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Godfatherism, intra-party rivalry destroying Nigeria�s democracy� – CNG

February 27, 2022February 27, 2022 Aminu Imam

The Coalition of Northern Groups, (CNG), has warned that godfatherism and lack of internal democracy are among the challenges poisoning the country�s democratic process. The CNG, in an issued statement yesterday, in Abuja, by its Spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, noted that the men who manipulate the nation�s political parties for their dubious political agenda had previously won elective offices, or controlled a group of office-holders who distributed positions, public contracts and other material benefits to their cronies. Suleiman, who was a guest speaker at the Benue State edition of Maitama Sule…

IPOB�s cattle meat boycott: Northern groups ban Igbo goods to the North

January 8, 2022January 8, 2022 Aminu Imam

The Coalition of Northern Groups, (CNG), has reacted to the Proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB�s ban on the consumption of �Fulani cows� (beef) in South-East, calling for a total boycott of all businesses operated by the Igbo all over the North. The CNG, through its spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, noted that IPOB�s order, issued in a statement on Monday, by one Emma Powerful, amounts to a grave provocation and serious threat to northern commercial interests in the South-East, and by extension to the physical well-being of Northerners living as minorities…

Northern groups endorse Vice-President Osinbajo for 2023 presidency

January 6, 2022January 6, 2022 Aminu Imam

�As VP reportedly writes Buhari over his plan to run A coalition of political groups in Northern Nigeria has endorsed the Vice-President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, as their preferred choice for the 2023 presidential election. The coalition made their position known through a communiqu� issued at a one-day joint conference on northern political participation and power shift, with the theme: �Northern Agenda: Our Real Solution�, which held at Arewa House, in Kaduna. The communiqu� was signed by Engr. Daniel Shawulu, for ‘Arewa Consensus Assembly‘; Suleman Makama, ‘National Partnership Campaign Project‘ and…

“Insecurity: “We were safer during Jonathan’s presidency”, Coalition of Northern Groups lament

December 31, 2021December 31, 2021 Aminu Imam

The Coalition of the Northern Groups, (CNG), has lamented the alarming rate of killings, kidnapping, and general insecurity across the country. The CNG�s Director of Strategic Communications, Isma’il Musa, said President Muhammadu Buhari should return Nigeria back to the era of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, when the country experienced minimal insecurity. Musa, who made the call on Wednesday, berated the President over his handling of insecurity in the country. According to him, �What we are begging them for now is, you know human life is very important, in fact it�s very…

Northern Group urges Buhari to appoint military administrators for Katsina, Kaduna, Sokoto, others

December 20, 2021December 20, 2021 Aminu Imam

As insecurity persists in almost all the States in the North, the Coalition of Northern Groups, (CNG), organisers of �North Is Bleeding�, has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency in some states to end the reign of banditry and bloodletting. The group also urged Buhari to replace the governors of affected states with military administrators to ensure the terrorists are defeated, especially in Niger, Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina and Kaduna states. In an interview over the weekend, spokesman of the group, AbdulAzeez Sulaiman, said, �If President Buhari…

Fuel subsidy removal: Northern Coalition threatens to mobilise region for ‘unprecedented’ mass protest, civil disobedience

December 9, 2021December 9, 2021 Aminu Imam

A group under the aegis of Coalition of Northern Groups, on Wednesday, condemned the plan by the Federal Government to remove fuel subsidy, threatening to mobilise the entire people of the region to resist it. CNG said the plan by the government to increase the pump price of fuel to N340 per litre has continued to elicit varying reactions from Nigerians and civil society organisations. Addressing newsmen in Gombe, at the end of their stakeholders meeting organised by the group, the North-East coordinator of the coalition represented by the Taraba…

2023: “Go and prostrate to Nnamdi Kanu; we can�t be deceived” � Northern Coalition replies Ezeife

December 7, 2021December 7, 2021 Aminu Imam

The Coalition of Northern Groups, (CNG), has dismissed a remark by former Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuemeka Ezeife, that the South-East region is prepared to kneel and prostrate to beg other regions to support their presidential ambition in 2023. CNG said Igbo leaders should prostrate to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, rather than deceive other regions. Spokesman of the group, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, said the North would not be deceived by Ezeife�s remark. In an issued statement that he signed, he stated that the South-East are…

Kaduna-Abuja highway attacks: Coalition of Northern Groups again tackles Buhari

November 27, 2021November 27, 2021 Aminu Imam

�Says his threats ineffective Following the renewed regular attacks on passengers on Kaduna-Abuja highway, and the recent order by President Muhammadu Buhari for troops to get merciless with bandits, the Coalition of Northern Groups, (CNG), has described the administration as the worst in the history of the country. The spokesperson of the Coalition, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, while reacting to the recent rise in attacks, killings and kidnappings in the North while the presidency issues empty threats, said government has completely lost control of the region�s forests and highways to armed criminals…

“We�re ready for reprisal action when next any Northerner comes under attack in S/East” � CNG threatens

November 23, 2021November 23, 2021 Aminu Imam

The Coalition of Northern Group, (CNG), yesterday declared that the North would no longer remain idle when next its people are deliberately targeted and massacred in the South-East region, or anywhere in Nigeria. Its spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, who made this known to newsmen at a press conference, which was held in Kano State, said that the power to release the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB)’s separatist leader, Nnamdi Kano, only wrested and vested in the Judiciary. According to the CNG spokesperson, �the North will no longer remain idle when…

Northern coalition advocates S/East�s speedy exit from Nigeria

October 26, 2021October 26, 2021 Aminu Imam

Some members of the Coalition of Northern Groups, (CNG), have approached the Federal High Court in Abuja, asking it to order the National Assembly to ensure the exit of the South-East from Nigeria. The members said the exit could be made before the conclusion of the ongoing constitutional amendment. The plaintiffs, led by Nastura Ashir Shariff, Balarabe Rufa�i, Abdul-Aziz Sulaiman and Aminu Adam, explained that their action is informed on the need to curtail violence and destruction as a result of the agitation for secession championed by the proscribed Indigenous…