Northern Elders Forum
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Guest Columnist
The North, this week, By Lasisi Olagunju
(I am calm. I am calm. It is the calm before something awful – Sylvia Plath, American poet and short…
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Guest Columnist
Who is Dividing the North? By Lasisi Olagunju
Speaking at a book launch in Kaduna, Thursday last week, Prof Ango Abdullahi, leader of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF),…
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Guest Columnist
A Critique of Hakeem Baba-Ahmed’s ‘Rejoinder’, By Lasisi Olagunju
Abdulrazak Gurnah, the Tanzanian who won the Nobel Prize in Literature last week has a very interesting definition of honour.…
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Guest Columnist
2023: For Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, By Lasisi Olagunju
Alhaji Baba Ahmed, a Mauritanian cow seller, plied his trade from his country to the Gold Coast (now Ghana) and…
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Inside Nigeria
Buhari Should Do More To Secure Lives — Northern Elders Forum
The Northern Elders Forum says President Muhammadu Buhari must do more to secure the lives and property of the citizens.…
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Inside Nigeria
Ondo: Rescind Your Order, Northern Elders Tell Gov Akeredolu
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has asked Fulani herders in Ondo State to disregard Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s seven-day ultimatum given…
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Crime
Sultan, Hisbah and Borno Massacre, By Lasisi Olagunju
The Chinese say blessings rarely come in pairs; misfortunes never come singly. In one single day last week, a lot…
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Crime
Insecurity: Northern Elders Forum Asks Buhari To Resign
The Northern Elders Forum, NEF, Wednesday, descended heavily on President Muhammadu Buhari, over the rising spate of insecurity in Nigeria,…
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Guest Columnist
Yes, Nigeria Is Collapsing Forward, By Femi Adesina
In the past one week, those who think they own Nigeria, and their cohorts, have been making magisterial pronouncements on…
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Guest Columnist
The Giant North Weeps, By Dan Agbese
We may all pretend all we want but no one can deny this, even if the temptation to be untrue…
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