Middle Belt
23 Nov
For businesses to thrive in Nigeria, the government must provide security, viable policies and an enabling environment for the promotion and development of industries, experts have said.
29 Aug 2022
Groups of Nigerians from the South and Middle Belt regions, yesterday, asked the Federal Government to shelve its proposed population census planned for 2023, saying the current state of affairs in the country would make a mockery of objectives...
27 Jul 2022
Prevailing challenges of insecurity in the Middle Belt region and aggressive revenue drive by governments in the Niger/Delta region have remained a clog in the performance wheel of industrial firms
26 Jul 2021
As already confessed in my article in this forum of July 19, 2021, for some five weeks before that time and as a humble intellectual, I was suffering from academic and intellectual depression...
6 Feb 2020
Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) yesterday raised the alarm over alleged importation of weaponised drones into the country, purportedly meant for the Kaduna State government.
12 Sep 2019
Am proudly from Kogi State and an Igala from Agaliga-Efabo in Imane district in Olamaboro Local Council area of Kogi.
22 Feb 2019
A total of 72,775,502 Nigerians would tomorrow design a new political map for the nation with their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) as they cast their ballot for two major Muslim presidential candidates from the northern part of the country. It would be simplistic to believe that incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari would retain dominance of his…
29 Jan 2019
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, yesterday declared that it has no regrets over its endorsement of standard-bearer...
5 Oct 2018
The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum has raised the alarm over what they consider as serious danger signals ahead of Nigeria as it moves closer to the 2019 general election. Meanwhile, a former gubernatorial aspirant of All Progressive Congress (APC), Kenneth Imasuangbon, has called on Nigerians to rally support for the Peoples Democratic Party…
3 Sep 2018
The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum has warned against any attempt to remove the Acting Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Matthew B. Seiyefa. The acting DG, who hails from the southern region of the country, happens to be the most senior director in the organisation when his former boss, Lawal Daura,…
3 Jul 2018
The Southern, Middle Belt Leaders Forum has accused President Muhammadu Buhari and his ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) administration of indifference to the deadly activities of herdsmen nationwide. Recalling the recent mayhem in Plateau State where scores were murdered in cold blood, the body said besides the “clear failure of leadership in a country that…
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