Tag: ZAMFARA
NCC orders telecom providers to shut down in Zamfara
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has issued a directive for telecoms providers to shut down services in Zamfara State.
A memo signed on Friday by...
Matawalle right to ask Zamfara people to defend themselves against bandits...
Former minister of aviation Femi Fani-Kayode has backed Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle on the latter’s call for Zamfara residents to defend themselves against...
73 students abducted from Zamfara school — Police
Police in Zamfara have confirmed the abduction of 73 students of Government Day Secondary school, Kaya in Maradun Local Government Area of the state.
The...
Zamfara imposes state-wide curfew as bandits abduct students in gov’s hometown
Zamfara State Government has declared a dusk-to-dawn curfew throughout the state following the abduction of scores of students by gunmen on Wednesday.
Gunmen had invaded...
Fani-Kayode knocks 32-year-old Zamfara deputy gov for refusing to defect to...
Former aviation minister Femi Fani-Kayode on Tuesday criticised Zamfara State Deputy Governor Mahdi Gusau for refusing to defect to the All Progressives Congress with...
Policeman, three others feared killed as gunmen kidnap Zamfara college students
Gunmen have kidnapped an unspecified number of students following an attack on Sunday night at the College of Agriculture and Animal Science in Bakura...
100 Zamfara nursing mothers, children regain freedom after 42 days in...
About a hundred persons kidnapped in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State on June 8 have been released, police said on Tuesday.
Police spokesperson...
Matawalle’s defection: Court halts impeachment of Zamfara deputy gov
A Federal High Court, Abuja has restrained the Zamfara House of Assembly from impeaching the deputy governor of the state Mahdi Gusau.
Justice Obiora Egwuatu...
13 policemen shot dead in Zamfara attack
No fewer than 13 policemen were on Sunday killed by suspected bandits in the Bagudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
The police personnel were...
APC urges security agencies to investigate attack on its Zamfara office
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged security agencies to investigate the attack on its youth office in Gusau, Zamfara.
The state APC Caretaker Chairman...