The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, said on Saturday he would support the zoning of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential ticket to the Northern part of the country if such decision would guarantee the party’s success in 2023 election. The governor, according to a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Kelvin Ebiri,
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The Arewa Youth Assembly (AYA) has issued a three-day ultimatum to Yorubas residing in the North to leave or it will be forced to take necessary actions by personally taking the responsibility of getting them back home. This call was contained in a statement issued on Thursday, March 18, by the Speaker, Arewa Youth Assembly,
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Bashir Tofa, an elder statesman, has warned those stoking ethnic tension across the country to desist from doing so in order to avoid a serious crisis. There has been tension in the country since an ultimatum was issued to herders to vacate the SouthWest over rising insecurity. Sunday Igboho, Yoruba self-acclaimed activist, had first instigated
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Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano state, says there should be a law banning the movement of cattle from the north to the south. Speaking with journalists after he and All Progressives Congress (APC) governors met with President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina state, Ganduje said if the movement of cattle is not stopped, there will
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The hitherto whispered plots about Dr. Goodluck Jonathan contesting the 2023 presidential election are being revived by political strategists from Northern Nigeria who see him as a unifying force to keep the country one. The northern political operatives see President Jonathan as a unifying force around whom a government of national unity could be built
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Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has said he would not support any northerner for the position of president in 2023. He said this on Saturday in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service as published by The Cable. The idea of zoning the presidential seat, according to what he said, is necessarily not constitutional, but is based on
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Northern youths who protested against President Muhammadu Buhari have been urged to thank their stars Nigeria operates a democracy. The Presidency on Tuesday told some Northern youths to thank their stars that the nation is operating a “truly democratic government” where free speech is guaranteed after they protested against President Muhammadu Buhari’s handling of insecurity
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