Tag: Bello Matawalle
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Banditry: Gov. Matawalle suspends District Head
Gov. Bello Matawalle has suspended the District Head of Badarawa in Shinkafi Emirate Council, Alhaji Surajo Namakkah. The district head was suspended indefinitely by the governor for conferring traditional title of Durumbu on a military officer who was arrested for allegedly selling ammunition to bandits in the state. A statement issued on Friday in Gusau…
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School’s watchman assisted bandits in kidnapping of Zamfara schoolgirls – Gov Matawalle
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has alleged that the watchman of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Talata-Mafara LGA of Zamfara was involved in the abduction of over 270 schoolgirls the state. Matawalle who made the remarks during an appearance Channels Television programme said bandits the named the watchman of the school as the facilitator…
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Buhari’s aide gives update on release of Jangebe schoolgirls
Aide to President Muhammadu Buhari on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie has confirmed all 317 schoolgirls kidnapped from Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Talata Mafara local Government Area of Zamfara State were released. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the Jangebe schoolgirls were released on Sunday and were received at the palace of the Emir of Anka waiting…
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Lawyer to drag CBN, Zamfara state to court over illegal N5bn gold deal
A lawyer, Joseph Onu Silas, has threatened to drag the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor and the Zamfara state government to court over the reported striking a gold mining deal to the tune of N5 billion. But the Zamfara State Government has denied the accusation leveled against it by the lawyer. The lawyer in a…
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Matawalle dissolves all 14 APC council chairmen
The Zamfara Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the dissolution of the 14 Local Government administrations by the state government, describing it as unconstitutional. The state APC Chairman, Alhaji Lawal Liman, made the condemnation in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gusau on Friday. The state house of assembly…
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Bribery: Gov. Matawalle extols EFCC, pleads for return of money
Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for exposing Chinese nationals who tried to block investigations against their alleged shoddy contract in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that officials of the anti-graft agency at its Sokoto zonal office are currently investigating a multi-billion naira…