EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari on Thursday met with President Bola Tinubu at the presidential villa, Abuja. Yari, while addressing State House Correspondents after the closed-door meeting on Thursday, said politics and programmes being put in place by the government are for the sake of retaining power … Read more
There has been a series of allegations against the DSS in recent days. One of the allegations was that the agency’s operatives arrested Senator Yari for not picking the president’s call. However, the secret police have denied them all. Eko Hot Blog reports that the Department of State Services (DSS) has denied a report that … Read more
By Femi Odere Abdulaziz Yari, a former two-term governor of Zamfara State and a Senator-elect is still digging in to clinch the position of Senate President. EDITOR’S PICKS Call For mercy: Omokri Urges Buhari To Intervene In Ekweremadu’s Case NEDC: Buhari Urges Senate to Confirm 12 Nominees for Governing Board All Nigerians Stranded In Sudan … Read more
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday authorized the temporary forfeiture of about ten (10) properties and funds in banks allegedly owned by a former governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Justice Obiora Egwuatu delivered the order while ruling in an ex-parte application by the lawyer to the Independent … Read more
Yari Begins Campaign for APC Chairmanship Position The former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdul Aziz Yari, has begun the campaign for the national championship position of the All Progressives Congress. The campaign which was launched on Sunday in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital was organised by the Kabiru Marafa-led faction of the APC under the … Read more
Aminu Danbuba hints on former Governor Yari dumping APC EKO HOT BLOG reports that Alhaji Aminu Danbuba, a die-hard supporter of former Zamfara State Governor Abdulaziz Yari, has revealed that the former Governor Abdulaziz Yari may abandon the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, if he does not win the party’s … Read more
Minister’s political adviser has resigned and formed alliance with ex-Gov. Yari EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Special Adviser on political Affairs to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Hon. Musa Zubairu Nasarawar Mailayi has resigned. In a statement signed by him, Hon. Zubairu, who was the state Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during … Read more
The former governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over series of corruption allegations. The source further revealed that Yari was still with the operatives of the EFCC as of 7p.m. on Tuesday, adding that “he has been offered bail, but he has not been … Read more
A staggering sum of ₦107 billion was stolen from Zamfara state treasury by the previous administration, Governor Bello Matawalle has disclosed. Matawalle made the disclosure in a Twitter post on Thursday. Matawalle said the grand larceny was uncovered by the committee set up to probe financial mismanagement in the state The governor said his administration … Read more
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has scoffed at the behaviour of former governor of Zamfara, Abdulaziz Yari, at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport. The agency described the behaviour of Yari as irresponsible. It added that his actions amount to violation of the COVID-19 airport protocol put in place by the federal government. … Read more
The gubernatorial candidate of the Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in the 2019 election in Zamfara state, Alhaji Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi has accused the former Governor Abdulaziz Yari Of plotting to destabilize the state. He alleged that the former governor was planing to use the leadership of the 9th National Assembly to destabilize the state. Shinkafi, … Read more
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Mohammed Matawalle has said that his administration since inception had been focused on maintaining peace and security in the state and too young to be criticized. The governor who made this known through his Director-General, Press affairs, Yusuf Idris Gusau said that he was aware that the former governor, Alhaji Abdulaziz … Read more
The Governor of Zamfara State Bello Matawalle, has alleged that the former Governor of the state Abdulaziz Yari has threatened his administration over failure to pay his allowances. Matawalle spoke on Wednesday while assenting to the repealed law in which past governors, deputy governors, speakers of the state house of assembly earned about a billion … Read more
All Progressives Congress, APC, has expelled the Immediate past governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, for allegedly scuttling the party’s chances in Zamfara State. The party recently lost the state to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Also expelled is the Deputy National Chairman (North) of the APC, Lawali Shuaibu for allegedly conniving with Yari to … Read more
Despite having been quizzed some of their key officials over financial matters running into billions of Naira, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, said, yesterday, that it had not raised any team to probe outgoing Ogun, Imo and Zamfara state governors over alleged graft. Media reports on Sunday had claimed that Ibekunle Amosun, … Read more