COVID-19: FG Asks Northern Governors, Emirs To Suspend Dubar Activities
The PUNCH reports that the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 has asked northern governors and emirs to suspend Durbar activities to prevent the spread of […]
Northern governors
The north’s misguided anger towards southern governors, By Lasisi Olagunju
Aye ti ba je! (the world has gone bad). A US dollar exchanged for N504 at the weekend. What this means is that your one […]
Ban open grazing, forget 2023 presidency, Fulani groups tell South •Why we oppose call for Southern president — North
By Isaac Shobayo | Jos, Johnson Babajide | Makurdi and Yekini Jimoh | Lokoja A pan-Fulani group, the Gan Allah Fulani Development Association (GAFDAN), and […]
The partitioning of Nigeria ahead of 2023, By Fredrick Nwabufo
Avarice and prejudice drove European conquistadors to carve up much of Africa like cake. With the gradual end of the transatlantic slave trade spurred by […]
17 southern governors discuss Buhari’s land recovery order for herders
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari’s (retd.) order on the recovery of grazing routes for herders will top the agenda of today’s meeting of 17 […]
Southeast Governors call for probe into Gulak’s death
The South East Governors’ forum has urged security agencies to immediately arrest those responsible for the murder of Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, an APC Chieftain. This […]
Southern leaders and the 1979, 1999 Nigerian constitutions
By Michael Owhoko Interrogating the role played by southern leaders in the making of the 1979 and 1999 Nigerian constitutions that have decapacitated the south […]
FG hopeful JUSUN, PASAN will call off strike soon, says Labour Minister
The Federal Government says it is hopeful the week-long consultations with stakeholders will end the strike by Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) and Parliamentary […]
Governors take kidnapping, killings concern to Buhari
With insecurity boiling over in the country, North’s governors cried out on Thursday and took their concern to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa. […]
Minister calls for legal framework for management of IDPs, inter-agency collaboration
Abuja – The Minister of Special Duties, Dr George Akume, on Tuesday in Abuja called for a legal framework for the management of internally displaced […]
Governors seek collective efforts to end insecurity
As Christians across the world celebrated Easter Sunday on Sunday, governors in Nigeria called for collective efforts among the citizens to end insecurity. Chairman of […]
I don’t have anything to gain from faking my attack – Ortom
Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has expressed sadness over those expressing doubts that his convoy was attacked by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen while […]
Nasarawa Communities Fight Bandits When Attacked – Governor Sule
According to Governor Abdullahi Sule, when the communities in Nasarawa are alerted about the arrival of bandits, they rise to the occasion and fight them. […]
Northern Elders: Bandits should be treated according to the law
Worried by the level of kidnapping and killing of boarding school children in the north, the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has asked both Federal and […]
Zamfara schoolgirls’ abduction embarrassing -Northern Govs
The Northern Governors Forum has condemned Friday’s attack on Government Secondary School, Jangebe in Zamfara State by bandits who abducted 317 schoolgirls. In a statement […]
Insecurity: Northern group backs Gumi’s amnesty call for bandits
A Pan-Arewa Social-Political organization under the auspices of Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) Thursday threw its weight behind Sheikh Ahmed Gumi’s call to grant amnesty […]
Extend amnesty to bandits in South, everyone with gun —Gumi
Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, on Sunday said the amnesty he proposed for bandits in the North should be extended to the Fulani involved […]
8 mischief-makers must leave Shasha —Traditional ruler
Akinade Ajani, Baale of Shasha community in the Akinyele Local Government Area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, has fingered eight persons as mischief-makers in […]
Crisis: Makinde, northern govs visit Shasha market
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, and some northern governors are currently at the Shasha Market to assess the destruction at the scene of the clash […]
ACF, Afenifere disagree as Senate knocks govs negotiating with bandits
The upper chamber of the National Assembly also berated governors negotiating with bandits, saying such negotiations were fuelling banditry. The senators stated these on Wednesday […]