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Why North Should Concede Power To South In 2023 –Abba Gana

Why North Should Concede Power To South In 2023 –Abba Gana

October 22, 2019 3:04 am

Mohammed Abba Gana, member of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has said the North should concede power to the South in 2023 as a sacrifice for justice, equity, and unity of the country. He spoke on various issues in this interview.

Nigeria recently celebrated her 59th independence from Colonial rule with many arguing whether it was worth it considering the challenges facing the nation today. For you, what were your reflections on October 1?

Political instability is the root cause of all the problems that we …

Turkey-Syria: Syrian Army Heads North After Kurdish Deal

Turkey-Syria: Syrian Army Heads North After Kurdish Deal

October 14, 2019 12:54 pm

Syria’s army has started to reach the north of the country, hours after the government agreed to help Kurdish forces facing Turkey.

State media said government forces, which are backed by Russia, had entered the strategic town of Tal Tamer, 30km (19 miles) south of the Turkish border.

The deal came after the US, the Kurds’ main ally, said it would withdraw its remaining troops from northern Syria.

Turkey’s offensive aims to push Kurdish forces from the border region.

Areas under the control of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) came under heavy bombardment over the weekend, with Turkey making …

North May Keep Presidency For 100 Years - Prof Abdullahi

North May Keep Presidency For 100 Years – Prof Abdullahi

October 12, 2019 1:32 pm

The Chairman of Northern Elders Forum, Prof. Ango Abdullahi has warned that the North will only support candidates from the region in the race for 2023 presidency. He condemned outspoken Afenifere leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo for blaming Hausa/Fulani as being responsible for Nigeria’s problems saying it is an illusion to create a new Nigeria without the Hausa/Fulani. He emphasized that zoning or power shift, which many southern leaders are agitating for is unconstitutional and would not be supported by the North. He spoke further on these and more in this interview by ABDULLAHI HASSAN in Zaria.

Northern elders have …

Grave moment As North Korea Tests Missile Fired From Sea

Grave Moment As North Korea Tests Missile Fired From Sea

October 3, 2019 2:18 am

North Korea has confirmed it test-fired a new type of a ballistic missile, a significant escalation from the short-range tests it has conducted since May.

The missile – which was able to carry a nuclear weapon – was the North’s 11th test this year.

But this one, fired from a platform at sea, was capable of being launched from a submarine.

Being submarine-capable is important as it means North Korea could launch missiles far outside its territory.

According to South Korean officials, the missile flew about 450km (280 miles) and reached an altitude of 910km before landing in the sea.…

North ‘ll not be allowed to manipulate Middle Belt again - Pogu

‘North ‘ll not be allowed to manipulate Middle Belt again’

September 11, 2019 11:17 am

Bitrus Pogu is the national president of the Middle Belt Forum, a body which is made up of the non-Hausa, Fulani ethnic groups in the North. He tells Daily Sun that the Middle Belt will continue to fight for emancipation and against the general perception that they are all part of one monolithic (huge) North which is united by language and culture.

A former commissioner of Police from Benue State, Abubakar Tsav, has said that the leaders of your organisation are noise makers because you say that the Middle Belt should not be regarded as part of the monolithic North. …

Presidency: Igbo must strategise for 2023 – Aghanya

‘North holds the key to Igbo presidency in 2023’

August 21, 2019 10:38 am

Immediate past Secretary-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr. Joe Nworgu, in this interview  talks about Igbo presidency in 2023 and other national issues.

How would you describe President Buhari’s stance towards Southeast in the past four years in relation to your earlier position that his presidency won’t serve the interest of Ndigbo?
Four years ago, I was Secretary-General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo and I recall making public statements on how best it suited the Igbo and I did not factor President Buhari into it. I had followed President Buhari when he was head of state in 1983 through 1985, when he took power …

North can’t retain power, punish Igbo forever – Shehu Sani

August 13, 2019 10:05 am

The immediate past senator, who represented Kaduna Central in the Eighth National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has lampooned those suggesting the idea of the North holding on to power beyond 2023.

Sani, who said it would be ungrateful for the North to attempt retaining power in 2023, cautioned that southerners of Igbo extraction could not continue to be punished for the offence they were not architect of.

The senator, who was reacting to Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s recent call for abolition of power rotation, said it would be unfair for the North to hold grip of power in Nigeria and …

The threat to sack law abiding Southerners from the North

The threat to sack law abiding Southerners from the North

July 7, 2019 1:48 pm

By Odumodu Gbulagu

  • The 30 days ultimatum

The threats didn’t start today!
Whenever the Fulani oligarchs don’t have their way on any burning issue they want, they use the Arewa youths to threaten the people.
I wouldn’t want to delve into the pogrom or even other riots that had nothing to with Southerners, but the turned the primary target.

In August 2017, Arewa youths threatened the Igbos in the North to vacate before October 1st or face being killed.

They released an anti Igbo song that was carefully worded to cause incitement.
It was spread throughout the social media, yet …

Nigeria: North is backward, South is developing - El-Rufai

Nigeria: North is backward, South is developing – el-Rufai

July 7, 2019 12:19 am

Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State on saturday, painted the picture of Nigeria as that of two countries in one: a developing South and a backward, less educated and unhealthy north, with the highest number of poor people in the world.

He also drew similarities between the development indicators of the North and those of war-torn Afghanistan.

The governor spoke at the Northern Youth Summit in Kaduna organised by Northern Hibiscus, an NGO.

He said that for the problems to be tackled effectively, the governors of all the 19 northern states have to work together.

His words: “Looking at the …

US seizes a North Korean cargo ship

May 10, 2019 9:33 am

The United States has seized a North Korean cargo ship that’s suspected of being an integral part of the North’s alleged sanctions violations.

The ship, called the Wise Honest, hauled coal from North Korea that was sold in other countries, including China.

Read Also: North Korea demanded $2 million before releasing US student

The United States and United Nations say illicit coal sales help fund North Korea’s nuclear weapons programs. The ship’s seizure will only raise already heightened tensions between the two countries.

US efforts to get the North to drop its nuclear program have stalled, and in less than …

North Carolina man murders, dismembers roommates

May 7, 2019 11:29 pm

A man from North Carolina, U.S., has been indicted on murder charges after police said he stabbed his two roommates to death before dismembering the bodies and dumping them in a wooded area.

Tyrone Donte Gladden, 46, was indicted by a Forsyth County grand jury on two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of dismembering human remains in the June 2017 deaths of Gary Michael Craig Jr., 36, and Devetta Carnetta Campbell, 40, The Winston-Salem Journal reported.

Search warrants obtained by the paper stated that the roommates’ families had not been able to contact them for some time, prompting …

Banditry, kidnappings, and killings in the North

May 4, 2019 11:25 am

By Odumodu Gbulagu

 

In the times past when the kidnapping scourge was at it’s peak in the Southeast and South South geopolitical zones of Nigeria, the two zones were mocked by the rest of the country and the Igbos especially were accused of turning everything including kidnapping to money making venture.
Now the menace is a thing of the past in both zones, and it has become a lucrative and budding business in the unlikeliest of places: the Northern part of the country and
Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara and Abuja have become the hotbeds.

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