Zamfara State

January 23, (THEWILL) – At least six suspected bandits were killed on Saturday night after troops of the Nigerian Army repelled an attack on Mareri Community, outskirt of Gusau, Zamfara State. The armed bandits invaded the community and attempted to kidnap...

January 17, (THEWILL) - Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle says a new approach would be applied towards finding a lasting solution to the insecurity problem troubling the State. Matawalle gave the assurance on Monday, while speaking to State House Correspondents, after...

January 14, (THEWILL) - Operatives of the Zamfara Police Command have recovered a rocket launcher and a locally fabricated gun during a “heavily engaged gun duel between the police and some hoodlums.” Spokesperson of the Command, Mohammed Shehu, in a...

January 12, (THEWILL) - A Federal Government delegation, on Wednesday, arrived in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital, to sympathise with the government and people of the state over the recent attacks by bandits. THEWILL had reported that bandits raided some villages...

January 11, (THEWILL) - The United Nations (UN) has urged the Nigerian Government to arrest the perpetrators of recent killings in Zamfara State. THEWILL reports that over 140 locals were allegedly killed by bandit kingpin, Bello Turji, and his men...

January 09, (THEWILL) - President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday expressed outrage at the latest reports of killings in four villages of Zamfara State by bandits, who have now been designated as terrorists. The President, in a statement by his Senior...

December 31, (THEWILL) - Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Friday stormed Mereri village in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital, and kidnapped a wife of Dr AbdulRazaq, a lecturer with Federal College of Education (Technical) Gusau and his two...

December 29, (THEWILL) - Suspected bandits have attacked Gada community in the Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara state. The district head of the community, Umaru Bawan-Allah, and his two sons were reportedly killed, while several other persons were abducted by...

December 28, (THEWILL) - The Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa-led faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it received with shock news of violence meted out on members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during its congress in...

December 27, (THEWILL) - Thugs on Monday attacked and vandalised the venue of the state congress of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Zamfara. The programme, initially slated for the Zaitun oil mill, behind State Pilgrim Board, has been moved to the Command Guest...