The Commissioner of Police in Zamfara, Usman Nagogo, on Monday met with hundreds of Fulanis living in the state in his bid to amicably end the raging banditry in the state.
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President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the government and people of Zamfara on the recent infiltration of bandits, who killed several innocent citizens in Tsafe Local Government Area of the State.
This time apart from killing one person, the bandits kidnapped the District Head of Yankaba town in Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area, Alhaji Buhari Ammani, his three wives and son.
Suspected gunmen have killed 18 persons in some communities in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara, the Emir of Tsafe, Alhaji Muhammad Bawa has disclosed.
The National Bureau of Statistics says residents of Zamfara paid the highest bus journey fare within city with N300 in May, while Bauchi residents paid the lowest with N95.
The Commissioner of Police, Zamfara State, Alhaji Usman Nagogo, has attributed unending security challenges in the state to extra-judicial killings by members of vigilante group popularly known as “Yansakai”.
Former Governor of Zamfara, Abdulaziz Yari, has described a report submitted by a five-man committee of the All Progressives Congress alleging anti-party activities against him as baseless, contemptuous and embarrassing.
The Nigerian Air Force says its Air Component of Operation HADARIN DAJI, has degraded a camp and neutralised scores of bandits in air strikes conducted at a location near Dangote Village in Zamfara.
Ten political parties in Zamfara State have disassociated themselves from a court action challenging the election of Governor Bello Matawalle said to have been instituted on their behalf by the All Peoples Party.
As government intensifies efforts to end activities of bandits in Zamfara State, the state’s new Commissioner of Police, Usman Nagogo, has said he would deploy dialogue as opposed to fire power to tackle the trend.
The new Commissioner of Police, Usman Nagogo, deployed to Zamfara, has assumed duty, the command’s Spokesman, SP Muhammad Shehu, said on Friday.
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara on Wednesday met with officials of the Fulani umbrella body, the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breaders Association in his push to end banditry and kidnappings in the state.
The Zamfara State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress has commended the new Speaker House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, over the appointment of Alhaji Sanusi Rikiji, as his Chief of Staff.
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara on Wednesday said the state government would hold traditional rulers responsible for any extra judicial killing committed by local vigilantes in their domain.
All Progressives Party leader in Zamfara, Alhaji Ahmed Sani, has promised to support the Peoples Democratic Party-led administration in the state.
No fewer than 3,641 people have been killed in Benue, Taraba, Plateau, Nasarawa, Kaduna and Zamfara States by insurgents.
The Zamfara Chapter of All Progressives Congress has promised to provide credible opposition to the rulling Peoples Democratic Party in the state.
Yoruba Ronu Leadership Forum says land displacements and reprisals account for Fulani related clashes in northern Nigeria, discarding the Islamisation or Fulanisation agenda of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Governor Bello Mohammed of Zamfara has appealed to the Nigerian Army to deploy more troops on the Gusau-Sokoto road to check activities of bandits for socio-economic activities to thrive on the route.
The immediate-past governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji Abdul’aziz Yari, said his party, the All Progressives Congress, remained a strong political party in the state inspite of its loss at the Supreme Court.