Mohammed Bello Matawalle said he will prove his critics wrong and justify his his appointment as Minister of State for Defence by President Bola Tinubu. The opposition has criticised Tinubu over the portfolio assigned to Matawalle, citing the persistent insecurity in Zamfara State during his tenure as governor. But speaking at a reception organised for…

The new Minister of Defence, Muhammed Badaru, and the Minister of State, Bello Matawalle on Tuesday charged the service chiefs to give them a timeline and requirements to solve the issue of insecurity in the country. Badaru made the demand upon his resumption at the Ship House, Abuja. The former governor in his remarks shortly…

Comrade Anas A. Kaura – spokesperson of former Zamfara State governor and recently appointed Minister of State, Defence, Bello Matawalle, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for appointing his former boss as member of his cabinet. In a statement issued Sunday in Abuja, Kaura noted that the appointment signified responsiveness and commitment to their course.…

The North-Central Asiwaju Support Group, on Tuesday, joined its counterparts in other zones to commend the President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu for nominating former Zamfara State Governor, Bello Muhammad Matawalle as minister. The group, in a statement by its Chairman, Abba Rios Lawal, in Abuja, said that Matawalle's nomination is a step in the right direction…

Immediate past Governor of Zamfara, Bello Matawalle has charged Gov. Dauda Lawal to involve major stakeholders in finding lasting solutions to the security situation bedeviling the state.

A former Chairman of All Progressive Congress (APC) in Zamfara, Alhaji Lawal Liman, has commended President Bola Tinubu for nominating the immediate past governor of the state

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has not declared former Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle wanted.

The Zamfara Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday berated the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Department for State Services (DSS) for the alleged invasion of the Gusau and Maradun homes of the immediate past Governor of the state, Alhaji Bello Matawalle. The condemnation is contained in a statement issued in Gusau…

Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara, on Sunday dissolved the State Executive Council and relieved all political appointees of their jobs.

Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), yesterday, tasked Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, to provide evidence of a $2 million bribe allegation against Abdulrasheed Bawa, the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says allegations of two million dollars bribe leveled against the Chairman of the Commission, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa by Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara is false. This is contained in a statement by spokesperson for the commission, Mr Wilson Uwujiaren. Uwujiaren said the attention of the commission was drawn…

Zamfara State governor Bello Matawalle has claimed that the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, allegedly requesting $2 million bribe from him.