While the controversy rages over its plan to settle herders, the presidency has reeled off reasons why this move has become inevitable. The defence of the scheme, also referred to as Ruga, came from Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu.

Arewa leaders, under the aegis of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), have condemned the move to pay the new legislators of the National Assembly a whopping sum of N19.8billion as welcome package, saying it is an unpatriotic act that undermines the present reality of the country and the poverty-ridden citizens. ACF, in a statement issued by…

By its strange decision to establish a radio station with nationwide-and possibly beyond-coverage for the relatively small Fulani population to which, it must be noted Nigeria’s leader belongs, this administration has again put itself squarely in the centre of a most avoidable controversy, besides providing another ammunition to its detractors. This is one distraction and…

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has denied recent reports that it allegedly threatened to attack the South...

Members of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and the Christians Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Kaduna State have urged Nigerians to practically support the fight against the insecurity in the country.

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has extolled the qualities of the former President of Appeal Court, Justice Mamman Nasir, who died, yesterday, at the age of 90. Nasir was a member of the ACF Board of Trustees (BoT) and former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Northern Nigeria before he later became President of…

Former national president of Adara Development Association (ADA), Danladi Yerima, yesterday, alleged a grand plot to wipe out Adara people of Kaduna State and take their lands. Amid the outcry by Kajuru leaders, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has condemned the rising insecurity in parts of the North. Speaking when Kaduna Coalition for Peace and Justice…

The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room has alleged a 513,214 discrepancy in the number of accredited voters and ballots cast in 27 states during the presidential election that held last weekend.

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term, saying Nigerians should support his candidature for continuity and good governance in the country. It said after a review of national challenges for the past four years and efforts made by President Buhari to resolve them, “there is no doubt he…

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) says it has endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari as its preferred candidate for the Feb. 16 election. The Acting Chairman of the Forum Alhaji Liman Kwande announced this on Tuesday at a news briefing in Kaduna. Kwande expressed ACF’s belief that Buhari deserves a second term to consolidate on his laudable…

Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has charged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies to ensure that the coming general elections are credible. The northern socio-cultural group warned against electoral malpractices that might throw the nation into anarchy. National publicity secretary of ACF, Alhaji Mohammad Biu, in a statement yesterday, highlighted the expectations of…

Secretary General of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Anthony Sani, yesterday dissociated the forum from comment by the Northern Elders Forum (NEF)’s leader, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, against the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari. Sani said Abdullahi was not in a position to speak on behalf of northern region against Buhari’s re-election in the forthcoming elections.…