Northern-Nigeria Perspective

Thirty-two years ago, Nigeria stood on the cusp of greatness. The winds of democratic change were sweeping through Africa, and all eyes turned to our nation with hope — hope that Nigeria would rise as a beacon of liberty, justice, and self-determination. I was privileged to be an active participant in that defining chapter, which culminated in a historic election that captured the imagination of the world and reshaped our political destiny. It was a moment of great promise — and great sacrifice. The political class made painful compromises, but it was the Nigerian people who bore the heaviest burden. They yearned for a new democratic order, and many paid dearly for it. I, too, made my fair share of sacrifices, most notably setting aside my own presidential ambition in deference to the late Chief MKO Abiola — a gesture made in faith and fidelity to a higher national cause. But others gave far more. The late Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, Tafida Shehu Musa Yar’Adua, Alfred Rewane — t...

For over a quarter of a century, Nigeria had not seen a master political strategist like Tinubu. He is a damn cool political customer that perfected the art of manipulating political friends and foes alike, using machinations that borders on capitalizing on polical greed, corrupt stance and selfish inclinations of our political elites. Forget the NADECO days and the self imposed exile, or even the brief stint at the National Assembly as Distinguished Senator, he launched the first step of realizing his ambition to rule the country by contesting and winning the Lagos State Governorship in 1999. You must give Tinubu credit for transforming Lagos in his two terms through pragmatic strategy of surrounding himself with some of the best minds and technocrats Lagos can offer at the time. He withstand the high-handedness of Obasanjo as he choked Lagos revenues by freezing it's Local government funds for two years. Tinubu not only launched himself but his human machinery, hoping...

Former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar      The 2023 general elections might have come and gone but the ripple effects, the national cries and joys it has left Nigerians with will take a long time to forget. Indeed it has already engraved the national ethos of failed promises and empty talks by the leaders, the so called winners of elections. When Nigerians reflect on the dismal and disappointing performances of the former President Muhammad Buhari, the APC Government of the past eight years, many teeth are gnashed in regrets to ever voting PMB/APC into power. Nigerians were looking for a reformed INEC so that they would use their powers of voting to remove the APC Government from office, February 2023, but alas, INEC, in collaboration with PMB, as the head of the disappointing APC government and the naira magic performance of BAT, ensured that all the tricks up the sleeves are brought to bear and BAT is declared President FRN.      In doing so, Wike...

Forwarded  AGITATORS FOR BIAFRA ARE HOLDING THE WRONG END OF THE STICK Agitators for Biafara are not well schooled in the art of struggle for freedom. How can you inflict economic pains to those you intend to liberate. You tried violence in the past and it failed. Go learn about non violent method from Mahatma Ghadi, Martin Luther ( JR) which worked very well for them. Mahatma Ghadi secured independence for India, while that of Martin Luther, it relatively ended racial discrimination.  Nelson Mandela tried guerrilla war, it didn’t work. In the end he was imprisoned. Back from prison, he deplored new strategies. One he engaged the apartheid regime in dialogue which won blacks some rights. Secondly he put sustained pressure on international community to persuade their ally-  the apartheid regime to end the obnoxious system. Thirdly he worked on himself to be moderate, a none communist and somebody who will not send the whites parking like Zimbabwe by promising not to dispos...

  His Excellency Ahaji  Atiku Abubakar, Waziri Adamawa, former VP FRN, founding President TYD AA with members of the Ad-hoc committee for the centenary celebration led by the Chairman Sa'adu Abubakar Gambe on a courtesy call in his Yola residence on 17/7/2021. BACKGROUND HISTORY OF THE AD-HOC COMMITTEE The Adhoc Committee of the National Alumni Association of the century old school, General Murtala Muhammad College Yola, was inaugurated on the 16th of November 2019, less than two months to the centenary year 2020. It was established to prepare for the centenary celebration of the great school in the absence of the Executive Committee/Council, the Exco, of the National Association, whose tenure started from 2007 and by implications has lapsed but remained the only legal body. The Adhoc Committee came into being by the authority of the Congress, the General Meeting of all the bona fide Alumni of the school who are alive, graduates of the school between 1920 and 2019. The Congres...

 THE REPEAT OF 1966, DRUMS OF WAR. PART TWO. THE JOURNEY FROM LAGOS TO GAMBE VILLAGE, DECEMBER 1966. My narrative, the 'The repeat of 1966, drums of war' in my earlier post was the beginning of the scenario that led to the fracticidal, brutal and deadly Nigerian civil war, as a consequence of the crisis which ensued  after the gruesome coup de tat of the  15th January 1966, where some majority Igbo military officers spear headed the controversial coup that eliminated majority political and senior military officers from the Northern and Western Regions of Nigeria without a loss of life of any from the Igbo Eastern Nigeria. Lagos was as ever a bustling city and it remained so in spite of the monumental episode, the military coup that took place less than two months earlier, when I arrived Lagos to resume studies at Federal Science School, FSS Lagos. It appeared people in Lagos were oblivious of the happenings in the country, even though the main theater of action of the cou...

The fears expressed on the probable return to the 1966 scenario of doom and uncertainties hanging in the atmosphere, the absence of trust and confidence in the next person with you or near you if he happened not to be from your region or your tribe or religious persuasion. In 1966 the atmosphere was charged and people were looking over their shoulders in order not to miss any happenings. First, I was in Gambe Village on the 15th of January when the sudden and unexpected news of the killing of the Sardauna Sokoto, the Premier of the Northern Region was announced over the Radio Kaduna. The news came with mixed reactions from the population who were just coming out of the just concluded general elections 1964, in the country. Many people who belong to the ruling NPC of Sardauna/Tafawa Balewa party were aggrieved on the killing of the Premier of the Northern Region and his colleague, the Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and military officers of mostly northern extraction while me...

  Tiddo Yo DADDO National Alumni Association, General Murtala Muhammad College Yola. PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE CENTENARY CELEBRATION OF GMMC YOLA BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ADHOC COMMITTEE.  Preamble. The Adhoc Committee of the Tiddo Yo Daddo, TYD,  National Alumni Association of the great school, General Murtala Muhammad College Yola, was inaugurated  by the Congress on the 16th of November 2019, barely a year ago. The National Congress of the Alumni Association, the general body made up of all the old students from the 1920 to the most recent, 2019 sets, who are alive, were summoned to a meeting at the College by the Principal then, Adamu Bello, who earlier along with other concerned alumni members realized that the college would be 100 years old, just the next year 2020. While in other climes such the case of FGC Sokoto celebrating 50th anniversary Golden Jubilee. Preparations for it started in 2005, clear ten years tithe Golden jubilee. But six months to 100 years cele...

The elements of media accentuated by social media space and main stream media, the television, radio and print media outfits are being employed by interest groups (enemies of Nigeria) in collaboration with entities outside the country, in a Coordinating manner to bring down Nigerian government by making the country ungovernable. So the faceless enemies within in active encouragement and collaboration with the: 1. Media  2. Human Rights Groups. 3. Non Governmental Organizations, NGOs. 4. International Criminals Court, ICC. 5. Boko Haram, BH. 6. Armnesty International, AI. 7. Super Tucano Deliberate Delay of Delivery of order to Nigeria military thereby buying time for Boko Haram insurgency. 8. Black Lives Matters decided to pokenose into Nigeria's affairs in order to beef up on the squeeze on Nigeria following it recent successful global outing. 9. CNN billed airing of program focussing on Human Right Abuses in Nigeria, a synchronized timing for the squeeze on Nigeria. 10. D. J. Swi...

TIDDO YO DADDO NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE ALUMNI OF GMMC YOLA. ATTENTION: 11 TRUTH, THE HOME TRUTH The year 2020 has proved to be unique in many ways aside the all pervading corona virus, Covid-19 pandemic, which spear head the global fear and changes in human life styles, economic and environment. In addition to the Covid-19 pandemic, Nigeria was hit by the Endsars epidemic which rattled the country and metamorphosed into a monster prepared to consume the nation. For those of us who were in our youth, aged 20 years, when Ojukwu declared independent state of Biafra and Gowon countered by declaring a rebellion against the Nigerian State, on the 7th of July 1967, first by Police action which snowballed into full, bloody civil war that led to the death of over one million Nigerians on both sides of the divide, ending in 1970 with a declaration by Gowon, of a “No victor and no vanquis". It was a glimpse, a memory, a reminder of the horrors of the fratricidal civil strife that threate...