Northern Nigeria Perspective Quarterly Journal of Policy, Politics & People VOL. 1 • SPECIAL ISSUE ENDORESED BY ADC PUBLISHED: AUGUST 2026 His Excellency Alhaji (Dr.) Atiku Abubakar, GCON - Waziri Adamawa and Former Vice President of Nigeria THE AGENDA TO RESCUE NIGERIA COME 2027 Restoring Stability, Rebuilding Education, & Igniting Economic Prosperity From the Desk of the Coordinator Dear Readers, As Nigeria approaches the critical political crossroads of 2027, Northern Nigeria urgently requires a media platform that is bold, analytical, and uncompromisingly committed to our region’s development. This special edition of Northern Nigeria Perspective —our premier issue endorsed by the African Democratic Congress —was born out of necessity. For years, our country...

The Middle Belt Forum’s 17 August 2026 statement on the Federal Government’s cattle-ranching policy is troubling not because concerns about land acquisition, consultation, compensation or security are illegitimate, but because it frames them within a doctrine of ethnic territorial ownership. At its core is a claim that must be rejected: that parts of Nigeria belong exclusively to particular ethnic groups and that other Nigerians may be treated as outsiders regardless of citizenship or constitutional rights. This is inconsistent with the Constitution and with the region’s complex history. It seems to have been a page extracted right out of a Stone Age Manuscript!  2. The portrayal of Adamawa, Taraba and parts of Plateau State as exclusively indigenous Middle Belt territory from which Fulani people are historical outsiders is a historical and political revisionism. The Fulani are not strangers to these areas any more than other ethnic groups. In Adamawa and Taraba in par...