Tag: CNG

Worsening insecurity: “The whole Federal Government apparatchik should step down” CNG demands

Aminu Imam

The Coalition of Northern Groups, (CNG), has taken a swipe at the Buhari-led administrationand members of the National Assembly, saying all should step down, for woefully failing the Nigerian people whom they swore to protect. The group’s anger was kindled following the invasion of the NDA by suspected bandits on Tuesday, leaving three officers confirmed dead. Speaking in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, the CNG said the attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy, (NDA), signifies a dangerous loss of control of the nations territory by the government,…

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Arewa group cautions CNG on state of nation’s insecurity

Aminu Imam

A group, known as the Arewa Network of Social Reformers, (ANSR), has cautioned the Coalition of Northern Groups, (CNG), not to be used in fanning the embers of discord on matters of insecurity. The group frowned at the alleged call by the CNG on the Governor of Katsina State to resign, following his call for self-defence due to the activities of bandits in his State. Speaking at a press conference in Kaduna yesterday, Engr. Musa Idris, President of ANSR, said the recent call by the Katsina State chapter of the…

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‘Petroleum Industrial Bill unfavourable to North’ CNG

Aminu Imam

The Pan-Arewa socio-political organisation, Coalition of Northern Groups, (CNG), has accused some members of the National Assembly of forging ahead with the passage of the Petroleum Industrial Bill, (PIB), even with the knowledge that it would not favour the northern part of the country. The group explained that if the PIB scales through, the North will secure a mere 30% of the profit to be used for oil exploration in some parts while the South would get the lion share because of oil discovery in the region. The CNGs Spokesperson,…

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Secessionist agitations: Northern Youths insist on referendum

Aminu Imam

Says Igboho, Kanu arrest not enough The Coalition of Northern Groups, (CNG), said the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Igboho is not the solution to separatist agitations insisting that referendum is the way to go. The Coalition, in a press statement issued by the spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, said, From the outset, we wish to be categoric that the arrest of Igboho and Kanu should not be mistaken as bringing about the end to the uprisings and disturbances over self-determination perpetrated by southern Nigerian elites and governments who use…

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Self-determination: CNG sues NASS, asks court to order Biafra referendum

Aminu Imam

The Coalition of Northern Groups, (CNG), has filed a suit before the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking to stop the National Assembly from taking any further action towards reviewing the Constitution unless the question of Nigerias unity, particularly the Biafra agitation was settled through a referendum. The court document marked FHC/ABJ/CS/538/2021 was dispatched for service on the Offices of the Senate President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Attorney-General of the Federation yesterday, according to a statement by the CNG. It was learnt that the leadership…

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“Suspend the 1999 Constitution review”, CNG tells National Assembly

Aminu Imam

The Coalition of Northern Groups, (CNG), yesterday, called on the National Assembly to suspend the review of the 1999 Constitution, describing it as ill-timed and uncalled for, particularly in the face of the growing agitation for Nigerias break-up. This was part of the presentation which CNG made before the leadership of the National Assembly against the backdrop of the disturbances created by certain interest groups in the South-East, in the form of the agitation for a separate State of Biafra. It also urged the National Assembly to invoke the doctrine…

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Democracy Day: IPOB planning to hijack protests, cause mayhem Northern Group raise alarm

Aminu Imam

Cites reasons why Coalition won’t participate in planned protestsBuhari addresses nation today The Coalition of Northern Groups, (CNG), has alleged that the Indigenous people of Biafra, (IPOB), are plotting to hijack a protest set to hold across the nation today, Saturday, June 12. It was gathered that the CNG spokesman, AbdulAzeez Suleiman, at a press conference in Kaduna yesterday, disclosed that the pro-secession group has finalised plans to infiltrate the protest and cause mayhem. He revealed that the CNG will not be participating in the protests. He said, We cant…

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“Stop Constitution review, organise Biafra referendum”, CNG urges NASS

Aminu Imam

The Coalition of Northern Groups, (CNG), yesterday, called on the National Assembly to suspend the review of the 1999 Constitution, describing it as ill-timed and uncalled for, particularly in the face of the growing agitation for Nigerias break-up. This was part of the presentation which CNG made before the leadership of the National Assembly against the backdrop of the disturbances created by certain interest groups in the South-East, in the form of the agitation for a separate State of Biafra. The CNG also urged the National Assembly to invoke the…

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2023: Northern Elders Forum, CNG, ACF, others reject zoning

Aminu Imam

Back restructuring Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), Coalition of Northern Groups, (CNG), Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF) and other conveners of the Northern Peoples Summit have described restructuring as a vital necessity for survival as one united entity. The North, they insisted, will not be stampeded or blackmailed into taking major decisions around rotating the Presidency. While reading the communiqu of Northern Peoples Summit yesterday at the Arewa House Kaduna, the Chairman of the Communiqu Drafting Committee, Prof.Doknan Danjuma Sheni, said, “The Northern Peoples Summit…

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CNG threatens boycott of MultiChoice over exclusion of the North

Aminu Imam

The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has threatened to organise and enforce a boycott of MultiChoice services in the Northern region, as it accused the owners and operators of  Nigerias leading television broadcast signal distributor, DSTV, of lopsidedness against northern-based media stations. The group said it would not hesitate to embark on the boycott, unless MultiChoice shows readiness to embrace content diversity towards national growth and development, which will be of benefit to the North. The group said in MultiChoices nearly three decades of operation in Nigeria, raking in billions…

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