Zamfara State

By Bulama Kaka About 1500 Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs from Tsafe Local government of Zamfara State are presently taking refuge in Kankara Local government in Katsina State following series of bandit attacks on their communities. …
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Barely one week after the killing of 26 people in a community in Zamfara, gunmen have again hit another village in the state, killing 15 people. The Public Relations Officer of the Zamfara State Police Command, DSP. Muhammad Shehu, told…
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Zamfara House of Assembly has directed its secretariat to write a letter to Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan’Ali, over incessant killings and security challenges in the state. The assembly gave the directive during plenary session in…
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Thirteen people were killed in prolonged clashes between cattle thieves and local civilian militia in  Zamfara State, police said on Thursday. The militia and cattle thieves fought a gun battle Tuesday through Wednesday in the remote…
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Some gunmen have reportedly killed at least 30 people in Kabaro and Danmani villages in Maru local government area of Zamfara state. NAN quoted Shuaibu Kabaro, a witness, as saying the suspects struck in two communities and that the…
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Troubled Zamfara state may know peace from now as the Police have arrested leader of notorious criminal gang known as the “Sara-Suka” and 20 other members. The command’s spokesman, DSP Muhammad Shehu, said in a statement in Gusau on…
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Bandits  on Wednesday attacked two villages in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara state killing some people. The bandits attacked a mining site at Kuru-kuru village and also ambushed some people from the neighbouring Jarkuka village…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Zamfara, in continuation of his visit to states affected by herdsmen crisis. He arrived at the Katsina Airport on Thursday morning where he was warmly received by the state Governor Aminu Bello…
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