Tag: Abdulaziz Yari

A committee, headed by the former governor’s deputy, Ibrahim Wakkala, had questioned several financial transactions of the Yari-led administration

“Their stereotyping and labeling of criminals is one of the worst forms of unpatriotic actions they have embarked upon.”

“It was on record that President Olusegun Obasanjo superintended the massacres in Zaki Biam in Benue State and Odi in ...

The contract for the construction and drilling of 84 solar-powered boreholes was inflated and duplicated, with each awarded at N327.4 ...

He urged the PDP-led government in the state not to witch-hunt the past administration.

An aide of the ex-governor says allegations are “baseless and do not hold water”.

The meeting is expected to discuss the security situation in the country.

Bello Matawalle was inaugurated as governor earlier on Wednesday.

Bello Mohammed of the PDP will be inaugurated as the state governor on Wednesday following last week’s Supreme Court judgement.

The ruling by the Supreme Court can be described as the climax of the political crisis currently rocking the state. ...

Muktar Shehu was initially declared the winner of the March governorship election in Zamfara by the electoral commission, INEC.

“l thought my successor would come from our party, but the Supreme Court judgment says no," Mr Yari said.

The APC lost out after the Supreme Court ruled against it on Friday.

The senator describes the judgement as “a sweet, bitter but a huge victory for democracy.”

Lawmakers allege "gory killings" in Rivers State too

The 1999 Constitution was amended last year to give autonomy to the two arms of government at the sub-national levels, ...

The beneficiaries will receive food items such as rice, sugar, beans and clothing materials as well as money to sew ...

Governor Abdul’aziz Yari will hand over power to the governor-elect, Mukhtar Idris, on May 29.

Mr Yari says the Nigerian economy will be in trouble unless it stops reliance on commodity exports

The event is organised by the secretariat of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF).

“As far as I am concerned and as the head of government in the state, l haven’t seen anything wrong ...

He says past Nigerian governments were wasteful in times of abundance

Mr Yari says the judgement did not nullify the elections in the state.

Governor Abdulaziz Yari says the state government will no longer dialogue with the bandits.

Zamfara is the only state in the country without an own university.