Northern-Nigeria Perspective

Chuks Okocha in Abuja  The coalition of opposition against the reelection of President Bola Tinubu is in dilemma over the choice of political party for the 2027 general election. As the slated Friday May 30 meeting of the group to unveil the political party to be used to prosecute the transitional politics to unseat President Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress from power draws closer, it seems not much is yet achieved in deciding the choice of political party. The decision to make is whether to adopt the existing African Democratic Congress (ADC) led by Chief Okey Nwose or to register an entirely new political party, which is the All Democratic Alliance (ADA), as submitted to the group’s leadership.  According to inside sources, the major drivers for the adoption of the ADC are the former vice president, Atiku Abubukar, former governor of Edo State, John Oyegun, former governor of Osun Chief Rauf Aregbesola, former Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Abubukar Mala...

April 15, 2025  The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has summoned the Provost of 1 Police Mobile Force (MOPOL) Kaduna, along with DSP Aliyu Adejembi and his team, over a viral video that shows them collecting cash handouts from Chinese nationals. The officers were reportedly in Lagos on special duty with the Chinese businesspeople when the incident occurred. The video, which has since circulated widely online, shows members of the police unit queuing visibly as they receive money from the Chinese individuals, sparking public outrage and raising concerns over the professional conduct of the security operatives. A police wireless signal dated April 15, 2025, confirmed the development. It reads:  *“Professional misconduct x discreditable conduct x eye respectfully convey INGENPOL directive x that you warn x release x Provost 1 PMF Kaduna x to come along with DSP Aliyu Adejembi x and team x to interview INGENPOL x through PRESSFOR x unfailingly x on Wedne...

*Davidson Rotshak Lar,* a cleric & Superintendent of Police in the Nigeria Police Force died one year after posting about this Article         ________________ *We have been innundated with the word North. Northern Elders, Arewa Consultative Forum, Northern Governors Forum etc.* But really we are asking , "who are these Northerners?" Let us borrow a bit from History. *When Obasanjo as President gave Non Fulanis sensitive positions in his regime, the sultan of Sokoto went with some Fulani Irredentists like Ango Abdullahi, and confronted him, and made allegations that the North was being marginalized. Baffled , Obasanjo Querried them, "Are Non Fulanis in the North, not Northerners?" The sultan said,* "NO, they are not."✔️ *Gen Obasanjo nodded his head to learn what he probably* had not known before.  *So we ask, "Who really are these Northerners?"* *We have not finished excavation of the historical precedences on this Pyhrric qu...

FIRST Centenary Celebration Report OF GENERAL MURTALA MUHAMMAD COLLEGE, GMMC YOLA. BY SA'ADU ABUBAKAR GAMBE.   Chairman Adhoc Committee for the Centenary Celebration of the National Tiddo Yo Daddo Alumni Association of General Murtala Muhammed College, (GMMC) Yola.  PREAMBLE  General Murtala Muhammed College, GMMC, Yola is one of the oldest grammar schools in Northern Nigeria. It started in 1920 as Elementary School than later upgraded to Middle School Yola. It metamorphosed to Provincial Secondary School, PSS, Yola, a grammar school, with the enrolment into form (year) one of a six years secondary education system then, of the Ibrahim Alfa, Hassan Adamu, Alhaji Natiti, Sale Michika and others in January 1955. In 1976 the school was renamed Government Secondary School, GSS, Yola in memory of the slain Head of State, General Murtala Muhammed, who was assassinated during a failed military coup in February 1976. The school curriculum fashioned in 1920 was to suit the needs o...