by Henry Omoregie Where Ahmadu Bello, preached one North for the entire North, his successors practice one North for Northern Muslims of the Northwest. As the National Conference gathers steam, it will be an end game for Nigeria if we allow this opportunity to build trust and engender real unity (as opposed to... Read More

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Opinion: The centenary of an Amalgamation that never existed

by Jibrin Ibrahim It was the Sardauna of Sokoto who first referred to the amalgamation as “the mistake of 1914”. That was in the early 1950’s, when he flagged the secession banner, because he felt that Southern politicians were unwilling to understand the attitudes of the Northern elite towards independence. In the years leading to... Read More

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August 23, 2013

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Opinion: Failure of the Northern elders

by Donu Kogbara ANYWAY, Maitama Sule has made some valid points; and, at the risk of sounding sectional, I would like to ask Northern leaders who have been chronically failing for decades why they think they can out-perform President Goodluck Jonathan. ACCORDING to elder statesman, Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule, who was once our Permanent Representative... Read More

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August 3, 2013

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Opinion: Time to ‘fix’ the North or ‘bury’ it

by Muhammad Sani Dattijo The leaders of the north have a decision to make today. And it is more important than who becomes President. It is a decision to fix the north, or bury it. There has been significant discussion in the public sphere of recent, on the need for presidential power to shift to... Read More

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April 8, 2013

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Ohimai Amaize: The tragedy of a distracted generation (Y! Politico)

by Ohimai Godwin Amaize Interestingly, our idea of social change has been reduced to the politics of merely taking sides every election year… We would rather tweet or write opinion articles attacking ourselves while the political class preys on the very weakness of our divisiveness. It was Frantz Fanon who said; “Every generation must out... Read More

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