Tinubu, São Tomé president in attendance as Defence Minister, Matawalle’s 10 children got married in one day (Photos)

Two presidents, one from Nigeria the other from São Tomé and Príncipe, and many dignitaries from Nigeria and other countries converged in Abuja on Friday, February 6, for the wedding fatiha of 10 children of the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, who all got married in one day. The wedding ceremony held in […]

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Why is Matawalle Still a Defense Minister?, By Farooq A. Kperogi

Even the severest critics of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration admit that the last few days have seen what appear (at least on the surface) to be a visible, reinvigorated, if Donald Trump-induced, earnestness in the fight against the unchecked widening and deepening of the theaters of death and destruction in the country. The firing […]

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Wike, Matawalle, Okowa, Umahi, Ganduje to get mansions, exotic cars as retirement benefits

Seventeen state governors will hand over to their successors on May 29, 2023 and retire into lives of luxury with generous benefits for their services to their respective states even amidst economic crises, mounting debts and unhappy and underpaid workers and pensioners. Governors Nyesom Wike, Ifeanyi Okowa, Udom Emmanuel, Abdullahi Ganduje, Badaru Abubakar, Bello Matawalle, […]

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Naira swap: Malami files preliminary objection to El-Rufai, Bello and Matawalle’s suit at the Supreme court

Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, has filed processes challenging the jurisdiction of the Nigerian Supreme Court to suspend the scheduled deadline of Naira swap and demonetization. Malami, in a preliminary objection he filed on behalf of the Federal Government, applied for an order striking out the suit that […]

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Suit filed to unseat Zamfara Governor, Matawalle over defection to APC

A Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, Nigeria, on Monday, fixed July 16 to hear a suit challenging the defection of Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara state to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after listening to the ex-parte motion of the plaintiffs’ counsel, Kanu Agabi, SAN, praying the court […]

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