Governor Bello Matawalle

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, held a closed-door meeting with governors of the Northern states at the Presidential Villa, in Abuja. It was gathered that the meeting was convened to discuss the security situation in the 19…

The Presidency has said there was a strong suspicion that helicopters were being used to transport arms to bandits, while defending the Zamfara State ‘no-fly zone’ order given by the Federal Government. Senior Special Assistant to The…

The Zamfara State Government has maintained its position that no ransom was paid to secure the release of 26 girls kidnapped from Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State. Speaking at a media briefing, in Gusau, on Tuesday, the…

Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has declared total ‘war’ against any person or group found either sponsoring, aiding, or abetting bandits in the state. Governor Matawalle made the declaration, on Thursday, when he received the…

President of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Ibrahim Khaleel, on Wednesday, slumped and died,  in Abuja. Khaleel reportedly slumped at his Abuja residence while trying to perform Magrib prayers and later died…

The Zamfara State Government has earmarked the sum of N1.1 billion for the construction of a new Hajj camp and procurement of utility vehicles and ambulances. The Chairman of the state Hajj Commission, Alhaji Abubakar S-Fawa,…

The 24 members of Zamfara State House of Assembly have received official vehicles from the state government, an official has disclosed. Malam Yusuf Idris, the Director-General, Press Affairs to the Governor Bello Matawalle disclosed…

The All Progressives Congress (APC), has said that there was no mass defection of its members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Zamfara as alleged by the State Government. Governor Bello Matawalle and the state’s PDP executives…

Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State, has called on the Federal Government to make provision for special funds to resettle victims of banditry and cattle rustling in Katsina, Sokoto and Zamfara states. Masari made the call at the…

The committee on finding solutions to banditry in Zamfara, on Friday said it has concrete evidence that five Emirs in the state were complicit in the spate of banditry in which more than 6,319 men and women were killed. The Chairman of…