Tag: NORTHERN
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2023: Disagreement between Northern, Southern governors over zoning unfortunate – Ganduje
Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has said the disagreement between the northern and southern governors over the issue of presidential zoning is unfortunate and should never have happened. The governor said the issue of power shift is purely a political parties’ affair and not the business of state governors. He also reiterated that ranching…
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Ahmed Gulak: Northern Youths give Uzodinma 2-week ultimatum
The Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has given Governor Hope Uzodinma a two-week ultimatum to fish out the killers of Adamawa politician, Ahmed Gulak. Gulak was killed Sunday morning as he headed to the Sam Mbakwe Airport in Owerri. According to the police his Toyota Camry taxi was ambushed by six assassins, riding in…
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JUST IN: Southern, Northern Kaduna agree to split into two new states
The Christians, Non-Hausa/Fulani from the Southern part of Kaduna state and its rival Northern Muslim Hausa/Fulani dominated part of Northern Kaduna, have agreed for the split of Kaduna State into two new states. Speaking during the presentation and defence of their memos at the Senate ad-hoc Committee and the House of Reps Special Committee on…
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Almajiri: The Poor Boy In The Cold – Tony Ikpasaja
By Tony Ikpasaja If you have lived in the northern part of Nigeria, the common sight of the caravan of almajiris roaming the streets in rags and begging plates may not come as anything strange. For first time visitors, the sight is grisly, inhumane and unpardonable. Sadly, only a handful of the northern elites had…
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Northern patriots charge NSA to join hands with Service Chiefs, Security agencies on war against insurgency
The National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (retd) has been urged to work with other Service Chiefs in the country to move the nation’s war against insurgency forward. This call was made by the Northern Patriots, decrying the lack of strategic thinking and actions by the NSA’s office to address the non-kinetic component of…
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Insecurity: Understanding the Coalition of Northern Group as a Virus
By Adio Waziri The biggest joke of the century is the so-called Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) which issued an ultimatum to President Muhammadu Buhari to stem the tide of insecurity in the northern part of Nigeria or face mass protest. Ironically, the group is one of the reasons insecurity persists in northern Nigeria. A…
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BREAKING: Northern generals, leaders throw weight behind Atiku
By Mideno Bayagbon Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has dramatically swung back into reckoning, and is now in the lead, in the line up of Peoples Democratic Party aspirants vying for the presidential ticket of the party. The seemingly unbelievable turn around in fortunes for the Waziri Adamawa is being propelled by Northern Generals led by General…
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Oct.1 : We have sensitised our members to ensure safety of Igbos – Northern youths
Coalition of Northern Youths, which had previously issued a quit notice to the Igbo living in the north, has assured them that no harm will come their way on October 1 or after. Reacting to the call by the an association of lawyers in Anambra State, asking the Igbo in the north to return home…
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Northern CAN urges Nigerians not to lose faith in country
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Northern chapter on Saturday urged Nigerians not to lose faith in the country. Rev John Hayab,the Public Relations Officer of CAN, made the appeal in a statement he made in Kaduna. Hayab stated that in spite of the pains and failures being experienced in some sectors, there were…