Northern Governors

October 15, 2020

#ASUU, NYSC, #EndBadGovernanceinNigeria | All the #EndSWAT inspired trends saying #EnoughisEnough

As we continue to protest police brutality and call for an end to the Federal Special Anti Robbery Squad (FSARS), it’s only natural that similar issues and underlining events catalysing the original movement are highlighted. Here are some of the campaigns that have come to light owing to the #EndSARS movement. 1. #AlausaProtest: This campaign began... Read More

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September 20, 2017

Support Buhari, stop clamouring for 2019 Presidency | Group tells Northern Governors

The Chairman of Northern People Political Vanguard (NPPV), Tondo Joseph, on Wednesday in Makurdi has advised Governors of Northern States in the country to stop clamouring for the 2019 presidency, Daily Trust reports. Highlights: “Northern Governors should stop clamouring for 2019 presidency but rather support the Buhari led-administration to succeed. They should stop distracting him... Read More

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September 19, 2017

“We cannot afford to separate” – Gov Shettima

The governor of Abia, Okezie Ikpeazu received five other governors from the Northern part of the country on Monday. Highlights From Ikpeazu: “We won’t allow an infinitesimal few to separate us”. Ikpeazu expressed gratitude to the Northern delegation for coming to solidarise with the people of Abia. From Shettima (Chairman, Northern Governors’ Forum): “On behalf of... Read More

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September 18, 2017

Biafra: Northern governors visit Abia

Some northern governors have paid a solidarity visit to Abia state governor, Okezie Ikpeazu. This is after President Muhammadu Buhari appointed a delegation to visit the South-East on a peace mission. The visit was necessary after the deployment of troops to the region had heat up the polity. Some of the governors who visited the... Read More

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September 18, 2017

Nigerians are free to stay in any part of the country – Northern governors

The Northern Governors’ Forum has said its visit to the South-East was to assure people of the region that they are with them. The Background: President Muhammadu Buhari had sent a delegation of five northern governors to the South-East for peace mission. This was after tension grew in the region, after the army deployed soldiers... Read More

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September 18, 2017

Buhari sends northern governors to S’East over Biafra agitation

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a delegation of Northern governors to the South-East on peace mission, TheCable reports. The President had held a meeting with Governors Ganduje, Shettima and Tambuwal on Sunday before leaving for the US. Why it matters: The deployment of soldiers to the South-East to quell the agitation for Biafra had heat... Read More

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September 10, 2017

Yoruba elders, Northern governors, others rally support for Buhari in 2019

Having seen Lauretta Onochie’s tweet, “We’re working on Buhari’s return to power in 2019,” Northern APC governors and the governor of Ogun have added their voices to endorse President Buhari’s return in 2019. This came after the Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan, displayed her unalloyed support for godfather, a former vice president, Atiku Abubakar,... Read More

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The Kaduna Declaration: Every Northern governor should reproduce El-Rufai’s statement

by Alexander O. Onukwue The Governor of Kaduna, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has reacted swiftly to the declaration that called for all Igbos in the North to vacate before the 1st of October, 2017. The statement, which was the product of a meeting allegedly held in the Arewa House in Kaduna state, had claimed five groups,... Read More

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January 25, 2017

Northern Governors to begin registration of Fulani herdsmen at Nigerian borders

The Northern Governor’s Forum (NGF) had said it will work with relevant stakeholders to ensure registration of Fulani herdsmen entering Nigeria at the border. Chairman of the Forum, Alhaji Kashim Shettima of Borno, disclosed this to newsmen at the end of the forum’s meeting in Kaduna, on Tuesday. Shettima said most of the herdsmen were... Read More

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January 23, 2017

Sultan of Sokoto, Northern governors meet over Southern Kaduna crisis

The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar on Monday met with governors and traditional rulers in the North over the Southern Kaduna crisis. While speaking at the opening ceremony on Monday at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House , Kaduna, the Sultan condemned the preaching of violence in places of worship. The Sultan also said impunity was one of... Read More

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‘It’s an insult to say criminals are Fulani herdsmen’ – Northern Governors

Northern Governors have described as ‘an insult’, the ethinicisation of attacks being carried out by herdsmen around the country. The 19 governors held a meeting in Kaduna on Friday, where they noted that it was out of place to label all criminals as Fulani. Chairman of the Northern States Governors Forum and Governor of Borno... Read More

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February 16, 2016

Northern governors to Shehu Sani: ‘You’re ignorant of the loan issue’

The Northern Governors have labeled the reaction of the Vice Chairman, Senate committee on Foreign and Domestic Debts, Senator Shehu Sani to the plan by the governors to get loans from Islamic Development Bank in Jedda- as ‘purely based on lack of the slightest knowledge about the issue.’ Sani had declared that the efforts of the Northern... Read More

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February 14, 2016

‘You can’t borrow from Islamic Bank’ – Shehu Sani tells northern governors

Chairman, Senate committee on Foreign and Domestic Debts, Senator Shehu Sani, has criticised the move by the 19 northern governors to take a loan from the Islamic Development Bank. He said the move was a violation of the laws of Nigeria adding that it is contrary to the act of National Assembly, specifically that of... Read More

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December 4, 2015

‘We won’t let pro-Biafra protests, violence spread to the North’ – NGF

The coalition of 19 Northern Governors under the Northern Governors Forum, have expressed worry over the pro-Biafra attacks of Wednesday, December 2, in Onitsha, Anambra state. The NGF says firm measures have been taken to make sure the violence and protests in the South East doesn’t extend to the North, however, the measures won’t be disclosed publicly.... Read More

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Northern governors set up committee to expose Boko Haram sponsors | YNaija.com

October 10, 2015

Northern governors begin quest to unmask Boko Haram sponsors

A committee has been inaugurated by the governors of the 19 Northern states, to unravel the dealings and ultimately expose the sponsors of Islamic terrorist sect, Boko Haram. The committee comprises of attorneys-general and commissioners of justice of the 19 Northern states. Chairman, Northern Governors’ Forum and Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, inaugurated the committee on... Read More

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Northern governors say Boko Haram would be stamped out in 3 months, Presidency orders arrest, deportation of illegal aliens & other important news you should know today

by Oge Okonkwo Northern governors say Boko Haram to be stamped out in 3 months The Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) on Saturday said all elements of the Boko Haram terrorists group would be stamped out within three months. Gov. Babangida Aliyu, Chairman of the forum, said this in an address at a joint Northern States Governors/United... Read More

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Perry Brimah: Northern governors have failed the citizens

by Perry Brimah If the Federal security forces fail to secure your domain, if they fail to arrest a single sponsor of terror when many of these are well known, you should take determinate steps to accord the people in your ward the necessary security they deserve. Apart from Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa state,... Read More

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Rivers crisis: There was no attack on the northern governors’ convoy – Police

by Rachel Ogbu Commissioner for Information and Communications, Ibim Semenitari has confirmed that a Government House bus was damaged when youths on Tuesday, reportedly threw stones and other objects at the convoy of the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa. Semenitari described the incident (where a bus carrying some... Read More

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Northern governors may form new party ahead of 2015

by Rachel Ogbu There are indications that governors from the north and other senior politicians in the region, may form a new political party, new reports suggests. On Friday, a source speaking to the Punch said the creation of a new political party was part of the three options considered by northern political leaders as... Read More

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January 27, 2013

For the Records: Nuhu Ribadu’s speech at the Northern Development Focus Initiative (NDFI) summit

by Nuhu Ribadu It gives me immense pleasure to be part of this distinguished gathering. I am very honored to be asked to speak on an important topic that is at heart of the national discourse and therefore the key to any solution to our various challenges. Behind every problem confronting us, there is corruption.... Read More

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“We’ll have to give it a try” – Deputy Senate president speaks on creation of new states

by Adeniyi Abdul Deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu has given some insight on how new states can be created in the country. The Senate had last month received 56 requests for creation of new states and Ekweremadu who is, in addition to being the deputy president of the Senate, chairman of the upper chamber’s Constitutional... Read More

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