Leaders from the 19 Northern states and Abuja, on Saturday, converged on Kaduna to chart a new course for the region’s unity, institutional strength, and economic revitalisation. At the Unity and Development Summit held at Arewa House, Kaduna, a former Zamfara State Governor, Senator Abdulaziz Yari urged leaders, elders, and youths across the region to close ranks and pursue a …

A Northern good governance advocacy group, Northern Star Youth Empowerment Initiative, NSYEI, has condemned the killing of innocent civilians in an airstrike conducted by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) that killed Zamfara Community Protection Guard (ZCPG), local vigilantes, and residents in the village of Tungar Kara, located in the Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The tragic incident on …

The Concerned Northern Forum has called on Nigerians, especially elites from the region to support the Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi and President Bola Tinubu to achieve the administration’s Renewed Hope agenda. The group made this call while reacting to a motion on the floor of the Senate by Senator Danjuma Goje (Gombe Central), alleging that the North East …

The Arewa Progressive Forum has disassociated itself from the recent views of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) against President Bola Tinubu’s approach to security in the region. In a recent interview, NEF said it regretted its decision to vote for Tinubu in the 2023 elections, with a threat that the North had learned its lesson over heightened security challenges under …

The Nineteen Seventeen Northern Consensus Movement for Peace, Unity, Empowerment and Development Initiative (NSNCM) has extended its condolence to President Bola Tinubu; the Minister of Defence Mohammed Badaru Abubakar; the Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Bello Matawalle; the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa; service chiefs, the Armed Forces, and Nigerians over the killing of 16 soldiers and …

A group, the Northern Consensus Movement of Nigeria, has vowed to stop the supply of food from the North to the southern part of the country. The group made this threat following a recent ultimatum issued by a Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho for the Fulani community to vacate Yorubaland within 10 days. The group …

A northern group, Arewa Youth Assembly, on Tuesday, called for the suspension of the general elections in the country. The group, comprising youths from the 19 Northern states and Abuja, noted that the suspension of the forthcoming elections became necessary due to the fuel and naira scarcity. In a statement released to newsmen in Kaduna, the Speaker of the group, …