Tag: Northern governors
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 –...
Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has expressed sadness over those expressing doubts that his convoy was attacked by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Give Us Grants To Start Ranching, Northern Governors Tell FG
Northern Governors on Tuesday said the Federal Government should provide funding for the establishment of ranches across the region.
The Chairman of the Northern Governors’...
Open grazing no longer sustainable -Northern govs
Following the increasing number of Nigeria’s urban population, the current system of herding conducted mainly through open grazing was no longer sustainable, the Northern...
‘Why I Launched IPOB Security Outfit’ – Nnamdi Kanu Reveals
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu has revealed what inspired him to create a security outfit for the South.
According to...