Zamfara State

May 08, (THEWILL) – At least 48 persons have been reportedly killed in a deadly attack by armed bandits in three communities of Zamfara State. The Sole Administrator of Bakura Local Government, Aminu Suleiman, who confirmed the incident, listed the...

May 03, (THEWILL) - The offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State, has been gutted by fire. Local sources said the fire started at about 9pm on Monday and razed...

April 18, (THEWILL) – A terrorist kingpin in Zamfara State, Nasanda, has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the state government to pay him N30 million as compensation for the alleged killing of his wife and two relations. He threatened to...

April 13, (THEWILL) – At least five students of the College of Health Science and Technology, Tsafe, Zamfara State, have been abducted by bandits, who invaded a residential area around the institution. The incident, THEWILL learnt, happened in the early...

April 04, (THEWILL) – Adam Mamman Tsafe, son of retired DIG, Ibrahim Mamman Tsafe and Zamfara Commissioner of Security and Home Affairs, has been shot dead by rampaging terrorists. According to Daily Trust, Tsafe was killed Sunday night, alongside three...

March 21, (THEWILL) – Gunmen suspected to be bandits, have killed 37 people and kidnapped 62 in Bungudu and Bukkuyum Local Government Areas in Zamfara State. THEWILL gathered that 17 people were killed in two villages of Juyi and Doruwa in...

February 22, (THEWILL) - The seven-man panel investigating alleged gross misconduct and abuse of office against Zamfara State Deputy governor, Mahdi Aliyu, has closed its hearing on Tuesday. However, THEWILL learnt that the deputy governor was absent and was not...

February 19, (THEWILL) - A Commissioner in the Zamfara Independent Electoral Commission, Alhaji Hashimu-Shehu Gazura, is dead. THEWILL reports that Gazura died in a ghastly accident on Friday. His death is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Saturday by the...

February 14, (THEWILL) - Suspected bandits have abducted the regional accountant of Nigerian Customs Service in charge of Kano and Jigawa State, Mahassan Lawal. Lawal was kidnapped late on Friday night in his country home of Tsafe Local Government Area...

February 13, (THEWILL) - Situated in north-western Nigeria, Zamfara State was carved out of Sokoto State on October 1, 1996.  Its capital is Gusau. Its climate is tropical, with temperatures rising up to 38 °C (100.4 °F) and above between...