Northern Governors Forum

The Northern Governors Forum has inaugurated a Consultative Committee on constitutional roles for traditional rulers in Nigeria’s governance architecture.The forum’s chairman and governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, inaugurated the…

Northern Governors under the umbrella of the Northern Governors Forum have insisted that the Almajiri system has to be phased out in order to combat the spread of coronavirus in the region.This position was stated on Tuesday during a…

The Northern Governors Forum says that the mass killings and destruction of lives in a series of attacks on communities in Plateau State must be condemned by all Nigerians.The governors condemned the act during their condolence visit to…

The governors of the 19 northern states have backtracked on their earlier support for cattle colonies, saying that ranching would better check the bloody clashes between herdsmen and farmers across the country.The governors made their…

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State has led a delegation of Northern Governors Forum to persuade Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue not to quit the forum over recent killings in his state.Suspected Fulani herdsmen murdered 73 persons in…

The Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum, Governor Babangida Aliyu (Niger) has said he and his colleagues had admonished themselves to be"very careful" over their utterances which are capable of heating up the polity and granting…

Northern leaders under the auspices of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) and North’s Governors’ Forum have expressed readiness for the convocation as well as the outcome of the proposed national conference by the President Goodluck Jonathan’s…

Bauchi State governor, Isa Yuguda has accused his Niger State counterpart, Dr Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu of being responsible for the current crisis tearing the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) apart due to his failure to stick to the agreement…

The mystery over President Goodluck Jonathan’s alleged agreement with northern governors of Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, not to present himself as a candidate in the 2015 presidential elections intensified on Sunday.It was learnt…