The escalating level of insecurity in the nation is forcing many citizens to wonder if the government can still save Nigeria. The minister of state for defence just ordered the service chiefs to relocate to the North West after militants seized two Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) armoured vehicles from...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Bello Muhammed Matawalle, has expressed sadness over the activities of terrorists and bandits in Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina, and Kebbi States. In a statement issued by the Director of Information, Henshaw Ogubike, the Minister disclosed that he has directed...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – A group under the auspices of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Youth Wing Mobilisation Vanguard has urged the People Democratic Party (PDP) elders in the North West to rather focus on solving their internal political crisis rather than the futile attempt to drag the...
The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has donated 15 trucks of fertilizer to the Zamfara chapter of APC to complement President Bola Tinubu’s agricultural transformation programme. This is contained in a statement signed by the state APC Publicity Secretary, Malam Yusuf Idris, issued in Gusau on Sunday....
The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, has urged the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen, Christopher Musa to fish out the killers of Alhaji Isa Bawa, the District Head of Gatawa in Sokoto State. Matawalle gave the charge in a statement on Friday in Abuja, by Mr...
Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has said the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON), since inception, has been providing the armed forces with essential equipment to stimulate military capabilities. Matawalle said this in his opening remarks at the DICON 60th anniversary and maiden Africa Defence Industries...
The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, has donated 4,860 rams and N390million to the All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders, stakeholders and less-privileged families in Zamfara. This is contained in a statement on Tuesday by the State APC Publicity Secretary, Malam Yusuf Idris. The rams as...
The Zamfara chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), has dismissed a recent protest against Minister of State for Defence, Mr Bello Matawalle as the handiwork of political rivals rattled by his rising political profile. A statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by the state APC spokesman, Yusuf Idris,...
Dozens of protesters from Zamfara State have occupied the entrance to the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), calling on the commission to reopen investigations on the former governor of the state, Bello Matawalle. The protesters under the auspices of APC Loyalists Forum...
Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle has said the Nigeria Navy recruited 1,486 personnel to boost the manpower needed for effective internal security operations in the Niger Delta. Matawalle said this during the Passing Out Parade (POP) of Nigerian Navy’s Batch 35 Trainees at the Nigeria...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, has reiterated the ban on unauthorised use of camouflage uniforms in the country. Matawalle stated this in a statement issued by the Director, Information, Press and Public Relations of the ministry, Mr Henshaw Ogubike He...
The views of Katsina Elders’ Forum has been described as not reflecting the position of Northern Nigeria on the re-election of President Bola Tinubu in 2027. Minister of State for Defence Bello Matawalle, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said that it was wrong...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, has pledged to investigation the corrupt allegations against the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla. It would be recalled that an online media platform (not NATIONAL ACCORD) had raised serious allegations against the...
The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle and the service chiefs on Sunday visited Plateau State shortly after a fresh attack by gunmen. The visit comes hours after assailants killed no fewer than two persons, including a father and his son, in a fresh attack...
The Federal Government on Friday said the renewed fight by the Nigeria Navy was partly responsible for the current rise in crude oil production in the country. The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle lauded the navy during the inauguration of Chief of Naval Staff Annual Sea...
Six months after the Zamfara governorship election, the leadership of the North-Western state is now in question as the Appeal Court nullified the election of Governor Dauda Lawal. Lawal, of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was declared the winner of the March 18 governorship election....
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State has commended the judgement delivered by the Court of Appeal in Abuja on the governorship election in the state. Recalled that the Appeal court on Thursday declared the Zamfara governorship election inconclusive and...
The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, says the Federal Government has achieved a lot in the fight against oil theft. Matawalle, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Abuja, said that many practical gains had been recorded in the resolve to end...
The Leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) North-West zone, has condemned the conduct of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Government in Zamfara State on matters relating to the immediate past Governor of the State and current Minister of State, Defence, Mr Bello Matawalle. APC National Vice Chairman,...
The Zamfara Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Monday dismissed the petition filed against the state governor, Dauda Lawal by the All Progressive Congress (APC) and its governorship candidate, Bello Matawalle. The Tribunal Chairperson, Justice Cordelia Ogadi, who led two other members, dismissed the petition for lack of merit...