Tag: Northern Elders Forum
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Insecurity: Presidency at war with Northern Elders for scoring Buhari’s government low
The Buhari Presidency has dismissed its assessment by the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), describing the forum as a quasi-organisation that boasts of no credible membership, and its leader, Ango Abdullahi was akin to a General without troops. The forum had on Sunday scored the All Progressives Congress led Federal Government low, saying the Buhari -led…
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2019: Endorsement of Atiku by Northern Elders’ Forum fake – Junaid Muhammed
A Second Republic lawmaker and prominent member of the Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF), Dr. Junaid Muhammed, has said the socio-cultural group did not endorse People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. According to Muhammed, only some members of the group, led by its convener, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, backed Atiku. Recall that…
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Northern Elders Forum appoints new leaders; seeks immediate end to killings
The Northern Elders Forum, NEF, has appointed new leaders and approved a new structure proposed by its special “Think Thank” Committee. A statement issued on Thursday by the chairman of the implementation committee of the forum, Mohammed Kirfi, said the new appointments were made at a meeting which held on Wednesday in Abuja. The statement…
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Sani Daura replaces Unongo as Northern Elders Forum chair
The Northern Elders Forum has appointed Sani Daura as its interim National Chairman after its former leader, Paul Unongo, resigned. The forum said it made the appointment after reviewing critical national developments, particularly tension around national security punctuated by killings in many communities in Benue, Taraba, Adamawa, Kaduna, Zamfara and other parts of the country.…
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Unango resigns as Northern Elders Chairman
Chairman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Dr Paul Unongo has stepped down. He resigned yesterday at an emergency meeting of the Forum in Abuja. It was gathered that Unongo who succeeded the late former Nigeria’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Maitama Sule, last year as Convener of the elite Northern group, convened the…