The North’s apex socio-political group, Arewa Consultative Forum, has said northerners will vote for presidential candidates from other zones, despite its interest in the return of power to the region in 2015.
Professor Ango Abdullahi is the spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum. In this interview with PAUL ORUDE, conducted in Bauchi, Abdullahi, a former Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and one time minister of Agriculture spoke on some national issues. He did not mince words that the north wants the president to come from…
The newly registered All Progressives Congress has begun moves to draft a former Minister of Defence (retd.), General Theophilus Danjuma, into the 2015 presidential election race, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. It was learnt that the North had foreclosed the possibility of getting the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential ticket with President Goodluck Jonathan’s grip on the…
Sheikh Abubakar Shekau, leader of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, has reportedly been shot and deposed by members of his own sect, Boko Haram. A new leader, Abu Zamira Mohammed, who is the sect’s leader negotiating with the federal government has been appointed new leader by the group’s Shura Council. The group also said…
WHEN Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola was sworn in as the Governor of Lagos State, to take over from his mentor, I was one of those who vouched for him,
RIVERS State Governor and Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has reacted to the ongoing controversy between him and the first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, saying the perceived misunder-standing arose out of his desire to provide a conducive learning environment for the children of Okrika, home town of the First Lady.…
The police have said they will disarm vigilante groups in Anambra State ahead of the November 16 governorship election in the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Ballah Nasarawa, stated this on Thursday in Awka while inaugurating the Anambra Vigilance Group Code of Conduct and Identity card at a seminar organised for…
A Sharia Court, presided over by Justice Adamu Idris, yesterday ruled that the Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, no longer had the power to house Miss Charity Uzoechina, a Muslim convert. Uzoechina had been in the custody of the monarch since her conversion to Islam. The Sharia Court had placed the 25-year-old convert in the…
China has opened one ammunition production line in Nigeria, through the production facilities of DICON, to upgrade indigenous defence industry. Senior Colonel Kang Honglin disclosed this at a reception to mark the 86th Anniversary of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army in Abuja. According to him, most of the PLA peacekeepers are deployed in Africa, adding…
Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) President Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor yesterday alleged that Boko Haram members handcuffed and burnt to death 16 Christians in a church in Biu, Borno State. CAN, in a statement, said Pastor Oritsejafor was saddened by the twin explosions by Boko Haram in Kano metropolis where about 53 people were killed and…