LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has fingered the watchman of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, where about 300 students were abducted last week, of being complicit in the incident. He also said repentant bandits held talks with their unrepentant counterparts and were able to secure the release of the schoolgirls. Matawalle spoke…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, on Sunday said he had many revelations to make about the attack on Government Girls’ Secondary School, Jangebe on Friday, when over 300 students were abducted. The governor, who stated this when 17 Emirs in the state paid him a sympathy visit over the abduction of…
LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has revealed how he facilitated the release of 344 schoolboys of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara without payment of ransom. The schoolboys were abducted by suspected bandits from their school in Kankara town last Friday. Although Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the abduction and put…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has said his administration will soon introduce a law that will enforce death sentence on reckless drivers who cause the death of their passengers. “Such drivers will also be compelled by law to pay compensation on every life lost,” he added. The governor spoke when he…
LAGOS AUGUST 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, has lamented that some foreigners exchange arms for gold and other precious stones in his state. He said the situation was contributing to the security challenges being witnessed in the state. Matawalle spoke with State House correspondents after a meeting he had with the President, Major General…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Zamfara state house of assembly has abolished the law that allows former governors, their deputies, speakers and their deputies to get jumbo pension and other allowances. The development comes one day after a letter Abdulaziz Yari, a former governor wrote to Bello Matawalle, lamenting the non-payment of his monthly N10 million upkeep…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected bandits on Sunday opened fire on the motorcade of the Zamfara governor, Bello Matawalle, who was on his way to condole with victims of a previous attack on a community in Gusau Local Government, witnesses have told PREMIUM TIMES. The witnesses said the governor’s convoy came under attack on Sunday evening…