As Christians across Nigeria and around the world celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) representing the 19 Northern States and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, extends heartfelt Easter greetings to the faithful and to all Nigerians. ‘Easter reminds us that even in the face of pain and despair, hope can be reborn. It is …

At least 300 personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) took part in a one-day capacity-building program aimed at enhancing school safety across the country. The training, organized by the National Safe School Response Coordination Centre (NSSRCC) for State Coordinators and Desk Officers, focused on participants from the North-Central geopolitical zone. This was disclosed in a statement …

President Bola Tinubu is leading efforts to end the disruption that has paralysed social and economic activities of the northern states as a result of the blackout in the region in the last week. According to a statement on Monday, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga said President Tinubu has summoned the Minister …

Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has expressed concerns over increasing insecurity affecting Northern Nigeria. At a meeting, presided over by the Chairman of its Board of Trustees, Alhaji Bashir Mohammed Dalhatu, the region’s apex sociocultural body said: “Whatever it takes, the security crisis in Northern Nigeria must end and end quickly. Our survival depends on it”. According to a communique, was …

It was former Military Governor of the now defunct Northern Region, General Hassan Usman Katsina (Ciroman Katsina) who described the social menace of begging and destitution in the North as a Hausa-Fulani community problem. Katsina, who was the first Chief of Staff of the Nigerian Army, said this during a media chart on an NTA network programme in February 1992, …

Late Afrobeat superstar, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, in his early musical ensemble days as Africa ‘70, recalibrated a folklore that told the story of food shortage and hunger. The folklore, which Fela entitled Alujanjankijan brims with the motif of greed and its implications. The hunger folktale goes thus: Long time ago, a very severe famine hit the animal kingdom, leading to intense …

Could there have been a better and more appropriate platform to interact and relate with the North than the one provided by the North itself? Certainly no! This is because sensing the need to come together and present a charter of demands to top presidential candidates in the country in order to procure a better deal for the region in …