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They are in a perpetual state of flux. Nomadic Fulani are the most widely travelled ethnic group in Nigeria. Many of them have become Hausa, some are now Yoruba. But there is fear that the Fulani tongue may disappear in years to come.

This is corroborated by the fact that many Fulani people cannot speak Fulfulde. In Kogi, they have found a new melting pot where the pasture is richer and greener.

In Kogi’s Bunu-Kabba Local Government, the story is not different but the evolution is taking business dimension where the Fulani assimilate Owe as a business language helped by inter-ethnic marriage. The Owe speaking people are scattered around Bunu-Kabba and Yagba West Local Governments of the state.

Zango in Bunu-Kabba is considered the goose that is laying the new ‘golden eggs’. It is seen as a melting point and a catalyst to the evolution of the new ‘tribe’. Zango is a place where both ethnic groups meet to do hard cattle business, and then all other things follow.

On daily basis, Zango causes the immigration of more Fulani people. It is a place to make money. The aborigines are said to be hospitable to their guests. The green grass also smiles at the nomadic pastoralists.

The daily value of trade in cattle is put at about N4 million in Zango, while an average of 20 heads of cattle are sold or bought. This is apart from the small auxiliary businesses flourishing around the area.
The chief Imam of the Hausa community, Malam Muhammadu Ahmad said that there is growing trend of inter-marriage taking place between the Hausa and the owe speaking people.
“We have been marrying ourselves. Our children speak the owe language fluently. This is not a problem, it is normal,” he said.

According to him, most Hausa people came to Bunu-Kabba to take refuge from South East of the country during the Biafran War.
“The people of this region gave us refuge and accommodation when we were being killed during the war. In fact, the sarkin Hausa of the town was born here.”

He said he came to the area in 1980s when he was trading in wrist watches and clocks. According to him, the Owe-speaking people are very hospital and peace loving.

Yakubu Haruna is in his 70s. He immigrated to Bunu-Kabba in 1980. He said nomadic life brought him to Kogi State from Plateau. He said he has about 200 cows and that the average price of a grown cow is N100,000. He said most of their children now speak the local dialect and that inter-marriages preceded his arrival. He, however, added that the only ticket needed for marrying a Fulani man or woman is Islam.

Speaking also, sarkin Zango (Head of the zango), Malam Abubakar Aliyu, who is also a Fulani, originally from Sokoto, said he left his ancestral home 27 years ago in search of green pasture; but when he arrived Bunu-Kabba, he said to himself he has found a new home.

Regaling our reporter with the story of Zango, he said: “The story of Zango is not more than 15 years back when we applied to use this land that was originally slated for market purposes. When they gave us the go-ahead, we started with three cows. Today, an average of 80 cows are sold on daily basis. This is in the region of N4 million.

“The cows come from Jega, Wudil, Shinkafi and Tambuwal. Our major problem here is that we have no tap water and we want the government to also contribute to environmental sanitation.”

He advised government to develop interest in what is happening in Zango as it generates about N50,000 into government coffers.

Alhaji Muhammadu Altini, who is the Sarkin Pawa (in charge of slaughtering) is Hausa, originally from Tambuwal, Sokoto State. He left Tambuwal 33 years back to join his elder brother at Ajaokuta. He left Ajaokuta to Bunu-Kabba eight years ago and was later asked to head the slaughtering segment of the Zango. He is credited with the construction of all the shops in Zango.

Speaking about his department, he said he has up to 18 staff in his unit.

He added, “we have some problems here. Our abattoir is not in good shape. Cows’ waste is not properly disposed of and this poses serious environmental hazard. We, that have titles are also not paid salaries or allowances. We want the local government and the traditional institution to show more concern in what we are doing here.”

Despite some of the concerns raised by the immigrants, Bunu-Kabba is a new home and Owe, a new tongue they have found. Salient cultural changes are also taking place, some are noticed, others are not. The underlying current now is business.

Beaf:
Lol @ bolded!!!!!!!
I can't seem to recall anyone mentioning IBB, is that the koko of your issue's?

Anyways, the times when we sold our inheritance to the core North for free have passed. The political landscape has changed dramatically by providence. . . And here we are, armed with hammers, chisels and in the odd instance, earth moving equipment; here we are grabbing the responsibilities providence has placed on shoulders; here we are, moulding Nigeria into what it should be; here we are, flooding through the gates Jonathan has opened, waving nay sayers and the sluggish bye.
Never again!

when Jonathan is no longer president you will go back to being the same.

This beaf is writing a check he cannot cash

Onlytruth:
And why are you so concerned about Igbo political fortunes in Nigeria?
Why is this Igbo support of Jonathan troubling you so much?

Believe me, any smart Igbo can see through your fake love.
If Jonathan loses, then so be it! We are still Nigerians aren't we? We will still present one of us (Easterners) again in 2015. QED.  

just to let you kno if GEJ emerges as PDP flag bearer there will not be any zoning presidency to SE till 2023 even if Jonatan loses presidential election to Buhari Ribadu donald duke dele momodu or wole soyinka himself.

dont let beaf fool you the best thing for ibo to do is put 1 foot in and the other out.

lol

In Kogi, Fulani find new wealth, new tongue .

Jibrin Abubakar, who was in Kogi .

They are in a perpetual state of flux. Nomadic Fulani are the most widely travelled ethnic group in Nigeria. Many of them have become Hausa, some are now Yoruba. But there is fear that the Fulani tongue may disappear in years to come.

This is corroborated by the fact that many Fulani people cannot speak Fulfulde. In Kogi, they have found a new melting pot where the pasture is richer and greener.

In Kogi’s Bunu-Kabba Local Government, the story is not different but the evolution is taking business dimension where the Fulani assimilate Owe as a business language helped by inter-ethnic marriage. The Owe speaking people are scattered around Bunu-Kabba and Yagba West Local Governments of the state.

Zango in Bunu-Kabba is considered the goose that is laying the new ‘golden eggs’. It is seen as a melting point and a catalyst to the evolution of the new ‘tribe’. Zango is a place where both ethnic groups meet to do hard cattle business, and then all other things follow.

On daily basis, Zango causes the immigration of more Fulani people. It is a place to make money. The aborigines are said to be hospitable to their guests. The green grass also smiles at the nomadic pastoralists.

The daily value of trade in cattle is put at about N4 million in Zango, while an average of 20 heads of cattle are sold or bought. This is apart from the small auxiliary businesses flourishing around the area.

The chief Imam of the Hausa community, Malam Muhammadu Ahmad said that there is growing trend of inter-marriage taking place between the Hausa and the owe speaking people.

“We have been marrying ourselves. Our children speak the owe language fluently. This is not a problem, it is normal,” he said.

According to him, most Hausa people came to Bunu-Kabba to take refuge from South East of the country during the Biafran War.

“The people of this region gave us refuge and accommodation when we were being killed during the war. In fact, the sarkin Hausa of the town was born here.”

He said he came to the area in 1980s when he was trading in wrist watches and clocks. According to him, the Owe-speaking people are very hospital and peace loving.

Yakubu Haruna is in his 70s. He immigrated to Bunu-Kabba in 1980. He said nomadic life brought him to Kogi State from Plateau. He said he has about 200 cows and that the average price of a grown cow is N100,000. He said most of their children now speak the local dialect and that inter-marriages preceded his arrival. He, however, added that the only ticket needed for marrying a Fulani man or woman is Islam.

Speaking also, sarkin Zango (Head of the zango), Malam Abubakar Aliyu, who is also a Fulani, originally from Sokoto, said he left his ancestral home 27 years ago in search of green pasture; but when he arrived Bunu-Kabba, he said to himself he has found a new home.

Regaling our reporter with the story of Zango, he said: “The story of Zango is not more than 15 years back when we applied to use this land that was originally slated for market purposes. When they gave us the go-ahead, we started with three cows. Today, an average of 80 cows are sold on daily basis. This is in the region of N4 million.

“The cows come from Jega, Wudil, Shinkafi and Tambuwal. Our major problem here is that we have no tap water and we want the government to also contribute to environmental sanitation.”

He advised government to develop interest in what is happening in Zango as it generates about N50,000 into government coffers.

Alhaji Muhammadu Altini, who is the Sarkin Pawa (in charge of slaughtering) is Hausa, originally from Tambuwal, Sokoto State. He left Tambuwal 33 years back to join his elder brother at Ajaokuta. He left Ajaokuta to Bunu-Kabba eight years ago and was later asked to head the slaughtering segment of the Zango. He is credited with the construction of all the shops in Zango.

Speaking about his department, he said he has up to 18 staff in his unit.

He added, “we have some problems here. Our abattoir is not in good shape. Cows’ waste is not properly disposed of and this poses serious environmental hazard. We, that have titles are also not paid salaries or allowances. We want the local government and the traditional institution to show more concern in what we are doing here.”

Despite some of the concerns raised by the immigrants, Bunu-Kabba is a new home and Owe, a new tongue they have found. Salient cultural changes are also taking place, some are noticed, others are not. The underlying current now is business.

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Wednesday, 15 September 2010 01:00
Jibrin Abubakar, who was in Kogi .
They are in a perpetual state of flux. Nomadic Fulani are the most widely travelled ethnic group in Nigeria. Many of them have become Hausa, some are now Yoruba. But there is fear that the Fulani tongue may disappear in years to come.

This is corroborated by the fact that many Fulani people cannot speak Fulfulde. In Kogi, they have found a new melting pot where the pasture is richer and greener.

In Kogi’s Bunu-Kabba Local Government, the story is not different but the evolution is taking business dimension where the Fulani assimilate Owe as a business language helped by inter-ethnic marriage. The Owe speaking people are scattered around Bunu-Kabba and Yagba West Local Governments of the state.

Zango in Bunu-Kabba is considered the goose that is laying the new ‘golden eggs’. It is seen as a melting point and a catalyst to the evolution of the new ‘tribe’. Zango is a place where both ethnic groups meet to do hard cattle business, and then all other things follow.

On daily basis, Zango causes the immigration of more Fulani people. It is a place to make money. The aborigines are said to be hospitable to their guests. The green grass also smiles at the nomadic pastoralists.

The daily value of trade in cattle is put at about N4 million in Zango, while an average of 20 heads of cattle are sold or bought. This is apart from the small auxiliary businesses flourishing around the area.

The chief Imam of the Hausa community, Malam Muhammadu Ahmad said that there is growing trend of inter-marriage taking place between the Hausa and the owe speaking people.

“We have been marrying ourselves. Our children speak the owe language fluently. This is not a problem, it is normal,” he said.

According to him, most Hausa people came to Bunu-Kabba to take refuge from South East of the country during the Biafran War.

“The people of this region gave us refuge and accommodation when we were being killed during the war. In fact, the sarkin Hausa of the town was born here.”

He said he came to the area in 1980s when he was trading in wrist watches and clocks. According to him, the Owe-speaking people are very hospital and peace loving.

Yakubu Haruna is in his 70s. He immigrated to Bunu-Kabba in 1980. He said nomadic life brought him to Kogi State from Plateau. He said he has about 200 cows and that the average price of a grown cow is N100,000. He said most of their children now speak the local dialect and that inter-marriages preceded his arrival. He, however, added that the only ticket needed for marrying a Fulani man or woman is Islam.

Speaking also, sarkin Zango (Head of the zango), Malam Abubakar Aliyu, who is also a Fulani, originally from Sokoto, said he left his ancestral home 27 years ago in search of green pasture; but when he arrived Bunu-Kabba, he said to himself he has found a new home.

Regaling our reporter with the story of Zango, he said: “The story of Zango is not more than 15 years back when we applied to use this land that was originally slated for market purposes. When they gave us the go-ahead, we started with three cows. Today, an average of 80 cows are sold on daily basis. This is in the region of N4 million.

“The cows come from Jega, Wudil, Shinkafi and Tambuwal. Our major problem here is that we have no tap water and we want the government to also contribute to environmental sanitation.”

He advised government to develop interest in what is happening in Zango as it generates about N50,000 into government coffers.

Alhaji Muhammadu Altini, who is the Sarkin Pawa (in charge of slaughtering) is Hausa, originally from Tambuwal, Sokoto State. He left Tambuwal 33 years back to join his elder brother at Ajaokuta. He left Ajaokuta to Bunu-Kabba eight years ago and was later asked to head the slaughtering segment of the Zango. He is credited with the construction of all the shops in Zango.

Speaking about his department, he said he has up to 18 staff in his unit.

He added, “we have some problems here. Our abattoir is not in good shape. Cows’ waste is not properly disposed of and this poses serious environmental hazard. We, that have titles are also not paid salaries or allowances. We want the local government and the traditional institution to show more concern in what we are doing here.”

Despite some of the concerns raised by the immigrants, Bunu-Kabba is a new home and Owe, a new tongue they have found. Salient cultural changes are also taking place, some are noticed, others are not. The underlying current now is business.

pls big mouths come and answer

and dapa stop tgelling my language is igala and that im close to yoruba

I said my grandfather is from ankpa my grandmother is from kabba and my mother is from bida so I told you i dont identify as igala.

see people tryin to force it down my throat.

https://www.ourladyandstjoseph.org.uk/HRH_The_Ejah_of_Ankpa_and_bodyguards.jpg

do anpka people look like they identify with ibos or yorubas. you people are annoying

Katsumoto:
That is your opinion. I have my mother-tongue which I am very proud of. I will equally ensure that my future generations speak my mother-tongue. Why do I need to learn another African language just because I don't want an European language. If the rest of African is willing to accept MY mother tongue as Lingua Franca, then fine.

You are attempting to put the cart before the horse. When Africa is developed to a level where it isn't dependent on the rest of the world, then it can decide on a Lingua Franca (which will be an impossible task in my hinest opinion). You can't even get Nigeria to adopt one common language and you are talking about all of Africa. Without economic and political power, a common language for all Africans is just a bloody waste of time. Have you ever wondered why Europeans and Americans pronounce Japanese names very well but murder African names?

O lo wo nso ro, talika no ni owu ni idea (the rich people are talking, the poor man says he also has an idea).

how about islam

DapoBear:
See, this is the problem I have with you, amingafar. Me, I am a Christian. One of my good friends here is a Muslim from Iran. Yet despite his religious beliefs, he identifies with country and ethnicity over religion. I.e., he will support a Christian Persian or a Zoroastrian Persian or even an atheist Persian over an Arab (as you know, Persians and Arabs have been rivals for a long time.)

I could understand if you supported "The North" due to cultural affinity. But the only thing you share with them is religion. Yet we have plenty of Muslims in the south. So why does "North=Islam" for you? How can you conflate your religion with a piece of land, or an ethnicity that is not your own?
That is fine. Vote for Muslim, I have no problem with that. But you need to stop conflating Muslim=North in your mind. It is a lie. You are a Muslim middle-belter, a Muslim Igala. Just because you are Muslim does not mean you are a Northerner.

Your language and your blood sef is much closer to Yoruba than to any of the Northern groups.

no YOU SAID north = islam I said I would vote for a southern muslim. you are the confusing the ideas

DapoBear:
Why?

that is why the white man has divided you people

jason12345:
you fail to mention the igalas and igbos

yes sorry igala and ibos aswell as estakos, ishans and binis

this is not to confuse the issue cause not all beilieve they way I do

There are fulanis who call themselves Owe-yoruba and etc. There are hausas that call themselves Igalas and their are Igalas who intermarried with yoruba and see themselves more a yoruba.

What I am sayin it is it wrong to identify with tribes THAT IS WHY I IDENTIFY WITH RELIGION.

DapoBear:
@amingafar: Did the north itself invent Islam? What allegiance do you owe to Usman Dan Fodio and his heirs? Did he invent Islam, your religion?

"The North" as a concept is not about religion alone, it is about Dan Fodio's heirs using religion to dominate a large territory of land that is not their own.

It boggles my mind that you would be complicit in that. You are a Muslim Igala, not a Muslim Northerner.

did I say I will only vote for hausa fulani? NO I said I will only vote for a muslim

call me igala call me middle belter My vote will still go to a muslims all day everyday anyday.

jason12345:
i can bet that he will not be picked over atiku. you have to understand that he is not seen as a core northerner.so as you

IBB has been president already that will be the reason he will lose to anyother canidate.

and stop saying core northerner southerners are too tribalistic call me a muslim cause I choose to be a muslim even if you say im for the middle belt I am none the less a middle belter who is muslim and chooses to identify with religion over tribe and region.

You southerners are not good christians

DapoBear:
Amingafar, plenty of Yoruba are mixed with various things. Yet they still view themselves as Yoruba. You on the other hand are Igala, yet act more like a Northerner than the Hausa-Fulani sef.

You do realize your own Igala language is classified as Yoruboid? If anything, Igala are cousins to Yoruba and are thus southerners. Ya'll need to wake up. You are NOT northerners, you'll get the Saraki treatment.

mr dapo Im not acting like hausa-fulani Im a muslim northerner has nothing to do with hausa or fulani but islam.

jason12345:
no he is not!!! thats why he would not be chosen as the candidate that represent the north!. the same goes for bukola saraki

if hes not then why is he at the forefront as one of the leading candidates in the north and south.

The SE has even excepted him as a northerner.

IBB is Gwari mixed with fulani is he not a northerner and a muslim?

jason12345:
you still don't understand the politics. if you have read some of my comments on other thread, you will see that GJ will not win without RIGGING and that is what the Northerners and Swesterners have come to terms with. my reason are

1) the north and middle belt will not vote for GJ whether you like it or not (what unites them is islam and fulani blood that also includes yoruba blood)

2) the SW will not vote for anyone other than their own (they do not care about the country. they are politically independent and OBJ was forced down their throats)

3) now you have only the SS and SE states (i would advice you to exclude ondo and edo states because ACN would win those states), which is a combination of 5 states(se) and i think 3-5 states ( ss). with that number of states, it is impossible to win the election. if you notice, the northerners on this forum have said it time and time again that GJ will rig it if he is to win.

so from a political point of view, the ohanaeze move was a bad one. but from a relationship and cultural point of view, it was a master stroke (assuming they(ss) are not just using Ndigbo votes for more political relevance and independence from the North).

all in all, lets see how 2011 would be like.

you are quite right I do not think people see that islam is what unifies the north; How many times do I have to say it among muslims there is high mixing if my both my paraents are mixed with fulani how is it possible that i not identify with both? that is why I identify as a muslim northerner

udezue:
Amingafar, your case is pathetic. An Igala man trying do hard to be a Northerner. Lol there is nothing northern about u except the stupiidity u are displaying for all to see. The Middlebelt needed the split coz they are not core-northern people. If not for the Brits trying to add numbers and land mass for core-north the most parts of Middle especially Benue, Plateau areas should be classfied as southern or eastern.

they are chrstians what do expect? and plateau is not eastern dont over step your boundary as usual ibo want to claim everyone.

The Clown:
Amingafar

You must be from Ankpa (Main town or immediate environ), they are the ones that would do anything just to be called hausa even when the hausas would never give a damn about them when it really matters.

The larger Igala people are far from being northerners, they are best called middle belters and they are getting awakened. Gone are the days when everything north is acceptable to them.

My grandfather is from ankpa while my fathers mother is Owe-fulani from Kabba and my father was raised in Niger state.

so by this it is already hard to see how complicated things are. Its hard for me to indentify with only igala and not have the same views as a muslim northerner who is also mixed with nupe and fulani

udezue:
Amingafar, naw sorry but u mindless northern parasites can't both ways. You had no problem splitting the East into SS and SE to drive a wedge btwn the two so u can continue to plunder and reap what u never sowed so now u should deal with the fact that since u have the South split into SW, SS and SE all those individual component have to get their turn and share before it ever returns to u desert rats who we all know will do nothing but rubbish whatever that achieved for the betterment of the country by Southern Presidents. Backwardness and failure are talents possessed by core Northerners.

there are many things I dont agree with in the core north what the core north is in other words hausa fulani. I am for the unity of this country though i will not vote a southern president I am looking for a northern president who will embrace the SE and SS as brothers.

I dont agree with the way Obasanjo split the middle belt from core north and im not happy the way the north split the south. I dont believe in that.

obowunmi:
Omi ---

lol shhhh who told you dat

Justcash:

Nah. You don't know the Igbos. We can never be hungry again. What you see in the North are little part of the investment of Igbos.

I don't agree with the Marriage part. Nobody wants to get married to a lady that can kill him the next minute. We are all pretending. I know, but you dnt. Let it continue until you discover that you are also pretending.

@Poster' What the heck is "Splent?" Correct it. it is an eye sour.

ibos are good people they are just misunderstood. I dont agree with killing your neighbor that is why we should vote for nuhu ribadu a young progressive northern muslim who can show the rest of the north violence is not the way.

obowunmi:
I know two of the guyz in that picture and they are yahooze boyz ---- Momodu accept of sympathy for using crooks in your campaign --- says a lot about you.

name them I know some in the pic aswell

@post all are unlectable by northern standards and must sit down

dele momodu is muslim name so who knows but he will not cut it in the north too western for my liking

RIBADU 2011

Justcash:
Lol! You gat to be joking. Lol! Lose what? Think before you talk.

lose your investments in d north and come out hungry either way you are not leaving nigeria

we are like a marriage north and east we have always believed in one Nigeria.

badluck adding more criminals

his team now comprises of a rouge former president, militants and corrupt govs does this guy have any shame?

ibos will not leave nigeria they have the most to lose.

deltans cannot live on oil it will finish soon

out of all tribes I say Ibos are the most nationalistic followed by Hausa-fulanis, Yorubas last.

If there is any thing such as Zoning it is between north and south NOT zones. Why should we split ourselves even more.

If Jonathan becomes president in 2011 it must comeback to the north than back to the south SE to be exact.

Blazay:
Should we say the North and the West(Mr. and Mrs. with bonafide marriage certificate in holy matrimony and native laws/customary marital rites of passage) VS. the South and the East(Boyfriend and Girlfriend without engagement ring any time in the future?).

, And the winner is?

the marriage is between SE and North when push comes to shove the SE stand a better chance at supporting the north.
Southwest will ultimately revert backto their regional politics not thinking how it concerns the rest of the country.

SW will always vote for a SW person over East or north.

is this guy not mentally ill?