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Zamfara govt decries rising insecurity, may consider new measures of tackling threats
There has been an uptick of abductions and killings blamed on the gunmen locally referred to as bandits in recent ...
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Zamfara governor dethrones Emir for aiding banditry
A district was also fired months after he was suspended.
Troops kill 15 bandits in Zamfara
The military says the bandits were overran at their camps in Madada forest in Maru LGA.
