The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Zamfara State has arrested a POS operator, simply identified as Mustapha, for allegedly hired by bandits for financial transactions. The Zamfara NSCDC Commandant, Muhammad Muazu, said Mustapha was arrested in Birnin Tsaba…
Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle of Zamfara State has lamented that there are about 169 ghost doctors recieving monthly salaries and allowances. The Governor disclosed this to newsmen in his country home in Maradun town of Maradun Local Government Area of…
The Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has vowed that thugs caught with AK-47 rifles and other dangerous weapons during a political rally in the state earlier in the week, must be brought to book. Matawalle while addressing newsmen at his…
The anti-thuggery committee established by the Zamfara State Government has arrested and paraded 35 alleged political thugs, saying that the committee also repelled an attack in the state. According to the chairman of the committee, Mr. Bello Bakyasuwa, the thugs…
Kidnapped retired Colonel, Mr. Rabiu Garba Yandoto and his two children have finally regained their freedom after the payment of N10 million ransom. This was disclosed by the retired soldier who revealed that the bandits were given the sum of…
About 15 persons abducted by bandits along Gusau-Funtua road have been rescued by the Zamfara State Police Command. The bandits kidnapped the victims on Tuesday and took them to the bush. Muhammad Shehu, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), while…
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have kidnapped a retired colonel, Rabi’u Yandoto, and his two children on the Gusau-Tsafe Road in Zamfara State. An indigene of the area, Mohammed Hassan, said Yandoto was going to his hometown together with his…
Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara on Friday assented to the 2023 Budget Appropriation Bill of over N184 billion into law. Reports state that had in Nov. 17 presented the proposed 2023 budget estimate of N188.8 billion to the assembly for…
A source in Zamfara State has hinted that followers of bandits’ kingpins like Bello Turji, Halilu Buzu and Adamu Aleiru are regrouping for another attack after the killing of over 40 of their kind in Malele and Mutunji communities of…
A public commentator in Zamfara State, Ahmed Bakare has condemned the utterances by the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clement Agba alleging the federal government’s inability to tackle insecurity in the country and blaming state governors. Bakare…
