Over two million people in Zamfara State and environs are being affected by the shutdown of telecommunications services.
The shutdown forms part of directives handed down to service providers to switch off their services in the area.
This is happening in the wake of offensives by security forces targeting criminal hideouts.
In this report, WADR's Usman Umar reports that the impact of the military actions is driving fleeing bandits into neighboring Katsina State and into Niger Republic.
