A legend has it that a long time ago, there lived a wealthy family in the present-day Marafa Village. The family-owned vast land and kept livestock. The wealth kept multiplying each year.

Senator Kabir Garba Marafa has commiserated with the people of Talata Mafara over the market gunpowder explosion, which he said involved over 44 persons, according to reports.

Five chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have been reportedly abducted by suspected bandits in Zamfara ...