Gov. Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara on Friday inaugurated a 46-member Elders’ Committee to reconcile aggrieved members of All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state.The party is currently in crisis following the decision of some stakeholders to declare Alhaji Muktar Idris...

Governor Abdul'aziz Yari of Zamfara State has called on the Federal Government to hasten the deployment of troops with heavier firepower to combat insurgency in the state.The governor, in a statement signed at the weekend by his Special Adviser on Public Enlightenment, Media and Communication, Ibrahim Dosara...

Sir: I was recently in a commercial vehicle that was harried off the road by the convoy of the Governor of Zamfara State presumably on their way to pick up their principal from the airport. However, what was really annoying about the convoy was the number of vicious looking gun-totting policemen in the entourage. This…

Gov. Abdulaziz Yari has directed the 17 emirs in Zamfara to immediately file detailed reports on the security situation in their domain.

*NAF Constructs Helipads To Enhance Air Operations Zamfara State Governor Abdul’aziz Yari said he had dropped his responsibility as Chief Security Officer (CSP) of the state, saying he had no control over security machinery in the state.Speaking to newsmen in Talata-Mafara, yesterday, Yari said his decision stemmed from the seeming helplessness of the state government…

Chairman of Nigeria’s Governors’ Forum (NGF), Gov. Abdul’aziz Yari of Zamfara, says state governors can not enforce maximum security in their domains because they are not in control of security agencies. Yari told newsmen in Abuja at the end of an NGF meeting on Thursday that the governors were working energetically with the federal government…

With the approach of 2019 governorship elections in Zamfara, security of lives and property is gradually becoming a major factor in deciding where the pendulum of victory will swing among political parties and contenders, some of who are already showing their intentions.

A Lagos-based rights group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has urged the Chairman, Nigerian Governors’ Forum and Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari...

Whichever way the re-ordering of the sequence of  elections goes, the 2019 polls, give and take, will not go beyond April next year; meaning that effectively...

Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, has justified his criticism of the Federal Government’s plan to deduct $1billion from the Excess Crude Oil Account (ECA) to fund the fight against insurgency. 

Reacting to the allegation of indifference levelled recently against him by Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa (Zamfara Central), Governor Abdulaziz Yari yesterday said government was making frantic efforts to handle the gruesome killings in the state.

Controversy has continued to trail the recent disclosure by the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum, Abdulaziz Yari that state governors in the country had asked the Federal Government to withdraw $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) to fight insurgency in the North-east. The decision was recently taken at the Federal Executive Council…