Tag: Southern Kaduna Crisis
-
Southern Kaduna Crisis, Nasir El-Rufai and his Traducers: What Next?, By Danjuma Musa
By Danjuma Musa For those that continue to wonder in utter bewilderment why the Southern Kaduna crisis seems unresolvable, the simple reason is the hardline position of the some tribal development associations and their umbrella body, the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) to the issue of Hausa/Fulanis, though long settled in the region, are denied…
-
Southern Kaduna crisis: Buhari urges residents to live in peace, harmony
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday appealed to Southern Kaduna residents to embrace peace if they truly deserve any form of development. According to a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President said “we must live together as brothers and sisters because without peace, development cannot take place.…
-
The Southern Kaduna Crisis: The Unwavering Commitmment of the Atyaps (Katafs), Hausa/Fulanis to Peaceful Coexistence, By Danjuma Musa
By Danjuma Musa “Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures”. John F. Kennedy The peace deal between the hitherto warring communities of Atyab Chiefdom,is a welcome development, an unexpected early Christmas gift for every Nigerian,and a reminder of the historic peace deal…
-
Southern Kaduna crisis: El-Rufai inaugurates religious leaders’ forum
Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Thursday inaugurated a forum for religious leaders as a way of promoting religions harmony and peaceful co-existence in the state. El-Rufai said during the inauguration that the forum would provide a platform to preach messages capable of assisting people to imbibe the highest ideals of Christianity and Islam.…
-
Southern Kaduna crisis: Atyap, Hausa-Fulani communities embrace peace
The Atyap, Fulani and Hausa communities in Zangon-Kataf Local Government Area held a successful reconciliation summit for peaceful coexistence in the area. Participants at the summit, who committed to peace and forgiveness of each other, condemned the killings and destruction that have occurred. They declared their readiness to help security agencies with information to arrest…
-
El-Rufai breaks silence, gives three indicting reasons for persistent Southern Kaduna killings
Kaduna State governor Mallam Nasir Elrufai said communal crises persist in the Christian dominated southern part of the state because criminal activities are given ethnic and religious colouration. El-rufai stated this at a state-wide media chat on Thursday night in Kaduna. According to the governor, insecurity in the state is being perpetrated by criminal elements…
-
Army fingers retired security officers in Southern Kaduna crisis
Commander of the Military Operation Safe Haven, Maj. Gen. Augustine Agundu has asked farmers and herders in southern part of Kaduna State to surrender illegal weapons in their possession or risk being arrested. He also alleged some retired security officers of southern Kaduna extraction were responsible for promotion of violence in the area but assured…
-
Senate rejects report on Southern Kaduna crisis
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday rejected the report by its adhoc committee on the Southern Kaduna crisis. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the Senate turned down the report for “lack of depth”. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the Senate had in January set up an adhoc committee to investigate the causes of the crisis which killed hundreds of people…
-
DSS arrests Audu Maikori over comments on Southern Kaduna crisis
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), have reportedly picked up Chocolate City founder, Audu Maikori over alleged inciting comments on Southern Kaduna crisis. According to a report by Daily Post, Maikori’s personal assistant, Edward Ayide refused to comment on the matter. “I can’t comment,” he simply said. When pressed further, Ayide seemed to…
-
I am not sponsoring Southern Kaduna crisis – El-Rufai
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has said as alleged in some quarters, he is not a religious bigot and not behind the sponsorship of the crisis currently engulfing Southern Kaduna. TheNewsGuru.com reports that El-Rufai spoke on Tuesday when he received a six-member senate Adhoc Committee led by Senator Kabiru Gaya, who had come to…