Nigeria, Nov. 4 -- Leaders of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) on Monday paid separate courtesy visits to former Defence Minister, Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma, and media entrepreneur, Nduka Obaigbena, as part of preparations for the organisation's 25th anniversary celebration later this month.

The ACF delegation, led by the Chairman of its Board of Trustees, Bashir Dalhatu (Wazirin Dutse), met with Mr Danjuma at his Lagos residence to formally invite him to the silver jubilee events and to notify him of his selection as recipient of the forum's Lifetime Achievement Award.

The retired general, who once served as Chief of Army Staff and later as Defence Minister, is being honoured for what the ACF described as his "outstanding contributio...