The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has deducted a total of N235.6 billion between January and July 2025 from the Frontier Exploration Fund (FEF), in line with the provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), according to the company’s financial documents. The deductions represent 30 per cent of Profit Sharing Contract (...
•Peter Obi A former National Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Peter Ameh, says the pulse from northern Nigeria shows that the people of the region accept presidential hopeful Peter Obi and his single-term proposal. “I am from northern Nigeria and we know, as I speak today, that the current available decision of our [&hellip...
•Arewa forum logo and Tinubu The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has alleged that the northern region is being marginalised in federal budget allocations and infrastructure development under the administration of President Bola Tinubu. The Chairman of the ACF Board of Trustees, Bashir Dalhatu, who claimed during a presentation at a two-day inte...
•Rabiu Kwankwaso and Tinubu The strongman of Kano politics, former Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso, has criticised the President Bola Tinubu administration for what he described as the neglect of the northern region of Nigeria and the concentration of the nation’s resources on developing the southern part of the country where the president comes from...
•Tinubu, ADC logo and Atiku The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s recent appointments, describing them as an attempt to regain the trust of Northern Nigerians after over years of “neglect.” In a statement issued on Friday and signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, the party said the...
•Brigadier General Kapeh Alwali Kazir (retired) The security situation in the North can be effectively addressed through strong political will and commitment from the central government rather than declaring a state of emergency. This was the view of Brig-Gen Kapeh Alwali Kazir (Retrd.), during an exclusive interview with our correspondent in ...
•Tinubu Ahead of the 2027 general elections, Northern political leaders, under the aegis of the National Political Consultative Group, NPCG (North), have agreed to present a single presidential candidate to challenge President Bola Tinubu. The leaders, who also resolved to unveil a political platform for this purpose, urged Nigerians to sancti...
•Hakeem Baba-Ahmed A former Special Adviser on Political Matters to the President, Bola Tinubu, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has said that the North will, in the next six months, take a stand on who to support for the presidency in 2027. He said no politician can win the presidency in 2027 without the support of the […]
•Buhari Abdul Rasheeth, an aide to former vice president Atiku Abubakar, has said the north is not interested anything related to the immediate past president, Muhammadu Buhari. Rasheeth said this on X while reacting to Buhari’s statement yesterday in which the former president restated his commitment to the ruling All Progressives Congress (A...
•Yakubu Dogara A former Speaker of the 9th House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has attributed the North’s current state of backwardness to its leaders. He also urged Nigerians to support President Bola Tinubu in transforming the nation through the tax reform bills currently awaiting the endorsement of the National Assembly, reports Daily ...

