Tag: south
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Northern elders, groups blast Southern governors; reject power shift to south, deadline for implementation of anti-open grazing laws, others
The Northern Elders Forum and other interest groups on Tuesday slammed the 17 southern governors for demanding power shift to the South in 2023. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the southern governors met in Lagos on Monday and reinforced resolutions reached at their May 11 meeting in Asaba, the Delta State capital. They insisted that power…
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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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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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JUST IN: Northern food dealers agree to lift ban on supply to South
The leadership of Cattle and Foodstuff dealers under the aegis of Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AUFCDN) has agreed to end the blockade of supplies to the south. They reached the agreement at an ongoing meeting with Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State in Abuja on Wednesday. Abdullahi Tom, a youth…
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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…
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2023: How the South is Muddying the Waters for the South, By Emma Esinnah
Emma Esinnah Unless the North really wants the Presidency to go to the South in 2023, it would only take an act of God for anybody from the southern part of the country to become the next president of Nigeria. And you won’t blame northerners for it. Southerners will do it to themselves. And…
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Insecurity & people-smuggling to the South: A Letter to President Muhammadu Buhari – By Theophilus Ejorh
Your Excellency, President and Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR) of Nigeria, General Muhammadu Buhari, please permit me to address you in your full designation. It is deserving of men and women entrusted with responsibility. I write you this message with a heart plagued by anguish and a soul throbbing with terror, both as…
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TNG SPECIAL REPORT: Unveiling sinister motives behind planned, mass intrusion of ‘almajirai’ from North to South during lockdown [Photos/Videos]
When President Muhammadu Buhari and the 36 state governors including the FCT unanimously agreed to shut borders and ban inter-state people and vehicular movements, the aim was clear – to curb further spread of the novel coronavirus [COVID-19] disease and allow states the luxury of tackling headlong security issues that may arise during this pandemic.…
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[VIDEO] Asari Dokubo raises alarm: Influx of Almajiris into Southern Nigeria portends great danger, war
Ex-Niger Delta militant leader, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari has raised the alarm over the recent influx of Almajiris from the north to the south. Dokubo in a 5-minute video said the southern leaders should be worried over the indiscriminate migration that has continued unabated in recent times. He said the movement is questionable and advised governors, ministers,…
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Breeding and nurturing underdevelopment – Dele Sobowale
North Has Already Destroyed Itself, It Remains South To Demolish – Dele Sobowale Out-of-school children constitute security risk in Nigeria.” – Senator Lawan, Senate President, VANGUARD, March 11, p 44. I did not know whether to laugh or cry about that news report. Lawan, Ph.D, well-educated in any country on earth, and a leader in…