The National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu, on Monday, April 15, 2024, received 22 abducted students and staff of Federal University, Gusau in Zamfara, who were rescued after 207 days in captivity. The victims, comprising 15 students and seven workers of the university, were abducted from the university in September 2023. According to the NSA, the rescue operation was coordinated by the National Counter-Terrorism Centre, NCTC, on Sunday Mr Ribadu who received the rescued victims on Monday …
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‘Nine’ of the remaining abducted female students of the Federal University in Gusau, Zamfara State have regained their freedom. Recall that on September 22, 2023, suspected terrorists raided the off-campus hostels at Sabon Gidan Community, near the Federal University, Gusau, abducting a total of twenty-four female students. Three labourers, all males, registered with GUPRAN Engineering Services Ltd, were also abducted along with the students. However, the troops of the Nigerian Army rescued 13 of the victims and …
Bandits have abducted a nursing mother, her 14-year-old son and four young women in Zamfara State. According to TVC News, mother and son were abducted in the early hours of Tuesday, July 25, 2023, at their residence in Saminaka, a community along Gusau-Sokoto road. The incident occurred two days after the naming ceremony of her newborn baby who is currently under the care of the father, a lecturer at the Federal College of Technology, FCET Gusau. It …
Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have rescued 24 kidnapped victims and eliminated four bandits in Zamfara State. Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, July 7, 2023, said troops rescued the victims, including a child, after a fierce gun battle with the bandits. “Troops of 223 Battalion, operating under Sector 1 of Joint Task Force, North West Operations Hadarin Daji have in a rescue operation conducted in …
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Mohammed Matawalle has approved the reinstatement of the Emir of Yandoto, Aliyu Garba Marafa, who was suspended for conferring a traditional title to a notorious bandits’ kingpin, Ado Aleiru. Recall that the monarch bestowed the traditional title of Sarki Fulani to the bandit on Saturday, July 16, 2022. The Emir asserted that he decided to give the title to Aleiru because of the pivotal role he played during a peace process arranged between the …
Barrister Mahdi Aliyu Gusau, the Deputy Governor of Zamfara state has been impeached by the state house of assembly. 20 out 24 members voted for the impeachment of the Deputy Governor on Wednesday February 23, after the report submitted by the judicial panel of investigation found him guilty of the allegations levelled against him. LIB reported earlier that a seven-man panel was set up to investigate alleged gross misconduct and abuse of office leveled against Gusau. The Deputy Governor …