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By Dayo Johnson, Ola Ajayi, Shina Abubakar Ojo, Rotimi Ojomoyela and James Ogunnaike Some Yoruba leaders, at the weekend, reacted with cautious optimism to the news that a coalition of northern groups was supporting the demand for the restructuring of the country but rejected zoning. “We keep our fingers crossed because this type of grandiloquent declarations are not new from the leadership   of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) which are the only known groups among those which issued the communiqué”, a chieftain of Afenifere and a member of the 201...

RESTRUCTURING WITHOUT ZONING: Yoruba leaders cautious on ACF, NEF, others’ move On Kindly Share This Story: By Dayo Johnson, Ola Ajayi, Shina Abubakar Ojo, Rotimi Ojomoyela and James Ogunnaike Some Yoruba leaders, at the weekend, reacted with cautious optimism to the news that a coalition of northern groups was supporting the demand for the restructuring of the country but rejected zoning. “We keep our fingers crossed because this type of grandiloquent declarations are not new from the leadership   of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) which are the ...

The emir of Birnin Gwari, Malam Zubairu Jibril Mai Gwari, ll has lashed out on Nigerian politicians whom he described as greedy opportunists. The monarch made the comment in Kaduna during the North-West Conference on the State of the Nation and contemporary challenges in Nigeria organised by Arewa Research and Development Project ARDP AND Savanah […]

Translate UNILAG Muslim Alumni holds pre-Ramadan lecture On …Okunnu, Bugaje, Utomi, Oladosu to discuss Nigeria’s unity The divisive ethnic nationalism threatening the existence of Nigeria will be one of the issues to be discussed at the forthcoming Pre-Ramadan Lecture organised by University of Lagos Muslim Alumni (UMA) on Sunday. The annual event will also touch on a number of issues slowing the nation’s bid to be at par with other developed countries. UMA in a statement by its National President, Shuaib Afolabi Salisu, said eminent personalities have been invited ...

NEF, CNG, ACF, others reject zoning, back restructuring On By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF and other conveners of the Northern Peoples Summit have described restructuring as a vital necessity for survival as one united entity. The North, they insisted, will not be stampeded or blackmailed into taking major decisions around rotating the Presidency. While reading the communiqué of Northern Peoples Summit on Friday at the Arewa House Kaduna,Prof.Doknan Danjuma Sheni ,Chai...