Bandits reportedly abducted over 100 persons, mostly women and children, in the Maru Local Government Area (LGA) of Zamfara State, on Friday. This is barely a week after 15 persons were abducted in the Ruwandoruwa community of the same local government area. The PUNCH gathered that the four villages attacked were: Mutumji, Sabongari Mahuta, Kwanar Dutsi, and Unguwar Kawo, all …

The Management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said that it has secured the release of one of the seven female prospective corps members abducted in Zamfara. In a statement on Saturday, NYSC spokesperson, Eddy Megwa said female corps member was rescued on Friday at 12:30 pm “through the help of security agencies”, while expressing optimism that the rest …

Zamfara State Governor, Dr. Dauda Lawal has called for an urgent and comprehensive investigation by the Federal Government into the secretive negotiations held with bandits in the state. In a statement on Monday by his spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris, the governor lamented the action of some Federal Government agencies engaged in negotiations with bandit groups without recourse to the state …

A missing Zamfara journalist, Hamisu Danjibga, has been found dead, according to the Nigeria Union Journalist (NUJ). He was declared missing earlier in the week but later found dead, the union’s secretary, Ibrahim Gada said. The statement read: “Zamfara State Council of NUJ regrets to announce the death of Hamisu Danjibga, a reporter with Voice of Nigeria (VON), whose body …

Governors of Zamfara and Niger States, on Thursday, visited the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu in Abuja to discuss the security situation in their respective States. In a statement, the spokesperson to the Zamfara State Governor, Sulaiman Bala Idris said that Governor Dauda Lawal, alongside his counterpart in Niger State, Hon. Mohammed Umar Bago, met with the NSA …

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar lll has called on traditional leaders in Zamfara State to redouble their commitment toward polio eradication in the state. Sultan Abubakar made the call in Gusau on Tuesday at a strategic meeting with traditional leaders in the hard-to-reach areas of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting was …

A Federal High Court, sitting in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital, has ruled that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) lacks the power to invite serving and past officials of the state government for the purpose of explaining how public funds are utilised.  The power to audit the public accounts of the state, it also declared, is not vested …

The new governor of Zamfara State, Dr. Dauda Lawandare said on Monday that he would collaborate with the Federal Government and neighbouring states to redesign security architecture of the state. In his inaugural speech, he said that the security situation of the state was a source of concern for all and sundry. Lawandare said the new administration would pay greater …

No fewer than seven children were said to have lost their lives in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital, in a boat mishap while returning from their water search. The relatives of the children said they went in search of water as a shortage had hit the state. They claimed water vendors sold the essential commodity at N100 per jerrican and …

Bandits operating in Zamfara and Katsina States who abducted 85 women and children in Wanzamai community of Tsafe local government area in Zamfara State have finally agreed to collect N20,000 from each of the victims amounting to N1.7 million. The bandits also demanded that military operatives deployed to Wanzamai village should be relocated to another axis, vowing that they would …