Gunmen Kill 50 Gold Miners in Zamfara State, North-West Nigeria

Unidentified gunmen yesterday invaded Bindin village in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing over 50 informal gold miners.

Jungle Justice: 8 Polytechnic Students Lynched In Zamfara State Over "Blasphemy Against Islam"

No fewer than eight persons were killed on Monday in Talata-Mafara community in Zamfara following violence that erupted over alleged blasphemy by a student of Abdu Gusau Polytechnic, Talata-Mafara. Sources said the attackers broke into a house where the alleged culprit was hiding for safety, and set him ablaze together with his seven friends, completely razing the house to the ground.

Growing Insecurity In Nigeria: Gunmen Abduct Emir Of Bukuyum In Zamfara

Emir of Bukuyum - Mohammed Usman

Unknown gunmen have kidnapped the Emir of Bukuyum, Mohammed Usman, from his palace in Zamfara State, north-west Nigeria.

Clash Between Fulani Herdsmen and Cattle Rustlers Leaves 22 Dead, 80 Injured In Zamfara

Gusau—Few days after the visit of the National President of the Cattle Rearers Association to Zamfara State, to reconcile the warning farmers/fulanis clans, no fewer than 23 were reported to have lost their lives in Hura Girke village of Wonaka district of Gusau Local Government Area of the state.

About 80 are also currently receiving medical treatment at Mada Hospital as a result of injuries they sustained
while escaping.
It was gathered that people suspected to be Fulani cattle rustlers stormed the village in the late hours of Sunday and gunned down a number of people at the entrance of the village before entering into their property.

After they succeeded in entering the property, they started shooting indiscriminately. The gunmen numbering about 60 and armed with different dangerous weapons, including AK 47 rifles, arrived the community on motorcycles.

Source close to the area said the gunmen made several attempts to expand the attack, but for the intervention of security operatives, who repelled them.
“Their mission was a reprisal one,” added the source.

Governor Abdulaziz Yari of the state while condoling with the families of the victims, expressed sadness over
the situation and assure the people of his government’s readiness to bring those involved to the book.

Yari who was represented by his Commissioner of Special duties, Alhaji Sani Gusau, said arrangements will soon be made for their assistance and appealed to the people of the state to stop taking laws into their hands.

Source:
Vanguard Newspaper