Suspected armed bandits have abducted about 40 worshippers from a mosque at Gidan Turbe village in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The incident occurred in the early hours of Monday during dawn prayers, when the gunmen reportedly surrounded the mosque and whisked away the worshippers. Locals said the abductees were taken into the…
A bus taking part in wedding celebrations fell into a river in northern Nigeria, killing at least 19 women and children among the passengers, a union official and residents said Sunday. The driver stopped the bus on a bridge that had partially collapsed on Saturday evening but it rolled back into the river, Abubakar Muhammed,…
The former Tinubu/Shettima 2023 Presidential Campaign Coordinator in Zamfara State, Senator Kabiru Marafa has confirmed his resignation from the All Progressives Congress. Marafa, who confirmed his registration to Channels Television via text message on Sunday, left the ruling party after a meeting with his political structure last Wednesday and Thursday. In a communiquĂ© issued at…
No fewer than 13 people drowned, with 22 still missing in Zamfara State when a boat overcrowded with residents fleeing from gunmen sank. Reuters reported that the assailants stormed two communities in Birnin Magaji ward on Friday afternoon, sending locals fleeing toward a nearby riverbank that had a single boat. “My eldest son and two…
Supporters of former Zamfara Central Senator, Kabiru Marafa, have announced their resignation from the All Progressives Congress, citing what they described as injustice, marginalisation and deliberate neglect of the state by the ruling party and President Bola Tinubu’s administration. The group, operating under the aegis of the Senator Kabiru Marafa Consultative Forum, met in Kaduna…
Armed bandits have killed two operatives of the Mobile Police Force, MOPOL, in an attack on Tsafe town, Zamfara State. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter insurgency reporter, the incident occurred late Sunday night when the assailants stormed the outskirts of Tsafe along the Yankuzo road. Security sources said the operatives, who were on duty…
The Court of Appeal in Sokoto has upheld the judgment of the Federal High Court dismissing an appeal filed by former Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, over the ownership of more than 40 official vehicles seized from his residence after he left office in May 2023. In June 2023, the police raided Matawalle’s residence and…
The Nigerian Military has recorded another decisive blow against armed bandits in the North, neutralising more than 100 terrorists during a coordinated air and ground assault on Makakkari Forest, Bukuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The stillness of Zamfara’s Makakkari Forest was shattered in the early hours of Sunday when the thunder of military…
Armed bandits have abducted the traditional ruler of Yankuzo, Alhaji Babangida Kogo, in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, barely hours after a devastating Nigerian Air Force (NAF) airstrike killed dozens of bandits in a forest enclave near the area. The monarch was reportedly abducted on Tuesday evening along the Mararraba axis as he…
A major blow was dealt to criminal elements in Zamfara State as the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) launched a successful airstrike on a large gathering of armed bandits attending a wedding ceremony at Asaula Hills, in Yankuzo Ward, Tsafe Local Government Area. According Zagazola Makama, a counter insurgency reporter, the precision strike carried out in…