The suspended Emir of Maru, Alhaji Abubakar Cika Ibrahim and the district head of Kanoma, Alhaji Ahmed Kanoma, have finally been removed from office by the Zamfara State Government. The two monarchs were suspended for allegedly being part of armed Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Abubakar Baba Sadiq to proceed to Zamfara and Sokoto states today and tomorrow to assess the level of killings and damages done in the areas by armed bandits. Read more
The Nigerian Air Force says the Air Task Force (ATF) for Operation DIRAN MIKIYA, has successfully executed air strikes that destroyed more bandit camps in Daji Bawar and Sunke Villages in Zamfara State. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Read more
The Nigerian Police have arrested 35 suspects in connection with the killings in some villages in Zamfara State.Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood disclosed this yesterday in Abuja.He said normalcy has been restored in the affected area with the additional Read more
The Buhari administration is deploying a 1000-strong mixed force, comprising the army, air force, police and the civil defence to launch counterattacks on the bandits terrorising the villages and towns of Zamfara State. Following directives by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Read more
Troops from the One Division of the Nigerian Army have killed at least 20 suspected bandits during an Operation in Jambrini village in Maru local government area of Zamfara state. The Deputy Director Army Public Relations of One Division, Colonel Read more
Abdul’aziz Yari, Zamfara state governor, says he cannot direct security officers on what to do or sanction them, despite being the governor and chief security officer (CSO) of the state. Speaking to reporters on Friday, Yari lamented the recurring killings Read more
The Nigerian Army on Thursday said its troops killed 21 armed bandits in the ongoing clearance operation at Tunga Daji in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Brig. – Gen. Texas Chukwu, the Director, Army Public Relations, said in Read more
Gunmen believed to be cattle thieves killed 15 herders in the latest bout of violence in northern Nigeria’s herding communities, police and a local official said Thursday. “Armed bandits attacked Bawon-Daji village yesterday and killed 15 people,” the police spokesman Read more
“We alerted them 24 hours before killing but they failed to act” Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara state has finally broken his silence on the massacre in his state with an allegation that his administration gave security agencies 24 hour Read more