Tag: ango
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North won’t vote on ethno-religious lines in 2023 – Ango Abdullahi
Chairman Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF) Professor Ango Abdullahi has said the north will not vote along ethnicity and faith lines in choosing leaders in 2023. Northerners, he said, had learnt their lesson at a great cost. Abdullahi stated no northerner should assume he is guaranteed the support and votes of northerners simply because he is…
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Ango Abdullahi’s robe of many colours
By Bala Kuta Professor Ango Abdullahi is an amusing character at his octogenarian age. He is a Northern varsity don, an intellectual, administrator and former minister in Nigeria, whose name should ordinarily strike profound memories. But in his latter days in life, he has proven to be a negation of whatever an elder should represent.…
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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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Northern Elders back Arewa youths, condemn governors who disown group
The Northern Elders’ Forum, on Friday, expressed support to the call by the Coalition of Northern Youth Groups for Igbo to leave the region within three months. The Forum expressed “disappointment” with the Northern Governors’ Forum for disowning the youth groups. Prof. Ango Abdullahi, the NEF spokesperson, told newsmen in Zaria on Friday that it…