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Governors, Headlines, State News, Zamfara
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
The newly sworn-in Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar has demoted 10 permanent secretaries and sacked all board chairmen, commissions and parastatals in the state. In a statement issued and signed by the Head of Service Mohammed Bello Umar, the governor disclosed that the affected permanent secretaries were those appointed during the transition period […]
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Governors, Headlines, State News, Zamfara
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
The newly sworn-in Governor of Zamfara state, Honourable Abdulazeez Abubakar Yari has reversed the sales of state government property made by his predecessor, Mahmud Shinkafi in the past one month. Governor Yari who is the third executive governor of Zamfara state stated in Gusau, the Zamfara state capital. The new governor who lamented what he […]
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Governors, Headlines, State News, Zamfara
Monday, May 30th, 2011
The new Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar has sworn that the Holy Qur’an would be his guide in administering the state, even as the former governor, Mamuda Aliyu Shinkafi left over N40billion debts and asked for forgiveness of any wrong done during his tenure in the state. Abubakar, who spoke during the inauguration ceremony […]
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Headlines, State News, Zamfara
Thursday, May 19th, 2011
Zamfara State governor-elect, Alhaji Abdulaziz Abubakar Yari may sack 10,000 ghost and illegal workers just as he alerted security agencies over alleged looting of government property by the outgoing administration. He urged the security agency to find ways of curbing unprecedented looting in this period of transition in the state. Addressing journalists on Wednesday, in […]
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Headlines, State News, Zamfara
Sunday, May 15th, 2011
Governor-elect of Zamfara State, Alhaji Abdulazeez Abubakar Yari said his victory in the recent gubernatorial poll had vindicated Senator Sani Yerima as the undisputed political leader of the state. Yari told journalists in Abuja that the failure of the incumbent Governor, Mahmud Shinkafi in the April 26 election was largely a consequence of the governor’s […]
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Governors, State News, Zamfara
Thursday, May 5th, 2011
For those who follow the political situation in Zamfara State, it was not by surprise when son in-law, Abdulaziz Abubakar Yari, defeated his farther in-law, out-going Governor Mamuda Aliyu Shinkafi in the April 26 governorship polls. The battle was not just between the All Nigeria Peoples Party [ANPP] and the [Peoples Democratic Party [PDP], but […]
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Friday, April 15th, 2011
Today, the die is cast and all the anxiety of who becomes the country’s president in the next four years would give way within the next 48 hours, when the results would be announced. Some of the presidential candidates are seen as contestants to the throne, while some are mere pretenders. Indeed, most of them […]
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State News, Zamfara
Friday, March 18th, 2011
The die is cast. The battle line is drawn in Zamfara State between the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP). But where will the pendulum of victory swing? The answer lies in the womb of time. The unfolding events indicate that Zamfara is one of the states where next month’s general […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, State News, Zamfara
Sunday, March 13th, 2011
FOUR members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Zamfara State have been arrested in connection with the alleged plan to stone President Goodluck Jonathan and Vice-President Namadi Sambo during their campaign visit to the state on Monday, last week. Investigations carried out by the Nigerian Tribune showed that a tailor was given a contract […]
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State News, Zamfara
Monday, March 7th, 2011
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has disclosed that no fewer than 400 infants have died and over 500 persons were admitted in various hospitals in Zamfara State as a result of the outbreak of lead poisoning, just as experts blamed illegal miners for the scourge. The Director General of NEMA, Muhammad Sani-Sidi made the […]
