Zamfara State Archives

Mar

24

2024

137 kidnapped Kaduna pupils found and rescued in Zamfara – DHQ

Metro, NewsBoko Haram, Crime, Insecurity, Kaduna State, Metro, Security, Zamfara State

According to the Defence Headquarters, troops were able to free the teachers and students who had been kidnapped from LEA School Kuriga in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna, Zamfara State, on Sunday. About 287 pupils as well as instructors were kidnapped by alleged terrorists on March 7, 2024, and taken into the bush. After that, their kidnappers demanded N1 billion as ransom, with a deadline of March 27, 2024, for the payment. However, in a statement, Maj Gen. Edward Buba, Director of Defence Media Operations, alleged that the victims had been saved by the military in the wee…

Zamfara Police vows to put an end to insurgency within next three months.

Metro, News, Opinion, PoliticsBoko Haram, Crime, Herdsmen, Police, Zamfara State

Kolo Yusuf, the Zamfara State Commissioner of Police, has promised to put a stop to the insurgency in the region in three months. Kolo made this commitment during a meeting on Thursday with a range of stakeholders, including journalists, civil society organizations, religious leaders, and organized labor unions, . Alongside his statement, the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) called for a postponement of their planned nationwide protest, which was set for February 27 and 28. The CP said that all issues relating to the insurgency will be resolved within the next three months and blamed…

Terrorist Bello Turji reveals why Govt, Military doesn’t want Terrorism to end.

Lifestyle, MetroBandits, Bello Turji, Boko Haram, Crime, Kidnappers, Metro, Nigeria, Zamfara State

By Nasir Muhammad Gusau Bello Turji Kachalla, popularly known as Turji, a notorious terrorist and bandit leader operating in northern Nigeria, particularly Zamfara, Sokoto, and Niger states has said the Nigerian government was not interested in ending banditry because some of its officials benefit from it. Turji who was reacting to the recent aerial bombardment of his residence by military jets also accused the government of provoking them (terrorists) to break their peace pact with the residents. Turji, early this year, led his gang to carry out a massacre in Zamfara where almost 200 people including women and children were killed. On August…