Tag: Middle Belt

Political parties with 2023 northern presidential candidates won’t get our support ―Afenifere, Ohanaeze, Middle Belt, Pandef leaders

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Southern and Middle Belt Leaders’ Forum met in Abuja on Thursday and declared that political parties that field northern presidential candidates won’t enjoy their support in the 2023 general elections. Delegations from the four regional socio-cultural organisations: Afenifere (South West), Ohanaeze Ndigbo (South-East), Pan Niger Delta Forum (South-South) and the Middle Belt Forum (Middle Belt) […]

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Banji Akintoye Resigns as Chairman of NINAS, as Yoruba bloc pulls out of the Southern, Middle Belt secessionist Alliance

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In a statement, Ilana Omo Oodua, the Yoruba bloc of the south and middle belt secessionist alliance known as Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination (NINAS) said it has pulled out of the alliance reached months ago. In the statement released on Tuesday November 30 and signed by 45 leaders of the Ilana Omo Oodua […]

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Should Nigeria break up, Middle Belt will not go with the North ―Dr Pogu Bitrus, MBF president

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Tempers rose on Monday among participants at the ‘Nigeria’s 2023 Presidential Transition Inter-Ethnic Peace Dialogue’ organised by Youths Off The Street Initiative when the Middle Belt Forum said it would not go with the North should Nigeria break up. The event, with the theme, ‘Restructuring and 2023 power shift: Nigeria’s make or break factor for […]

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Southern, Middle Belt leaders accuse Osinbajo of using Tradermoni scheme as vote buying

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The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum on Wednesday accused the Buhari administration through the vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, of engaging in “advance(d) vote buying” ahead of the 2019 general elections. The group, which met in Abuja to deliberate on the state of the nation, noted that the Tradermoni scheme of the government was an […]

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