Northern-Nigeria Perspective

EXPOSURE PRO MAX I was surprised when Tinubu announced someone like him to head INEC. That man has no integrity. He is deceitful and unscrupulous. I have known him since 1991 at the University of Jos, first as a student in his department, and later as a colleague in the same Faculty of Law. We both served as lecturers in the faculty. During the 2009/2010 academic session, when he was Dean, the results of 16 students who earned second-class upper division were tampered with and reassigned to so-called “special students.” These “special students” were wealthy and sometimes influential individuals who were not even regular in school, but used their money and influence to acquire results that did not belong to them. I stood up and fought for those poor but brilliant students until their results were restored. Prof Amupitan did everything possible to silence me, but I refused. I know Amupitan very very well. He is someone I have worked closely with. He does not have integrity an...

•The infinity sign  Fellow Nigerians, This symbol ∞ is not a decoration. It is not fashion. It is not culture. It is a message! In mathematics, ∞ means infinity - no limit, no end, no exit. It represents permanence. It is something designed to last on forever.  2. Symbols, however, do not belong to mathematics alone. They travel far and wide into culture, into philosophy and, most powerfully, into politics. Specifically in political communications, symbols are rarely accidental. They are messages. They are almost always encoded intents. Therefore, when symbols speak from mathematics to power, we must do well to listen and understand. The adoption or consistent display of a symbol by a political leader invites interpretation. This becomes imperative as history teaches us that leaders, in all generations, have used visual cues, flags, colors, attire and gestures not just for identity, but for projection of power, legitimacy and ambition. 3. ⁠And today, this very symb...

“Scholars are the inheritors of the prophets” is a Hadith reported by majority of compilers including Bukhari, Ibn Maja, Tirmidhi, Nisa’a, Ahmad, Ibn Hibban and others. The Hadith is most likely informed by the Quranic Verse  35:32 “Then we have given the book as inheritance to such of our servants as we have chosen”.  Islam is a religion that set out to make a scholar of all believers, though to a degree, as God commanded us in  Q17:37 “And pursue not that of which you have no knowledge; for every act of hearing or seeing or of (feeling in) the heart will be enquired into (on the day of reckoning)”  Thus a Muslim is required to have basic knowledge that would guide his life to a point, so that he could responsibly defend his actions, not only here in the world but in the hereafter. Therefore basic knowledge is a religious necessity. Scholars earned the position of inheritors of prophvet simply because they are a special class of Muslims distinguished by ...

 Copied BREAKING🚨 IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER F!RES BACK TO CRIT!CS ON WHY THEY ARE CHARGING $2MILLION D0LLARS FOR A PASS AT STRAIT OF HORMUZ. “Let me be absolutely clear,” the Iranian minister addressing the international community. Countries around the world routinely charge massive fees for critical maritime chokepoints. Egypt, for example, collects between $200,000 and $700,000 per transit through the Suez Canal—with large tankers and container ships often exceeding $1 million. Meanwhile, Panama imposes fees ranging from $100,000 to $450,000 for vessels crossing the Panama Canal, with larger Neopanamax ships paying up to $500,000. In Turkey, transit through the Bosphorus Strait comes with its own costs. Similarly, both Canada and the United States impose fees along the St. Lawrence Seaway. “And yet,” he continued, “Iran has, for decades, refused to charge transit fees through the Strait of Hormuz—keeping it open without cost, despite facing sancti0ns, isolation, and constant crit...

Bahaushe ya ce sai an kula kashi ya ke doyi....ina kira da babbar murya ga matasan Arewa ku rabu da duk wadanda ke kokarin kunna wutar fitina tsakanin Hausawa da Fulani. Duk musulmi da ya ci sunan musulmi, wallahi ya girmi kabilanci. Babban abinda musulunci ya zo yayi yaki da shi a Doron kasa bayan shirka, bai wuce kabilanci ba. Sannan musulunci ya na yakar zalunci daga duk inda ya fito, ko a cikin gidanku ne. Duk al'ummar da ta gina tunanin yayanta kan kabilanci (kamar mu a nan Najeriya) wallahi har abada ba za ta kai gaci ba.  Ka gama zagin bahaushe ko bafilatani, ka na matsawa kadan sai dan Birom ko wata kabilar Middle Belt ya far maka. Shi kuma Dan Middle Belt da ya haura river Niger ko Benue sai Dan kudu ya far masa a matsayinsa na Dan Arewa. Shi kuma inyamurin kudu ya far wa duk yanuwansa na kudu. Yan Nigeria Delta su far wa Inyamuri yayin da Yarbawa su ke far wa kowa. Duk mai bibiyar tarihin Najeriya da idon basira zai gane cewa da gangan turawan mulk...

In the current Nigerian "climate," a teacher can no longer afford to wait for a reward in the afterlife. Since death has graciously ignored me for now and failed to give me a lift to that celestial station, I am putting in my claim for my reward right here on Earth. My provisions are exhausted, and I need more than just promises to survive the rest of the journey to the final stop. By the way, as a teacher, I always made it a point to introduce myself properly—writing my name and a brief biography for every new class—so that I would be remembered by my students long after the lessons ended. In my over four decades of teaching, my journey through the stations of Nigerian education has been vast and deeply fulfilling. My Journey Through the Stations (1965 – 2006) 1. 1965 - Gombi Primary School - 280 staff/students. Notable: Fatima Balla (Mrs. Fatima wife Prof. Sa'ad Abubakar).  2. 1968 - GSS Bauchi - Pupil Teacher. Miss Faith Peters (South African), Esai Dangabar 3. 1971–19...

The current state visit of *President Bola Ahmed Tinubu* to the United Kingdom was, by every ceremonial standard, a spectacle of prestige. From the stately reception to the banquet hosted by King Charles III at Windsor Castle, from the polished motorcade to the guard of honour, the pageantry was unmistakable. Accolades were generously dispensed; encomiums flowed with diplomatic grace. On the surface, it was an image of Nigeria elevated and respected. In diplomacy, such appearances carry the weight of symbolic honour.  2. Yet, beneath the glitter of these ceremonies lies a more troubling question: can honour be complete when it is divorced from context? The central flaw of the visit is not in the fact of diplomacy itself, but in its failure to reckon with moral timing - the invisible yet decisive measure of responsible leadership. A state visit may indeed constitute diplomatic honour in the abstract, but politics is never conducted in the abstract; it is judged in the li...

Chiefs are busy people, so a colonial chief finding time to write the history of his own people is unusual, and more remarkable when the history he wrote sheds light on an anarchic period of the nineteenth century about which few testimonies were recorded. The chief’s initial research predated his accession and was augmented over more than three decades as otherdemands allowed and his enthusiasm dictated, a pattern of attention which accounts for theoccasionally recursive character of the finally published text to which episodes were added when there was a moment to do so Later a supplementary volume was indeed added to fulfil the author’s wish on completing the first. Garbosa II, the regnal name of Malam Muhamman Bitemya Sambo, the seventh Gara Donga, was the author in Hausa of two volumes: The History and Customs of the Chamba (Labarun Chambawa da Al’amurransu) and, later, The Family Trees of the Garas Donga (Salsalar Sarakunan Donga), which were completed in 1956 and pu...

A baya bayan nan Mulhidai, Riddaddu da makiya Musulunci sun shigo da wata sabuwar hanya ta sukar addinin musulunci, musamman a kasashen yamma, ta amfani da cewa akwai tarin kura-kurai na kimiyya a cikinsa. Na sha gwagwarmaya da irin wadannan mutane a dandalin Quora inda na kalubalanci duk wani mai wannan da’awar ya kawo duk wani abu da yake tsammani na kimiyya ne wanda ya ci karo, ko ya sha banban da Qur’ani. Dalili na kuwa bai wuce cewa na yi imani da cewa Allah dai shine wanda ya yi duk wata halitta, kuma a tsari irin na kimiyya ya yi halittunsa, sannan shine wanda ya saukar da Qur’ani, don haka duk wanda ya ce akwai karo daga wadannan bangarori guda biyu, to tabbas bai wuce ko dai ba shi da ilimin Qur’ani yadda ya kamata, ko kuma ba shi da ilimin kimiyya cikakke.  Abokan muhawara ta sun kalubalance ni da kawo tambayoyi guda goma da su ka jibanci kimiyya a Qur’ani wadanda su ka hada da;  1.Samar da maniyya a jikin dan Adam (Sperm factory) 2. Halittar mutum daga g...

Great conflicts are rarely just about territory, weapons or diplomacy. They are often struggles over deeper questions: Who holds moral authority? Who carries the responsibility of defending a civilization? And what happens when those entrusted with that responsibility abandon it? 2. Across history, moments of geopolitical confrontation have frequently exposed deeper moral and civilizational shifts. The present conflict involving Iran, Israel and the United States may be one such moment; one that forces the Muslim world to confront uncomfortable questions about leadership, autonomy and responsibility! In the Islamic worldview, such historical transformations are not accidental. They are tied to a moral law as articulated with remarkable clarity in the Holy Qur’an 47:38: “And if you turn away, He will replace you with another people; then they will not be like you.” 3. Classical Islamic tradition records that when this verse was discussed, the Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW) placed his hand ...

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• Kadaria Ahmed in a TV program  Let us start with what we know. Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna State, former FCT Minister under President Olusegun Obasanjo, and one-time Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, is under arrest. He is facing allegations of corruption and accusations under the Cybercrimes Act, including claims that he facilitated the tapping of the phone of the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu. He has denied all wrongdoing. He says this is political persecution, punishment for criticising a government he helped bring to power. The courts will determine the legal truth. But politics is rarely only about what is written in a charge sheet. This story is not simply about El-Rufai. It is about power. It is about loyalty. And it is about a region in crisis whose leaders appear unable to rise above themselves. Because this is not just any defendant. This is a man who once stood shoulder to shoulder with Mallam Nuhu Ri...

One of the trending issues on the table recently in the North is the political aspiration of the Cleric-turn-politician, in his quest to become the next Governor of Gombe state come 2027. I am not going to support Jafar Jafar's dismissive article of Pantami's unrealistic effort to juggle the moral compass of his clerical uprightness against the immoral stance of Nigeria politics which thrives mostly on corruption and deciet. Nor am I going to agree with Professor Abba Aji's rejoinder to Jafar Jafar, seemingly endorsing Pantami's ability to eat his cake and have it, as he maintains the dual role of Cleric-Politician. What I am going to do is simply remind us of the antecedents and precedents of Pantami's role in the last two decades, from both the religious and political spaces he traverses.  In a viral video in recent years, we have seen the skinny, vocal and passionate Pantami castigating, condemning and distancing himself from politics and politicians....

When the All Progressives Congress (APC) took power in 2015 under President Muhammadu Buhari, it rode on the wings of a seductive slogan—“CHANGE.” Millions believed. Millions hoped. Millions voted. But from 2015 to 2023, Nigeria endured eight wasted years, marked by unprecedented economic stagnation, inflationary spikes, violent insecurity and institutional decay. By Buhari’s exit, Nigeria was ranked by the World Bank as the world’s poverty capital, with over 89 million people living in extreme poverty. Then came 2023. A controversial election. A divided nation. And the emergence of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu under a new slogan—“Renewed Hope.” But today, less than two years into Tinubu’s presidency, the evidence is overwhelming: Renewed Hope has become Renewed Hardship. And for the survival of the Nigerian state, Tinubu must not return in 2027. This is not emotion. This is not opposition rhetoric. This is hard data—economic, social, and security evidence that Nigeria canno...

Northern Nigeria is confronted not merely by insecurity, poverty, or underdevelopment, but by a deeper and more corrosive crisis: a fragmentation of purpose driven by religious, ethnic, and identity-based divisions. These divisions are not organic accidents of history; they have been deliberately cultivated, weaponised, and sustained by selfish political and elite interests who thrive on disunity. Until this reality is confronted honestly and decisively, no meaningful progress can be achieved. The North’s greatest weakness today is not the absence of resources or people of talent, but the collapse of collective consciousness. Communities that share history, geography, and destiny are locked in suspicion and rivalry—Muslim against Christian, indigene against settler, tribe against tribe. These fault lines have become convenient tools for manipulation, allowing local and national actors to deflect accountability while mobilising support through fear and grievance rather than ...