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News Nigeria » Zamfara » Events: Student Abduction Shakes Northwest Nigeria

News channel or source: https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/law-order/3930111-student-abduction-shakes-northwest-nigeria
Published on: Wednesday 03 June 2026

In a concerning incident highlighting ongoing security challenges, at least seven students from a polytechnic in Zamfara State, Nigeria, have been abducted by gunmen. The event underscores the ...

News Nigeria » Zamfara » Events: Gunmen in Nigeria's Zamfara abduct over 100 in deadly attack

News channel or source: https://www.aol.com/news/gunmen-nigerias-zamfara-abduct-over-175730938.html
Published on: Tuesday 26 August 2025

LAGOS (Reuters) -Gunmen killed at least two people and abducted over 100, mostly women and children, in an attack on Nigeria's Zamfara State, local officials and community leaders said. Zamfara is the ...

News Nigeria » Zamfara » Events: Breaking: Bandits abduct students again in Zamfara as tension rises, see details

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/nigeria/breaking-bandits-abduct-students-again-in-zamfara-as-tension-rises-see-details/ar-AA24Klp9
Published on: Wednesday 03 June 2026

Bandits have abducted students again in Zamfara state, igniting renewed tension across the province as details of the latest attack continue to emerge.

News Nigeria » Zamfara » Events: Media outlets shut down in Nigeria’s Zamfara State

News channel or source: https://ifex.org/media-outlets-shut-down-in-nigerias-zamfara-state/
Published on: Monday 17 October 2022

The International Press Centre describes the closure of certain media outlets in Nigeria's Zamfara State as a violation of the rule of law. This statement was originally published on ipcng.org on 17 ...

News Nigeria » Zamfara » Events: Nigeria military says no evidence of civilian casualties from Zamfara market airstrike

News channel or source: https://www.straitstimes.com/world/nigeria-military-says-no-evidence-of-civilian-casualties-from-zamfara-market-airstrike
Published on: Wednesday 13 May 2026

ABUJA, May 13 - Nigeria's military said on Wednesday that there has been no evidence of civilian casualties from an airstrike on militants in the northwest Zamfara state this month, calling reports of ...

News Nigeria » Zamfara » Events: Nigeria 2023: Citing insecurity, Zamfara government bars partisan politics, shuts media houses

News channel or source: https://www.theafricareport.com/250948/nigeria-2023-citing-insecurity-zamfara-government-bars-partisan-politics-shuts-media-houses/
Published on: Sunday 16 October 2022

In a statement, Amnesty International describes the governor’s “infamous” order as an “assault on freedom of expression and of the press”. Ossai Ojigho, the head of Amnesty in Nigeria, says the ...

News Nigeria » Zamfara » Events: Gunmen kill at least 20 people in gold mining village of Nigeria’s Zamfara state

News channel or source: https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/africa/nigeria-zamfara-state-gunmen-attack-intl-latam
Published on: Thursday 24 April 2025

Gunmen have killed at least 20 people in an attack in a gold mining village in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara state, residents and Amnesty International said. Details on a possible motive for the ...