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‘North ready for Constitutional changes’ � ACF Chairman

September 5, 2024September 5, 2024 Aminu Imam

�Says region experiencing one of the worst crisis in history Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT), Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Bashir Muhammad Dalhatu, has declared that the North is willing to embrace constitutional review and administrative changes. Speaking at a meeting of the BoT and Northern Leaders in Kaduna, Dalhatu dispelled notions that the North is averse to Constitutional review. �We must put all and sundry on notice that the North is ready, now and in the future, and will be willing to consider any proposals for changing the Constitution as…

2027: North seeks alternative to President Tinubu

September 3, 2024September 3, 2024 Aminu Imam

�Atiku, Jonathan favoured Northern elites, under the League of Northern Democrats (LND) are exploring alternatives to President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 elections, with growing discontent over his administration. Key figures such ad former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, whose popularity is rising in the region, are gaining traction. Former President Muhammadu Buhari and other northern leaders are reportedly aligning with Atiku. Meanwhile, some northern groups are pushing for the return of former President Goodluck Jonathan, who could serve only one more term. Political heavyweights, including Nasir el-Rufai and Rabiu Kwankwaso,…

“North has oil in Nasarawa; more than in South, S’East” – Sani Zangon-Daura

May 22, 2024May 22, 2024 Aminu Imam

Co-founder of the National Party of Nigeria (NPN), Alhaji Sani Zangon Daura, hasreacted to the claims that other regions in Nigeria are better endowed in terms of natural resources than the North. The elder statesman stated that the North has more oil in Nasarawa than the entire South and South-East has, and that the North also has gas in Bauchi. He acknowledged that Allah has blessed the North with numerous natural resources, like gold, coal, and the rest. Speaking in an interview during a television programme, he stated that the…

Fuel Scarcity persists in Northern States

April 29, 2024April 29, 2024 Aminu Imam

�Black marketers sell at N2,000 per litre Fuel marketers in the northern region, especially Sokoto State, particularly black marketers, are now selling patrol at N2000 per liter as scarcity of the product bites harder nationwide. Residents of Sokoto and adjourning states have been thrown into lamentation and hardship due to the fuel scarcity being experienced in all parts of the region. The unbearable scarcity of fuel in the state is said to have made businesses and other activities very difficult. According to reports, commuters in the State said most filling…

“Stand with Tinubu or exit” – Matawalle tells Northern appointees

April 16, 2024April 16, 2024 Aminu Imam

Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has called on all appointees of Northern extraction to either support President Bola Tinubu or step down from their positions. Matawalle�s call came after Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, who formerly served as the spokesperson for the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) and currently holds the position of Special Adviser on Political Matters in the Presidency, expressed a differing opinion regarding the Minister�s defence of Tinubu�s administration. Recall that on Saturday, the Minister slammed the NEF for saying it regretted supporting Tinubu in the 2023 general…

“North, South-West will continue to control political power in Nigeria” � Omokri

April 13, 2024April 13, 2024 Aminu Imam

Popular socio-political analyst, Reno Omokri, has claimed that the North and South will continue to control political power in Nigeria. Posting on X, the former presidential aide said both regions will continue to yield political power over Nigeria due to their unity and humility. Omokri said other regions will assume control of political power in Nigeria when they learn humility and unity from the North and western parts of the country. According to him: �Sadly, as long as Nigeria remains one united country, Northern Nigeria and the Southwest of Nigeria…

�Farmers in North pay bandits up to N100, 000 for permission to farm� � Intel Report

March 7, 2024March 7, 2024 Aminu Imam

A new report by SB Morgan Intelligence has revealed that farmers across the North pay as much as N100, 000 to access their farmlands during the planting or harvest season. Failure to do so usually results in forfeiture of harvest, abduction or even death. This revelation mirrors the security situation across Northern-Nigeria where non-state actors hold sway in the absence of state security officials. According to the report, bandits in some communities in Kaduna, farmers have been forced to pay between N70, 000 and N100, 000 for permission to farm.…

2024: World Bank predicts insecurity, economic hardship, others in some Northern States

December 29, 2023December 29, 2023 Aminu Imam

The World Bank has forecasted that persistent insecurity, armed conflict, and worsening livelihoods will continue to affect local government areas in Borno, Kaduna, Katsina, Sokoto, Yobe, Zamfara States, and the far north of Adamawa State until May, 2024. According to the World Bank, poor macro-economic conditions are restricting access to agricultural inputs in the affected States, and that it is set to affect cereal production in the country. The global bank, in its latest �Food Security Update�, issued on Wednesday, stated that estimated cereal production for the 2023/24 crop year is expected…

Insecurity:��Entire North would�ve been on fire without my action� � Matawalle

November 13, 2023November 13, 2023 Aminu Imam

Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, says without his action as the number one citizen of Zamfara State in the North-West zone, the entire northern region would have been on fire. Matawalle, who is the former governor of Zamfara State,said this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja, described insecurity as a menace, saying conflict entrepreneurs were responsible for unending banditry. According to him, �Banditry has its economy; which is fuelling the crime in the country. Conflict entrepreneurs don�t want insecurity to finish in this country. Many people in…

CDS vows to go after bandits, terrorists

September 29, 2023September 29, 2023 Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Major General Christopher Musa, has said that the military will flush out bandits and terrorists from the country. The CDS made the commitment on Friday in Kaduna when he paid a courtesy visit to Governor Uba Sani at government house. He said, �for terrorists and bandits, it�s just a matter of time. We are coming after them and we are going to get them to leave the country completely.� According to him, �we are re-assessing our theatres of operation to make them more robust…