Zamfara State

August 22, (HEWILL) - Forty-eight hours after suspected bandits kidnapped eight National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members, along a highway in Zamfara State, Nigerians have been asked to support the vigorous efforts of the management of the National Youth...

August 22, (THEWILL) - Suspected bandits have reportedly kidnapped eight National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members along a highway in Zamfara State. THEWILL gathered that the victims were kidnapped on Saturday, while travelling from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, to...

August 14, (THEWILL) - Gunmen, suspected to be bandits, have attacked the headquarters of Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing one person and abducting 7 others. Bungudu Local Government Headquarters is about 21km from the state...

August 06, (THEWILL) - The immediate-past governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has accused his successor, Gov. Dauda Lawal, of paying more attention to political vendetta than the security of the people. Matawalle, a Minister-designate from Zamfara, made the accusation...

July 11, (THEWILL) - At least four police officers were killed on Monday night by armed bandits, who attacked a checkpoint along Gusau-Bungudu Road, in Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Spokesperson for the Zamfara State Police Command,...

July 05, (THEWILL) - The Welfare Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Gusau Branch, Zamfara State, Ahmad Muhammad Abubakar (Esq.), has been killed by suspected bandits. A close associate of the deceased, Aminu Lawal Bungudu, who confirmed the incident, said Abubakar was killed in...

June 21, (THEWILL) - A Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja has set aside the impeachment of former Zamfara Deputy Governor, Mahdi Gusau, by the State’s House of Assembly. The court had, on July 19, 2021, restrained the House...

June 18, (THEWILL) - The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has debunked reports that the immediate past governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, was declared wanted. The Nigerian Tribune, on Sunday, June 18, 2023, reported that the anti-graft agency...

Governor Dauda Lawal's ''rescue mission'' in Zamfara State appears to be paying off. Last Friday's recovery of over 40 vehicles from the immediate past governor of the state, Bello Matawalle, is proof. The vehicles, including three bulletproof cars and eight...

June 09, (THEWILL) – Operatives of the Nigerian Police Force (NAPF), on Friday morning, raided the Maradun home of the immediate past governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle. This is coming a few days after the State Governor, Dauda...