Northern-Nigeria Perspective

I have on different occasions, pointed clearly to my brother Bichia Maisango, the Hausa-Zalla self appointed prophet and harbinger of doom, Islam has no room for ethnic bigotry. What he, and his ilk, failed to understand is the simple distinction, succinctly discussed and explained in Ibrahim A. Waziri's article of the "What" and "Who" of identity.  Maisango and his advocates would like to quickly submit "the time of religious manipulation is over, it is time to rise to Hausa consciousness" laughable I should say and the naked exposition of their ignorance of both what identity ought to be and what religions in general and Islam in particular came to abolish. Islam from the get-go, promotes the Kalima (shahada) as the first step of the negation of devilry which promotes division and bloodshed, while uphelding divine unity that cement and guide us towards brotherliness and equality of all human beings. At the local level, Salah serves the fu...

Isn't it a bit nostalgic when you see how the ruling party intimidates the efforts of ADC for it's convention? Impunity knew no bounds by PDP during the dying days of Jonathan administration. Ameachi was harassed as his security were withdrawn, so was Kwankwaso. Rivers state government was sieged as Kwankwaso summon the Kwankwasiyya youth to protect government house after the withdrawal of his security too. Adams Oshiomole was prevented to fly and attend a political rally as NCAA grounded Rivers state owned aircraft to restrict Ameachi's movement. Despite state power and it's coercive ability, Jonathan was booted out of office by popular opposition that is beyond politicians alone. Collective consciousness channelled by a rallying figure was the miracle that, for the first time in our history, a ruling party was defeated by the opposition. That was no small feat considering our political antecedent and elections trajectories. We can easily see the similariti...

“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 ...

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...

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...

Hakika a shekaru biyun nan, tabbas akwai abubuwa da su ka sami gagarumin ci gaba, yadda a tarihin kasar nan ba'a taba ganin irinsa ba. Haka kuma a daya hannun, abubuwa da dama sun yi koma bayan da ba'a taba ganin irinsa ba. Bari mu fara da ci bayan da aka samu. Tashin farko dai, a 2023 tattalin arzikin Najeriya shine mafi karfi a fadin Africa, yayin da Egypt, South Africa da Algeria ke biye da mu. Amma daga ranar da aka rantsar da Tinubu kuma ya karya kumallo da cewar an cire tallafin mai, nan take karfin tattalin arzikin Najeriya ya fara zamiya har zuwa yanzu, yadda a karshen shekarar 2024 sai gashi mun koma na hudu a bayan South Africa, Egypt da Algeria. A watan Mayu 2023 Tinubu ya sami Dollar a Naira 460 amma a yau da nake wannan rubutu ta ninka kusan sau hudu, wato Naira 1571. Shi ma man fetur yayi tashin gwaron zabi kamar Dollar inda ya ninka kusan hudu a yau, wato daga Naira 254 zuwa Naira 950 akalla. Bayan cire tallafin, gwamnatin Tinubu ta bayyana cewa jama'ar kasa ...

Hoton Gwamnan Kano da wasu Yara biyu da aka tsinto su na kwana a titi ya karade social media. Yawancin mutane na ta yabawa wannan kokari na Gwamna, amma menene abin burgewa a ciki? Ga duk mai shekaru irin namu, ya san cewa wannan dabi'ar sabuwa ce ta zamani, domin a shekarun baya babu wanda zaka samu ya na kwana a titi face mahaukata ko yan kwaya. Amma duk wani mutum komai rashin gatansa ya na da inda ya ke kwana. A unguwanni zaka sami soraye manya da ke zama wajen kwanan almajirai da baki wani lokaci ma har masallatai na karbar bakuncin baki. Bahaushe na da hadisinsa cewa "Da, na kowa ne" don haka babu yadda za a yi kaga wani mai karamin shekaru ya kwana a titi, ko manya sai dai wadanda su ka fada ajin mahaukata ko yan kwaya. To amma yanzu Allah kadai ya san yawan mutane manya da yara da ke kwana a titi. Me ya jawo haka? Idan na takaita a kan yara masu kwana a titi, dalilai suna da yawa, kama da mummunar dabi'ar bara wadda malamai da iyayen zamani su ka assasa wadda ...

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...