The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has asked the governor of Kaduna, Nasir el-Rufai, not to “distract us”, as they are doing everything within their limits to ensure there is peace in the country. Background: The Kaduna government obtained a bench warrant to arrest the members of the Northern coalition who issued quit notice to... Read More

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September 29, 2017

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We are not vacating the North – Igbo Leader

As October 1st is underway – the day a Northern a coalition asked the Igbos to vacate the region (now reversed) – the leadership of the Igbo community in Northern Nigeria has said that Igbos will not heed to the call by an association of lawyers in Anambra, asking them to return home, The Nation... Read More

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September 24, 2017

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“Everybody’s life in Nigeria is in danger” – Falana

Human rights lawyer/activist, Femi Falana in an interview with Punch has said it is an irony that those clamouring for the division of Nigeria are not consistently at the regions considered as their origin – while Nnamdi Kanu (IPOB leader) together with his wife has dual citizenship, Yerima Shetima (leader of Northern coalition that gave... Read More

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July 23, 2017

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We deserve to be honoured | Arewa youth asking Igbos to quit the North say

Leader of the ‘Kaduna Declaration’, a coalition of Northern youth groups that gave Igbo an October 1 deadline to vacate the North, Yerima Shettima has said that the idea behind the quit notice is working perfectly. According to him, the groups decided to come with the quit notice to make leaders in the Southeast disclose... Read More

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June 25, 2017

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Kaduna Declaration: Yerima replies Falana, says he has the support of Northern elders

The Co-Convener of the Coalition of Northern Groups and leader of Arewa Consultative Youth Forum, Shettima Yerima, has challenged human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, to go to his hometown and see if he can win an election. At a news conference in Abuja on Thursday, Falana described Yerima as a “Lagos man” and so had... Read More

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July 31, 2016

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Northern elites disagree over restructuring

A chieftain of the Arewa Consultative Forum, Mohammed Abdulrahman, on Saturday stated that northern elites, who are opposing the restructuring of the country, are only interested in their selfish gains. “I am in total support of the call for restructuring of the country. The North we have today is not what it used to be.... Read More

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August 30, 2015

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Even the North is complaining about Buhari’s appointments

Northern group, Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, has also criticised the recent appointments made by President Muhammadu Buhari. President of the AYC, Yerima Shettima, says Buhari’s appointments, are in favour of the northern region. Shettima said it was imperative for the President to include all geopolitical zones in his appointments, so as to ward-off suspicion of ethnic bias.... Read More

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Kaduna Declaration: Yerima replies Falana, says he has the support of Northern elders

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Even the North is complaining about Buhari’s appointments

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