Tag: Northerners
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The Problem With Us Northerners, By Na-Allah Muhammed Zagga
BY NA-ALLAH MUHAMMED ZAGGA The Yoruba Council of Elders is right that Nigeria’s biggest security problems are concentrated in the North and these problems are draining the country’s resources. Are the Boko Haram terrorists not Northerners, mainly from the Northeast? Is religious violence not concentrated in the North? Are Muslim fanatics that attack Churches and…
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South-Easterners occupying more positions in my administration than northerners – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said his administration favoured south easterners more than people from the northern region. The President stated that he gave the South-East zone four substantive ministers and can’t take any substantive decision on foreign policy and investments without the input of two of them. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the President met with…
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You are safe in South East, Ohanaeze assures Northerners
The President General, Ohaneze Ndigbo, Chief John Nwodo, on Thursday assured northerners resident in the south East of their safety. Nwodo gave the assurance when he visited Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje at the Government House, Kano. He said every Nigerian is expected to live in any part of the country without discrimination or harassment.…
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Jonathan believed Boko Haram was sponsored by Northerners to remove him from office – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that the war against insurgency suffered serious set back under the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan because he (Jonathan) believed that the terrorist was sponsored by the North to discredit his (Jonathan’s) government. The former Nigerian leader who spoke in an interview with the BBC in Lagos said…
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Niger Delta militants suspend quit notice to Yoruba, northerners
A coalition of Niger Delta militants on Friday withdrew the quit notice issued to Northerners and Yorubas in the region. A group, the Pan Niger Delta People’s Congress (PNDPC), said the issuers of the quit notice gave them the mandate to withdraw it. The militant groups appointed His Royal Majesty Pere Ayemi-Botu, paramount ruler of…
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N’Delta militants insist on quit notice for Yoruba, northerners
The Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators has said that despite the volte-face by the Arewa youths on the quit notice to the Igbo in the North, it will stand on its position that the northerners and the Yoruba in the oil-rich region must leave before October 1, 2017. The militants, who made the statements in…
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Ohanaeze condemns move to re-arrest Nnamdi Kanu, accuses FG of favouring Northerners
The Apex Igbo cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndi-Igbo on Saturday condemned moves by the Federal Government to re-arrest the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, who is being prosecuted before an Abuja Federal High Court on treasonable felony charges. TheNewsGuru.com recalls that Justice Binta Nyako had given stringent conditions that the embattled…
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Quit Notice Saga: Return our oil blocs, Niger Delta militant groups tell Northerners
Sequel to the eviction notice issued to the Igbos by some Northern groups, a coalition of some Niger Delta groups have retaliated by demanding for a return of all oil blocs controlled by prominent leaders and businessmen in the region. TheNewsGuru.com reports that prominent Northern youth associations on Tuesday after a joint meeting tagged ‘Kaduna…