Zamfara State

BEVERLY HILLS, March 10, (THEWILL) - Zamfara State's Governor Bello Matawalle has given a two-month ultimatum to all bandits in the state to surrender their weapons or face serious consequences. The Governor, who disclosed this in a statewide radio-TV broadcast on...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 09, (THEWILL) - The father of an abducted Jangebe schoolgirl, Mallam Iliya Gwaram, along with nine others has been rescued from abductors. Gwaram was rescued along with nine other victims, including nursing mothers and three toddlers. One of...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 08, (THEWILL) - The Zamfara State Government has relaxed the dust-to-dawn curfew imposed on Jangebe town of Talata Mafara Local Government Area of the state. In a statement issued on Monday, the Commissioner Information, Ibrahim Magaji Dosara,...

Last Thursday, the Zamfara State parliament purportedly passed a vote of no confidence on the National Security Adviser (NSA), retired Major General Babagana Monguno, allegedly over the state of insecurity in the state. The resolution, among others, followed a...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 04, (THEWILL) - Suspected bandits have again abducted over 60 persons and set ablaze houses and farm produce in Ruwan Tofa village, in Maru local government area of Zamfara state. The attack comes a few days after...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 03, (THEWILL) - Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has fingered the watchman of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, of being complicit in the abduction of about 279 students last week, He also said repentant bandits held talks with...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 03, (THEWILL) - Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has changed his mind and now says he accepts the “No-Fly-Zone” order declared on Tuesday by President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Security Council. Matawalle spoke on Wednesday while featuring...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 03, (THEWILL) - The pan-Northern socio-political organization, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has asked President Buhari to declare parts of the country ravaged by bandits and insurgents “a no flying zone” as done in Zamfara State. The President,...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 03, (THEWILL) - The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged there are plots by the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in Zamfara State under the pretext of curtailing the growing insecurity in the area. The...

Governor Bello Matawalle on Tuesday faulted the directive by President Muhammadu Buhari that has declared a “No-Fly Zone” over Zamfara State. A no-fly zone, also known as a no-flight zone (NFZ), or air exclusion zone (AEZ), is a territory or...