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BUHARI’S Supporter denies meeting Bandits

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From Danliti Ibrahim.

Police have arrested President Muhammadu Buhari’s and ex governor Abdulaziz’s Yari’s supporter for allegedly having meeting with Bandits in Zamfara state.

The Police have said they arrested Alhaji Abubakar Dantabawa for allegedly having the meeting with bandits in his home, according to the Zamfara state police spokesman.

Abubakar Dantabawa, popularly known as Abu-Dantabawa, is an ardent supporter of president Muhammadu Buhari and Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar, former governor of Zamfara state.

The police said they arrested him based on the intelligent information available to them.

However, many people in the state believed that the arrest was politically motivated, targeting opposition by Zamfara state PDP led government to silence them, as this is not the first time the state government arrested opposition leaders from APC in the name of security or banditry.

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The state government arrested former commissioners of local government and chieftaincy affairs Alhaji Bello Dankande Gamji and education, Alhaji Ibrahim DanMalikin Gidan Goga.

In a press briefing, Alhaji Abubakar Dantabawa debunked the allegation as baseless and politically motivated to tarnish his image.

According to him, he came in from Kaduna to sympathise with, and assist the victims of floods in his hometown.

After meeting with the representatives of the people from his town and discharged them, around 9pm the police stormed his resident and arrested him and 16 other friends.

And surprisingly, among those arrested when the police stormed his house were serving permanent secretary in the state civil service and other PDP members who, as friends, usually visited him whenever he’s around.

Now who are the Bandits he was accused of meeting with? Are they they ones?asked Dantabawa

Up till when he was released, he said nobody in the police told him what he did.

He only red the allegation in the media. Accused the police for stealing his N20 million during the raid.

He vowed to seek for redress in the court.

Moreover, members of the opposition APC led by the state.chairman Alhaji Lawalli Kaura staged a protest in the state capital, Gusau, accusing the police commissioner of being biased and partisan.

They accused him for dancing to the tune of the PDP led state government, harassing and maltreating their members.

The APC chairman said they have written several complaints to the Commissioner of Police against police brutality to their members, bit nothing has been done.

They have now decided to petition the IG of police and other relevant authorities.

Dantabawa said many residents of Gusau, the state capital, have expressed their displeasure for the incessant arrests of oppositions and politicising security issues in the state which, according to them, would not augur well for the state.

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Insecurity: US lawmaker accuses Matawalle of bribe attempt to silence recommendation calling for his sack

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April 21, 2026

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Governor Matawalle

 

Kimberly Daniels, a United States Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives for District 14, has alleged that Nigeria’s minister of state for defense, Bello Matawalle, attempted to bribe a US official to deflect the narrative of the United World Congress of Diplomats, UN-WCD, report.

The lawmaker made the claim in a viral video released on her official Facebook account on Monday.

She said Matawalle’s alleged move was to cover up the UN-WCD report on Christian genocide in Nigeria, which indicted him.

Daniels insisted that no amount of pressure can silence her stand against the killings of Christians in Nigeria.

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“A US elected official was offered money by Nigeria’s minister of state defense, Bello Matawalle, to change the narrative of the UN-WCD Christian genocide in Nigeria report,” she said in the viral video.

Recall that Daniels, who doubled as the chairperson of UN-WCD, had called for President Bola Tinubu to remove Matawalle over alleged complicity in the killings in Plateau, Benue, Kaduna, and other parts of Nigeria.

Matawalle is yet to officially reply the US lawmaker.

Daniels alleged that following her recent press statement on what she described as targeted killings of Christians in Nigeria, she came under pressure from individuals she linked to the minister, including what she characterised as attempts to discredit her report and “buy support” from US-based elected officials.

According to her, an unnamed American lawmaker allegedly received an offer of financial inducement to publicly counter her position and defend the Nigerian defence leadership.

She claimed to have received evidence of a communication, including a prepared statement and promotional material, purportedly linked to the minister.

She also claimed that the bribery attempt is meant to divide America elected officials not knowing that they are united.

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Just In:President Tinubu Sacks Minister Of Finance

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April 21, 2026

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a minor cabinet reshuffle in the membership of the Federal Executive Council.

According to a memo signed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, two cabinet members, Mr. Wale Edun and Arc. Ahmed Musa Dangiwa are to leave the cabinet while their replacements have been named.

Edun, until the latest development, was the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy. He has been directed to hand over to Mr. Taiwo Oyedele who is now to take over as Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy. Oyedele was formerly a Minister of State in the ministry.

Also Mr. Muttaqha Rabe Darma (PhD .) has been named as the ministerial nominee and minister designate for the Housing and Urban Development Ministry.

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The memo also directed Dangiwa to hand over to the Minister of State in the ministry.

The memo stated that “all handing over and taking over processes should be completed on or before close of business on Thursday 23rd April, 2026.”

Explaining the President’s decision, Akume said: “These changes are aimed at strengthening cohesion, synergy in governance as well as achieving more impactful delivery on the economy to Nigerians, through the Renewed Hope Agenda.”

He said the President, in approving the cabinet reshuffle, has fully exercised his powers as conferred on him by Sections 147 and 148 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999, as amended).

The President thanked the outgoing ministers for their services to the nation while wishing them the best in all their future endeavours.

The President, Akume noted, equally assured all cabinet members that “the process of reinvigoration shall be continuous.”

Signed:

Yomi Odunuga,
Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation

21-04-2026

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JUST IN: FG Files 13 Count Charges Against Alleged Coup Plotters

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By Yusuf Danjuma Yunusa

The Federal Government has filed a 13-count charge before the Federal High Court in Abuja against individuals accused of plotting to overthrow President Bola Tinubu. Among those named in the suit are a retired major general, a retired naval captain, a serving police inspector, and three other suspects.

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According to security sources, the coup was scheduled to be executed on Nigeria’s Independence Day. However, the plot was uncovered after preparations and plans were leaked, leading to its successful disruption.

The development prompted the Federal Government to cancel the Independence Day programme—a move described as highly unusual by political observers.

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