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FG Probes Allegations Of Oil Theft, Sabotage Against Naval Chief, Ogalla

THE Federal Government has vowed to probe allegations of coordinated oil bunkering scheme and multibillion-naira contract-splitting fraud levelled against the Chief of Naval Staff, Emmanuel Ogalla. The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, made this known in a press statement…

Police Arrest Former IPAC Chairman

THE former chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, in Cross River State, Goddie Akpama, has been arrested by operatives of the Nigerian Police for demanding the suspension and arrest of the Minister of Defence, Bello Matawalle. Trojan News learnt that…

Gusau Cargo Airport: Zamfara Govt Rejects Matawalle’s Fresh Claim

ZAMFARA State government has again countered the immediate past administration in the State led by Bello Matawalle, now the Minister of State for Defence, concerning the Gusau International Cargo Airport project. Trojan News Media reports that Matawalle, last Friday, denied…

Election Tribunal Dismisses Matawalle’s Petition, Affirms Dauda Lawal As Governor Of Zamfara

THE Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Sokoto has dismissed the petition filed by former governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle challenging the validity of the election results that brought Dauda Lawal into office as the governor of the state. The…

Matawalle In The Eyes Of Bandits And Insecurity, By Mohamed Sanusi Shehu

THE announcement of Bello Matawalle, former governor of Zamfara state as a ministerial nominee came to many as a surprise. However, his appointment as minister of state for Defense is shocking and contemptible The reaction to the mere mentioning of…

Court Bars EFCC From Inviting, Arresting Former Gov. Bello Matawalle And Other State Officials

THE Federal High Court, Gusau Division, presided over by Hon. Justice A. B. Aliyu on Wednesday, 31st May, 2023, delivered judgment in the suit instituted by Prof. Mike Ozekhome, SAN, on behalf of the Government of Zamfara State with SUIT…

REVEALED: ‘EFCC Chairman Requested $2 Million From Me, I Have Witnesses’ – Governor Matawalle

GOVERNOR Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has alleged that he is facing persecution by the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, AbdulRasheed Bawa, because he refused to give him $200,000 bribe. On Thursday, the anti-graft agency revealed…

Zamfara State Governor, Matawalle Under Probe For N70bn Fraud – EFCC

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced that Zamfara Governor Bello Matawalle is under investigation for alleged N70 billion fraud. A statement on Thursday said the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain is being investigated for corruption, the award…

How Buhari Deployed More Soldiers For Election Than When Bandits Were Killing Our People To Punish Me – Governor Mattawalle

GOVERNOR Bello Matawalle has blamed his failure to win re-election as Zamfara State Governor on his opposition to President Muhammadu Buhari government’s naira swap policy. Matawalle said this during an interview with DW Hausa which was monitored and reported by…

Governor Matawalle Receives 1,000 PDP Women Into APC In Zamfara

NO fewer than 1,000 card-carrying women members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have defected to the All progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Saturday by Mr Jamilu Iliyasu, Press Secretary…