At least five worshippers were shot dead during dawn prayers on Friday when bandits attacked a mosque in Yandoto village, Tsafe LGA of Zamfara State. The assailants opened fire indiscriminately, leaving several others injured.

The tragedy comes just a week after 40 worshippers were abducted in a similar mosque attack in Gidan Turbe village.

In a separate incident, over 100 illegal miners were feared dead on Thursday after a gold pit collapsed in Kadauri village, Maru LGA. Bodies of the deceased have since been recovered for burial.