zamfara insecurity
The newly sworn-in governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has led security agents to bandits’ camps and hideouts near Wonaka town in Gusau Local Government Area of the state. A statement by the governor’s spokesman, […]
The Police Command in Zamfara State says it has beefed up security to forestall a breakdown of law and order following Friday’s Supreme Court Judgement nullifying the election of All Progressives Congress candidates in the […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission, on Friday, held a meeting over the Supreme Court judgement on the general elections held in Zamfara State. In a statement signed by INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and […]
Bandits who perpetrate Terrorism acts have attacked government girls secondary school, Moriki in Zurmi Local Government of Zamfara State and abducted about 11 persons. Details loading…
Emir of Argungu in Kebbi state Alhaji Samaila Mera has urged the judiciary to be fair and just in deciding cases between herdsmen and farmers in order to arrest banditry in the country. At the […]
The Chairman, Zamfara State Council of Chiefs, Attahiru Ahmad, has apologised to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) over its recent allegations that innocent citizens were killed in the state during air strikes by personnel of […]
Contrary to allegations by Emirs in Zamfara state, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has said it conduct series of intelligence before striking any identified locations and never used bombs in fighting banditry in the North-east. […]
The Nigerian Air Force has on Saturday, April 13, destroyed some logistics stores belonging to bandits within Kagara forest in Zamfara state. A statement by the director of public relations and information of the force, […]
Folks conversant with the war against insurgency and banditry in Nigeria know the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), has firmly positioned itself within the professional context of defending the territorial integrity of the country with air […]
Issues of rising wave of insecurity in Nigeria came to fore on the floor of the Senate Wednesday eliciting strong condemnations from lawmakers. At the session, lawmakers were told the crisis in Zamfara state had […]
As the Nigerian Air Force Tuesday launched Operation ‘Tsaftan Daji’ in North west, the federal government has said highly placed traditional rulers in the north are behind the spate of killings in the region. The position […]
A coalition of civil society groups has put the blamed the insecurity in Zamfara state on the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan Ali, rather than Governor Abdulazzi Yari. The coalition made up of the Peoples […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has reassured Nigerians that ending banditry remains a key priority of his administration and he would do whatever it takes to ensure the country’s security system confronts these public enemies with merciless […]
Indigenes of Zamfara, resident in Abuja, have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently intervene and stop the killings and kidnappings currently going on in the state. The indigenes, who held a protest in Abuja […]
Suspected bandits have killed 16 persons in fresh attacks on Kursasa and Kurya villages of Shinkafi local government area of Zamfara state. A resident of Kursasa village identified as Usman Garba told Blueprint on phone that the […]
Barely 72 hours after the deadly attack on some communities in Zamfara state by bandits, the hoodlums again struck Sunday killing 20 persons, mostly members of the Civilian Joint Task Force. Some 30 members of the […]
No fewer than 30 members of Civilian Joint Tasks Force (CJTF) in Zamafara state were killed by a group of unknown gunmen at Kwaren Shikafi village in Shinkafi local government area of the state. Narrating […]
Wining the hearts and minds of the populace is critical in solving internal security challenges in the country, the Chief of Army Staff , Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has said. He said this while inaugurating a […]
Section II of the 1999 constitution states: The security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of the government. Any government that cannot guarantee security does it at its own peril. In […]
Chief of Air Staff, Sadiq Abubakar, has said that no fewer than 150 Special Forces would be deployed to assist in restoring security in troubled areas in Taraba state. Abubakar, an air marshal, said this […]
Zamfara state Police Commissioner, Mr. Kenneth Ebrimson, yesterday inaugurated the newly elected executives of the state Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) under the chairmanship of Alh. Bello Rankande Gamji at the state command headquarters, Gusau. […]
The Nigeria Rescue Mission (NRM), national chairman, Senator Saidu Muhammed Dansadau, has attributed incessant killings and destruction of lives and properties in Zamfara state to alleged failed government of Governor Abdulaziz Yari. He also […]
What do you make of the cycle of dastardly killings that has held sway in the country especially in the northeast, worsening insecurity in the country and heightening fears and tension in the citizens The […]
President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the release of $1 billion for the procurement of military equipment to fight Boko Haram insurgency in the North-east and unrest in some parts of the country. The National Economic […]
Following the brutal murder of residents in some communities in Zamfara State, the Senate recently constituted an Ad-hoc Committee to investigate the growing threat that has claimed lives and displaced many since 2012. EZREL TABIOWO […]
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