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Imam Prays for Tinubu at Matawalle Children’s Wedding, Says Presidency Will Restore Hope

Daily Dispatch February 6, 2026

An Islamic cleric, Professor Luqman Zakariyah, on Friday offered prayers for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu during the wedding fatiha of the children of the Minister of State for Defence, Mohammed Bello Matawalle, expressing confidence that the President’s tenure would bring hope to the hopeless.

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Northern Christian Youth Coalition demands sack of Matawalle over allegations

Daily Dispatch December 18, 2025

The Northern Christian Youth Coalition (NCYC) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to sack the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, over what it described as grave allegations that undermine the integrity of Nigeria’s security architecture. The group made the call in a statement issued on Thursday by its National Coordinator, Jeremaid Hudso […]

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Breaking: Matawalle seeks court order to halt media reports on alleged terrorist links

Daily Dispatch December 11, 2025

Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, Bello Matawalle, has filed a lawsuit at the Kano State High Court seeking to restrain several media organisations from publishing reports alleging his connection to terrorist groups. The legal action, filed Wednesday evening under Case No. 4, resulted in an interim injunction barring Sahara Reporters, Mikiya, Omoyele Sowore, and a number […]

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Why Badaru Was Forced Out… And Why Matawalle May Be the Next to Fall: Inside the Defence Ministry Shake-Up

Daily Dispatch December 2, 2025

By Sunday Oladapo A deep, carefully concealed struggle for control of Nigeria’s defence architecture has finally burst to the surface — and what appears on the outside as a routine cabinet “adjustment” is, in fact, the result of months of internal battles, intelligence concerns, and quiet pressure from powerful foreign partners. Multiple high-level sources across […]

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Tinubu, Matawalle, Ribadu, others Joins Muslim Faithful To Mark Eid-El-Kabir In Lagos

Daily Dispatch June 16, 2024

President Bola Tinubu on Sunday, joined Muslim faithful to observe Eid Kabir prayers at the Dodan Barracks in Ikoyi, Lagos. The Eid-el-Kabir festival is celebrated by Muslims worldwide on the 10th day of the Hijri month of Dhual-Hijjah in the Islamic calendar. Accompanied by top government functionaries, the President arrived at the Eid praying ground […]

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IGP orders withdrawal of security attached to Buhari’s brother, Matawalle, Mustafa, Sylva, Ayu, others

Daily Dispatch July 16, 2023

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered the withdrawal of police officers attached to former governors Timipre Sylva, Gbenga Daniel, Rochas Okorocha, and former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, amongst other Nigerians. In a recent signal from the Force Headquarters dated July 12 and sighted an online medium, IGP