Phone blackout, crackdown on kidnappers reported in Zamfara State

Phone blackout, crackdown on kidnappers reported in Zamfara State: Mobile telephone networks were shut down in the northwestern Zamfara State, residents said on Monday, amid reports that authorities had ordered a blackout while they tackled armed gangs of kidnappers terrorising the area. Two residents of Zamfara, reached by phone after they travelled to neighbo ...