Bandits have opened fire at Yartashar Sahabi Market, under Dansadau Emirate in Maru Local Government area of Zamfara State, killing one person, injured many, and set the market ablaze. According to an eye witness, some residents locked themselves inside their houses, while the bandits went away with food items worth millions of naira belonging to … Read more
Bandits have reportedly killed a young man while trying to stop them from raping his newly wedded wife on their wedding night. The incident was said to have occurred in Gwashi town, Bukkuyum Local Government Area in Zamfara State. A Twitter user, Yusuf Anka, who shared photos from the funeral of the young man, wrote, … Read more
A divisional police officer (DPO) in Kaura-Namoda, who has been accused of colluding with bandits terrorising the area, has been redeployed, Zamfara police command has disclosed. Zamfara has continued to suffered plethora of attacks and other criminal activities from bandits despite the peace agreement the state government signed with them. In a statement issued on … Read more
CP Abutu Yaro, the Commissioner of Police, Zamfara State, has removed the Divisional Police Officer DPO in charge of Kaura Namoda Division over allegation of conniving with bandits in the community. This was contained in a press statement obtained by EKO HOT BLOG on Tuesday. The removal of the DPO was in connection with a … Read more
No fewer than 100 miners operating between Anka and Maru Local Government Areas of Zamfara have been abducted by bandits, the Emir of Anka, Attahiru Ahmad, says. Ahmad, who is also the chairman of the state council of chiefs, made this known in Gusau on Tuesday when the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, … Read more
The Zamfara state government on Tuesday said it was giving bandits and other criminal elements in the state two months to surrender and be part of its truce arrangements. Bello Matawalle, governor of Zamfara, issued the ultimatum on Tuesday in a broadcast on the security situation in the state. The governor also said large movement … Read more
It can be recalled that the Chairman of ACF, Audu Ogbeh, had called on the governor to give the names of the perpetrators and let the heavens fall. The spokesman said the emir and the district head have been on suspension since June last year and were under investigation The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has … Read more
An officer of the Nigerian that’s colluding with bandits to wreak havoc and unleash terror in Zamfara has been arrested, authorities in the state said on Friday. Ekohotblog reports that Bashir Maru, deputy chief of staff to Bello Matawalle, governor of the state, who announced the development at a press conference on Friday, said the … Read more
Barely a week after the abduction of 279 students from Government Girls Secondary school in Jangebe area of the state, suspected bandits have again struck in Zamfara state. The rampaging brigands attacked Ruwan Tofa in Maru Local Government Area of the State, abducting no fewer that sixty women and children, vanguard reports. The bandits also … Read more
Miners Association of Nigeria (MAN) says it has no relationship with bandits that are wreaking havoc in Northwest, especially Zamfara.  National president of the association Kabir Kankara, made this known on Thursday while reacting to federal ban on mining activities in Zamfara State. Speaking with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on, Kankara said that … Read more
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has divulged the identity of one of the persons who orchestrated the abduction of the Government Girls’ Secondary School, GGSS, in Jangebe area of the State. Recall that 279 students of the school located in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of State were abducted when bandits stormed the town … Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party, has alleged that the designation of Zamfara State airspace, as a no-fly zone, by the Federal Government, was a ploy by the All Progressives Congress, to forcefully take over the state. National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan said this at a media briefing, in Abuja, on Wednesday. Ologbondiyan said, … Read more
The presidency has disclosed the reason behind declaration of Zamfara state as a no fly zone. The presidency said the decision to block flight from airspace in Zamfara was because the federal government got an intelligent report that arms were being transported to the bandits with private jets. Garba Shehu, a presidential Spokesperson, made the … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed security agencies to gun down anyone seen with AK-47, the presidency has disclosed. Garba Shehu, a presidential Spokesperson, made the disclosure during an interview with the BBC. He said the directive follows the refusal of some bandits to surrender, adding that the president directed a clampdown on such bandits. On … Read more
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has warned Bello Matawalle, governor of Zamfara, against shielding those behind the abduction of 279 students in the state. Recall that rampaging bandits had stormed Jangebe in Talata Mafara Local government area of the state, attacked the Government Girls Secondary School in the town and kidnapped the schoolgirls. The students … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the declaration of Zamfara State a “no fly zone” as part of efforts to tackle the security challenges in the state. The latest development was disclosed by the National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (retd.), on Tuesday. President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the declaration of Zamfara State a “no … Read more
Bello Matawalle, governor of Zamfara state, says the state government ‘soft approach’ during the jangede abduction crisis helped in swift facilitation of the kidnapped schoolgirls release. You will recall that bandits had stormed Jangebe in Talatu-Mafara local government area of the state in the early hours of last Friday and attacked the Government Girls Secondary … Read more
As the dust raised by the abduction of schoolgirls from Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Talatu-Mafara local government area of Zamfara state, began to settle following their release on Tuesday morning, the victims have started recounting their ordeal in the hands of the bandits who held them captive. About 279 of the schoolgirls were … Read more
The abductors of Jangede Government Girls Secondary School students in Talatu-Mafara local government area of Zamfara state have released the their captives. Recall that Over 300 of the schoolgirls were abducted after gunmen attacked the town during which the school was invaded in the wee hours of the morning last Friday. There was confusion and … Read more
The Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, Nigerians will be left astounded when he reveals those who have been using banditry to wreak havoc in the state. The governor said this when he hosted 17 Émirs in the state who paid him a compassionate visit over the abduction of over 300 students when bandits attacked Government … Read more