Zamfara State

August 08, (THEWILL) - A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha jet deployed for Operation Hadarin Daji has successful foiled an attempt to kidnap 16 persons on Saturday. THEWILL gathered that the Alpha jet was returning from a reconnaissance (recce) mission,...

August 05, (THEWILL) - Armed men suspected to be bandits have abducted the father of the Speaker of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, Alhaji Nasiru Muazu Magarya. His stepmother, uncle and four others were also abducted in a raid...

July 23, (THEWILL) - Bandits have again attacked the Dansadau community within Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing three persons and abducting seven others. A source in the community told newsmen that the armed bandits attacked the community...

July 20, (THEWILL) - Over 70 women abducted by bandits in Malele community, Zamfara State, have been released. Although the reason for the release of the victims is still unknown, local residents confirmed that the women were released by the...

July 15, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian army troops troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have neutralized scores of bandits  who converged on Sububu forest ahead of planned attacks on Zamfara communities. A statement on Thursday by the Acting Director, Defence Media Operations,...

July 11, (THEWILL) - Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted the Provost, Zamfara State College of Agriculture, Bakura, Alhaji Habibu Mainasara. Also kidnapped are a teacher at Government Science Secondary School Bakura, Malam Mohammed Kabi and one other boy. A member...

July 09, (THEWILL) - Forty-two people have been killed by bandits in five communities of Faru District in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The affected communities are Tsauni, Gudan-Baushi, Gidan-Adamu, Wari and Gudan-Maidawa. An indigene of the area, Malam...

June 30, (THEWILL) - Suspected bandits have killed the Member representing Shinkafi constituency in the Zamfara State House of Assembly Muhammad Ahmad. Ahmad was killed on Tuesday night on his way to Kano after attending a rally to welcome Governor...

June 16, (THEWILL)- Bandits have killed four policemen and an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Zamfara State. The gunmen also left another person critically injured. The operatives, THEWILL gathered, were ambushed by heavily armed bandits along...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 31, (THEWILL) – Angry youths, armed with weapons, have staged a violent protest along the Gusau-Kaura Namoda Highway in Zamfara State. Eyewitnesses said the protesters occupied the road very early on Monday over the incessant attacks by bandits...