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At least forty people drown and 24 more are presumed dead after a wooden boat carrying farmers capsizes near Gummi, Zamfara State, Nigeria.
2024-09-14

At least 200 people were killed by a bandit group from January 4 to 6 in Zamfara State in northwestern Nigeria.
2022-01-8

Bello Matawalle, the Governor of Zamfara State, Nigeria, announces that 68 children who were abducted two weeks ago have been rescued by Nigerian forces and reunited with their families.
2021-09-13

Seventy-three children are abducted by armed men at a rural secondary school in Zamfara State, Nigeria. The government of Zamfara State has closed all public schools in order to prevent similar attacks.
2021-09-1

All 279 schoolgirls abducted from a boarding school in Zamfara State, Nigeria, are released by their armed kidnappers.
2021-03-2

A group of bandits attack a village in the Shinkafi local government area of Zamfara State, Nigeria, killing at least 34 civilians. The gunmen arrived on motorcycles and opened fire on civilians indiscriminately, later burning down homes.
2019-06-16

Bandits open fire at a village hall, where residents gather at night to watch films, in Zamfara State, Nigeria. Eleven people are killed and many more are injured.
2018-09-13

Gunmen kill at least 30 people in an attack on a gold mine in a remote area of Zamfara State, northwestern Nigeria.
2016-11-8

Armed bandits and robbers riding motorbikes kill 48 people in Nigeria's Zamfara State.
2013-06-19