Tag: Northern Groups

Grand Coalition: Northern groups unite for 2027 presidency

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Northern groups unite

The League of Northern Democrats, (LND), has reached out to similar other groups in the region, including Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Northern Elders Forum (NEF) and Middle-Belt Forum (MBF), to forge common ground to return power to the region in the 2027 presidential election Addressing members of the ACF on Thursday, during their meeting, the Chairman of the LND, Ibrahim Shekarau, said meeting with other northern groups marked the beginning of a transformative coalition for Northern Nigeria. Shekarau, who spoke through one of the members of the LND, Ibrahim Isa…

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Northern groups, Atiku slam Tinubu over alleged lopsided appointments

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Atiku Arewa slams Asiwaju

Some Northern groups have criticised President Bola Tinubu for the recent appointments of heads of security agencies, alleging that the Southwest dominates the positions. In the same vein, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, who ran against Tinubu during the 2023 election, also criticised the appointments, stating that they abuse the provisions of the constitution and promote separatism. Recall that last week, Tinubu approved the appointment of new Directors-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the Department of State Services (DSS). “The new appointments follow the resignation of the previous…

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2027: “Why North doesn’t want Tinubu re-elected” – Arewa groups

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Arewa groups on 2027

Several prominent northern political figures and groups have expressed deep dissatisfaction with President Bola Tinubu’s administration, accusing him of neglecting northern interests and mistreating the politicians whose support helped him rise to power. According to the northern leaders, these grievances range from concerns about governance and security to the perception that Tinubu has favored the Yoruba ethnic group in major government appointments at the expense of northern representation. They pointed to the concentration of key positions, such as the Petroleum Minister, Finance Minister, Chief Justice of Nigeria, and others, in…

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’25 yrs after, Nigerians yet to enjoy dividends of democracy’ -Northern Groups

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CNG

The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has called for sober reflection on Nigeria’s democracy and democratisation process, as Nigeria marked 2024 Democracy Day and 25 years of unbroken democracy. The CNG, in an issued statement in Abuja yesterday by its National Coordinator, Jamilu Aliyu Charanchi, stated that democracy, as it is being practised in Nigeria, has failed to provide its dividends to the people after two and a half decades of its practise. The pro-northern groups contended that despite the nation’s richness in natural and human resources, Nigerians continue to…

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APC: More Northern groups call for Ganduje’s removal as APC Chairman

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Ganduje

Two different groups from the North-Central geo-political zone have initiated legal actions aimed at overturning the appointment of Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, (APC). The groups are the ‘Concerned North-Central APC Stakeholders‘ and the ‘North-Central All Progressives Congress (APC) Forum‘. One of the groups, the Concerned North-Central APC Stakeholders, in a letter addressed to the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Party, dated April 30, 2024, emphasised the need to uphold the zoning arrangement, which designates the Party’s chairmanship to the North-Central…

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2023 Elections: Northern Groups demands drug, mental test for Presidential, Governorship candidates

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Ahead of the 2023 General Elections, a political interest group, ‘The Concerned Northern Youths and the Coalition for National Agenda’ have demanded that all presidential and gubernatorial candidates should take drug tests as well as undergo medical and mental assessments to ascertain their readiness for the posts being contested. In a joint press conference in Abuja yesterday, addressed by the Coordinator of the group, Suleiman Tambay and his counterpart from the Coalition for National Agenda, Nnamdi Iroegbu, they said the North, and indeed other parts of country, should ensure that…

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Terror alert: Northern group seeks NSA, Service Chiefs’ sacking

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A Northern group, ‘The Arewa Youth Assembly‘, has said the security advisory by the United States Embassy and the British High Commission to their citizens over an imminent terrorists’ attack in Abuja has vindicated their call for the sacking of the National Security Adviser, (NSA), Major-Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd). Recall that the group had in August 2022 demanded that President Muhammadu Buhari should sack the NSA or face mass action. The group had on August 1, handed down a 14-day ultimatum for the Federal Government and went ahead to protest…

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Arewa New Agenda: Northern Coalition to table demands for Tinubu, Atiku, Kwankwaso others

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A coalition of professional organisations in Northern Nigeria, under the aegis of the ‘Arewa New Agenda’, on Wednesday assembled in Abuja to brainstorm on the demands they would table before presidential candidates for the 2023 elections. They articulated their agenda in Abuja during the opening ceremony of the conference organised by ANA, in collaboration with Arewa House, with the theme: “Building strategic imperatives of the Arewa agenda”. The coalition promised to harmonise their agenda and interest of the North with regards the 2023 election and present their demands to the candidates.…

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National Security: Northern group threatens national protest until Buhari sacks NSA

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Worried by the dimension the insecurity bedevilling the country is taking, a northern group, Arewa Youth Assembly, has threatened to embark on a nationwide protest until President Muhammadu Buhari sacks his National Security Adviser (NSA), Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd). According to the group, the NSA whose primary responsibility is to counsel Mr. President as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces on the best approach to secure lives and property in Nigeria, in addition to citizens’ welfare has not been able to deliver creditably on his responsibility, hence, the need for…

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2023: Northern Group tasks APC Chair on unity, endorses Emiefiele

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A group, the Unified Northern Nigeria Youths Forum, (UNNYF), which is clamouring for an Emefiele Presidency in 2023, has described the newly elected Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, the Turakin Keffi, as a bridge-builder who has the capacity and wherewithal of taking the ruling party to victory in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. The group, led by its convener, Mohammed Salihu ?anlami, praised President Muhammadu Buhari for playing a fatherly role that led to a successful convention where individuals who will pilot the affairs of…

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