zamfara insecurity
Zamfara state governor Bello Mohammed has ordered the immediate return of all refugees who left their villages as a result of recent banditry attacks which left 21 people dead in some parts of the state. The special adviser to Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle on Public Enlightenment, Media and Communications, Malam Zailani Bappa, said this in a statement issued to journalists Read More
The Nigerian Air Force component of Operation Hadarin DajI has killed several bandits and destroyed their camp during air strikes at Kwayanbana Forest in Zamfara state. Coordinator Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. John Enenche said in a statement on Tuesday that operation was conducted on 7 June 2020, “after Human Intelligence reports and series of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance missions Read More
Zamfara state government has purchased 200 operational Hilux vans for distribution to security agencies with a view to help them fight banditry in the state. This was made known by the Special Adviser to the governor on Public Enlightenment, Media and Communication, Malam Zailani Bappa in a statement issued to Newsmen in Gusau at the end of the joint security Read More
Zamafara state Governor Bello Matawalle has asked repentant bandits in the state to sustain the peace dialogue initiated by his administration in order to maintain peace, stability and development. The call was contained in a statement issued in Gusau Tuesday by his chief press secretary, Alhaji Jamilu Iliyasu. It stated that the governor made the call at a meeting with Read More
The Zamfara state government under the leadership of Governor Bello Matawalle has raised alarm over what it termed invasion of Boko Haram sects in seven local government councils of the state. This was made known by the Director General Press Affairs to the governor, Yusuf Idris, while addressing newsmen in Gusau, the state capital Monday. According to him, based on Read More
Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai is about now inspecting ongoing renovation projects at the 1 Brigade Barracks located in Gusau, Zamfara state capital. Details loading…
Zamfara Government has announced the removal of the Emir of Maru, Alhaji Abubakar Cika and the District Head of Kanoma, Alhaji Ahmed Kanoma for connivance with bandits to terrorise their subjects. Their removal was conveyed in a letter signed by the State Deputy Governor, Mahdi Ali-Gusau, and made available to newsmen in Gusau on Saturday. The two monarchs were suspended Read More
Marginalisation of Fulani herdsmen by successive administrations in the area of provision of basic necessities of life as well as illiteracy are major reasons for the increase of armed banditry in Zamfara state, ex-bandits have said. Speaking on behalf of his fellow ex-bandits in Tsafe local government area of the state, Hassan Dantawaye said the Fulani folks had for long Read More
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, Yusuf Idris, said the governor, accompanied by his deputy Mahadi Aliyu-Gusau, heads of security agencies in the state, chased away the bandits from their camps. Read More
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 state. The court panel nullified the election that brought about the APC Governor-elect, Alhaji Muktar Idris, because the party failed to conduct its primaries according Read More
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 Voter Education, Festus Okoye, the electoral body is meeting to determine the next course of action following the ruling. Part of the statement read, “Following Read More
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 height of senseless killings in Zamfara state, the federal government suspended mining activities in the state and asked foreigners to quit. Further to that, the Read More
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 the Air Force. The Chairman Council of Chiefs, who is also the Emir of Anka, made the apology when a seven-man high powered investigation team Read More
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. Spokesperson of the Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, gave the clarification on Thursday during a Press Conference at the NAF headquarters in Abuja. Read More
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, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, the raid was carried out during operation DIRAN MIKIYA which was set up to clear the area of bandits. Daramola also Read More
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 power. Rather than undermining the efforts of the NAF in the fight against banditry, Zamfara Council of Emirs should immediately stop its curious disinformation and Read More
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 left in its wake 22,000 widows and 44,000 orphans since it broke out in 2011. And to this end, the upper legislative chamber resolved to Read More
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 came as Governor Abdulaziz Abubakar Yari of Zamfara state, a hotbed of violence, said over 3,596 innocent citizens lost their lives to banditry in the state Read More
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 Alliance for Indigenous Rights (PAIR), Society for Gender Equity (SGE), Network for Onward Nigeria (NeO), and The Peoples Collective (TPC), accused the defence chief of Read More
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 determination. Reacting to the recent spike in reported incidents of banditry and kidnappings in some parts of the country, the president while condoling all those affected Read More
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 on Saturday, decried the insecurity in the State which has resulted in apprehension, displacements of communities and loss of lives. The convener of the protest, Read More
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 bandits simultaneously besieged the two villages between 10pm and 11pm on Saturday and attacked the residents with dangerous weapons. He said the attacks on Kursasa Read More
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 CJTF were also killed Thursday by unknown gunmen at Kwaren Shikafi village in Shinkafi local government area of the state. The bandits were said to Read More
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