Gov. Matawalle has announced date to lift telecoms ban. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle has announced Tuesday as the date to lift ban on telecommunication networks in Zamfara State. The telecommunication services were disrupted in the state on September 4 as part of the stringent measures to contain the raging armed … Read more
According to the governor, bandits who are currently facing the heat of the superior fire of security operatives have sent some persons to inform him that they have repented Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, says his administration will no longer grant amnesty to bandits in the state. He explained that the decision became necessary since … Read more
The Governor maintained that he had been doing all he could to ensure the security of lives and properties in the state… Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has said that he will be happy to step down should the Federal Government declare a state of emergency in the Northern region which has been ravaged by … Read more
…the governor said that no place in Nigeria was safe in the entire Northern region… Zamfara State Governor, Bello Mohammed Matawalle has expressed dissatisfaction over the alleged involvement of politicians working against the restoration of peace in the State. Governor Matawalle said that politics now in Nigeria has become a do-or-die affair, saying that democracy … Read more
Before now, hundreds of thousands of people have been killed in the region while millions were forced to flee their ancestral homes. Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has called for a state of emergency in the northern part of the country over the security challenges in the region. He made the call on Wednesday at … Read more
Another member of the House of Reps has dumped the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Another member of the House of Representatives from Zamfara State, Kabiru Amadu, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), EKO HOT BLOG has gathered. The Speaker of … Read more
Justice Ekwo granted the prayer and adjourned the hearing of the substantive suit until July 16. July 16 has been fixed by a Federal High Court, Abuja, to hear a suit challenging the defection of Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after listening … Read more
Matawalle, last week, defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) – following months of speculation and denial – with all the federal and state lawmakers in Zamfara. Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle has refuted what he described as misleading reports against him. The governor’s reaction comes a week after he joined the ruling … Read more
“We hope Matawalle’s coming into APC will be of benefit as well as add value to the party in the State. Former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, has reacted to Governor Bello Matawalle’s defection to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Reacting, Yari expressed hope that Matawalle’s defection would add value and be beneficial to … Read more
“We are also expecting all our national assembly members as well as state legislators to declare their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC during the occasion. No less than 18 All Progressives Congress (APC) governors are expected to receive Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara on Tuesday. The Chairman, Publicity Sub-Committee of … Read more
The presidential aide wrote ‘’So Zamfara is back home! Welcome, Matawalle’’. Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Personal Assistant to Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari on Digital and New Media, Bashir Ahmed disclosed this on his verified Facebook page on Sunday morning. Read … Read more
Bello Mohammed Matawalle, has approved the immediate suspension of the Emir of Zurmi, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar Muhammad, for alleged involvement in escalating banditry in the emirate. The Zamfara State Governor, Bello Mohammed Matawalle, has approved the immediate suspension of the Emir of Zurmi, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar Muhammad, for alleged involvement in escalating banditry in the … Read more
Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has approved the appointment of his Director-General of Protocol, Alhaji Kabiru Yusuf, as Permanent Secretary. The appointment was announced in a statement by the Permanent Secretary in-charge of Administration, Head of Service Office, Alhaji Yusuf Bakura, in Gusau on Wednesday. The statement also said that the governor had approved the … Read more
“The North has more than what it takes to respond to any kind of aggression and hatred.” – Matawalle In what could further exacerbate the ethnic tension that the country is fraught with, governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara state has read the riot act to southerners living in the north. In a statement on Thursday, … Read more
Over 2,619 people were killed between 2011 and 2019 by bandits – Matawalle The number of bandits terrorising six northern states are well over 30,000, Bello Matawalle, governor of Zamfara has revealed. Matawalle made the revelation at a press briefing on Friday. The governor, who spoke through his chief press secretary, Ibrahim Dosara, listed the … Read more
Bello Matawalle, governor of Zamfara, on Monday swore by the Quran that he had no connection with bandits that were terrorising the state. The Quran is the holy book for Islam, a faith which the governor is an adherent. In the past months, the state has become the hotbed of criminal activities with suspected bandits … Read more
The Zamfara state government on Tuesday said it was giving bandits and other criminal elements in the state two months to surrender and be part of its truce arrangements. Bello Matawalle, governor of Zamfara, issued the ultimatum on Tuesday in a broadcast on the security situation in the state. The governor also said large movement … Read more
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has divulged the identity of one of the persons who orchestrated the abduction of the Government Girls’ Secondary School, GGSS, in Jangebe area of the State. Recall that 279 students of the school located in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of State were abducted when bandits stormed the town … Read more
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has warned Bello Matawalle, governor of Zamfara, against shielding those behind the abduction of 279 students in the state. Recall that rampaging bandits had stormed Jangebe in Talata Mafara Local government area of the state, attacked the Government Girls Secondary School in the town and kidnapped the schoolgirls. The students … Read more
Bello Matawalle, governor of Zamfara state, says the state government ‘soft approach’ during the jangede abduction crisis helped in swift facilitation of the kidnapped schoolgirls release. You will recall that bandits had stormed Jangebe in Talatu-Mafara local government area of the state in the early hours of last Friday and attacked the Government Girls Secondary … Read more