Nigeria News » Zamfara News Nigeria » Zamfara » Security: Nigeria: Spotlight On Nigerian Army's Operational Gains in Rescue, Counter-Terrorism
The Nigerian Army has recorded significant operational successes from July to the first week of September, with troops involved in rescue operations, arrests, patrols, ambushes and weapons recovery ...
News Nigeria » Zamfara » Security: Zamfara Hosts Police Security Summit As Lawal Vows No Negotiation With Bandits
The RF governor emphasised that bandits who refuse peace and threaten innocent people must face the full consequences of the lawGovernor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has emphasised that bandits who ...
News Nigeria » Zamfara » Security: Zamfara: Stakeholders seek stronger border surveillance to curb banditry
Security stakeholders in Zamfara State have called for intensified surveillance of the state’s porous borders to curb the infiltration of arms and drugs ...
News Nigeria » Zamfara » Security: Nigeria resumes mining in Zamfara state on improved security
LAGOS, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Nigeria has lifted a ban on mining exploration in the northwestern state of Zamfara after a five-year suspension, the mining minister said, citing improved security. Mining ...
News Nigeria » Zamfara » Security: Zamfara Leads Nigeria In Kidnap Incidents In One Year But Mounts Just Four Anti-Kidnap Operations –Report
Zamfara State recorded nearly a quarter of all kidnap victims in Nigeria over the past year despite mounting only four anti-kidnap operations in the same period, according to a new report by SBM ...
News Nigeria » Zamfara » Security: Zamfara IED threat: NDC raises alarm, demands urgent security action
The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, in Zamfara State has raised the alarm over the reported planting of an Improvised Explosive Device, IED, by suspected bandits along the Gurusu-Gwashi Road in ...
News Nigeria » Zamfara » Security: Full list: Zamfara, Sokoto, Borno top Nigeria’s kidnapping victims — report
Nigeria’s kidnapping crisis remained heavily concentrated in the northern part of the country, with Zamfara, Sokoto and Borno recording the highest numbers of victims between July 2025 and June 2026, ...
News Nigeria » Zamfara » Security: Gunmen kill 10, kidnap 40 in northwest Nigeria: security report
An armed gang killed 10 people and kidnapped at least 40 others from a village in northwest Nigeria, according to a security report seen by AFP on Monday and a local resident.
News Nigeria » Zamfara » Security: At least 46 kidnapped in Nigeria's Zamfara state, residents say
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ABUJA (Reuters) -Gunmen kidnapped at least 46 people, including women and children, in a raid on Gana town in Nigeria's northwest ...
News Nigeria » Zamfara » Security: Gunmen Kill Eight Security Operatives in Zamfara
Gunmen from criminal gangs on Thursday killed eight security personnel in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state, the state governor and police said. Zamfara is one of several states in north-western and ...