Northern-Nigeria Perspective

  Sa’adu Abubakar Gambe (B. Sc, PGDE:) I was born in January 1946 in the spring (kodde saduje) in Farang Rai, then an anguwan (ward) in Jada District of the former Trust Territory.  My father, Malam Bakari, (Abubakar) was born about two and a half decade earlier in Gambe, a Chiefdom (Raiders and Refugees: History of Chamba a 1750-1950 by R. Fardon pp151). His father, Gangdaken was the twelve Chief of Gambe. My father left Gambe at the age of twelve years after the death of their father, GANGDAKEN. He left his birthplace to join his senior sister who was married to a faraway Fulani Ardo in a faraway Kugama, a Fulani settlement before Mayo Belwa now the district and the local government headquarters was established. Before my father moved to his sister in Kugama, he along with his other siblings were assigned to their uncles for proper upbringing. But as was the custom, assigned children were usually maltreated and even sometimes sold into slavery as a personal property. Sensing th

Former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar      The 2023 general elections might have come and gone but the ripple effects, the national cries and joys it has left Nigerians with will take a long time to forget. Indeed it has already engraved the national ethos of failed promises and empty talks by the leaders, the so called winners of elections. When Nigerians reflect on the dismal and disappointing performances of the former President Muhammad Buhari, the APC Government of the past eight years, many teeth are gnashed in regrets to ever voting PMB/APC into power. Nigerians were looking for a reformed INEC so that they would use their powers of voting to remove the APC Government from office, February 2023, but alas, INEC, in collaboration with PMB, as the head of the disappointing APC government and the naira magic performance of BAT, ensured that all the tricks up the sleeves are brought to bear and BAT is declared President FRN.      In doing so, Wike, the wicked and vicious form

 The origins of the Fulani people are unclear and various theories have been postulated. As a nomadic herding people, they have moved through and among many other cultures. Skutsch notes that there oral histories point toward a start in Jordan or farther east, but also their language comes from the Senegambian region. He concludes that the modern Fulani people began in the northern Senegambian region[1] Walter Rodney in his book “The History of the Upper Guinea Coast”, argues that Fulbe are originally from North Africa and they conquered the Foota Djallon region led by the Fulani Koli Tenguella. The ethnogenesis of the Fulani people may have begun as a result of interactions between an ancient West African population and North African populations such as Berbers or Egyptians.[1] Their West African roots may be in and around the valley of Senegal River.[2] They likely reflect a genetic intermix of people with West African, North African, and Arabian origins, and have been a part of many

NOTICE FOR THE SPECIAL INVITATION TO ATTEND THE CENTENARY CELEBRATION OF GENERAL M urtala MOhammEd College (GMMC) Yola.   The school officially started and was known as the Elementary School Yola in 1920, then it became the Middle School Yola, and then the Provincial Secondary School (PSS) Yola in 1955, Government Secondary School (GSS) Yola in 1966/67. It was later renamed General Murtala Mohammed College (GMMC) Yola in 1976, in memory of the slain Military Head of State, General Murtala Mohammed who was killed during a failed Military coup in Lagos. The iconic school has produced great distinguished National products who contributed to the development of the Country. The list of some of the distinguished alumni of the school from 1920 to date is herewith attached. The iconic school clocked one hundred years on 1st January, 2020. However, the Corona Virus (Covid-19) pandemic lockdown in March 2020 derailed the centenary celebration planned for January 2020 based on the prepara

Engineer Hassan Suleiman's post is worth a review   Image 1&2: Screenshots of Engr Hassan’s post On the 6th of March 2022, on the Platform TYD Old Boys, Engr. Hassan Noted: That there was no need for TYD members to worry, as the President of TYD, Admiral Murtala Nyako has already suggested June as the period for the centenary celebration. One hundred years Celebration requires due diligence. He said the TYD President, Admiral Murtala Nyako has a lot of contributions to make to the college. Hassan commended the LOC for the achievements made, by particularly, the Alumni members who contributed by picking lots for the facelift of the school. However, he said somethings must be done soonest to arrest the mismanagement of the school by the current school authorities. He said one could see how the infrastructure of the school are being vandalized; window glasses broken, stolen and cooking in the hostels (dormitories). As the school is being renovated at the same time it is being vand

TIDDO YO DADDO NATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION CENTENARY CELEBRATION OF GMMC YOLA: THE UNFORSEEN HAPPENED. THE DEFERMENT TO March/April, 2022. The attention of the AD-HOC LOC was drawn to serious technical problems which nacessitate the deferment of the December  20th to 22nd, 2021 date fixed by the Congress. This did not come as a surprise as Adhoc LOC found itself face to face with the realities of phase 2 different from phase 1 where endowed alumni members responded beyond expectations to our calls to upgrade the school facilities hitherto in ruins, to give the 100 year old iconic school a facelift in line with its centenary Celebrations.  While we were on phase one, Adhoc LOC was very concious of time and drew attention of our Endowed alumni to collaborate, cooperate, sponsor events, donate funds, and avail their expertise from time to time for the phase two finals, but feeble attention was given to it. Adhoc LOC even suggested membership levies or membership dues to be paid to augment