•Tinubu The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has called on President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency in northern Nigeria, citing the extraordinary scale of insecurity and the government’s constitutional and international obligations to protect lives. The Forum lamented that state security agencies remained overstretched, under-resourced...
•Tinubu The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to take immediate action to address what it describes as a pattern of lopsided federal appointments that disproportionately favor the South-West region, undermining Nigeria’s diversity and constitutional order. In a statement issued today by its spokesperson, Pro...
•Jungle justice The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has blown hot over the killing of northern hunters in Uromi, Edo State, saying that the North has tolerated enough and will no longer condone such acts. NEF made the position known through Professor Abubakar Jika Jiddere, spokesperson of the Forum, reports Sunday Trust. In a statement, yesterday,...
•Tinubu and Fubara The Northern Elders Forum has expressed displeasure over the recent political development in Rivers State which led to the suspension of Govenor Siminalayi Fubara and members of the House of Assembly by President Bola Tinubu. In a statement, Professor Abubakar Jika Jiddere, spokesperson of NEF, called on the president to imm...
•Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the 2023 elections and leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, has accused some people whom he described as self-proclaimed northern stakeholders of meddling in the process of selection and fielding of candidates during presiden...
•Tinubu Northern leaders have expressed displeasure over President Bola Tinubu’s declaration that there will be no reversal on the controversial tax reform bills. The leaders, comprising members of the National Assembly, the League of Northern Democrats, and the Northern Elders’ Forum, criticised the President’s firm position, describing it as...
•Dr Bature AbdulAzi National Patriotic Elders Forum (NPEF) has called on Nigerians to support the review of the nation’s constitution. Making this assertion yesterday in Kano, the NPEF chairman, Ambassador Dr Bature AbdulAzi while reading a communiqué before the press in Kano, stressed the need for the committee to carry the elders along in th...
•Tinubu Northern Elders Forum has expressed its deepest regrets over its decision to vote for President Bola Tinubu in the 2023 elections. The forum said the North has learned its lesson, adding that there has been heightened security challenge under the Tinubu-led administration, reports Nigerian Tribune. Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, the spokesperso...
•Tinubu The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) yesterday expressed concern and disappointment on the recent decision by President Bola Tinubu’s government over the increase in electricity tariff. It described the hike as a “reckless move” and a complete disregard for the well-being and welfare of the Nigerian people, reports Daily Trust. In a stateme...

