The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has lashed out the President Bola Tinubu-led administration over its alleged failure to engage with critical stakeholders and experts before drafting...
Former Senate Leader, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, has reiterated his opposition to the Tax Reform Bills currently before the Senate, urging their withdrawal for broader consultations....
The former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Monday admonished northerners to refrain from opposing President Bola Tinubu’s proposed tax reform bills. The...
Former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has told the North to perish the thought of the country’s presidency returning to that region in 2027. Okupe who...
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has said that the Northern Governors’ Forum (NGF) are against the Value Added Tax (VAT) bill currently being deliberated in the...
The Federal Government announced on Monday that it is in discussions with the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and power distribution companies to provide compensation to...
Political activist, Aisha Yesufu, has derided assertions from the presidency that the North is plotting against President Bola Tinubu because he is a Southern president. Following...
A former Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has decried the poor state of public schools in the northern part of Nigeria. Sani, who spoke at...
South Korea has suspended an agreement with its Northern neighbour on détente measures. The agreement will pave the way for the resumption of all military activities...
The National Security Adviser to the President, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, on Thursday, said the administration of President Bola Tinubu is making appreciable progress in the fight...
The Presidency, on Sunday, denied allegations that President Bola Tinubu is implementing a budget different from what the National Assembly passed. The Presidency, which also said...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) claimed on Friday the air component of Operation Hadin Kai killed three top commanders of the Islamic States of West Africa Province...
The former Zamfara State governor, Abdulaziz Yari, on Sunday met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja. In a chat with State House correspondents...
The Defence Headquarters claimed on Thursday troops have killed over 50 terrorists in the Northern part of the country in the last three weeks. The Director...
A former Minister of Water Resources, Mukhtar Shagari, said on Tuesday Christians in the Northern part of the country would reject the All Progressives Congress (APC)...
Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has backed calls by the Southern Governors Forum (SGF) that any party that does not field a southerner as its presidential candidate...
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), says President Muhammadu Buhari has failed the Northern region of the country after they had put so much faith in...
In Nigeria’s politics, the north holds the trump card – an inconvenient reality. By the inexorable contrivance of the divine, the northern region is a chief...
The Zoning committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday zoned the national chairmanship position of the party to the northern part of the country....
A coalition of Southern and Middle Belt groups, the Southern and Middle Belt Alliance (SaMBA) has dismissed the position of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) that...
As the run up to the 2023 general elections draw close, the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has insisted that the heaven will not fall if the...
Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Obadiah Mailafia, says Nigerians have a right to decide whether to stay together in an entity,...
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has decried the persistent attacks and abductions of students by bandits in the north, saying the acts will ultimately...
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has warned those who have been protesting against President Muhammadu Buhari’s medical vacation in the United Kingdom to desist as it...
Nigeria is at a tempestuous crossroads. It will be a failed attempt at casuistry to play down the multi-pronged encumbrances the country is contending with. All...
We need new alliances – political, social, and humanitarian concordat. But we must start from a foreground of truth to achieve this holy grail. Our history...
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), has said that the spate of kidnappings in schools in the North is a ploy to cripple the education sector...
The idea of having a near-perfect country out of a ruptured Nigeria is illusory. The composite parts of the country each contribute to the miasma of...
A former presidential aspirant, Adamu Garba on Monday declared that it would not be a bad idea for the North to secede from Nigeria with all...
The Forum of 19 States APC Chairmen comprising of state Chairmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 19 northern states of Nigeria will be...
Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, one of the most vocal and prominent Northern elders has explained why the north rejected a motion for Nigeria’s Independence raised by Chief...
Nigeria’s Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare has said that the Northern part of the country has abundant talents in marathon-long distance races. Dare made...
Northern Nigeria produced 87% of Nigeria’s poor population in 2016, a recent report from the World Bank has said. The World Bank report titled “Advancing Social Protection...
The North will likely rule Nigeria forever if Southerners continue to live in disunity, so says Doyin Okupe, former spokesperson on Public Affairs to ex-President Goodluck...
Reactions have continued to trail suggestions by Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, that zoning of the presidency be abandoned for the 2013 election, as the Coalition...
The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, has called on the North to severe political ties with the Southwest, arguing the the zone has been in the...
Former Kaduna Central senator, Shehu Sani, has accused the North, and South West parts of Nigeria of tolerating some of the wrongs going on in the...
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has rejected Rev Matthew Kukah’s initiative to train Almajiri children. Kukah, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto State, had disclosed...
A former governor of Kaduna State, Senator Ahmed Makarfi has said northerners are not comfortable with restructuring because those speaking on it are not sincere. Makarfi,...
Former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nuhu Ribadu says the people of northern Nigeria are “the most backward in this world”. Ribadu...
Tanko Yakasai, Northern elder, has revealed that the Almajiri schools and universities established by former President Goodluck Jonathan had been abandoned. He lamented the lack of...
The Coalition of Northern Youths has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and former vice-president Atiku Abubakar to abandon their presidential ambition in the 2019 general election....
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has talked up the importance of the North to the rest of Nigeria, claiming that “without the north, Nigeria can never...
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday said that contrary to widespread allegations of ethnic and religious bias against him and his government, he was one Nigerian who was...
Following the statement by Arewa Youth Forum (AYF) questioning President Muhammadu Buhari’s planned 2019 bid, a coalition of youth groups in Northern Nigeria has rejected the...
Northern elders and youths have cautioned the Yoruba, their South East and South South neighbours over their clamour for the country’s restructuring, as well as return...
The Yoruba Standpoint, a South West summit on restructuring, held Thursday at Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba, Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State. The summit had in...
The political fortunes of the Tinubu dynasty, today at the Senate, took a hit, as lawmakers, frustrated a bill seeking to give Lagos state a special...
A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has launched a series of attacks on the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Fani-Kayode, in his characteristic caustic and...
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has said that he is praying for President Muhammadu Buhari to find oil in the North. He said that the...
