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“No plan to apologise over 1966 military coup” – Ohanaeze Ndigbo

Aminu Imam
Ohanaeze

President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has said the Pan-Igbo group has no intention to apologise for the 1966 coup as it was a strictly military affair. Iwuanyanwu made the assertion while addressing newsmen at the weekend in Owerri, the Imo state capital. The leader of the Igbo apex group denied claims made by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) that Ohanaeze Ndigbo was planning a trip to Sokoto State to apologise to the North over the 1966 military coup. “We can’t go to beg anybody. Igbos were…

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Budget Padding; Group asks Akpabio to resign over Ningi’s suspension, anti-North sentiments

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Senator Abdul Ahmed Ningi

As the drama in the National Assembly over alleged budget padding unveils more facts, a northern group has cautioned the Senate President Godswill Akpabio over sentiments while faulting the suspension of Senator Abdul Ningi and asked the Senate President to resign. The group, Arewa Defence League made this known in Kaduna while addressing the media over the suspension of Senator Abdul Ahmed Ningi, the President of the group, Murtala Abubakar said the antecedents of the President of the Senate Godswill Akpabio leaves much to be desired as nationalist and should…

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Economic Hardship strains relationship between Tinubu, Northern leaders

Aminu Imam

The once-strong alliance between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and influential Northern leaders faces turmoil amidst economic challenges. Northern figures, who observers say were pivotal in Tinubu’s rise to power, are grappling with public backlash due to the country’s economic downturn, especially in the impoverished North. Most of the northern leaders, especially the former State governors, who were instrumental to Tinubu’s emergence are finding it difficult to face their people on the rationale for such support, as the current economic hardship in the country has had crushing effect on the north,…

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Igboho’s 10-day threat for Fulani: Northern group threatens to stop food supply to South

Aminu Imam

A group, the Northern Consensus Movement of Nigeria, has vowed to stop the supply of food from the North to the southern part of the country. The group made this threat following a recent ultimatum issued by a Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, in a recent video, for the Fulani community to vacate Yoruba land within 10 days. The group also vowed to do everything in their reach to stop the move, adding that if the threat persists, they will force the Yorubas living in…

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Arewa Youth Development Association Calls for Immediate Resignation Prosecution of Minister Hannatu Musa Musawa

Aminu Imam

The Arewa Youth Development Association, composed of prominent patriots from Northern Nigeria, has called for the immediate resignation and prosecution of Ms. Hannatu Musa Musawa as the Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Addressing a press conference in Abuja, the association, through its National President, Comrade Imrana Nas, expressed serious concerns regarding the controversies surrounding Ms. Musawa’s appointment as a minister. They argue that the security agencies and the Senate failed in their duty to scrutinize her competence adequately, raising questions about the credibility of the screening process. The…

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Council of Arewa Chiefs, Lagos State seeks immediate release of Sarkin Hausawa of Lagos by DSS

Aminu Imam

IThe Arewa Council of Chiefs Lagos State has decried the unexplained detention of the Sarkin Hausawa of Lagos and Chairman of the Council of Chiefs, Alhaji Aminu Idris Yaro, with his wife by the Department of State Services, (DSS). In an issued statement signed by the Secretary, Arewa Council of Chiefs, Jarman Lagos, Yerima Shettima noted that the Sarkin Hausawa has been held by the DSS incommunicado for the last three days following what initially was a routine invitation, which he dutifully honoured. The statement further said, “The Council of…

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Service to Humanity:  ”Late Gen. Hassan Usman Katsina left behind only half a million Naira”, Says son, Babangida  

Aminu Imam

The son of former governor-general of northern Nigeria, Babangida Hassan Usman Katsina, has revealed that, when their father General Hassan Usman Katsina died he only left behind N500, 000.00. Usman made this revelation in Katsina at the weekend, while speaking at the maiden General Hassan Usman Katsina public lecture organised by the Hassan Usman Katsina polytechnic, Katsina. He however noted that their father left behind good name, honesty, discipline and transparency for all to copy. Usman lamented that had it been their father had been alive he would not be…

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Richard Constitution: ‘British didn’t create Nigeria, they divided it’ – Arewa House

Aminu Imam

The Centre for Research and Historical Documentation, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, popularly called Arewa House, has argued that the British did not create Nigeria but succeeded in dividing the country.  The Director of the centre, Dr. Shu’aibu Shehu Aliyu, in Kaduna yesterday, said that the misconception and distortion of history is a major reason affecting the political growth of Nigeria. While speaking at a press conference ahead of the 3rd lecture series of the Arewa House scheduled for the 10th of September, 2022 with the theme: ‘Contemporary Nigeria politics…

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2023: North dares the South on Presidency

Aminu Imam

As the 2023 presidential election draws near, some powerful elements within the Northern political establishment are back to the drawing board, ostensibly with a view to upsetting the settled political apple-cart in respect of the new political norm which prescribes rotational presidency as a panacea to the unhealthy political rivalry between the North and South regions. Recall that it was this gentleman kind of agreement that brought the Late Umaru Musa Yar’adua in 2007, and the same went for Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 on the platform of the All Progressives…

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2023 Presidency: Arewa remains the Kingmaker with its population but… Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

As the race for 2023 heats up for who succeeds President Muhammadu Buhari, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide says the northern Nigeria remains the kingmaker and decider with its large population, but the group is pleading with Arewa to cede the presidency to the Igbos. Secretary General of the Ohaneaeze Ndigbo Worldwide Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro made this declaration in Kaduna Monday while interfacing with the leadership of Arewa Consultative Youth Forum led by Yerima Shettima. Isiguzoro said the body came to interface with the North and meet with stakeholders as against…

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