COMMENTARY: ZAMFARA STATE GOVERNMENT RULING ON GUNS
A BBC TALKING POINT INTERVIEW FEATURING TANWA ASHIRU, CEO BULWARK INTELLIGENCE. Zamfara State government recently announced that its citizens could […]
A BBC TALKING POINT INTERVIEW FEATURING TANWA ASHIRU, CEO BULWARK INTELLIGENCE. Zamfara State government recently announced that its citizens could […]
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has lost one of its Special Forces (SF) personnel in a gun battle in Zamfar State. The troop died as troops of Operation Hadarin Daji neutralised 30 bandits near Yar-Katsina in Bungudu Local Government Area. Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, AVM Ibikunle Daramola, disclosed this in a […]
The Emir of Anka and Chairman, Zamfara State Council of Chiefs, Attahiru Muhammad Ahmad Anka has appealed to the government to allow people to carry weapons to protect themselves. The Emir said this shortly after he condoled with the Emir of Kaura Namoda, Sanusi Muhammad Asha, who lost eight of his people during an attack …
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The governors of Katsina and Zamfara states have maintained that no money exchanged hands to secure the release of over 340 school students on Thursday, raising the question of whether the kidnappers suddenly became charitable. Hundreds of school children were abducted on Friday, December 11, after terrorists stormed the Government Science Secondary School (GSSS) Kankara, …
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Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has criticised the All Progressives Congress, APC, for accusing him of sponsoring banditry in the North-western part of the country.
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Aminu Masari, Governor of Katsina State has told BBC Hausa Service that the abducted Kankara schoolboys are in a forest in Zamfara State with their abductors. Masari also said that the number of students with the terror group is now 400 as against the initial 333 that he told a presidential delegation on Sunday. The …
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Gunmen suspected to be bandits disrupted voting in Oroji village of Rini Ward of Bakura Local Government Area, Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria, on Saturday during the bye-election for the state assembly seat, according to a report. Daily Trust quoted Sulaiman Muhammad, a voter who was at the scene, as saying that the incident occurred around …
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The Zamfara State Commissioner of Environment, Mining and Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Nuruddeen Isah, has disclosed the state government is buying off the gold from artisanal miners to stop the commodity’s exchange for arms by foreigners.
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The government of Zamfara, a state in northwest Nigeria, has received eight victims of kidnapping from armed groups terrorising the region. This was announced to newsmen on Friday by AbdulMalik Saidu Maibiredi, Media Assistant to the governor. The eight former kidnapees are male residents of Maru and Bungudu, and were received from the Dansadu Forest …
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Dogo Gide, a notorious leader of a violent armed group in Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria says attacks on communities by armed groups will continue so long as the military continues to conduct air raids on his hideout. In August, the Nigerian military intensified air attacks in Zamfara and neighbouring state of Katsina, where armed bands …
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