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By Zailani Bappa, Gusau Governor Bello MOHAMMED (Matawallen Maradun) has announced that the state Government will distribute 200 Hilux Jeeps and 190 Motorcycles to Security operatives in the state to support the war against banditry and terror. Dr Bello Matawalle made this announcement while inspecting a cache of arms and ammunitions willingly surrendered by repentant bandits to the Nigerian Army in the state. Governor Matawalle swiftly paid an unscheduled visit to the Force Headquarters of Operation Hadarin Daji in Gusau, Zamfara State on receipt of the news of the recovery of some weapons by troops of the operation from bandits…

The President in an address this evening has announced the continuation of the lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and the FCT for another 14 days, effective from 11:59 PM this Monday. According to the President, the lockdown is necessitated by the growing cases of infection in the Covid 19 Pandemic. Below is the text of the President’s address: ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE EXTENSION OF COVID- 19 PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN AT THE STATE HOUSE, ABUJAMONDAY, 13TH APRIL, 2020 1. Fellow Nigerians 2. In my address on Sunday, 29th March, 2020, I asked the…

By Zailani Nappa Governor Bello Mohammed (Matawallen Maradun) has felicitated with Christians in the state on this year’s Good Friday and Easter Monday celebrations. “I am using this auspicious period to join all Christians in the state during the celebration of these twin events of Good Friday and Easter Monday” Matawalle said. “Indeed, for all those who believed that the coming to this world and subsequent return of Jesus to the Almighty as a blesssing to mankind, this period is worthy of celebration”, he added. Governor Matawalle urged all Christians in the state to use this period in sober reflections…

By Zailani Bappa Governor Bello Mohammed (Matawallen Maradun) of Zamfara State has ordered the demolition and arrest of the owners of a house suspected to be a center of cultist activity and sorcery in Gusau. The House, located at Unguwar Dallatu quarters behind New Motor Park was earlier raided in the day where items strongly indicating the use of black magic were found. The items found included blood in a calabash, a tiny human doll, a small clay container filled with charcoal, another clay container filled with a powdered substance, several pieces of papers with the names of prominent politicians…

By Zailani Bappa. When the outbreak of corona virus hit Nigeria a few weeks back, both Federal and state Governments did not take it lightly, especially that the infections grew in number, affecting more people than initially imagined. Indeed, the Governor of Zamfara State, Dr Bello Mohammed (Matawallen Maradun), did not rest on his oars as he immediately rolled out plans to handle the situation in the state. Zamfara State is one of the states in Nigeria where a case of covid-19 has not been recorded and not a single suspected case ever reported anywhere in the state. However, that…

BY ZAILANI BAPPA Just as people began to troop to ATM machines following the payment of March Salaries in some quarters, Governor Bello Mohammed of Zamfara State has handed down an express directive to all banks in the state to provide hand sanitisers to customers at all their ATM premises. Governor Matawalle who personally went round ATM machines at the premises of many banks in the state capital Gusau, warned managers against defaulting in this directive. “Any bank found to be defaulting in this simple instruction will have its operation closed down,” Matawalle warned. When he visited some of the…

Governor Bello Mohammed (Matawallen Maradun) has ordered the immediate closure of an illegal “correctional center” in Gusau. The Governor’s order was effected yesterday in Gusau. Governor Matawalle earlier got wind of the existence of this secret center and immediately ordered his Commissioner for Special Duties, Alhaji Mohammed Saddiq Maiturare to lead a team of security operatives to the place. On arrival, no fewer than 54 male and female inmates were found in the squalid house which serves as the center. The centre was being operated by one Malam Iliyasu Abdullahi Gamagiwa. The inmates were found chained and maltreated. The security…

The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has announced further reduction of the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol from N125 to N123.50k per litre. The agency made the announcement in a statement singed by its Executive Secretary, Abdulkadir Saidu, in Abuja on Tuesday (sic) night. “PPPRA in line with the government approval for a monthly review of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) pump price, hereby announces Guiding PMS pump price of N123.50 per Litre. “The Guiding price which becomes effective April 1 2020, shall apply at all retail outlets nationwide for the month of April,…

Governor Bello Mohammed (Matawallen Maradun) has commended the security operatives manning the borders of the state for their commitment to the success of the state shut down enforced since last Saturday. Governor Matawalle made the commendation when he paid an unscheduled visit to the state border with Katsina at Yan kara this evening. He said the visit was to have a first hand knowledge of how the directive to shut down the state was being enforced. On sighting hundreds of trucks lined up by the road side at the border, which has since become crowded like a market place, Matawalle…

President Mohammadu Buhari has ordered the complete lockdown of Lagos and Ogun States and the FCT as from 11pm on Monday. This was the highlight of a nationwide broadcast this evening by the President as a response to the rampaging COVID-19 pandemic. Below is the text of the Presidential broadcast: ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE COVID- 19 PANDEMIC SUNDAY 29TH MARCH, 20201. Fellow Nigerians,2. From the first signs that Coronavirus, or COVID-19 was turning into an epidemic and was officially declared a world-wide emergency, the Federal Government started planning preventive, containment…