Tag: NORTHERN NIGERIA

U.S. eyes North for drone-refueling hub to monitor Sahel insurgencies

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US eyes North

On Monday, February 9, 2026, reports emerged that the United States is in advanced negotiations with the Nigerian government to establish a dedicated drone refueling and logistics outpost in Northern Nigeria.  This strategic move, which follows the arrival of a “small team” of U.S. military officers in Abuja last week, is designed to restore American Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities that were severely degraded following the 2024 withdrawal from Air Base 201 in Agadez, Niger. Commander of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), General Dagvin R.M. Anderson, confirmed that the new…

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Kolmani oil project stalls under Tinubu administration

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Kolmani oil project stalls

…As communities, Govs. seek clarity More than three years after Nigeria announced its first commercial crude oil discovery in Northern Nigeria, the Kolmani Integrated Development Project in Bauchi and Gombe states remains stalled, with no clear timeline for production or supporting infrastructure, raising growing concerns among host communities and regional leaders. Recall that the Kolmani project was inaugurated in November 2022 amid national fanfare, with the Federal Government and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) describing it as a landmark breakthrough that would rebalance Nigeria’s oil geography. The initiative…

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UN sounds alarm on hunger, warns of famine in Northern Nigeria

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UN sounds alarm

Around 55 million people in violence-wracked West and Central Africa face acute food insecurity this year, and some are on the verge of famine in northern Nigeria, the United Nations (UN) said, yesterday. Violence across the region has triggered a hunger crisis that is being exacerbated by aid cuts, the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) stated. According to the WFP, it had had to slash its food assistance in the area as funding dries up. In West and Central Africa, “a staggering 55 million people will be facing acute food…

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Gumi calls for plan to end Almajiri system in the North

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Gumi on Almajiri system

Renowned Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has called for a ‘Marshall Plan’ to gradually end the Almajiri system in Northern Nigeria. In a post on X, Gumi said the North has the capacity to lead Nigeria’s education sector within the next 15 years with the phasing-out of the Almajiri system. He based his claim on the presence of about 150 public and private universities in the region. According to him, Northern Nigeria has enough educational institutions to drive major progress if the right policies are put in place. He said…

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“Declare 6-month emergency rule in the North, seek U.S. security support” – NADECO to Tinubu

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NADECO to Tinubu

With Nigeria less than two years away from national elections, a U.S.-based pro-democracy group has issued an unusually blunt proposal to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu: declare a ‘state of emergency’ across northern Nigeria, and formally invite the United States to deploy special operations forces to help restore security. In an open proposal addressed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the National Democratic Coalition, (NADECO) USA called for a six-month state of emergency across northern Nigeria and urged the government to formally invite the United States to provide limited military assistance, including…

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2027: Tinubu’ll get 75% of Northern votes” – Ahmed Lawan 

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Ahmed Lawan

Former Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has predicted that President Bola Tinubu will secure over 75 percent of the votes in the Northern region in 2027 with effective mobilisation by the All Progressives Congress, (APC). Lawan, who was the President of the ninth Senate made the prediction on Wednesday. He spoke after he was appointed as the National Patron of ‘Tinubu House-to-House Network’, at his office in the National Assembly. The delegation, according to a statement by Lawan’s media aide, Ezrel Tabiowo, was led by the organisation’s national chairman, Comrade Yahaya…

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“North’s ‘genocide’ claims fueling dangerous divisions”, Prof. Yusuf warns

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Prof Usman Yusuf

A former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof. Usman Yusuf, has raised alarm over what he describes as a growing “false narrative” of Christian genocide in northern Nigeria, warning that the claims are deepening mistrust and setting the region “against itself” at a time of escalating insecurity. In a strongly worded opinion, Yusuf said the allegations—amplified by foreign groups, local actors and international political interests—are not only misleading but harmful to long-standing interfaith relations in northern Nigeria. Recalling a more harmonious era, the professor painted a…

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Insecurity: “North running out of time” – Region’s leaders raise alarm in Kaduna

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Northern leaders meeting

…Govs., Sultan unite on State Police Northern political and traditional leaders yesterday held a high-stakes emergency security summit in Kaduna, issuing their strongest collective warning yet that the North risks “losing its future” to escalating insecurity, deepening poverty and social collapse unless urgent, coordinated action is taken. The joint meeting of the Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) and the Northern Traditional Rulers Council brought together the 19 governors of the region, led by Forum Chairman and Governor of Gombe State, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya; traditional rulers, led by the Sultan of…

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Escalating Insecurity: “Banditry, terrorism in Northern Nigeria are self-inflicted” — ACF Chair

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ACF Chair on escalating insecurity

…Says ‘It’s time to declare a war situation’ The Chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Board of Trustees, (BoT), Bashir Ɗalhatu, has asked the Federal Government to declare a war situation in Nigeria in view of the unrelenting insecurity in the country. The ACF leader, who was answering questions during a television programme on Friday, stressed that the North as a region was overwhelmed by banditry and terrorism. “It is time for the Federal Government to declare a war situation,” he said as the government’s renewed onslaught against bandits…

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Tinubu vows to tackle banditry, restore peace, stability in the North

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Tinubu vows

President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to addressing the increasing incidence of banditry, kidnapping and terrorism in the northern region of the country, asserting that no part will be neglected while his government remains vigilant. President Tinubu made the remarks at the 25th Anniversary of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) in Kaduna at the weekend. Represented by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajuddeen Abbas, Tinubu acknowledged that the North is facing one of the gravest challenges in its history, ranging from a corrosion of security, a…

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