Northern-Nigeria Perspective

 The origins of the Fulani people are unclear and various theories have been postulated. As a nomadic herding people, they have moved through and among many other cultures. Skutsch notes that there oral histories point toward a start in Jordan or farther east, but also their language comes from the Senegambian region. He concludes that the modern Fulani people began in the northern Senegambian region[1] Walter Rodney in his book “The History of the Upper Guinea Coast”, argues that Fulbe are originally from North Africa and they conquered the Foota Djallon region led by the Fulani Koli Tenguella. The ethnogenesis of the Fulani people may have begun as a result of interactions between an ancient West African population and North African populations such as Berbers or Egyptians.[1] Their West African roots may be in and around the valley of Senegal River.[2] They likely reflect a genetic intermix of people with West African, North African, and Arabian origins, and have been a part of many

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, the wicked and vicious form

Gongola peoples forum: Another infernal contraption which is dead on arrival? Jacob Handibe Unlike its shadowy forefather, the Middle Belt Forum, will the so call novel elitist contraption known as Gongola Peoples Forum survives the test of time? As a northern christian minority, I will vociferously say no. And I'm making this confession with all sense of responsibility to speak nothing but the truth no matter whose ox is gored because I know only the truth will set us free. My reason for this candid submission is based on the fact that it will be illusional for me to believe that a castle can be built in the air or more succinctly to believe that anything good can come out of an endeavor that is firmly rooted in blackmail, half truths and cheap lies. This renewed move has confirmed to me that our so called Christian minority brothers are still not tutored enough to understand the rudiments, nuances and demands of the contemporary world as no one ensconced in the toga o

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  Sa’adu Abubakar Gambe (B. Sc, PGDE:) I was born in January 1946 in the spring (kodde saduje) in Farang Rai, then an anguwan (ward) in Jada District of the former Trust Territory.  My father, Malam Bakari, (Abubakar) was born about two and a half decade earlier in Gambe, a Chiefdom (Raiders and Refugees: History of Chamba a 1750-1950 by R. Fardon pp151). His father, Gangdaken was the twelve Chief of Gambe. My father left Gambe at the age of twelve years after the death of their father, GANGDAKEN. He left his birthplace to join his senior sister who was married to a faraway Fulani Ardo in a faraway Kugama, a Fulani settlement before Mayo Belwa now the district and the local government headquarters was established. Before my father moved to his sister in Kugama, he along with his other siblings were assigned to their uncles for proper upbringing. But as was the custom, assigned children were usually maltreated and even sometimes sold into slavery as a personal property. Sensing th

NOTICE FOR THE SPECIAL INVITATION TO ATTEND THE CENTENARY CELEBRATION OF GENERAL M urtala MOhammEd College (GMMC) Yola.   The school officially started and was known as the Elementary School Yola in 1920, then it became the Middle School Yola, and then the Provincial Secondary School (PSS) Yola in 1955, Government Secondary School (GSS) Yola in 1966/67. It was later renamed General Murtala Mohammed College (GMMC) Yola in 1976, in memory of the slain Military Head of State, General Murtala Mohammed who was killed during a failed Military coup in Lagos. The iconic school has produced great distinguished National products who contributed to the development of the Country. The list of some of the distinguished alumni of the school from 1920 to date is herewith attached. The iconic school clocked one hundred years on 1st January, 2020. However, the Corona Virus (Covid-19) pandemic lockdown in March 2020 derailed the centenary celebration planned for January 2020 based on the prepara