GOVERNOR Ben Ayade of Cross River State has declared that he will not sign an anti-open grazing bill into law like his contemporaries from across southern Nigeria because Fulani cattle herdsmen are welcome in his state.
Nigeria is currently being torn apart by the menace of marauding Fulani cattle herdsmen who have...
NIGERIA'S federal government has thrown its weight behind cattle herdsmen group Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore saying it will back their planned legal actions against the Southern Governors Forum (SGF) over plans to ban open grazing across the country.
On April 11, the SGF met in Asaba, the Delta State capital and at the end of...
Ayo Akinfe
Kudos to the members of the Southern Governors Forum (SGF) for finally waking up from their slumber. They have finally realised that it is they who will fix Nigeria, not the federal government
Waiting for the federal government to come and bail you out is just looking for a lame excuse in my opinion. As we have seen...
NIGERIA'S ongoing divisive ethnic spat took a turn for the worse yesterday after the Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) issued a communique at the end of their emergency meeting in Kaduna condemning recent steps taken by the southern counterparts.
Over recent weeks, the NSGF and the Southern Governors Forum (SGF) have...
ETHNIC body the Gan Allah Fulani Development Association (Gafdan) has warned that the recent decision by the Southern Governors Forum (SGF) to ban open grazing across the country will lead to a breakdown of peace between north and south Nigeria.
In May, the Southern Governors Forum met in the Delta State capital Asaba where...
CONTROVERSISAL regional body the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has upped the ante in Nigeria's ongoing regional spat by accusing southern governors of harbouring criminals and challenging the prerogative of the federal government to enforce law and order.
Earlier this week, the Southern Governors Forum (SGF) met in...
NIGERIAN security operatives have been issued with a directive by the Southern Governors Forum (SGF) to always inform their members before embarking on any major operation in their states as part of a new security arrangement.
Yesterday, the SGF met in Lagos after which the governors of the 17 states of southern Nigeria...
GOVERNOR Aminu Masari of Katsina State has thrown his support behind the recent declaration by the Southern Governors Forum (SGF) banning open grazing across their states describing the nomadic practise of herders as un-Islamic.
Earlier this month, the SGF met in Asaba, the Delta State capital where among other things, it...
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