Tag: CNG

Insecurity: CNG backs proposal to pardon bandits

Aminu Imam

  As Buhari rules out amnesty, says its time to treat criminals as criminals The Federal Government appears to be under pressure to grant amnesty to bandits ravaging the country, with the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), backing the Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmed Gumis stance on the matter. The CNG spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, addressing newsmen in Abuja, further supported the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuffs and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria, who had resolved to halt movement of goods to the South until compensation are given to northerners who have suffered attacks in…

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Northern youths group set to float new security outfit, Arewa Security Marshalls

Aminu Imam

After failing to set up the botched northern security organisation, codenamed: Operation Shege-Ka-Fasa, leaders of the major Northern pressure group, Coalition of Northern Youths, (CNG), have concluded plans to float another outfit to be known as: Arewa Security Marshalls. Speaking with newsmen yesterday, spokesperson of the Coalition, Suleiman AbdulAzeez, said since it was denied registration by the Corporate Affairs Commission, (CAC), the CNG decided to file for the name, which he said is awaiting necessary action by CAC. They said the decision to establish the proposed outfit followed the rejection…

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Leaders’ arrest: CNG declares plan to protests in 19 Northern States today

Aminu Imam

The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) said it has placed all its coordinators across the 19 Northern States on alert to mobilize street protest today, Friday, over the arrest and unknown whereabouts of its national leaders. The BOT Chairman of CNG, Nastura Ashir Shariff and the National Coordinator, Balarabe Rufa’i, were picked by suspected operatives of the Department of State Services, (DSS), after their planned press conference was prevented from taking place by security forces at the NAF Club, Kaduna. The Coalition’s spokesman, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, in a statement on Thursday…

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Northern group embarks on mass protest in 19 northern states over abduction of its leaders in Kaduna

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Coalition of Northern Groups CNG has raised alarm about the abduction of its Board of Trustee BoT Chairman and National Coordinator Nastura Ashir Shariff and Balarabe Rufai’s who were abducted in Kaduna Thursday, and called for mass protests across the 19 northern states on Friday. Spokesperson CNG, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman said in a statement that as at 6.30pm of Thursday, their whereabouts remain unknown. He explained that their people who have been trailing the arrest vehicles reported that they lost the trail at Jere on the way to Abuja after…

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Borno massacre: “Defend yourselves against B/Haram bandits, kidnappers” – CNG tells northerners

Aminu Imam
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria

  Says Buhari worst leader in Nigerias history   Attack claimed at least 110 lives – UN   43 slaughtered farmers buried amid tears, wailing   10 women still missing, says Amnesty Following the killing of 43 farmers in Borno State by Boko Haram, Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), has called on northerners to defend themselves against the Boko Haram insurgents and bandits henceforth, saying President Muhammadu Buhari and northern governors have lost control over the region. The farmers were killed on Saturday in Zabarmari, Gere Local Government Area of…

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Borno massacre: Northern group says it is time for citizen action

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has reacted to the massacre of innocent farmers in Zabarmari of Borno State by Boko Haram, saying time has come for citizens to rise and protect themselves. Reacting to the killing of about 43 people in Zabarmari, Spokesperson of the Coalition, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman said government and federal troops can no longer be relied upon to protect northern communities. The statement said “the President and federal troops keep telling us that they are doing something about the mounting insecurity, but by now all northerners must…

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Buhari to roll out autogas scheme Dec. 1 – NGEP Chairman

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

President Muhammadu Buhari will on December 1st roll out the autogas scheme in Abuja as the Federal Government moves to create alternative fuel for automobiles and other prime movers in Nigeria. Dr Mohammed Ibrahim, Chairman, National Gas Expansion Programme (NGEP), made the announcement at a meeting with media stakeholders on Saturday in Lagos. Ibrahim said the autogas scheme and deepening domestic utilisation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) would create about 12.5 million direct and indirect jobs for Nigerians. He disclosed that cars in the presidential fleet had been converted to run…

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#EndInsecurityNow: Security agencies are trying to stop our protest – CNG

Ishaku Yohanna

The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, has said security operatives have made efforts to stop its planned protest in Kano scheduled for Saturday (today). It also said its members were detained in Gombe before a scheduled protest earlier yesterday. According to the groups spokesman, Abdulazeez Suleiman, CNG would go ahead with tomorrows protest despite what he described as an attempt to suppress their right. He said: Security agencies are trying to stop our protest in Kano tomorrow. They called and asked us not to go ahead with the protest. Our…

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CNG to FG: Suspend electricity tariff hike, petrol price increase, or face nationwide protest

Ishaku Yohanna

The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has asked the federal government to immediately suspend the recent increase in pump price of petrol and electricity tariff or face a nationwide protest. Addressing a news conference in Kaduna on Friday, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, spokesman of the group, said the coalition would mobilise its members for a mass protest if the federal government fails to revert to the old pump price of fuel. Suleiman said, That the administration’s audacious impunity climaxed with hikes in fuel pump prices from an initial N87 to N151.50k per…

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