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The Arewa Consultative Forum, the Northern Elders’ Forum and 16 other leading groups in the northern region, on Saturday, passed a vote of no confidence in politicians of northern extraction, saying most of them had failed. The groups, in a communique, said politicians from the region had...

The Northern Elders Forum NEF has appointed Prof. Ango Abdullahi, as its Convener and Chairman, Board of Trustees BOT even as they demanded an end to killings across the country. Ango Abdullahi A statement issued Thursday in Abuja by the Chairman, NEF’s Implementation Read more via Vanguard...

The Northern Elders Forum has appointed a new National Chairman following resignation of its former leader, Paul Unongo. via Tori News – http://ift.tt/2DhG5oG -- Get More Nigeria Political News

Barely two weeks after threatening to raise an army against the killer herdsmen in Benue State, elder statesman and Chairman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Dr Paul Unongo has stepped down. He resigned yesterday at an emergency meeting of the Forum in Abuja. Unongo, who succeeded the …...

The Northern Elders Forum on Sunday told the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, that leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu must be re-arrested. Chairman of NEF, Mr. Paul Unongo made the remark after President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo had said the government was biased...

The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and the Northern Elders Forum met on Monday over what they called the imminent collapse of peaceful co-existence in Nigeria. The meeting arose following recent quit notice issued to Igbo’s to leave Northern states...

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has issued a statement defending the quit notice handed down to Igbos by Northern Youths. Spokesperson of NEF, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, said northern youths issued a quit notice to Igbos in response to the unpalatable behaviour of their guests; GUARDIAN NG...

PAN-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has dropped a bombshell for the Northern elders to prepare for a break-up of Nigeria if they continue to oppose the restructuring of the country to address the major challenges besetting it and hindering its progress. A chieftain of the group...

The deputy Chairman of the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, Wantaregh Paul Unongo, has revealed reasons the North refused to vote former President, Goodluck Jonathan. Unongo disclosed that the immediate past President didn’t garner much vote in the North because the region wanted a leader that will...

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has declared that acting President Yemi Osinbajo cannot replace President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019 . THIS DAY reports that Chairman of the forum, Professor Ango Abdullahi, said should Buhari fail to seek re-election in 2019, the North must retain the...

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has warned Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to avoid being used to fight President Muhammadu Buhari. The NEF made the call after its two-day emergency meeting in Kano on Thursday. Ango Abdullahi, leader of the forum, and Paul Unongo, deputy leader, said the...

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has advised Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo to ignore mischief makers trying to pitch him against President Muhammadu Buhari over his frequent medical sojourn. The Forum also declared total support for the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo. Deputy leader...