27 August 2026
Bombing in Zamfara
OpenWatch has recorded 27 reported bombing incidents in Zamfara State, 19 of them in the last 12 months. That is 3% of every incident recorded in the state, and ranks it 10 of 13 among the states where bombing is reported often enough to profile.
Incidents · 12 mo
19
Fatalities · 12 mo
236
Incidents · all-time
27
Fatalities · all-time
321
Latest reported bombing in Zamfara
26 August 2026
IED blast kills motorcyclist on Gwashi road
18 August 2026 · Kaura Namoda
Police EOD defuse bandit IED on Zamfara highway
17 August 2026 · Kaura Namoda
Bandits plant landmine on Kaura Namoda-Moriki Road
16 August 2026 · Bukkuyum
IED destroys traders' vehicle on Gwashi road Bukkuyum
15 July 2026
Bandits buried an IED along the Keta-Kwaren Ganuwa road in Zamfara State, causing panic among residents of Kwaren Ganuwa village. The police unit responsible for IED clearance in the area was previously wiped out in an IED blast weeks earlier, leaving the threat unaddressed.
3 July 2026 · Anka
Troops of the 1 Brigade cleared the Bagega–Anka highway in Zamfara State of explosive threats after an IED damaged a police vehicle on the route. The road has been restored to safe movement following the operation.
15 June 2026 · Anka
Three police officers were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded on the Anka–Bagega road in Zamfara state while they were conducting a controlled clearance operation. The device was believed to have been planted by bandits.
14 June 2026 · Tsafe
Police in Zamfara successfully destroyed an improvised explosive device suspected to have been planted by bandits, preventing potential mass casualties among road users. The operation was carried out based on timely intelligence from the local community.
13 June 2026
Three police officers from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit were killed when their APC struck an IED planted by bandits along the Anka–Bagega road during a security operation.
Other threats in Zamfara
About these figures
Counts cover incidents classified as bombing in Zamfara State, drawn from OpenWatch’s incident record, excluding retracted reports and duplicates merged into an earlier report. Figures update hourly. Last recorded: 27 August 2026.
Reported numbers are a floor, not a census. Incidents in remote areas are routinely under-reported, and classification follows how an event was described in reporting, so a low count is not a guarantee of safety. See the full Zamfara risk profile for every threat type, or the methodology for how incidents are collected and classified.
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