Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Bello Muhammed Matawalle, has warned former Rivers State governor and one time Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, to desist from...
The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, said on Saturday the Federal Government would undertake a comprehensive investigation into the air strike that led to...
The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, declared on Sunday that Nigeria was now free from the new terror group, Lakurawa. Matawalle stated this when...
Matawalle issued this warning during an assessment visit to Gundumi village, Isa, and Sabon Birni local government areas of Sokoto State, on Thursday. The minister expressed...
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, on Tuesday, vehemently denied allegations of aiding banditry, challenging his accusers to provide evidence. In an interview on...
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has dared his predecessor and current Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, to step aside and clear his name on...
Outspoken Sokoto State-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Murtala Bello Asada, has again, accused Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, of sponsoring another notorious bandit leader identified...
In response to the escalating violence from terrorists and bandits in the North West, particularly in Zamfara, Sokoto, and Kebbi States, Dr. Bello Muhammed Matawalle, the...
The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has condemned the murder of the Head of Gatawa District in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto...
The Defence Industry Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) has declared its readiness to produce arms and ammunition for Nigeria’s security operatives and other African countries. Minister of...
The Katsina State Elders Forum on Sunday, denounced the response of the Ministers of Defence, Badaru Abubakar and Bello Matawalle to the escalating insecurity in the...
Those calling for coup may have the Federal Government to contend with, as the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle has directed the Defence Intelligence...
Minister of State, Defense, Bello Matawalle has visited the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to attend a conference of Ministers of Defence from Africa, Europe and Arab...
A military manufacturing company based in the United States of America, Swiftship, has donated two hi-tech unmanned water vessels to the Nigerian government. The equipment are...
The administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari has continued to receive negative reviews, as the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, on Thursday, claimed that...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in the North-West has condemned the conduct of the Zamfara State government on matters relating to the Minister of State for...
The much anticipated designation of portfolios for ministers by President Bola Tinubu which was made public recently after Nigerians had waited for over three months, was...
The Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, claimed on Monday his predecessor, Bello Matawalle, left about N4 million in the state’s account. The governor, who stated this...
The Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has condemned what it calls the invasion and vandalisation of the houses of immediate past governor,...
Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal Dare has issued a five-day ultimatum to immediate past Governor Bello Matawalle, to return bullet proof vehicles allegedly taken away by...
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal Dare, has accused immediate past Governor, Bello Matawalle, of stealing 17 government vehicles as well as looting property including Television sets...
Ranking Nigerian Governors, a special monthly publication of Ripples Nigeria, is focused on the review, on a monthly basis, of the performance of state chief executive...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Zamfara State has accused Bello Matawalle of planning to arrest some of its key members on trumped-up charges. In a...
Justice Aminu Bappa-Aliyu of the Federal High Court, Gusau, on Monday adjourned to Wednesday the hearing in the alleged perjury suit against the Zamfara State Governor,...
Niger Republic has denied the claim of Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed, that the Federal Government donated 10 vehicles worth N1.14 billion to the country. Investigative...
The Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has approved the appointment of 169 top government officials and aides in the state. The Secretary to the State Government,...
Amidst the current leadership crisis plaguing the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has warned his colleagues against issuing incendiary statements capable...
A notorious bandit leader, Bello Turji, who is infamous for his incessant attacks on commuters and villagers in the Northern region has revealed his readiness to...
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has revealed his mandate to entrench a synergy with the Niger Republic to end banditry in the North West. This was...
The Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, on Saturday ordered the immediate closure of all weekly markets in the state. The move aimed at checking the growing...
Eighteen kidnapped students and staff of the College of Agriculture and Animal Science, Bakers in Zamfara State, on Friday regained their freedom from the bandits’ den....
The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has warned that the escalating insecurity and banditry in the North-West can ‘swallow” the entire country if necessary measures...
The judge handling a suit seeking to impeach the Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Mahadi Aliyu Gusau, Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in...
A Federal High Court in Abuja, has stopped moves to impeach the Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Mahadi Aliyu Gusau over his refusal to defect from...
The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, says those plotting to remove him from his seat for defecting from the People Democratic Party (PDP) to the...
A few days after defecting from the People Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has fired all his...
Former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, and the Senator representing Zamfara Central in the National Assembly, Kabiru Garba Marafa, have both rejected Governor Bello Matawalle...
The Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has completed his switch from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Matawalle announced his defection...
There are indications that Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, may have dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Though information...
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has mandated the demolition of houses belonging to informants and those supplying arms to bandits in the state, in a new...
The Kogi State governor and Chairman, Contact and Mobilisation Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Yahaya Bello, has again stated that some governors within...
A senator representing Katsina North, Babba Ahmed, has bemoaned the alleged victimisation of Northerners across the country. Ahmed made this assertion via an opinion piece published...
The Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum has warned the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to desist from poaching its governors under the guise of politics. The...
The Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, on Tuesday gave bandits in the state a two-month ultimatum to either repent and surrender their weapons to the state...
There was a sense of déjà vu when female students of the Government Girls’ Secondary School, Jangebe, in Talata Mafara local government area of Zamfara State...
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has rejected the decision of the National Security Council (NSC) to declare the state a no-fly zone due to the incessant...
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), has called on the Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, to change his strategies of dealing with ‘so-called’ repentant terrorists...
The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has accused his Niger Stare counterpart, Abubakar Bello, of refusing to take his advice to negotiate with bandits in...
In this week’s QuickRead, there is no missing the daring political shots fired from familiar quarters last week. These include the frontal attack by the Bishop...
The Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, on Tuesday, revealed his role in the release of 344 abducted students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State....
