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Arewa House, Latest Politics
Wednesday, November 14th, 2012
Ahead of Thursday’s zonal constitutional conferences, foremost northern political group, the Arewa Consultative Forum, has recommended capital punishment for corruption. At present, China is the only notable country where corruption attracts capital punishment. In its proposal submitted to the National Assembly, a copy of which was obtained by one our correspondents in Kaduna on Tuesday, […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, Arewa House, Latest Politics, National Politics, Party Politics, Top Stories
Friday, August 24th, 2012
Major socio-cultural organisations in the country have expressed opposing views on the plan by the Federal Government to embark on an elaborate centenary celebration of the amalgamation of the Northern and Southern protectorates in 1914 by the British. Nigeria became a nation when the then Governor-General of the country, Lord Frederick Lugard, merged the Protectorate […]
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Arewa House, Headlines, Niger Delta
Tuesday, August 7th, 2012
Northern youths under the aegis of the Arewa Youth Forum on Tuesday in Kaduna asked President Goodluck Jonathan to “call to order,” his kinsmen – former Federal Commissioner for Information and Ijaw Leader, Chief Edwin Clark; and the leader of the Niger Delta Volunteer Force, Asari Dokubo – for their “unguarded utterances” which could lead […]
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Arewa House, Latest Politics, Nigerian Police
Tuesday, June 26th, 2012
The northern socio-political group, the Arewa Consultative Forum, and some ex- police chiefs on Tuesday rejected the Nigeria Governors’ Forum’s demand for state police. They described creation of state police as an invitation to chaos. But the Action Congress of Nigeria has backed the NGF, saying security in the country should be decentralised. The National […]
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Arewa House, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85), Presidency
Friday, May 18th, 2012
By Henry Umoru ABUJA —THE Arewa Youth Forum yesterday slammed the former Military Head of State and 2011 Presidential candidate of Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, General Muhammadu Buhari over his prediction of a bloody revolution if 2015 election is rigged. The youths in a statement described General Buhari’s outbursts as misguided, treasonable and uncalled […]
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Arewa House, Latest Politics
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) on Tuesday urged Nigerians to look beyond politics in reacting to the allegations of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Gen. Andrew Owoeye Azazi against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on the state of insecurity in the country. Azazi on Friday at the South South Summit in Asaba, Delta State, […]
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Arewa House, Latest Politics
Thursday, April 19th, 2012
A body of elders in the North, who met under the aegis of Arewa Elders Forum (AEF), has told southerners who are agitating for the convocation of a Sovereign National Conference (SNC) that the North can survive if the country divides. The elders also lamented insecurity in the country and reiterated their resolve to work […]
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Arewa House, Latest Politics
Thursday, February 9th, 2012
THE controversial zoning of power by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) between the North and South resurrected yesterday as northern elders responded to issues thrown up by the Boko Haram insurgency. Through their umbrella platform, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), the northern elders expressed worry over leaders of the region being labelled as opposed to […]
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Arewa House, Headlines
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Disturbed by the mass killings in Kano by the Boko Haram sect, the Arewa Youths Forum (AYF) has advocated that the Federal Government should declare a season of forgiveness for all members of the group and urge them to surrender their arms so as to commence a genuine dialogue that could lead to peace and […]
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Arewa House, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Sunday, January 8th, 2012
NORTHERN elders under the umbrella of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), at the weekend, urged Nigerians to jettison threat by the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, which demanded that southerners and Christians leave the north. The elders said the threat reflects a minority view that should be ignored and not taken seriously by patriotic Nigerians. In […]
