AREWA ELITES MAGAZINE

The Youth Assembly of Nigeria (YAN ) Kaduna State Chapter congratulates the Governor Nasiru Ahmed El-Rufai for his re-election for second term as the Executive Governor of Kaduna State in the just concluded governorship elections. In a message jointly signed by the State Speaker Rt. Hon. Amb. Umaru Bala Babayaro and House Leader of the Assembly Comrade Aminu Zubairu, the Assembly says "a review of Mal. Nasiru Ahmed El-Rufai, political antecedents leaves no one in doubt that Kaduna State under his leadership would witness and promote the rule of law and re-invent the needed mechanism for divided of democracy to grow and help shape the socio-economic and political growth of Kaduna State." The Assembly also commended the youth and students of the state for hinging to its endorsement call of Nasir Ahmad Elrufai and peaceful conduct and high voter turnout during the March 9th polls, we thank all youth and students of our state for overwhelmingly coming out to vote Mallam Nas...

After my post on my disappointment in the Kano Election, many friends and associates alike called me, and expressed their fears that I might not be appointed into PMB’s Government. I told them that, I am not in haste. I may not be appointed today but I might be the one appointing tomorrow if life and good health permits. Looking at my age, whether they like it or not, we shall take their place sooner or later and make fixing of Nigeria our sole priority. And I want to make this statement very clearly that THOSE WHO PULL US CLOSE TODAY, ARE DOING SO FOR THEIR OWN TOMORROW because when we get their, we shall also pull close their kids or themselves when they are no more relevant in the system, most especially if their track record is clean. We will continue to call on our fellow country men to rebuke evil even if it’s within their family circle let alone in a political party. We can’t afford to soil our hands for the same reason we chased PDP away in 2015.  If this is what we...

Senate Leader Ahmad Lawan has  declared his intention to contest the office of the Senate President in June when the 9th Assembly will be inaugurated. Lawan has been in the news as one of the contenders for the seat, but he did not officially declare his position until Friday night in Abuja during a session with journalists. The Senate Leader, who was APC’s choice candidate for the position in 2015, said, however, that he was ready to respect whatever zoning arrangement that the national leadership of the party would come up with. He said he has since commenced contacting his colleagues in the APC, PDP and the Young Progressives Party (YPP) to gain their support for his aspiration. Lawan said he believed the APC had learnt its lessons from the 2015 experience when one of its then senators, Bukola Saraki, defied the party’s wishes and aligned with PDP senators to get elected as Senate President. Lawan said: “I am a loyal party man. I will respect the decisions of my lea...

The losers of this election is/are certainly not Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party but the many actors who turned a mere political contest to a religious war, to a family feud and regional warfare. On the top list is former president Olusegun Obasanjo who lost his reverence as an elder statesman to demystified political god drenching in battered rains of shame. Instead of playing the mother who should lie between her two children, he decided to turn his back on one of the children thus exposing him as a biased mother. His posts are enormously riddled with irreparable damage. In his book titled 'My Watch', he wrote in permanent ink how Atiku stole silly the Nigerian treasury amongst other unprintable verdicts. Atiku, however, is lucky to have these negative labels on him dropped as he walks away a clean man while Obasanjo is left to lick from his sores of inconsistency and doublespeak. Religious leaders particularly some pastors and Imans w...

The federal government of Nigeria has declared Friday, February 22, 2019, as a public holiday, in preparation for the February 23 presidential and parliamentary elections. The ministry of interior via a statement on Wednesday,  however, excluded bankers and those offering essential services across the nation. “Federal Government declares Friday 22, February 2019 as work-free day. Those providing essential duties and bankers are excluded,” “The work-free day is to enable citizens return to their poling units for the reschedule Presidential & National Assembly elections. “Security agencies have been directed to ensure safety of lives & property before, during & after the general election.”

On 28th May 2011, Dr Goodluck Jonathan penned his executive signature to assent the bill seeking the passage of the Freedom of Information Act into law. This act which is aimed at making public records and information more freely available among other motives is known today as the FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2011. It is within the auspices of the provisions of this act that a controversial youth activist, Abdulaziz Musa Alhassan popularly known as Shiek Ibn Baaz has tendered a petition to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission seeking information and investigation into the management and expenditure of Kaduna South Local Government Funds by the Executive Chairman. Ibn Baaz in his letter expressed that the matter should be investigated as a matter of expediency and the information should be availed to him within 7-days as established by Section 4 of the subject act. When asked the reasons for such a legal move, Ibn Baaz stated that he is concerned about the state of the L...

The National Coordinator of the Northern Youth Anti Corruption Ambassadors, Malam Idris Goga has warned the Presidency, the National Assembly and The Judiciary to desist from acts that tarnish the democratic image of Nigeria. While addressing youths in a conference on Youth Against Political Violence in Jos on 21st January, Malam Goga expressed absolute dismay on how some politicians hide behind the scenes of politics to denigrate our democracy. While concluding, Malam Goga warned that if such acts continue, there stands a high risk for a massive protest by youths across all the 19 Northern states of the federation!