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  • IED blasts on Zamfara highway leave travellers feared dead

    IED blasts on Zamfara highway leave travellers feared dead

    Photo Credit: The Punch
    2025-12-28 09:00:00

    Punch reports that two suspected improvised explosive devices detonated along a highway in Zamfara State, with early accounts indicating fatalities and injuries among travellers.

    Authorities were said to be assessing the scene and casualty figures, while residents raised renewed alarms about insecurity on key routes linking rural communities.

    TheCable’s newspaper review noted that “at least nine persons were killed… after two suspected improvised explosive devices (IEDs) detonated along the Magami–Dansadau road in Maru LGA of Zamfara,” echoing the incident details as they filtered into national coverage.

    Echotitbits take: Road insecurity is becoming a strategic economic risk—movement of food, goods and labour is disrupted long before official casualty counts settle. Watch for a coordinated response: patrols, intelligence-led sweeps, and safer transport corridors.

    Source: The Punch — December 28, 2025 (https://punchng.com/many-feared-dead-as-explosion-rocks-zamfara-highway/)

    The Punch 2025-12-28

  • 10 people die in Zamfara trailer crash

    10 people die in Zamfara trailer crash

    A ghastly auto accident have killed about ten people along Kaura Namoda – Gusau road in Zamfara State.
    The crash, which happened on Sunday, April 19 involved a trailer conveying passengers who were returning from Kasuwar Daji market where they had gone to buy some goods.
    The spokesman of the state police command, Muhammad Shehu confirmed the unfortunate incident earlier today.
    Shehu explained that the accident claimed the life of 10 persons on the spot and their bodies had been taken to the mortuary.
    “Bodies of the deceased passengers have been deposited at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Mortuary, Gusau and will be handed over to their relations for burial”, Shehu said.
    The police spokesman stated that some other 45 persons who were lucky but sustained injuries were also transferred to the FMC, Gusau for treatment.
    Shehu however, warned that “the command is appealing to the general public, especially drivers of commercial vehicles to refrain from reckless driving and obey all traffic regulations.”
    He noted that violators of traffic laws will face the wrath of the law.
    Shehu added that the Commissioner Of Police in the state, Usman Nagogo had ordered for immediate investigation to unravel the cause of the road mishap.