Zamfara State

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...

June 05, (THEWILL) - Operatives of the Zamfara State Police Command have rescued nine children abducted in Goran-Namaye Community, in Maradun local government area of the state. Spokesperson for the Command, ASP Yazid Abubakar, who confirmed the development, said...

A Federal High Court, sitting in Gusau, Zamfara State has declared that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission does not have the powers to invite (by letters, telephone calls or any other means of communication) serving and past officials...

June 04, (THEWILL) – At least ten persons have been confirmed killed and several others injured following bandits attack on Sakiddar Magaji and Janbako communities in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Janbako community sources confirmed the incident to...

June 03, (THEWILL) – Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has appointed Nuhu Anka, as his Director-General on Media and Communications. His appointment was conveyed in a letter personally signed by the Governor. The letter reads in part: “I wish to...