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Secretary To The Government Of The Federation, George Akume, Requested Office Space For The Fake Agency

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Official documents exclusively obtained by Saturday PUNCH have cast fresh doubt on the Presidency’s insistence that the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council never existed. The documents reveal that the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation received, acknowledged and acted on correspondence submitted in the council’s name months before the Presidency publicly disowned it. Specifically, the SGF’s office formally processed and forwarded a request by the council’s self-styled Director-General, Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, seeking office accommodation from recovered Federal Government properties through the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The correspondence, dated November 21, 2024, was signed by the Permanent Secretary, General Services Office, Nnamdi Maurice Mbaeri, on behalf of the SGF. Attached to it was Adeyemi’s November 7, 2024, request for office accommodation for the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council....
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AN OPEN LETTER TO NIGERIANS: THE REBIRTH OF THE NORTH IS NOT NEGOTIABLE - I G. Wala

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To My Fellow Compatriots, There is a growing, dangerous consensus among cynics that the economic engine of Northern Nigeria is permanently broken. We hear it in boardrooms, read it in defeatist opinion pieces, and see it in the eyes of those who have written the region off as a perpetual welfare state, a region capable only of consuming wealth rather than generating it. I write this letter to directly challenge that narrative. The belief that the North cannot bounce back to become a global host for industrial raw materials is not just wrong, it is blind to the vast, unmonetized realities on the ground. Our current economic stagnation is not a failure of capacity, it is a failure of architecture and leadership.  For decades, we have operated a passive supply-chain model, bearing the highest logistical risks while yielding the lowest margins by exporting raw commodities out of our region. The path to our industrial rebirth lies in flipping this dynamic entirely, restricti...
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COULD AREWA EVER SUCCEED?Ali Abubakar Sadiq

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After two decades of identifying, analysing and proffering practicable solutions to the myriads of problems of this region, I am beginning to wonder, are we ever going to succeed as a people in terms of meaningful development? That may sound pessimistic, but it is a reality we are living on a daily basis. I am also beginning to conclude we are the worst kind of people living in today's world. Forgive my conclusion and follow my reasoning. Our singular and most destructive attitude is recently portrayed in Dan Bello's startling revelations about how former Governor of Zamfara state, AbdulAziz Yari cornered 1.7 trillion of the state's money into personal accounts. Lest we forget, Zamfara, for over a decade had been the epicenter of insecurity in the Northwest region. Yet, instead of outcry and outrage by our people to demand just an investigation and transparency over the allegation, it appears Dan Bello was somehow forced to delete the video from his page and la...
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Confronting the Distortions of Our Shared History By M. S. Abubakar

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Confronting the Distortions of Our Shared History By Mohammed Sa'ad Abubakar Editor-in-Chief, Northern Nigeria Perspective Magazine Five years ago, writing in these same pages at the height of our national security crisis, an elder of the North, Sa'adu Abubakar Gambe, looked back at his youth as a student in Lagos in 1966. He warned the youth drumming the beats of war to seek the "path of honour and civilization" if Nigeria must separate. Unlike the anonymous internet fabrications falsely attributed to Southeastern professors today, Gambe’s 2021 reflections did not seek to demonize an entire tribe or weaponize falsehoods about the past. Instead, his writing carried the heavy, sorrowful dignity of a man who saw the innocence of his 1966 school days shattered by tribal politics. If our elders, who actually witnessed the trauma of 1966, can speak with such measured sobriety, we the younger generation of Northern writers have no excuse to peddle reckless, unve...
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The ADA vs. NDC Legal Tussle—Democracy Under Siege or a Quest for Electoral Sanity?By Mohammed Sa'ad Abubakar

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NORTHERN NIGERIA PERSPECTIVE Insightful. Objective. Decisive . The ADA vs. NDC Legal Tussle—Democracy Under Siege or a Quest for Electoral Sanity? By Mohammed Sa'ad Abubakar   The news that the protem Director of Organization for the All Democratic Alliance (ADA), Ahidjo Karlahi, has dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the newly emerging Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) to court, seeking the latter’s deregistration, has sent shockwaves through the political landscape. For our team here at the Northern Nigeria Perspective , and indeed for keen observers of the nation’s democratic health, this fresh suit is not just another routine legal battle—it is a symptom of a deeper, institutional malaise. As reported by Daily Trust , Karlahi’s legal offensive opens up a critical debate about fairness, transparency, and the rule of law in Nigeria’s electoral process. While some may quickly dismiss this as a case of inter-party rivalry or political bad blood, a clo...
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Northern Youths Assembly has rejected a reported 2027 political alliance

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The Northern Youths Assembly has rejected a reported 2027 political alliance between Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and Peter Obi, calling it a “betrayal of northern political values and interests.” The group said the deal abandons the “principles of northern development, dignity and cultural identity” that built the Kwankwasiyya Movement.  In a Friday statement, Secretary-General Hafiz Garba accused Kwankwaso of silence after “remarks considered disrespectful” by Obidient supporters toward northern icons like Sir Ahmadu Bello, Tafawa Balewa, and Dan Fodio. “The North deserves a clear explanation… A leader who built his career on northern pride cannot remain silent,” the Assembly said.  The group warned the coalition looks “driven by political ambition rather than northern interests” and could weaken Kwankwaso’s base. It urged northern voters to scrutinize 2027 alignments, insisting leaders must not let “personal ambition override the values and aspirations of the people the...
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ALL EYES ON OYO, BUT WHO SPEAKS FOR ASKIRA UBA?

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ALL EYES ON OYO, BUT WHO SPEAKS FOR ASKIRA UBA? The recent tragic events in Oyo State have rightly attracted national attention, public sympathy, and widespread condemnation. Across social media platforms, in newsrooms, and among political leaders, there have been urgent calls for justice, accountability, and protection of innocent lives. Such reactions are expected in any civilized society, for every Nigerian life is precious and every act of violence against innocent citizens deserves condemnation. Yet, as the nation mourns and mobilizes around Oyo, many people from Borno State are left asking a painful question: Where is this same outrage when similar tragedies occur in our communities? The question is not intended to diminish the suffering of victims in Oyo. Neither is it an attempt to compete over whose pain is greater. Rather, it is a call for consistency, fairness, and equal concern for all Nigerians regardless of geography, ethnicity, religion, or political significance. For ov...
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Buratai Challenges Security Agencies: “If You Can Trace Cybercriminals, You Can Locate Bandits Who Flaunt Ransom Online”

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Insecurity: •Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (Rtd) *Buratai Challenges Security Agencies: “If You Can Trace Cybercriminals, You Can Locate Bandits Who Flaunt Ransom Online”* Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (Rtd), has questioned why Nigerian security agencies struggle to locate bandits while they can quickly track ordinary citizens and social media influencers. Speaking during an appearance on TVC, Buratai addressed public anger over the impunity of criminal gangs who openly flaunt ransom money and victims’ families’ payments on social media. He rejected the idea that these groups are untraceable, arguing that the same intelligence and tracking capabilities used to apprehend civil offenders should be applied to bandits. When asked about the constant frustration Nigerians feel over bandits posting their loot online while security agencies show “lack of capacity to trace them in their hideouts,” Buratai responded: > “I don’t think they fail to locate. If they can ...
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