Tag: southern
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Southern, Middle Belt leaders call on Buhari to rescind decision to request for $800m loan
The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to rescind his decision to request for the approval of $800 million loan from World Bank. Recall that just few days to leaving office, president Buhari wrote to the Senate and House of Representatives to approve the loan request to finance…
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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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Nigeria in 1914: A tragedy of unification (1) – Godwin Etakibuebu
By Godwin Etakibuebu The unification of both the South and North Protectorate of Nigeria by the British was one monumental disaster. Not that it could have been anything different, given the foundation laid for a country – Nigeria, which was yet to come into existence. We need to know, and understand too, that the Nigeria…
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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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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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Enough is enough of this killing spree in Southern Kaduna – Sultan
Chairman of the Northern Traditional Rulers Council and Sultan of Sokoto, Dr. Sa’ad Abubakar III, has condemned the killings in the Southern part of Kaduna State, describing the incidence as a “madness that must stop immediately.” Speaking yesterday at the opening of a meeting of the Northern Traditional Rulers Council in Kaduna, the Sultan called…
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IG disagrees with CAN over number of people killed in Southern Kaduna crises
Abuja – The Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mr Ibrahim Idris, has disagreed with the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), on the number of people killed in the Southern Kaduna crises. The Catholic Archdiocese of Kafanchan had alleged that the unrest in Southern Kaduna had claimed over 808 lives, in 53 villages in the area. But…