North Central
22 Jan
The North-Central Development Agenda (N-CDA) has passed a vote of confidence on President Bola Tinubu and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume. The group also called for the creation of the North-Central Development Commission to ensure parity with other geopolitical regions. It expressed gratitude to President Tinubu for appointing Senator…
18 Jan
The North-Central All Progressives Congress (APC) Forum has cried out over the exclusion of the region from the N2.493 trillion allocated to regional development commissions in the proposed 2025 budget.
1 Jan
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said the exclusion of the North Central Regional Commission from the budgetary allocations provided to other Regional Commissions in the 2025 proposed budget is deeply troubling and must be urgently reversed. In a statement, Obi said such an anomaly does not even make for…
16 Dec
The North-Central All Progressives Congress, APC, Forum has endorsed President Bola Tinubu for a second term in office. The APC Forum, in a statement on Monday, released after a meeting in Abuja on Sunday, said the region would stand behind the President in the 2027 presidential election. The statement, signed by Chairman of the North-Central…
5 Dec
The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has directed the North Central Zonal Caucus of the party to submit a nomination for the position of National Chairman for approval by the National Executive Committee (NEC). In a communiqué issued after its emergency meeting in Abuja, the BoT asked the Acting National…
2 Sep
The North Central APC Elders Forum has applauded Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State for his role in restoring peace to the APC in the region. Led by the former Senate President, Ameh Ebute, the forum described the recent visit of Governor Sule to the APC National Headquarters, Abuja, where he met with the National…
24 Feb 2024
Latest data from the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that the North-Central recorded the highest number of casualties with 3,152, followed by the North -West with 2,550, while the South-South recorded the least with 412.
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