Zamfara (Hausa: Jihar Zamfara; Fula: Leydi Zamfara; Adlam: 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤶𞤢𞤥𞤬𞤢𞤪𞤢) is a state in northwestern Nigeria. The capital of Zamfara state...

administrators and governors of Zamfara State, Nigeria. Until 1996 the area was part of Sokoto State. States of Nigeria List of state governors of Nigeria Azu...

prevalence. Zamfara State was the first to legislate polygamy, which occurred on January 7, 2000. Gombe State has been the most recent state to provide...

Government Girls Science Secondary School, a boarding school in Jangebe, in Zamfara State, Nigeria. All hostages were released by the bandits on 2 March 2021...

operating in Northern Nigeria, particularly Zamfara, Sokoto and Niger state. Turji led a bandit gang on 2022 Zamfara massacres, almost 200 people including...

the south for 161 km (100 miles) and Zamfara to the west. States. Nicknamed the "Home of Hospitality", both the state capital and the town of Daura have...

the whole border, making it easy for smuggling across the border. In Zamfara state alone, there are (as of 2021) over 30,000 bandits and 100 camps. Ali...

the Local Government, the third tier of government in Nigeria, below the state governments and the federal government. The functions of local governments...

state for defence since 2023. He previously served as the governor of Zamfara State from 2019 to 2023. After briefly serving in the Abacha-era state house...

Niger to the north and west for 363 km (226 miles), and the states of Zamfara to the east, and Kebbi to the south and west, partly across the Ka River...