ACF, NEF, Others Decry North’s Leadership Decline

ACF, NEF, Others Decry North’s Leadership Decline

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, Arewa House and several other Northern groups have lamented what they described as a steady decline in leadership quality and governance standards in the North, 60 years after the assassination of Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto. The groups made this known on Thursday at a joint press briefing held at the ACF Secretariat in Kaduna, whe…

Northern leaders plan major conference to review region’s challenges 60 years after Sardauna’s death

Board of Trustees (BoT) Chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Alhaji Bashir M. Dalhatu, has announced plans by Northern groups and institutions to organise a major conference to reassess the region’s trajectory, sixty years after the assassination of Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sardaunan Sokoto. Dalhatu disclosed this on Thursday The post Northern leaders plan major conference to review region’s challenges 60 years after Sardauna’s death app…

Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny to remain in detention ahead of hearing next month, Russian court rules

A Russian court ruled Thursday that Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny must remain in detention ahead of a hearing next month over whether he should face jail time for a years-old fraud case.