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Opinion: Northern Nigeria, stop holding us down

By Adewale Lawal As events are turning out today globally, and especially in Nigeria, it is important to be realistic with ourselves. Scholars and experts in strategic studies, security studies, intelligence gathering and military studies will agree with me that terrorism thrives anywhere it gets local supports and sympathies. Unlike the conventional warfare where the […]
Opinion

Emir Sanusi, northern Nigeria and the rest of us

Hopefully Prof Ango Abdullahi and his power mongering cohorts from northern Nigeria listened to the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II speak in Kaduna penultimate Monday. At 82, Abdullahi, who is a former Vice-Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, should ordinarily be one of those statesmen who seek the survival of Nigeria by all […]
Agriculture Interviews

Knowledge Gap, Cultural Barriers Limiting Farmers in Northern Nigeria – Babban Gona

Northern Nigeria is renowned for being largely a successful agrarian region in outlook, although it’s been impacted by insurgency in some areas. Executive Director of Babban Gona Farm Services, Lola Masha, in this interview with JOY OBAKEYE, reveals other critical issues bogging down overall growth and how innovative solutions can unleash the region’s full potential […]
Politics

Difficulty in obtaining PVC is Southern Nigeria is a deliberate ploy by politicians -Utodio

‘Political Engineering’ is a new word that has entered into Nigeria’s political arena, describing how politicians manipulate the system to steal the people’s mandate. An insider and a political stakeholder, former counsellor in Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area, Lagos, Mr. Samuel Utodio revealed that the difficulty in obtaining the Permanent Voters Card (PVC) currently
Opinion

Northern Leaders and the Region’s Fate

For the north to reel out of its squalour, there is definitely a need for major rethinking, an inside-out revolution of mindset. A region and its people cannot develop when a handful of its population can ‘live high on the hog’ almost for eternity. Witness how many traditional rulers, ‘first class’ Emirs and Chiefs especially, […]