PAN-cultural group the Northern Elders Forum (Nef) has warned that Nigeria cannot afford to elect another tribalistic leader like President Muhammadu Buhari come 2023 as it would be too much a strain on the nation.
Since being elected in 2015, President Buhari has come in for a lot of criticism over his perceived nepotism...
REGIONAL body the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has rejected the position of the Southern Governors Forum that the south should produce the next president of Nigeria come 2023 saying there should be no automatic rotation.
Although not constitutional, Nigeria's component parts have a gentleman's agreement that the presidency...
REGIONAL body the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has declared that it will not stand in the way of Nigeria's southeast geo-political zone of the Igbos decided they want to secede from the federation despite the fact that it is not in support of balkanising the country.
Of late, agitations for the balkanisation of Nigeria have...
TENSION is mounting across Ondo State as the seven-day deadline Governor Rotimi Akeredolu gave Fulani cattle herdsmen to vacate the local forests expired last night and the two sides are yet to thrash out an acceptable agreement.
Last week, Governor Akeredolu asked all Fulani herdsmen operating in the forests of Ondo State to leave as...
OHANEZE Ndigbo president Chief Nnia Nwodo has lashed out at a statement made by Northern Elders Forum (Nef) leader Professor Ango Abdullahi in which Igbos were blamed for most of the violent acts perpetuated against northern Nigerians.
Earlier this week, Professor Abdullahi declared that most physical attacks against...
CALLS for there to be a comprehensive restructuring of Nigeria have intensified over the last 24 hours with the Northern Elders Forum (Nef) advising Nigerians not to be tired of making the demand despite the government's opposition to the concept.
Over recent years, there have been calls for a restructuring of Nigeria...
SEVERAL elder statesmen have expressed regret at what they call the presidency's childish response to recent comments by former president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo who criticised the government for sowing division among Nigerians.
At a recent book launch attended by socio-political groups, Chief Obasanjo said Nigeria had...
