Zamfara State

October 26, (THEWILL) - Security operatives from the 207 Quick Response Group of Nigerian Airforce Base Gusau, on Tuesday, intercepted about 1,000 Litres of Automotive Gas Oil (diesel) heading to a location suspected to be bandits’ camp. Special Adviser to...

October 16, (THEWILL) - The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has applied for a court order to join the three Zamfara senators in the National Assembly and 27 other lawmakers who defected from the the party to the All Progressives...

October 16, (THEWILL) - At least 12 people have been killed in an attack by bandits who invaded Sakajiki village in Kaura Namoda Emirate in Zamfara state. Spokesperson of the State Police Command, Mohammed Shehu, who confirmed the incident, said...

October 13, (THEWILL) - The Zamfara State House of Assembly has suspended two of its members, Yusuf Anka and Ibrahim Bakura, for alleged involvement in banditry. Anka and Bakura, who represent Anka state constituency and Bakura state constituency, respectively, were suspended...

October 11, (THEWILL) - Joint security forces have killed at least 32 armed bandits fleeing from Zamfara State forests in Niger State. This was after the bandits attacked a security post, and shot dead five policemen who attempted to confront...

October 08, (THEWILL) - Police tactical operatives in a joint operation at Tsibiri forest in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State, have rescued 187 victims abducted by bandits. The victims, THEWILL gathered, were  abducted in four Zamfara villages of Rini,...

October 02, (THEWILL) - Operatives of the Zamfara State Police Command, have arrested a notorious bandits commander, Bello Rugga and killed five others during a raid in Gummi Local Government Area of the state. The State Commissioner of Police, Ayuba Elkanah made...

October 01, (THEWILL) - There was wide jubilation in Gusau, the Zamfara state capital on Friday, following  directives  by the state government that telecom services be restored. The state governor, Bello Mohammed, who issued the order, said the restoration of telecommunications...

September 14, (THEWILL) - The home of the Speaker of the Zamfara House of Assembly, Nasiru Muazu Magarya, was on Monday razed down by bandits. This comes less than 45 days after bandits invaded the Magarya community and kidnapped his father,...

September 12, (THEWILL) - The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to direct Communications Minister, Isa Pantami, and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to reverse the suspension of telecommunication services in Katsina and Zamfara...