The governors had in their last virtual meeting on Wednesday night, made case for full deregulation, recommending N385 per litre of petrol However, the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Trade Union of Nigeria, TUC, Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, and umbrella body for pro-labour civil society organizations, Joint Action Front, […]
The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, on Thursday said it was unreasonable for the Nigerian Governors’ Forum to propose an increase in the pump price of petrol from N162 to N385 at a time the country is in a dire economic situation. CNG spokesman, Suleiman Abdul-Azeez, said that such a proposal was inauspicious at a […]
The Coalition of Northern Groups has warned the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, against abusing the rights of members of the Nigeria Labour Congress. It also expressed solidarity with the NLC in the ongoing strike to checkmate what it called the state government’s growing excesses and abuse of privilege. The group’s position was contained […]
The Coalition of Northern Groups has extended total solidarity with the ongoing five day strike embarked by the Nigeria Labour Congress to checkmate what they group described as the Kaduna state government’s growing excesses and abuse of privilege. A statement signed by CNG’s spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman also cautioned Governor Nasir Elrufai against escalating tensions with […]
The Coalition of Northern Groups CNG, has kicked against the position of southern governors on the open grazing in region. The group in a statement signed by its spokesperson Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, yesterday in Abuja, said CNG has taken particular note of the decisions taken by governors of the 17 states of southern Nigeria in Asaba, […]
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) on Sunday said the last week’s declaration by 17 southern governors in Asaba, Delta State, exposed the total failure of northern governors to speak up for the rights of northerners. The CNG, in a statement in Abuja by its spokesman, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, accused the northern governors for failing to […]
CNG meets parents of kidnapped students, plan mass protest Meanwhile, the Coalition of Northern Groups has reached out to the parents of students of the college of forestry mechanisation, whom it said, “have been abandoned in captivity for more than three weeks now.” The group met the parents at the premises of the college in […]
A statement from the CNG spokesmen, Suleiman Abdul-Azeez, observed that the Coalition of Northern Groups had fruitful meeting with officials of the Multichoice operators of DSTV/GOTV brokered by the Director General of the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission to settle the issue of non-inclusion of northern based television channels on the DSTV platform. He explained that the meeting […]
Gamayyar Kungiyoyin Arewacin Nijeriya “Coalition of Northern Groups” ta yi zargin cewa gwamnatocin arewacin kasar na rufe musu baki muddin suka nemi daukar fansa kan abin suka kira cin kashin da ake yi wa ‘yan arewa a kudancin kasar. Abdul’aziz Sulaiman mai magana da yawun gamayyar kungiyoyin arewacin Nijeriya ya sanar da hakan ga DCL […]
Miffed by an alleged attack on Fulani herders in some states in the South-West and South-East, President Muhammadu Buhari’s kinsmen, yesterday, blasted the Federal Government for allegedly not protecting them. The kinsmen operating under the aegis of Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), extended their fury to governors of the region by rejecting a proposed security […]
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), on Wednesday, advised all law-abiding members of Fulani communities, whose lives and livestock assets are threatened in other parts of the country, to return to the north. There had been eviction orders to herdsmen in some southern states, especially in Oyo and Ondo States. The spokesperson of the group, […]
The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG has announced the release of their national officials who were arrested in Kaduna earlier on Thursday. Abdul Azeez Suleiman, spokesman of CNG confirmed the release of Nastura Ashir Shariff and Balarabe Rufai Thursday night. He said, “The Coalition of Northern Groups is happy to inform that it has at […]
The BOT, Chairman of CNG, Nastura Ashir Shariff and the National Coordinator, Balarabe Rufai have been picked by unidentified persons in Kaduna on Thursday. Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, Spokesperson of CNG told journalists that reasons for their arrest were not yet known as “we are still working to establish connection with them or trace where they are […]
Thugs numbering over 100 had disrupted the Northern security summit expected to hold at Arewa House between Monday and Tuesday. Recall, the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) had earlier hinted about the summit expected to attract, Northern Elders, civil societies, ex-servicemen, retired civil servant, pressure groups traditional rulers, security experts, stakeholders, women, youths, among others […]
Kaduna State on November 2, 2020 came alive as security personnels were visible on virtually all the routes that led to the Sir Kashim Government House. The motorcade of the northern governors and other dignitaries made their way to the government House for a crucial meeting. The meeting came less than two weeks after the […]