The Northern Elders Forum (NEF), has finally called out just as different groups did previously for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari over his inability and delay in solving the continues insecurity problems in Ngeria. The spokesman of NEF, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, on Monday speaking on a television programme on AIT, said waiting another two
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The Northern Elders Forum says live has lost its meaning under under President, Muhammadu Buhari’s watch. The organisation also said that threat of farming in Northern Nigeria was real in the face of limited production of food in many of the communities. The NEF Director Publicity and Advocacy, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, raised these views in
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Following the forthcoming 2023 general elections, Northern elders for Peace and Development have thrown their weights behind Igbo presidency, insisting that Nigeria’s 2023 presidency should rotate to the South East zone and not to any other. The group, which noted, its support was borne out of the need for every zone to have a taste
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Dr Yima Sen, a leading public intellectual and the director-general of the Northern Elders Forum as well as a pivotal member of its Think Tank is dead. He passed on yesterday at the age of 69 after a brief illness at Garki hospital, Abuja. Until his demise, he was a senior academic at Baze University,
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The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has lamented over the high rate of insecurity in the north, accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of failing to tackle the situation. In a statement on Sunday, Ango Abdullahi, convener of the forum, said the situation is getting worse by the day. He said the constant attacks by bandits and Boko
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The Director, Advocacy and Engagement of the Northern Elders Forum, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has said this is not the time to engage in blame game over Boko Haram attacks in the North-East. He said comments attributed to President Muhammadu Buhari, in which he said the attacks could not have happened without the knowledge of community
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Arewa leaders, under the auspices of Northern Elders Forum (NEF), yesterday accused President Muhammadu Buhari of failing governance test by allowing insecurity and poverty to thrive in Nigeria. Led by Professor Ango Abdullahi, the body handed over the verdict yesterday when it reviewed the state of the nation in Kaduna State. Speaking at a press
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