Tag: NORTH WEST

Kaduna: Gov. Sani applauds Tinubu on historic signing of North-West Devt. Commission Bill

Aminu Imam
Gov. Uba Sani applauds

Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani has expressed his profound gratitude to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the landmark signing of the North-West Development Commission Bill, describing it as a decisive step to pull the North-West geo-political zone back from the brink. According to the Chief Press Secretary to the  State governor, Muhammad Lawal Shehu, Governor Uba Sani extended his commendation and well wishes in a statement yesterday. He said, I wish to express my profound gratitude to our dear President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR for signing the North-West Development…

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We have dislodged insurgents strongholds in N’East, N’West Army

Aminu Imam

…As DHQ tells terrorists, commanders: Youre dead men walking The Nigerian Army says it has dislodged insurgents from their various strongholds in North-East, North-West regions of the country and a few areas in Niger State. Commander, Training and Doctrine Command Nigerian Army (TRADOC) in Niger State, Maj.-Gen. Kevin Aligbe, disclosed this during the 2023 West African Social Activities (WASA) in Minna, the State capital. Aligbe said few insurgents raising their ugly heads in the State had been dislodged, adding that the war against insurgency had progressed steadily and effectively in…

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breaking… Salihu Lukman resigns as APC Vice Chairman

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The embattled National Vice Chairman North West of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Mohammed Lukman has reportedly resigned. Lukman, a member of the APC National Working Committee (NWC) was said to have resigned via in a letter dated July 26 and addressed to the party’s acting national chairman, Senator Abubakar Kyari. He reportedly said he resigned because the atmosphere in the party is at variance with the vision of its founding fathers. Details later.

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On the Emerging Narratives of Hausa/Fulani Animus in the Northwest

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

By; Dr Raji Bello. The past few years have witnessed a gradual emergence of references in public commentary and social media to a potential or actual rupture of relations between Hausa and Fulani groups in the Northwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Prior to this, the two groups had enjoyed a largely harmonious relationship for much of their history which was only punctuated during the period of the establishment of the Sokoto Caliphate. Since Nigeria came into being at the turn of the 20th century, conflict between the two groups was…

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