected political thugs have been apprehended in Zamfara State, TheNigerian News reports. The suspects were paraded by the anti-thuggery committee established by the Zamfara State Government. The chairman of the…

Operatives of the Zamfara State Police Command have rescued 15 kidnap victims who were abducted by kidnappers along Gusau-Tsafe road in the state. This was disclosed to newsmen on Thursday by Command’s Spokesman, SP Shehu Mohammed,…

Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle of Zamfara State has commiserated with the families of victims earlier caught in military fire against bandits in, Dansadau, Maru Local Government area of the state. The governor, in a statement issued…

A former Minister of Information and a senatorial candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Ikra Aliyu Bilbis, who was remanded in prison over alleged criminal conspiracy and public disturbances, has been finally released on bail…

Ibrahim Magayaki, the Zamfara state Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, has been remanded in the Correctional Centre in Gusau for disobeying a court order. Justice Bello Shinkafi of the Zamfara State High Court, Gusau,…

A former minister of state for information and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) senatorial candidate in the 2023 general election, Ikrah Aliyu Bilbis, and some others, have been arrested by the Zamfara State Police Command for allegedly…

A notorious bandits' leader, Bello Turji, has reportedly held five residents of Moriki town in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State captive. The victims were said to have been held after they delivered N10.5 million “Protection…

A Federal High Court sitting in Gusau, Zamfara State, has nullified the fresh governorship primary conducted by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. The Nigerian News reports that the court had earlier annulled the primaries…

Troops of the Nigerian Army attached to Operation Hadarin Daji at Yar Tashar village, Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State have neutralized some terrorists who were trying to harvest farmers’ produce in the village. A notorious…

Hajiya Madina Shehu, the Women Leader of the Zamfara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has dumped the party for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Hajiya Shehu, who announced her defection on Thursday in Gusau…