Sentences with phrase «by northerners»

«We shall also go after investments, businesses and companies owned by northerners and Yoruba within our reach.»

There was a particular album waxed by an Igbo musician which, rightly or wrongly, was perceived by Northerners as mocking the death of Sardauna Ahmadu Bello.

There are some that will tell you that any smoked food is true barbecue, and that the sweet sauce is some plot by Northerners to ruin it.

Ever since then the Nigerian government, dominated by northerners, has been warring against Biafra in an attempt to end the secession.

Our money has been used to fund Boko Haram, a problem created by the Northerners in order to use it as conduit pipe to siphon the resources of Niger Delta.

It will be recalled that there were reports that five persons died in the community, which is populated by northerners as a result of measles.

The Coalition of Northern Groups have commended the general response by northerners by heeding the calls for restraint in the face of provocations by IPOB.

«The implication of the control of security by northerners is that the security of Nigeria and Nigerians is an exclusively northern affair, thereby putting the rest of us at their mercy.

«Babachir Lawal, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF; appointed in preference to a hotly tipped candidate from the South - East; after his removal following allegation of diversion of funds meant for persons displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency in the North - East, he was replaced by another northerner, Boss Mustapha, again in preference to a rumoured candidate from the South - East.

Of some top 20 security positions, at least 17 are held by Northerners.

The longer open water season in the eastern Arctic has resulted in an increase in killer whales sightings by northerners during recent years (Higdon and Ferguson 2009).

We also resolved to put on hold the issue of the return of oil blocks owned by Northerners and the Yoruba to the Niger Delta people and demand that the NNPC should revisit their recent appointments, and urge the federal government to replace the GMD of NNPC with an indigene of the Niger Delta in the interest of peace, equity, fairness and justice.

We still stand by our previous decisions and we demand the immediate return of the oil blocs owned by northerners to Niger Delta people.

«All oil and gas companies operating in oil bloc (s) / well (s) illegally owned by northerners should also vacate such oil blocs / wells / platforms before October 1, 2017.

«Our intelligence department has given us the list of the oil wells owned by the northerners.

There was palpable tension in the North on Friday as Igbo living in the region feared there could be reprisals against them by northerners over alleged attacks on northerners in the South - East and parts of Rivers State in the South - South.