We Have 7 Northern Governors Lined Up to Kick Out Jonathan in 2015 – Junaid Mohammed

We Have 7 Northern Governors Lined Up to Kick Out Jonathan in 2015-Junaid Mohammed

The Convener of the Northern Leaders, Academics, Professionals and Businessmen, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, has revealed that the North has 7 governors lined up to replace president Jonathan in 2015.

He however said that he would prefer a situation where the North presented one formidable candidate but that infighting amongst the 7 governors has precluded…

Blame Northern Govs, FG For Boko Haram – Shettima

Borno State Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, yesterday, blamed the governors in the North and the Federal Government for the  Boko Haram insurgency in the northern part of the country.

Speaking at the North-East Alliance For Transformation Summit in Yankari, Bauchi State, Governor Shettima said the failure of the northern governors to provide good governance to the teeming populace who gave them their mandates, has worsened the insecurity situation.

Northern youths endorse David Mark for 2015 presidency

Coming on the heels of his endorsement by the League of Idoma Professors (LIP), Senate President, David Mark  has again being endorsed by the youth wing of the Arewa Consultative Forum as its candidate for the 2015 Presidential election.

The group under the aegis of the  Arewa Youth Alliance for Democracy said Mark’s…

Attack in northern Nigeria kills 12: officials – CTV News

The Associated Press

LAGOS — Gunmen armed with rifles and machetes attacked a rural village Sunday in northern Nigeria, killing at least 12 people, including worshippers leaving a mosque after prayers before dawn, officials said.

The attack happened in Dogon Dawa, a village deep in the pasturelands of Kaduna state where police and security forces maintain only a light presence. The number of dead could be higher as emergency responders acknowledged…

2015 Presidency: ACF flays squabbles among northern leaders

BY EMEKA MAMAH

Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has expressed concern over what it described as ‘’public altercations’’ or squabbles among northern leaders as efforts were being made to ensure unity in the region as a way of winning the 2015 presidency.

ACF, which…

Destruction of Northern Nigeria

Simon Kolawole

So here we are. I was discussing with a friend recently. She said something that bothered me and, I hope, should bother you too. She…

Fani-Kayode Blasts Northern Leader, Says ‘We Won The War Not You’

Controversial former minister of aviation and Obasanjo attack dog, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has hit out at a prominent Northern leader, Alhaji Usman Faruk, a former military governor of North-West State during the General Yakubu…

Northern Govs Reject State Police, True Federalism, National Conference, Want Increased Oil Revenue

The quest by governors of the 36 states to push for the removal of the police from the exclusive list has suffered a setback. The Goverors also called for a revisiting of the Off shore on shore…

NNPC Spokesman, Ajuonoma, Northern Elder, Ibrahim Damcida, Die in Dana Crash

NNPC Spokesman, Ajuonoma, Northern Elder, Ibrahim Damcida, Die in Dana Crash

FG behind Northern bombings, says El-Rufai

Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Nasir el-Rufai yesterday accused the Federal Government of being partly responsible for the spate of bombings in parts of the North and Abuja.

The alleged government’s involvement, according to him,…