Zamfara

Bandits’ leader in Zamfara threatens to kill 300 people, demands N30 million

Bandits’ leader in Zamfara threatens to kill 300 people, demands N30 million

A notorious bandits’ leader, known as Nasanda, has demanded the sum of N30 million from Zamfara State government for neutralizing his wife, her uncle, and her aunt or he would kill 300 persons to revenge for the killings. According to reports, the bandits’ leader had already given a 14-day ultimatum to the State government to pay the 30 million naira as compensation for the three deceased persons or face massive killings in the State. “If the State government fails to pay the compensation, I vow that I would lead to the killing of 300 community people,” he said. In a recorded audio message trending…
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Zamfara PDP gets boost as Yari, Mafara defect from APC

Zamfara PDP gets boost as Yari, Mafara defect from APC

The struggle for the control of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Zamfara State may have reached its climax, as two stalwarts of the party, former governor, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, and Senator Kabiru Marafa, yesterday, defected to Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Speaking after a PDP stakeholders’ meeting in Gusau, the state capital, the chairman of PDP in the state, Col. Bala Mande (retd), said they had sat down and finalized the issue of the defection of Yari and Marafa to the PDP. He said: “We have reached an agreement to work for the development of the party. We have all…
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