Northern-Nigeria Perspective

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 ...

Dahiru Yusuf Yabo   Introduction Northern Nigeria , a historically significant region with deep cultural, religious, and political influence, is under relentless assault—not only from violent extremist groups but from a well-orchestrated web of internal and external conspiracies aimed at undermining its unity, progress, and global standing. The persistent insecurity, the rise of Boko Haram , banditry , and splinter terrorist cells across various ethno-religious backgrounds, are neither accidental nor organic; they are the byproducts of a sophisticated, well-funded campaign to destabilize Arewa by exploiting its social fabric. International actors, including certain Western NGOs , diplomatic agencies, and strategic governmental institutions, play a dubious role in exacerbating the crisis, using humanitarian aid, human rights rhetoric, and foreign policy tools to manipulate internal dynamics. Meanwhile, some domestic figures and institutions—particularly the Christian As...

THE WORST TOOL OF AREWA: HOW TINUBU MANIPULATES A REGION THROUGH ITS ELECTED WEAKLINGS AND RELIGIOUS CONFUSION By Dahiru Yusuf Yabo The tragedy of Arewa today is not that it lacks numbers, intellect, or faith — it is that it has too many elected idiots and spiritually confused elites who have traded the soul of the North for crumbs from the southern table. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, an astute strategist and political survivor, has not conquered the North through superior ideas or vision, but through the manipulation of its internal contradictions. He understands the weakness of Arewa’s political class — the greed of its officeholders, the fear of its clergy, and the gullibility of its self-acclaimed intellectuals. He knows that while the North has numerical dominance, it lacks unified consciousness. Its politicians fight for personal survival, not collective dignity. They preach unity in public and negotiate betrayal in private. The same men who were expected to defend the region’s i...

AREWA FLAWS: AN ENEMY WE MADE By Dahiru Yusuf Yabo     Introduction: A Region in Decline Arewa—Northern Nigeria —once the epicenter of political power and military dominance, is now the tragic portrait of strategic betrayal and internal collapse. The decay is not a mystery, and the culprits are not hiding. They attend our naming ceremonies. They sit on our emirs' front rows. They preach in our mosques. And we, the people, vote them in. We have turned our own ballots into bullets—not aimed at enemies, but at our future. The greatest irony of the Arewa condition is simple: the enemy we cry about is the one we built, the one we fed, the one we elected.   The Architecture of Our Undoing 1. Political Power, Wasted Decades Northern Nigeria has produced more presidents, military rulers, ministers, and legislators than any other region. Yet: Poverty in Sokoto, Zamfara, Kebbi, Yobe, Jigawa, and Katsina is record-breaking. Our children still roam barefoot, clutching rusty bowls, b...