Zamfara State

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...

January 13, (THEWILL) – Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has dispatched a fact-finding team to Zamfara to investigate reported incidents of civilian casualties in the recent Nigerian Air Force airstrikes in Zamfara State. The Team, led...

January 13, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it would investigate reports of civilian deaths following recent airstrikes it carried out at Tungar Kara community in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. On Sunday, residents of the...

January 12, (THEWILL) – Less than a month after an unspecified number of villagers residing in Gidan Sama and Rumtuwa communities in the Silame local government area of Sokoto State were killed in accidental airstrikes conducted by the air...

January 06, (THEWILL) – A notorious bandit leader, Danisuhu, has reportedly imposed a N172.7 million levy on 25 villages in the Tsafe west area of Zamfara state. Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert, said the levies were accompanied by demands for...

January 06, (THEWILL) – The troops of 1 Brigade, Sector 2 Joint Task Force North West, Operation Fansan Yamma, have neutralised a notorious terrorist, Sani Russu in Zamfara. Lt. Col. Abubakar Abdullahi, coordinator of Joint Media Coordination Centre Operation Fansan...

December 22, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government on Sunday, lifted the ban on mining activities in Zamfara State. Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, who announced this during a press briefing in Abuja, said the decision signifies a shift...

December 06, (THEWILL) - In less than 72 hours after a deadly explosion killed three people and injured eight others along the Dansadau-Gusau Road in Zamfara State, two more blasts have been reported on critical routes in the...

December 04, (THEWILL) – At least three people lost their lives, and eight others sustained injuries on Wednesday when a Volkswagen Golf 3 vehicle exploded after running over an Improvised Explosive Device planted by suspected bandits along the Dansadau-Gusau...