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[Trending Video] 2023: North must produce Nigeria’s next president – Northern groups
…insist North must balance 14 years of southern ruler …say with over 160 million Northern population, South has no say By Emman Ovuakporie Seventy five northern groups under the umbrella of Northern Consensus Movement, NCM have vowed to produce Nigeria’s next president by 2023 The groups stated this in a trending Video where the leader…
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2023: North Central leaders opposes Southern Govs push for power shift
North Central leaders have faulted resolution of southern Governors that power should shift to the south in 2023. The leaders, who spoke in Abuja under the aegis of North Central Peoples’ Forum (NCPF), declared they are completely opposed to zoning. They insisted rather than zoning the presidency, the country should go for “competence and integrity”…
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“Fulanization” of the North by the South, By Farooq A. Kperogi
By Farooq A. Kperogi Fears of “Fulani domination” have endured since Nigeria’s founding but, more than ever before, there is now an insanely unhealthy obsession with the Fulani in Nigeria’s South. The Fulani are not just routinely reviled with genocidal rhetorical venom, all manner of devious, supernormal political power is ascribed to them. In the…
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2023: Southern/Middle Belt leaders demand power shift from North, total restructuring
The leaders from the southern region and the middle belt are demanding that the 2023 presidential slot be zoned to the south in the overall interest of Nigeria as a united country. The leader of the group, Chief Edwin Clark stated this on Sunday during a press conference in Abuja, describing the ongoing constitutional amendment…
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EXCLUSIVE: Northern power brokers move to halt INEC’s expansion of voters’ access to polling units
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s decision to expand polling units across the country to stop voter apathy and deliver more credible immediate and future elections maybe hitting the rocks sooner than it is taking off, TheNewsGuru.com, TNG can authoritatively report. Findings by TNG revealed that the expansion of polling units by the electoral umpire…
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Army denies alleged lopsided recruitment in favour of North
The Nigerian Army has debunked a report of lopsided recruitment into the Army in favour of the northern part of the country. The publication alleged that the list of successful candidates for Short Service Commission 47 Selection Board, which was published on March 26, 2021, was dominated by candidates of Northern extraction while the South-East…
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Power should shift from North to South in 2023 – Governor Zulum
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has called for a power shift to Southern Nigeria in the next administration. Governor Zulum stated this on Thursday while delivering a lecture on security and economic growth at a book launch by former Director-General of NIMASA, Dakuku Peterside, with the title ”Strategic Turnaround”. He urged the ruling All Progressives…
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Food blockade from North to South will not lead to crisis – LASG
The Lagos State Government has told Lagosians that food blockade from North to South will not lead to food crisis in the State. “There is no need for anxiety,” Lagos State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, assured Lagosians. “Food security is guaranteed, despite the crisis,” he added. Speaking as guest on “Daily Digest with…
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Raging Nigerian war: Fulani against the rest – Dele Sobowale
By Dele Sobowale “Sir, there are many nationalities in d cookedup country called Nigeria non likes to takeova d others land ONLY d Fulanis want to takeover other peoples land. So where is Fulani land so that we too can go and live there. Thanx.” Regular reader. February 21, 2021. As someone who had lived…
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If revenge attacks on Southerners start in North, it will be difficult to control – Tofa
Bashir Tofa, an Elder Statesman, has warned those stoking ethnic tension across the country to desist from doing so in order to avoid a serious crisis. There has been tension in the country since an ultimatum was issued to herders to vacate the SouthWest over rising insecurity. Sunday Igboho, Yoruba self-acclaimed activist, had first instigated…