•Kabiru Marafa A fresh political realignment seems to be taking shape in Zamfara State following the decision of former senator Kabiru Garba Marafa and his supporters to adopt the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as their platform ahead of the 2027 general elections. The move, which signals a potential shift in the state’s political dynamics,...
An estimated 2000 people from communities in the western part of Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State have abandoned their villages over a likely reprisal attack. One of the villagers identified as Muhammad Murtala said they were compelled to abandon their parental villages and run for safety, reports Daily Trust. “All Security personn...
•Prof Joash Amupitan Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Joash Amupitan, has warned the African Democratic Congress (ADC) against holding its planned congresses and national convention amid the ongoing crisis rocking the party. After the electoral body removed names of ADC leaders from its portal over a court...
•Late Brigadier General Lawal Bature Mohammed (rtd) Brigadier General Lawal Bature Mohammed (rtd), former Commander of Zamfara Community Protection Guards (CPG), is dead. Popularly known as Dan Gusau, the late Brigadier General suffered Bandits bullet wounds during an attack by bandits last year, reports Daily Trust. He was later flown to Egyp...
•Bandits A man known as Alhaji Ali and his wife have been reportedly kidnapped at their residence in Mada town, Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Kidnapping especially in the Northern part of the country, has become a common occurrence with non-state actors such as ISWAP, Boko Haram, al-Qaeda, Lakasura, and bandits making hundreds ...
At least nine people have been killed following in explosions along Dansadau Road in Zamfara State. The explosions occurred yesterday around Mai Aya Aya, before the Kwankelai junction on the old Dangulbi Road, near Ruwan Dawa village and Magamin Maitarko, reports Sunday Trust. Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were suspected to have been pla...
•Trump and Marafa Senator Kabiru Marafa has thrown his weight behind President Donald Trump’s threat of military action in Nigeria. Marafa, represented Zamfara Central in the Senate from 2011 to 2019. “I strongly support the President of America, Donald Trump, for issuing that threat, ” the former lawmaker said last night on edition of Channel...
•Bandits Suspected Bandits in Zamfara State reportedly killed a mobile police operative and have also gone away with his service rifle in the Adabka village, Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State. According to a security and counterinsurgency expert, Zagazola Makama on his verified X account (formerly Twitter), he wrote, “The i...
•Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State The Zamfara Good Governance Network (ZGGN) has sharply criticised Governor Dauda Lawal over a viral video in which he claimed that banditry in the state would end within two months if he had control over security agencies. The group described the governor’s remarks as an insult to the Nigerian […]...
•The victims attempted to cross a river at Nasarawar Kifi in Birnin Tudu ward when the accident occurred At least 15 people have reportedly died, while three others remain missing, after a boat capsized in the Gummi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The incident happened on Friday, August 29, 2025, when villagers fleeing bandit […...
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