Tag: Bello Matawalle
Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, other Tinubu’s appointees from north must defend govt –...
Minister of state for defence Bello Matawalle has knocked the special adviser to President Bola Tinubu on political matters Hakeem Baba-Ahmed for chiding him...
Stop last minute postings, Matawalle tells Buhari
Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to halt all study leaves, foreign transfers, postings of officers critical to the...
Bandits to face death penalty as Zamfara gov signs anti-banditry bill...
Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle on Tuesday signed the anti-banditry and other related offences bill into law.
The law has death penalty for those found...
Zamfara commissioner Rabi Shinkafi resigns to become Uzodimma’s appointee
Zamfara commissioner for women and children affairs Rabi Shinkafi has resigned her appointment to take up another in Imo.
“I resigned my appointment as commissioner...
Matawalle right to ask Zamfara people to defend themselves against bandits...
Former minister of aviation Femi Fani-Kayode has backed Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle on the latter’s call for Zamfara residents to defend themselves against...
Zamfara imposes state-wide curfew as bandits abduct students in gov’s hometown
Zamfara State Government has declared a dusk-to-dawn curfew throughout the state following the abduction of scores of students by gunmen on Wednesday.
Gunmen had invaded...
Fani-Kayode knocks 32-year-old Zamfara deputy gov for refusing to defect to...
Former aviation minister Femi Fani-Kayode on Tuesday criticised Zamfara State Deputy Governor Mahdi Gusau for refusing to defect to the All Progressives Congress with...
Matawalle’s defection: Court halts impeachment of Zamfara deputy gov
A Federal High Court, Abuja has restrained the Zamfara House of Assembly from impeaching the deputy governor of the state Mahdi Gusau.
Justice Obiora Egwuatu...
13 policemen shot dead in Zamfara attack
No fewer than 13 policemen were on Sunday killed by suspected bandits in the Bagudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
The police personnel were...
Repentant bandits helped us rescue 279 Jangebe schoolgirls – Matawalle
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State says repentant bandits in the state assisted security agencies in the operation that led to the rescue of...