Zamfara State

June 02, (THEWILL) – Amnesty International has condemned a recent military airstrike that mistakenly killed at least 20 vigilantes and injured dozens in the Mani community, Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The human rights group called for...

May 15, (THEWILL) – Zamfara state governor, Dauda Lawal, has accused his predecessor of financial mismanagement. Speaking on Channels TV, Lawal lamented the dire situation he met upon assuming office in May 2023. He revealed that his administration inherited huge...

April 26, (THEWILL) –  No fewer than 21 people have been confirmed dead and several others injured following a deadly attack by gunmen on Gobirawa Chali, a gold-mining village in Dan Gulbi District of Maru Local Government Area in...

April 22, (THEWILL) – A notorious bandit group has reportedly imposed a N60 million levy on 12 communities in the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. A traditional leader in one of the communities, Sani Usman, told BBC Hausa...

April 15, (THEWILL) – Zamfara Elders Support for Peace and Development group has charged Governor Lawal Dauda not to focus on the political vendetta against his predecessor and Minister of State Defence, Mohammed Bello Matawalle. The group also refuted the...

March 28, (THEWILL) – A political pressure group, Peace Initiative, under the aegis of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State, has warned a member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Jaji, against destabilizing the party ahead...

March 27, (THEWILL) – A group, Concerned Elders for Peace, under the All Progressives Congress (APC) North-West, has called on the National Chairman of the party, Abdullahi Ganduje, to take disciplinary action against Hon. Aminu Sani Jaji, a...

March 24, (THEWILL) – At least 10 people, including six security personnel of the Zamfara state Community Protection Guards (CPG) and four vigilante groups, popularly known as ‘Yan Sakai’ have been killed by armed bandits in an ambush in...

February 05, (THEWILL) – At least 15 students of an Almajiri school have been reported dead and several others injured following a fire outbreak that engulfed their school in Kauran Namoda, Zamfara State. A report by Zagazola Makama, a...

January 21, (THEWILL) – The Federal Ministry of Livestock Development has alerted the public to an anthrax outbreak on a farm in Zamfara state. On Tuesday, Ben Bem Goong, the Director of the Ministry's Information and Public Relations Department, called...