Tag: Northern Elders’ Forum

Mr Baba-Ahmed recalled how the group supported Muhammadu Buhari to win the 2015 election and later worked against his reelection ...

He said the country needs a courageous president that will take decisions which may not be popular among the people.

One of the most recent platforms for campaigns for the presidential candidates was an interaction in Kaduna with the Arewa ...

The governor said the Amotekun Corps would be armed as backed by law

The passengers have spent 67 days in captivity as their relatives continue to appeal to the Nigerian government to hasten ...

The Northern Elders Forum had on Tuesday called Mr Buhari to resign because of the country’s lingering security challenges.

...the Federal Character Commission and the quota system are peculiar Nigerian requirements established to address the North/South dichotomy in education/civil ...

Groups and individuals opposed to the current review of the 1999 Constitution by the National Assembly say it is a ...

I think the centripetal pull of the elite across geographical divides and political persuasions in Nigeria is instinctive self-preservation.

This glamorisation of banditry is one of the reasons criminal elements continue to fester. In a nation of laws, how ...

The group, which initially supported the protests, said other interests have now infiltrated the protests

The deceased was a former Secretary General of Nigeria's foremost pro-democracy movement, Campaign for Democracy (CD) and a notable figure ...

Groups urges federal government to heed Obasanjo's calls instead of condemning him

Mr Obasanjo said he has never seen the country in such a bad state.

"Northerners are being killed by terrorists and armed bandits without solution in sight," he said.

Some Nigerian lawmakers also called for a return to parliamentary democracy.

A presidential spokesperson says the groups are angry because they are no longer surviving on state resources.

The group says the nation currently lacks good leadership.

Ango Abdullahi is the new leader of the group.

The forum also speaks on security challenges.

Mr. Unongo criticised the president and Mr. Abubakar.

The governor urges Benue people to help address the situation.

Mr. Unongo berates some elders in the region for remarks the forum perceived to be detrimental to the unity of ...

A spokesperson, Ango Abdullahi, expresses “disappointment” with the Northern Governors’ Forum for disowning the youth groups.

A coalition of northern youth had on Tuesday ask Igbos leaving in the north to leave the region.