Four northern govs visit Abiodun, back modern ranching
Go after criminal herdsmen, Afenifere, ACF, Ohanaeze, PANDEF tell NSA, others
By Deji Elumoye in Abuja, Christopher Isiguzo in Enugu, John Shiklam in Kaduna, Dipo Laleye in Minna and Kayode Fasua in Abeokuta
A former military Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), has called on Nigerians to stop trading blame and focus on ending the current ethnic clashes, which he described as unfortunate.
Abdulsalami at a press conference yesterday in Minna, capital of Niger State, expressed concern that the clashes are adding to the challenges of insurgency, banditry and armed robbery in the country.
Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, this morning, deflated rumor flying around on its National Leader and Chairman, Board of Board of Trustees, Chief Edwin Clark, who recently recovered from Covid-19 attack, saying he is alive, hale and hearty.
‘Get-off your high horse’, PANDEF tells Northern Elders
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By Emma Amaize
Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, the mouthpiece of monarchs, leaders and stakeholders of the coastal states of Niger Delta, Wednesday, declared as presumptuous the call by the Northern Elders Forum on President Muhammadu Buhari and Governors of the 36 States to protect Fulani communities in the South.
PANDEF urged state governors, particularly of southern regions, and the people, “not be perturbed by the tirades of this self-conceited people.”
National Publicity Secretary, PANDEF, Hon Ken Robinson, in a statement, asserted, “It speaks to their general disposition of arrogance and erroneous grandiosity.”
Deji Elumoye in Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari has put to rest the controversy surrounding his appointment of new service chiefs as he has written formally to the Senate for the confirmation of the appointment of the new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and service chiefs.
This is just as the Pan Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere and its Niger Delta counterpart, Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) faulted the procedure saying naming of the service chiefs ought to have waited till after confirmation by the Senate.
On its part, the Senate Minority Caucus welcomes the adherence to the constitution by the submission of the list of service chiefs for confirmation while the Senate described as unnecessary the controversy associated with the issue.