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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021
From Fred Itua, Abuja Christian Bishops from Northern Central Middle Belt have called on Nigerians to support a candidate from the region for President in 2023. The bishops noted that since 1999, nobody from any of the states in the region has produced a president. The clergymen, who are members of the Middle Belt Bishops’ Council, […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, North-Central, Top Stories
Sunday, April 25th, 2021
Prof. Yusuf Turaki One of the conveners of the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determinations (NINAS), Prof Yusuf Turaki, has said that the North must apologise to the Middle Belt for atrocities committed against the region. The Middle Belt leader, in an interview with VINCENT KALU, analysed the 12- paragraph communiqué released recently by the […]
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Latest Politics, North-Central
Thursday, October 1st, 2020
Aduku (right) and Ogbe when the NCPF visited the former Minister of Agriculture in Abuja recently… ACF says it is not quarrelling over NCPF That Nigeria is more divided today than ever before is no longer news. It is already manifesting with the North Central geopolitical zone that appear set to break away and seeking […]
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Headlines, North-Central, North-East, North-West
Friday, September 11th, 2020
THE industrial edge of the North is long gone! It’s like an earthquake struck and wiped away all the blossoming industries that used to dot the length and breadth of the region and produced enormous wealth for the natives. From footwears industries to fabrics manufacturing and essential goods-producing entities, the North is now bereft of […]
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Latest Politics, North-Central
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014
Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh | credits: http://www.nigeriancurrent.com/ THE bloodbath in the North-Central states has continued for so long, inuring the public and media to an unfolding human tragedy. While national and global attention is riveted on the atrocities of Boko Haram terrorists, bloodletting, arson, brigandage, rape and impunity are on the […]
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Headlines, North-Central, North-East, North-West
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013
WHOEVER worked out the 2013/14 cut off marks for admission to federal government colleges is cutting off the North from developing its capacities. It is a practical indication of ordained backwardness for a part of Nigeria – it should not be allowed, for the dangers it portends for the whole country.It is bad if some […]
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Headlines, North-Central, North-East, North-West
Wednesday, October 24th, 2012
By Bayo Olupohunda – The drumbeats of presidential politics among the major ethnic groups that have dominated political equation in the country are gathering momentum. The discordant tunes will reach a crescendo in the coming months as the country races another electoral cycle in the quest to elect the nation’s president in 2015. As it […]
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Latest Politics, North-Central, North-East, North-West
Saturday, September 22nd, 2012
By EMEKA MAMAH & SONI DANIEL, Abuja Apparently worried over the inevitability of the north losing power in 2015 due to lack of peace and unity among the people in the region, the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has called for political strategies that would put the area in strong position of strength to secure some […]
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Latest Politics, North-Central, North-East, North-West
Tuesday, August 7th, 2012
The Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, has said the insecurity problems in the northern part of the country may not help Nigeria to move forward. He also said it was regrettable that the northern part of the country, which he said was once leading in peace and tranquillity, had become the theatre of war. […]
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Latest Politics, North-Central, North-East, North-West
Saturday, June 30th, 2012
The current insecurity challenges in Nigeria might be playing into the hands of desperate Northern politicians who are eager to exploit the situation to win back the Presidency from Goodluck Jonathan in 2015. SATURDAY PUNCH investigations on Friday showed that top politicians of Northern origin are scheming to build on the appointment of Sokoto State-born […]