Northern Elders Forum, Afenifere, Ohanaeze hit Buhari over mass murder in Northern Nigeria

Northern Elders Forum; Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere; and the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide; have knocked the President, Muhammadu Buhari; over kidnappings and killings by bandits in the North. There were series of protests in the Federal Capital Territory and in some states in the North. The protesters had converged on the Ayuba […]

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Northern Elders Forum calls for Buhari’s impeachment

Spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed said President Muhammadu Buhari should be impeached if he cannot solve Nigeria’s insecurity problem. Speaking on AIT’s ‘Kakaaki’ programme on Monday, Baba-Ahmed said the nation cannot wait for two more years for Buhari to address the issues of insecurity. He said those who have constitutional responsibility […]

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Nigeria must be restructured ―Northern Elders Forum insists

Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has advised Nigerians not to be tired of demanding the restructuring of the country from the present government. Speaking on Tuesday morning, NEF spokesperson, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, while featuring on Channels Television programme, Sunrise Daily, insisted that the country must be restructured to address fundamental issues that ought to have been […]

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Northern Elders Forum, youths order Fulani herdsmen to return to the north

Northern Elders Forum and the Coalition of the Northern Groups have asked Fulani herdsmen to leave the southern part of Nigeria. They said the herdsmen should return to the North where their (herdsmen) safety and that of their property could be guaranteed. The northern elders and the youths said they were worried that some southern […]

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FG responds to Afenifere, Ohanaeze, Northern Elders Forum, PANDEF, Middle Belt’s endorsement of Atiku

In a statement, the Nigerian government, has on Sunday, condemned the endorsement of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar by influential socio-cultural groups, including: Afenifere, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Northern Elders’ Forum, Pan-Niger Delta Forum and the Middle Belt Forum so as to defeat President Muhammadu Buhari. The government’s statement reads: “The Peoples Democratic […]

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Afenifere, Ohanaeze, Northern Elders Forum, PANDEF, Middle Belt Forum, etc endorse Atiku for president

The electoral chances of the People’s Democratic Party Presidential flag bearer, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar received a boost on Sunday as regional leaders and socio-cultural groups from the six regional zones of the country adopted him as their consensus candidate for the 2019 presidential elections. Speaking under the auspices of the Summit of Nigerian […]

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The stance of Northern Elders’ Forum on restructuring

Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF) has stated that it was yet to take a stand on the lingering issue of restructuring of Nigeria. The Director-General of the Forum, Yima Sen was among the speakers at the Handshake Across Nigeria summit titled, ‘Nigeria beyond oil’, organised by Nzuko Umunna and The Core Federalists, which took place in […]

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