Bandits terrorising North West residents have fed newborn twins to dogs, according to Hon. Aminu Sani Jaji, the lawmaker representing Kaura Namoda and Birnin Magaji federal constituency of Zamfara State. In a chat with newsmen on Wednesday, Jaji said the victim was abducted from a community in Zamfara while pregnant.Continue Reading
Bandits bands raid communities, assault drivers, kidnap students, and kill anyone who opposes them in northwest Nigeria. What do these men want, and who are they? In a new BBC Africa Eye documentary, some of the most dreaded bandits leaders in Zamfara state are exposed as the source of Nigeria’s worstContinue Reading
Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara, has urged the Federal Government to declare a State of Emergency on security. The governor gave the advice when he received the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in-charge of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara, Ali Janga, on a courtesy call on Wednesday, August 25, in Gusau. Matawalle said declaring a stateContinue Reading
Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle has clarified reports about the reason he defected to the All Progressives Congress. This was contained in a statement issued on Monday, July 5, via his spokesman, Yusuf Idris Gusau. Matawalle noted that he defected to the ruling APC to bring more development to the people. “It is a knownContinue Reading
Bandits attacked the Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Talata Mafara local government area of Zamfara State and abducted over ‘300’ of the school girls. According to reports available the gunmen stormed the school premises in the early hours of today, Friday, February 26. Information commissioner of Zamfara state Sulaiman TanauContinue Reading