The Zamfara State Hisbah Commission has detained a woman called Khadija Abdullah in Gusau’s Gadar Baga region on charges of witchcraft. According to a statement published on Tuesday by the commission’s Public Relations Officer, Umar Haruna Tsafe, the arrest came after community leaders accused the suspect of carrying out claimed spiritual rituals at her home, … Read more
Dr. Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi, a Zamfara North Senatorial hopeful for the All Progressives Congress (APC), has launched a pre-election petition in Gusau challenging his removal from the party’s primary poll. The APC, the Independent National Electoral Commission, or INEC, and Senator Sahabi Ya’u Kaura are the first to third defendants in the complaint before Justice … Read more
Three terrorists were neutralised by Nigerian Army personnel during Operation FANSAN YAMMA, and a stockpile of weaponry and ammunition was discovered during a battle patrol in Zamfara state. According to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja, the troops conducted the fighting patrol in Birnin Magaji Local Government Area, … Read more
The rainy season has allegedly brought threats from bandit leader Bello Turji to farmers in the Zamfara state area. Turji reportedly stated that farmers can only return to their lands “peacefully” if they had paid the N50 million levy, as reported by security expert Bakatsine in an X post. The people of Tsalaken Gulbi in … Read more
During evening prayers in the Unguwar Galadunci community in Zamfara State’s Anka Local Government Area, armed gunmen stormed a mosque, abducting many worshippers and injuring others. A security expert named Bakatsine said in a Saturday post on X that the assault happened on Friday night during the Isha’i (night) prayer. Bandits in Unguwar Galadunci, Anka … Read more
Bashar Aliyu Gummi has been chosen Speaker of the Zamfara State House of Assembly by the auxiliary faction. In spite of what they saw as intimidation from the state government headed by Governor Dauda Lawal, the faction has declared that they will carry out their duties as lawmakers. The parliamentarians vowed that their focused leadership … Read more