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NYSC Secures Release of Corps Member among 7 Kidnapped in Zamfara
The Management of the National Youth Service Corps says it has secured the release of one of the seven female prospective corps members abducted in Zamfara. This was made known in a press statement by NYSC spokesperson, Eddy Megwa, on Saturday. According to the statement, the said female corps member was rescued on Friday night…
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Security Operatives Begin Search for Corps Member Abducted in Zamfara
The National Youth Service Corps has said its Director General, Brig. Gen. Yusha’u Ahmed is working with the Nigeria Police Force, the Department of State Services, and the military brigade to secure the release of eight corps members kidnapped in Zamfara State on Saturday. The NYSC Director, Press and Public Relations, Eddy Megwa, made the…
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Court Remands Agriculture Commissioner
Zamfara State High Court II sitting in Gusau has remanded the state Commissioner of Agriculture and Natural resources, Alhaji Ibrahim Magayaki for contempt of court, punishable under section 6 of the penal code. The commissioner was accused for disrespecting court order in a suit between Zamfara State Government and Dumbulum investment which secured court approval…
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Matawalle Shuts Media Houses over Coverage of Zamfara PDP Rally
Governor Bello Muhammad Matawalle of Zamfara State has shut down all federal and private media Houses in the state for covering PDP’s political rally. This is contained in a statement signed by the Commissioner of Information Ibrahim Magaji Dosara. The statement also directed the State Commissioner of Police to arrest all pressmen that attended the…
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Breaking: Oyo on Red Alert as Amotekun Intercepts Over 140 Travellers
Concerned about the growing cases of insecurity in the country, the Amotekun corps in Oyo state has intercepted a truck load of over 140 travellers in Ibadan. Radio Nigeria gathered that the travellers, who were intercepted around Bodija-UI axis, were allegedly coming from Zamfara state and heading to Ogere town, Ogun state. Radio Nigeria further…
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Fire Guts INEC Office in Zamfara
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC Office, in Kaura Namoda LGA of Zamfara State was on Monday night gutted by fire It was difficult to quickly put out the fire by Fire Fighters as only one fire fighting truck is available in the whole town. Concerted efforts by different security agencies were on to put…
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Yari, Marafa dump APC for PDP in Zamfara
A former Governor of Zamfara state, Abdulaziz Yari, has joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) alongside some of his supporters from the state’s chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Chairman of PDP in Zamfara State, Mr. Bala Mande, made this known to newsmen in Gusau, the state capital, on Sunday afternoon. Mr Mande…
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Zamfara Police Intercept Woman with Ammunition for Delivery to Bandit Kingspin
The Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba psc+, NPM, fdc, who in his magnanimity and enthusiasm to restore peace and security to Zamfara, deployed Police Tactical Team from FIB/STS Force Headquarters Abuja, headed by DSP Hussaini Gimba. The Tactical team who is working in collaboration with the operatives of Zamfara State Police Command…
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Police Parade 6 in Zamfara for Supplying Weapons to Bandits
The Zamfara State Police Command has paraded six notorious people involved in various criminal activities ranging from banditry, armed robbery, supply of drugs, motorcycle snatching, and gun runner among others. Parading the suspects before journalists at the command headquarters, the state Commissioner of Police, CP Abutu Yaro said the command would rid the state out…
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Iko Agbebon Ji Odunrun Awon Omoleewe Obinrin N’ipinle Zamfara Gbe
Iko ajinigbe ti gbe awon akekobinrin to je odunrun niye n’ilewe Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, n’ipinle Zamfara. Iroyin fidi e mule pe amugbalegbe pataki lori lila araalu loye, Ogbeni Zailani Bappah lo fidi isele naa mule f’awon akoroyin ni Zamfara. Isele yi lowaye leyin ose kan ti won ji akeko mejilelogun atawon osise nilewe…
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7 Bandits Surrender, Return Weapons in Zamfara
In Zamfara state, seven bandits have willingly repented and surrendered fourteen AK47 rifles and ammunition to the state government. The repentant bandits according to the state commissioner of security and home affairs Abubakar Muhammad Dauran migrated from neighboring states and settled in Zamfara for some years. He explained that it is the outcome of the…
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PMB Directs NSA to End Banditry in Zamfara
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered for an immediate response to rising cases of bandit attacks on communities in Zamfara State. In a directive to the National Security Adviser, retired Major-General Babagana Monguno, the President ordered that there must be a clear pathway to ending the “resurgent banditry that has continued to cost lives and the…
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FG, Zamfara Govt. to Engage 70,000 Youths in Mining
No fewer than 70,000 youths are expected to be gainfully employed by both the Federal Government and the Zamfara Government in mining activities in the state. The Governor of Zamfara, Bello Matawalle, made this known in Maradun, Zamfara, on Tuesday when members of the state’s Council of Chiefs, paid him Salah homage at his country…
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NAF Airstrikes Kill 135 Bandits in Katsina, Zamfara
The Nigerian Military on Saturday said it has killed at least 135 armed bandits and neutralised their camps during air-raids across Katsina and Zamfara states. The air raids, according to statement by the military spokesman, Major General, John Enenche, was executed by the air component of Operation Hadarin Daji, took place between May 20 and…
