Abdulaziz Yari, Zamfara state governor, says Muhammad Sanusi II, emir of Kano, has been foretold to be an enemy of Islam.He said this in a statement issued by Ibrahim Dosara, his special adviser on public enlightenment and communication, on Saturday.At a summit in Kaduna on April 5, Sanusi flayed the governor for attributing the outbreak of meningitis in his state [...]
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Muhammad Sanusi II, emir of Kano, says Abdulaziz Yari, governor of Zamfara state, took no steps to prepare for the meningitis outbreak despite being given prior warning.The monarch described as ludicrous the governor's assertion that the meningitis outbreak was a consequence of fornication.Writing on his Instagram page on Tuesday, Sanusi Nigerians are stuck with "inept" political leaders who pretend to be [...]
BY RAHAMAN ONIKEThe recent asseveration by Zamfara governor, Abdul'aziz Yari, that the outbreak of the calamitous Type C cerebrospinal meningitis in the state was a manifestation of the wrath of God has exposed the defectiveness of his thoughts on policy issues. Through his assertion, it could be deducted that Governor Yari has a wrong orientation of the mysterious affliction ravaging some [...]
Abdulaziz Yari, Zamfara state governor, said his comments on meningitis outbreak were taken out of context in an attempt to embarrass him and "tarnish his rising reputation".The governor was reported to have said that God sent the Type C strain of meningitis to Nigeria because of the sins of fornication.His comments had elicited heavy backlash from many prominent persons and [...]
Osagie Ehanire, minister of state for health, has told Abdulaziz Yari, governor of Zamfara state, that the outbreak of meningitis in some parts of the country has nothing to do with moral or spiritual lifestyles of Nigerians.Yari had blamed the outbreak on fornication and other sins being committed by Nigerians.But Ehanire trashed the governor’s statement in an interview with state [...]
Muhammad Sanusi II, the emir of Kano, says statements made by Abdulaziz Yari, governor of Zamfara state, on meningitis are "Islamically incorrect".Yari had said “stereotype C” meningitis is God’s way of pouring his anger on Nigerians for their "nefarious activities".But speaking in Kaduna on Wednesday, Sanusi said as a man who is well read in Islamic law, he knows that Yari's statements [...]
Many politicians will be infected with meningitis if it is caused by sin, says Ben Murray Bruce, senator representing Bayelsa east.Abdulaziz Yari, governor of Zamfara state, had on Tuesday said the outbreak of “stereotype C” meningitis was God's way of punishing Nigerians for "rampant fornication" and "nefarious activities"."What we used to know as far as meningitis is concerned is the type A virus. [...]
Lauretta Onochie, personal assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on social media, has come down hard on Abdulaziz Yari, governor of Zamfara state, over his claim that God sent type C Cerebrospinal Meningitis to punish Nigerians for their sins.Yari made the statement while speaking with reporters after a meeting with the president at Aso Rock.Nigerians, especially on social media, have been [...]
Abdulaziz Yari, governor of Zamfara state, says the outbreak of “stereotype C” meningitis is God’s way of pouring his anger on Nigerians.With 213 deaths, Zamfara is the worst hit state in the outbreak of the disease.Last week, Chikwe Ihekweazu, chief executive officer (CEO) of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), disclosed that the vaccines for the new strand of the [...]
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) has promised to assist the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) with a $2 million grant.Mark Suzman, president, global and advocacy at the Gates Foundation, said this at a joint press briefing with NGF.He explained that the grant was to boost states’ internally generated revenue (IGR).Suzman said the fund, which was to also help in [...]
Abdulaziz Yari, governor of Zamfara state, has revealed that 155 persons had been killed by bandits in less than a month.Yari disclosed this in a statewide broadcast on Monday.He also said that over 50 persons had been kidnapped during the period.Yari said 53 people were killed in Shinkafi local government area; 50 in Maru local government area; 37 in Maradun [...]
Abdulaziz Yari, governor of Zamfara state, has cancelled his trip to the US over an attack, which led to the death of 36 miners in the state.Ibrahim Dosara, his spokesman, said Yari was supposed to monitor the ongoing presidential election in the US.TheCable had earlier reported how 36 miners were on Monday killed in an ambush at Bindin in Maru [...]
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has urged the federal government to declare Nigeria’s economic recession a national emergency.This is contained in a three-point communiqué read by Abdulaziz Yari, chairman of the forum and governor of Zamfara, in Abuja on Friday.The governors also resolved to support the federal government to continue to “reflate” the nation’s economy out of the present crisis.They [...]
Abdulaziz Yari, governor of Zamfara state, has described the killing of eight people over alleged blasphemy against Prophet Mohammed as unnecessary and "an act of the devil".However, he clarified that the eight people burnt to death with the man accused of the crime were actually Muslims and not Christians as being reported.Speaking with journalists on Wednesday after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, [...]
Abdulaziz Yari, governor of Zamfara state, has resolved his face-off with members of the state house of assembly, who commenced impeachment proceedings against him last month.In an interview with journalists on Sunday, Yari described the plot to oust him as "the handiwork of the devil".“The cause of the misunderstanding was addressed at the meeting and we have now agreed to [...]
Operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS) have arrested Sanusi Rikiji, speaker of the Zamfara state house of assembly, over an alleged plot to impeach Abdulaziz Yari, governor of the state.Rikiji and some members of the assembly are currently being detained in Abuja.Those said to be detained along with him are Muhammad Gumi, deputy speaker; Isah Abdulmumini, majority leader; [...]
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