2023: I Won’t Allow Influential Politicians Intimidate Nigerians – Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that for the 2023 elections, the government will ensure that Nigerians don’t get intimidated, or humiliated by those in positions, or the more privileged. The President said this while receiving members of Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) led by Chairman and Governor of Kebbi State, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, at the State House, Abuja on Tuesday. “We will not allow anyone to use personal resources or their influence …
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Reno Omokri has advised successful people to avoid their schools’ alumni WhatsApp groups. According to him, this could lead to hate from other classmates who might not be that successful. Expantiating on his advice, Reno wrote; ”If you are successful and wealthy, avoid your school alumni WhatsApp forum. Too often, you may attract unnecessary hatred from schoolmates who never had your time in school, yet now believe that their poverty is your responsibility to fix, and your refusal to fix …
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has cautioned Northerners against traveling to The Southeast due to the level of insecurity in the region. The National Chairman of ACF, Audu Ogbe, issued the warning in a statement released on Monday, May 31. He expressed worry over increasing attacks and killings of northern residents in the southeast or those visiting the zone. He said the travel advisory was issued while taking into cognizance the killings of northern leaders in 1966, which he said …
Governor Nasir El-Rufai has accused the Nigeria Governors’ Forum of not giving him the support he needed during his face-off with leaders of the Nigerian Labour Congress over a warning strike which was carried out in Kaduna state he governs. El-Rufai who spoke during a virtual meeting of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Wednesday May 19, also claimed that the strike was politically motivated. He also insisted that Governors owe their people accountability and not the NLC. The Governor said; …
Chairman of Northern Governors Forum, Simon Lalong has disclosed they are working to avoid a second wave of #EndSARS Protest. The Governor of Plateau state who said this while appearing on Channels Television, added that the decision was reached at a meeting by northern leaders including state governors, traditional leaders and northern political leaders. Lalong said; “We came out of the meeting with very useful suggestions and a communique. “In that meeting, we all agreed to go back and …
The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has reacted to Governor Nyesom Wike’s comment in which he described the forum as a ‘beggars forum’. The Rivers state Governor had blamed the forum over the current travail of the Governor Obaseki who has been enmeshed in a long drawn battle with the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole. In a statement released by the Commissioner for Information in Rivers State Paulinus Nsirim, Wike accused the forum of complacency, failing to intervene …