Tag: acf
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Arewa youths to Ganduje: Don’t use govt house to celebrate Tinubu who kept quiet on killings of northerners in S/West
Northern Youths under the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has cautioned Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State against using the Government House for the celebration of the birthday of a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu. It described the plan as “an insult on the symbol of authority that the Government…
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Gani Adams backs Sunday Igboho, issues warnings to Miyetti Allah, ACF
Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams has warned Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association and Arewa Consultative Forum not to turn the South West into a war zone. Adams said this in a press statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Aderemi. “The apex organisation in the North and the herders association should…
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Fulani quit notice: Nigeria may go up in flames if… – ACF warns
The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has called on the Federal Government to stop the attack on Fulanis in Ibarapa area of Oyo State now or it will instigate counter-attacks in the north. The ACF, in a statement on Saturday by its National Publicity Secretary of the ACF, Emmanuel Yawe, said the body received reports of…
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North Central leaders break away from ACF, form new group
Barely two months after the North East Elders Forum (NEEF) was established, another group, North Central Peoples Forum (NCPF) has been formed. According to the promoters of the group which was formed on Wednesday; former Minister of the Federal capital Territory Gen. Jerry Useni and former Deputy Senate President Ibrahim Mantu, the group aims to…
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Buhari’s ex-minister, Audu Ogbeh emerges new chairman of ACF
Former Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh is the new Chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum. The Chairman of the Leadership Selection Committee, Lt. Gen. Mohammed Wushishi and the Secretary, Malam Bukar Zarma, disclosed this in a statement in Kaduna. A former Minister of State for Power and Steel, Alhaji Murtala Aliyu emerged the Secretary…
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Decide what you want, Biafra or 2023 Presidency, ACF tells Igbos
Nigeria’s Igbo ethnic group in the five states constituting the South East zone, has been asked to make a choice between having Biafra Republic or Nigerian presidency in 2023. In a trending commentary, Anthony Sani, secretary-general of the influential Northern Nigeria Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) asked the Igbo to make the choice, saying the rest…
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Letter to Buhari: Obasanjo is a doomsday prophet – ACF
Mouthpiece of Northern Nigeria, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has fired former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his recent open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari. The forum, which took almost two weeks to study the letter, expressed dismay Obasanjo is always in the habit of proclaiming doomsday, predicting upheaval and bloodbath for Nigeria. It however said…
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Killings in North not caused by religion – ACF
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has said the killing of innocent persons by insurgents, armed bandits and militia groups in the North has nothing to do with tenets of religions. A Sallah message by the forum’s National Publicity Secretary, Muhammad Ibrahim Biu, wishing Muslims happy Eid-el-Fitr celebration, called on elected public officers in both executive…
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Ango, ACF, 16 other northern groups call Buhari a failure, rejects him for 2019
After crucial summit in Kaduna, no fewer than 18 northern groups, including the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and the Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF), saturday criticised northern politicians for the poor state of the region’s security and economy. In a communiqué issued at the end of the summit held at the Arewa House, Kaduna, the groups…
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Nigeria can never survive without North – ACF
The Northern apex socio-cultural group in the country, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) on Tuesday declared that Nigeria can never survive without the region. Chairman of the forum, Ibrahim Coomassie stated this when the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Forum received leaders of the foremost northern women socio-cultural organisation, Jam’iyya Matan Arewa (JMA), in Kaduna.…