ZAMFARA
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News
Zamfara gov approves 13th month salary for workers
The Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal, has approved the payment of the 13th month salaries to all civil servants in the state. The government announced this on Thursday in a release by the Head of Service, Ahmed Liman. A statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Sulaiman Idris, described the gesture…
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News
Zamfara shuts 11 markets where bandits sell stolen cattle
The Zamfara State Government has again shut down 11 cattle markets in some parts of the state indefinitely. The state Commissioner for Information, Munnir Haidara, said the closure of the markets was informed by security reports that bandits were using the markets to sell off their rustled cows. The affected…
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Featured
Bandits kill 3 soldiers in Zamfara
Three soldiers were killed and one other sustained injuries after they were attacked by bandits near Dolen-Kaura village of Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
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News
Bandits confiscate canoe, collect N19 million ‘levy’ before allowing Nigerians farm in Zamfara — report
Terrorists operating in Zamfara have collected about 19 million as a protection levy from residents of 14 communities in the Anka Local Government Area of the state.
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Crime
Terrorism: Buy guns, defend yourselves, Zamfara govt tells residents
The Zamfara State Government has asked residents of the state to ‘obtain guns to defend themselves’ against terrorists who have been attacking the residents of the state for the past few years.
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Education
Students kidnapped as bandits invade Zamfara college
The students were abducted in the early hours of Wednesday.
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Politics
Lawmakers impeach Zamfara deputy governor, Aliyu Gusau, who refused to decamp to APC
Gusau had parted ways with Governor Bello Matatwalle after he refused to join the defecting governor and other elected officials who decamped to the All Progressives Congress (APC) last year.
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News
Panic in Zamfara as residents discover over 50 bodies allegedly killed by terrorist bandits
The residents also said search parties were still out combing the bushes for more bodies and injured victims.
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News
Notorious bandit rejects peace talks, says telecoms shutdown won’t stop kidnappings, killings
The alleged bandit and kidnapper bragged that the government's decision to shut down mobile networks and ban the sale petrol to bandits has no effect on their operations.
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News
7 MoPol officers killed as bandits ambush security agents in Zamfara
Bandits have killed at least seven Mobile Police officers during an ambush on a patrol team of security agents on the Magami-Gusau road in Zamfara State.