Tag: NORTHERN NIGERIA

“Banditry escalated after foreign fighters entered northern Nigeria, Zamfara” – Emir reveals

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Zamfara emir reveals

Emir of Gusau in Zamfara State, Ibrahim Bello, has raised fresh concerns over the worsening insecurity in Northern Nigeria, revealing that the country’s banditry crisis intensified after armed fighters from neighbouring Mali, Burkina Faso and the Republic of Niger were recruited into local criminal networks. The traditional ruler made the disclosure while speaking on the deepening security challenges confronting Zamfara State and other parts of the North, warning that the influx of foreign combatants has transformed what was once a local security problem into a more sophisticated and dangerous cross-border…

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Insecurity: Northern traditional rulers, Islamic scholars meet in Kaduna

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North's traditional rulers, Islamic scholars meet

Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Tuesday led prominent traditional rulers and Islamic scholars from across Northern Nigeria to a high-level meeting of the ‘Sultan Foundation for Peace and Development’ in Kaduna. The meeting, chaired by the Sultan, who is also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the foundation, focused on promoting peace, national unity, education, healthcare delivery and humanitarian support for vulnerable communities. Among the traditional rulers at the meeting were: Emir of Zazzau, Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli; the Shehu of Borno, Abubakar Ibn-Umar…

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Obi warns of looming disaster, as hunger sweeps North

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Obi warns on North

In a scathing assessment of the country’s worsening food insecurity, former Anambra State Governor and Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi has warned that northern Nigeria is teetering on the edge of an avoidable catastrophe. Reacting to a grim new United Nations (UN) report, Obi expressed deep concern over findings that show more than 17 million people across nine northern states are currently facing crisis-level hunger. Described by the World Food Programme (WFP) as the worst food shortage in nearly a decade, the situation highlights a stark irony…

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“Tinubu has delivered more for North than any previous administration” – Uba Sani

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Uba Sani on Asiwaju

Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has asserted that President Bola Tinubu has delivered more developmental projects and interventions to Northern Nigeria than any previous administration, pointing to investments in infrastructure, agriculture, healthcare and other critical sectors as evidence of the President’s commitment to the region. The governor also dismissed claims that the North may withdraw its support for Tinubu ahead of the 2027 general elections, expressing confidence that the President would secure even more votes from the region than he received in the 2023 presidential poll. Sani made the remarks…

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ACF Endowment Fund sets agenda for transparency, education and empowerment in the North 

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ACF Endowment Fund

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has inaugurated an Endowment Fund Committee to drive transparency, educational advancement and socio-economic empowerment across Northern Nigeria, in a move aimed at strengthening sustainable development efforts in the region. The Committee, jointly headed by former Inspector-General of Police, Dr. Muhammad Ɗahiru Abubakar (rtd.) CFR, and former Plateau State governor, Senator Simon Baƙo Lalong, is tasked with providing strategic leadership and ensuring the successful implementation of the objectives of the ACF Endowment Fund. Speaking during the inauguration ceremony, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT)…

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Media Compact: ‘The 10yr pact, Governance Index to track Northern Governance’ 

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Media Compact Governance Index

A coalition of media executives and regional leaders has unveiled a groundbreaking 10-year strategic framework alongside an independent “governance scoreboard”, designed to actively track and grade the performance of political leaders across Northern Nigeria. The initiative, dubbed: the ‘Abuja Media Compact (2026 – 2036)’, was formally launched by the Liberty Media Group on June 18, following resolutions reached at the second Liberty Symposium in Abuja. Billed as Africa’s first media-led regional transformation framework, the compact signals a deliberate shift by indigenous press organizations from passive observers of regional decay to…

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“North has become a land of the living dead” – Mahdi Shehu

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Mahdi Shehu on North

…Laments insecurity, leadership failure Prominent public affairs commentator, Mahdi Shehu, has delivered a scathing assessment of the state of Northern Nigeria, describing the region as a “land of the living dead” overwhelmed by insecurity, fear, poverty and a deepening leadership crisis. Shehu made the remarks on Saturday, through a post on his official 𝕏 account, where he expressed concern over what he called the gradual collapse of social consciousness and collective resilience among the people of the region. According to him, millions of residents are physically alive but have become…

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“Re-imagining the North a national imperative” – Information Minister, Idris@Liberty Symposium

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Minister, Idris@Liberty Symposium

Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has described the transformation of Northern Nigeria as a national priority, urging stronger collaboration among government, media, civil society and the private sector to unlock the region’s vast economic and human potential. Speaking on Tuesday at the Liberty symposium, titled: ‘Re-imagining the North: Media, Productive Power, and the Making of the Next Northern Nigeria’, organised by Liberty Media Group at the Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja, Idris said the North remains central to Nigeria’s development aspirations and must be strategically repositioned for inclusive…

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“Atiku, Obi, Kwankwaso not convincing options for North” – ACF

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ACF on Atiku, Obi, Kwankwaso

The National Publicity Secretary of the Arewa Consultative Forum, Prof. Tukur Mohammed-Baba, has said voters in Northern Nigeria are increasingly dissatisfied with the country’s political leadership and are yet to identify a presidential contender capable of inspiring confidence ahead of the 2027 elections. Speaking on a television programme on Monday, Mohammed-Baba argued that neither the ruling administration nor prominent opposition figures had offered solutions capable of addressing the country’s pressing economic and security concerns. According to him, many northerners have grown weary of politics centred on personalities rather than policies.…

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2027: “North has lost faith in Tinubu, Atiku, Obi” –  ACF claims

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ACF claims on Tinubu

National Publicity Secretary, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Prof. Tukur Mohammed-Baba, has claimed that Northern Nigeria has lost faith in the country’s main political figures ahead of the 2027 presidential election, including President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar, and Peter Obi. Mohammed-Baba, who made the declaration on Monday, during his appearance during a television interview, declared that President Bola Tinubu has experienced a sharp decline in political standing within the region since taking office. Concurrently, the northern socio-cultural group maintains that neither former vice president Atiku Abubakar nor Nigeria Democratic Congress…

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