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Alhaji Salisu Isa-Dangulbi, Chairman of Maru Local Government Council in Zamfara, said on Tuesday that four persons had died of a strange disease in Bindin village of the area. The chairman told newsmen in Gusau that the council had mobilized a team of medical experts headed by its Director...

Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara state on Tuesday met President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Rock villa. Speaking with newsmen afterwards, he said the meeting focused on the recent killings in the state. In a statewide broadcast on Monday, Governor Yari had said 155 persons had been killed...

At least 31 people have been killed and 40 others kidnapped as armed bandits lay siege on Zamfara and its villages in Maradun LGA. According to The Sun, the rampaging gun men stormed the villages on motorbikes and began shooting sporadically. Seven people were killed at Yan’ kamoji, nine at...

Angry youths have set ablaze the Magazu Police Station in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara, following a misunderstanding between the police and the people of the village. An eyewitness said misunderstanding followed an alleged death of a suspect from the area, Ibrahim Muhammad, in...