Tag: arewa youths
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Buni Gari 105: Intensify onslaught against fleeing terrorists, Arewa youths beg Nigerian Army
The Arewa Action for Change and Peace (AACP) has urged the Nigerian Army to sustain its momentum against Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists following a successful onslaught in Buni Gari, Yobe State that left 105 casualties on the side of the insurgents. AACP made this plea in a statement signed by its President, Hon. Haske Abdulmuminu, on…
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2019: Arewa Youth to conduct mock election for Buhari, Atiku, others
The Arewa Consultative Youths Movement (ACMY) says it will conduct a mock election for top presidential aspirants from the North to ascertain their popularity ahead of the 2019 general election. ACMY President, Kabiru Yusuf, stated this on Thursday in Abuja while speaking at the National Delegate Congress of the movement. Yusuf, who had just been…
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2019: Arewa Youths beg Atiku, Lamido, Makarfi, others to ‘step down’ for Dankwambo
Northern youths under the aegis of Arewa Youths Coalition have called on former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Caretaker Committee, Senator Ahmed Makarfi and former Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, to drop their presidential ambition. The coalition asked all the presidential aspirants in the PDP to…
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Arewa Youths backs Obasanjo, asks Buhari to go home, rest in 2019
The Arewa Youths Forum has backed former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s advice to President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek another term in office in 2019. National President of the Forum, Alhaji Gambo Gujungu, recalled the group had earlier warned Buhari not to seek reelection. According to Gujungu, Obasnajo’s letter, expressing concerns over issues in the country,…
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Quit Notice: Arewa Youths assure Igbos of safety, blast Nnamdi Kanu for rejecting suspension
The President of Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, Shetima Yerima, has assured Igbos resident in the North of their safety before, during and after the initial October 1 deadline quit notice to leave the region. Yerima said the decision of the coalition (who came together to issue a quit notice to Igbos resident in the region…
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Igbo quit notice: Why we are yet to arrest Arewa youths – FG
The Federal Government has explained why it has not arrested the leaderships of the Coalition of Northern Youths who recently issued quit notices to Igbos living in the North. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the youths (under the aegis of Arewa) on June 6 issued strong worded warnings to Igbos leaving in the region to leave before…
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Amaechi blasts Buhari, says ‘You treat Nnamdi Kanu with iron hand but pets Arewa youths’
First Republic politician, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi, has reacted to the marching order given to Service Chiefs by President Muhammadu Buhari to crush Biafra agitators. The former Aviation Minister said the order was superficial and biased as it focuses on the utterances and activities of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu,…
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BREAKING: Arewa youth coalition withdraws quit notice to Igbos
The coalition of Northern youth groups on Thursday temporarily withdrew its quit notice to Igbos living in the region. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the groups, under the aegis of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, issued the quit notice in June, asking Igbos to leave before October 1 and claiming their demand was in response to the…
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Arewa youths dare Buhari, insists Igbos must leave North by Oct. 1
The Arewa Youth Coalition has said President Muhammadu Buhari did not take time to study situations in Nigeria before making his speech where he (Buhari) stated that Nigeria’s unity is not negotiable. The group alleged that after traveling out of the country for London over 103 days ago on a medical vacation; the president needs…
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Arrest Kanu now or we shut government activities in Abuja – Arewa Youths tell Osinbajo
Sequel to the expiration of its 10-day ultimatum to the federal government to order the arrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, a northern youth group, under the aegis of Arewa Youth Assembly, AYA, on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest in Abuja. TheNewsGuru.com recalls that AYA had in a…