Tag: Coalition of Northern Youths

Northern Youths Students Coalition urges members to shun planned protests

Aminu Imam
Northern Youths Students Coalition

Says motives unknown The Coalition of Concerned Northern Youths and Students has backed-out of the planned nationwide protests against the prevailing economic hardships in the country. The National Coordinator of the Coalition, Jibril Bello-Gama, made the disclosure while addressing a news conference shortly after the two-day meeting of the association in Kano yesterday. The Coalition, which said it made the decision during its two-day meeting in Kano, directed its members not to participate in the mass actions scheduled to begin from the end of this month. Addressing newsmen at the…

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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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