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" These criminals attack people irrespective of their religion or ethnicity and they have been perpetrating their reign of terror in Giwa, Birnin Gwari and parts of Igabi local government.
" These bandits operate mostly in Katsina, Zamfara and Niger states and their attacks in those states are seen and reported as criminal activity, but these same attacks are perceived differently when they occur in Southern Kaduna and are invested with enthnoreligious colorations"
" When bandits attack in Southern Kaduna, security reports show that youths from the affected communities have often responded by mobilising to attack the Fulani communities in the areas whose members share the same ethnicity with the presumed bandits even though many Fulani themselves are victims of the bandits.
" The problem is worsened by the response of the Fulani communities who often resort to self help when they are attacked, neglecting to report to traditional authorities or security agents to resolve the matter opting instead for revenge. This is how the cycles of attacks ,revenge and reprisals occur in Southern Kaduna"

SpecialAdviser:
Personally my only issue with the North is their violence tendencey.
The narrative is always the same, a Northerner can be your best friend but during crisis will expose you to be the first target.

Many Igbos have lost their lives in the north to unfortunate babarism and this is where the anger lies. Same reason for hating Buhari who have in the past shown affirmative attitude and utterances to such killings.

Aside violence, an average northerner is a very good man to love.

stop being a hypocrite!!

See as you're comfortably stereotyping northerners for having violence tendency...

What of your tribe that have clashes over two hectare of land down east?

mrvitalis:
Yorubas believe so much in the spiritual life ...let's test

May all your children born and unborn become useless if u are indeed a yoruba man

Say amen

Amen and If am not a Yoruba may what you wish me go after your children... Amin

abduljabbar4:
Don't mind them. In their minds, Northern Nigeria is like Libya but that isn't the case. During the rule of their useless son (Gej) nowhere was safe but now we are slowly getting better. It's just that something needs to be done about the border

I'm not a fan Buhari but believe me... Buhari is 1000 times better than GEJ.

Borno that has suffered 11yrs of insurgency is still far better than Anambra state...

I took this picture in Awka, this is their biggest and most cherished fly over.

You people should stop celebrating mediocrity!

frankyychiji:
Officially No but still counting.

What makes this one unique is that they are the ones killing themselves.

Imagine how Buhari's homestead fell under the bandits after he became president and the man is more confounded than everyone else.

Don't you see karma settling the scores you ask for?

even if 5 million get killed in the north... It will not affect our population....we are 100 times bigger than the south east.

The good news is that peace is now gradually returning back to the north....and life is going back to normal.

There's massive developments going on while the south east still remain the most backward region in Nigeria who are still blaming the Civil War for their backwardness

Nwadiuto247:
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You are still bleeding because of your hatred for the igbos. Don't lead yourself to death.
Igbos are ahead of you more than you think.

We have a high percentage of human capacity building than you people by far so you are deceiving yourself by thinking you are better than us.

Also try and visit Igbo land and see things for yourself and stop disgracing yourself. Even your leaders who have visited Igbo land testify that lgbo land has gone far in development

keep deceiving yourself...

Dedetwo:
You had previously stated the need to you unite. Now you are insinuating that Kaduna, Gombe and Kano are ahead of any state in Igbo land. How could manage the drag brought with the unification of advanced Kaduna, Gombe and Kano and too good states in Igbo land? Ndigbo are trying hard to deconstruct the idiotic union called Nigeria which was created by foolish colonialists.

the fact is that we are still Miles ahead of you...

You people are just deceiving each other down there and you know it ...

I'm a traveler I know the south east and know what exactly is Happening down there.

Our own leaders are gradually waking up... Why not wake up your own leaders?

GBOKASINCHA:
The only person that can save the north now is an Igbo candidate not from APc the north should rally around peter obi or Dave umahi Charles soludo or Sullivan chime... if una like go vote tinubu...... he go Dey carry all the money for security load am go bullion vans despatch am for Lagos .... the killing for buhari tenure go be likes child’s play ..... educate ur people to vote technocrats and not stupid bullion vans loaders try and get sense...... Jonathan atleast was beginning to get it right .....with ihejirika but una use tribalism Pursue am comot

oga shut up!! Even at it is now we are still better than the south east...

The only difference is that we have accepted the fact that we have a problem and we are working towards our problems...

You igbos are just deceiving each other... As for security we are getting there adamawa, Yobe,Gombe and bauchi is now free from Bokoharam remaining Borno villages.

As for bandit in kastina and zamfara they will surely be defeated.

I posted this to awaken my fellow northerners on the need to unite as one people not for you to tell us who to vote for come 2023

Tranquillity360:
What concern Igbos in your bleeding matter.





Your bleeding is just starting.

The south east is also bleeding but you Igbos will never accept that reality...

Igbo land need a real development but you Igbos the developers would rather occupy Kano, Lagos, Abuja, Kaduna, Shanghai and Malaysia while the East will be left to rot away from Ritualist, Kidnappers, Baby Factory, Drug Trafficking, Cultism, decayed infrastructure, out migration of young people, gully erosion that is threatening the sustainability of the entire East, incompetent Governors etc all these are some of the social and environmental issues that they need to give urgent attention, but they will rather focuse on northern problem.

One good thing about the north is that we know we have a problem and working towards our problems.. While you people don't even know you have a problem.

Charleys:
What problems do you have against Igbo land?

This your assertion means you haven't travelled out of the north before.

Gombe state

Bleeding is just a natural thing in the north, I don't think it's surprising

it's you that need to travel...

Is the north perfect? Of course not, we have our issues, we've owned up to them and we're working on them. Thats the difference between us. You lot cant even accept responsibility for your shortcomings, how can you improve? thats the difference between an advanced society with foresight and one that is still trying trying to understand what the foundations and cornerstone of a society is. Your pseudo education wont solve that, it has to happen organically. It always has to be someone elses fault with you lot, if its not the brits its the north. That victim mentality you lot cant do without. That complex that shields you from having to face the harsh realities about your people. You lot have a very long way to go.

Charleys:
Arrewa, tell me the truth, if you had money will you invest it in the north?

Will you risk it knowing fully aware that all your investments could go up in flames in an instant.

Will you?

massive investment is already going on some states in northern Nigeria... Not every state in the north that is affected by insecurity...

Kaduna, Gombe and Kano are still ahead of any state in igbo land

DuBLINGreenb:
All the names you listed especially uthman danfodio are Failures some are criminals and jihadists like danfodio

Why are you celebrating these criminals ? Are they the best the north has to offer?

If that's the case is it not obvious why the north is bleeding? Esp. the Christians of Southern Kaduna and Borno state and Benue state and Kogi state amongst others

bloody bigot get out of this thread!! Bigot!! You are a typical Christian bigot who can't reason beyond religion... So kastina, Borno is not bleeding abi?? It only southern kaduna that is bleeding... You are one the problem of humanity!! Bloody extremist!!

mrvitalis:
Bros quit this rubbish ...u are a Yoruba boy .. everyone know ..just stop this rubbish

you are free to believe in anything that makes you feel good and happy.

My observation about the reason you Igbos are calling me a Yoruba man is that you people still don't believe that an average northner can read and write.

You all see all northerners as illiterates except the children of politicians which you believe they study outside Nigeria.

Anybody that still believe that am a Yoruba man need psychological attention

We must all unite to build a better Society for the coming Generations.

Northern Governors should Emulate the likes of Ganduje, Elrufai, Zulum, Gov. Inuwa, let the development spread in every part of Arewa we know they are not perfect but they are moving their states to the right direction

THE NORTH: OUR HOME!

I am not looking back at the past glory of Northern Nigeria because of mischief or to show that it is better off than other regions, because other regions have their glories as well, rather, as the son of the north, I am looking back with nostalgic feelings, disturbed with disappointing realities of the today's North.

Though that does not mean the north is not the only place in The world with challenges, however, it is my home and I don't need any body to tell me the problems of my home, is high time we start telling ourselves the truth that the north after more than a thousand years of Glory, we fail to keep up to the expectation of our ancestors, fail to build up on their Glory, and build a promising future to our children but rather wantonly destroy their (our ancestors) legacy, is high time we tell our self the truth and look inward.

Though I shall always be optimistic about the North I believe the north is a mere shadow of its old glories and we are now being the subject of ridicule and laughing stuff. Before saying anything less look back through the anal of history to see some of our past glories.

THE NORTH IN THE PAST

The North, the home of the ancient Nok civilization, a sculpture that shows that a civilization have been there in the North for about 2000 years before the coming of Jesus as discovered by archaeologists.

The North was once the home of the renowned Kanem Borno Empire that survived for a thousand years, arguably the oldest Empire in Africa and one of the oldest in the World with its famous Saifawa dynasty that ruled it for thousand years (800-1800 a.d) as the longest ruling dynasty in Africa and second in the world after the Japanese ruling dynasty.

The North was the home of the famous historical home of commerce and industry (Kano) with the Kurmi market built in the 15thc, by Muhammad Rumfa and the complex trade routes that led directly to North Africa. The home of tanning, dying and craft industries.

The North, home of Muhammad Korau where the Korau dynasty transformed Katsina into literate Islamic Kingdom, with the Gobarau mosque serving as University in the 16thc second only to the Sankore mosque in Timbuktu south of the Sahara.

The North, the Home of the Nupe Kingdom, home of tsedo, with their glass and iron works that she was once compared as the Black Byzantine.

The North, the home of the Jukun Kwararrafa Empire, the Central plateau that produce abundant food and agile population of Nigeria.

The North the home of the famous Hausa States with striking architecture, commerce and governance, the first place to adopt writing system in Nigeria in form of Ajami.

The North, the first Place to experience the advent of Islam in Nigeria.

The North, the most fertile region in Nigeria adorned with the waters of river Benue and river Niger, the home of hills, valleys, plateaus, and mountains, the home of nature and open grass land.

The north, the home of agriculture, the food basket of the land, the home of farmers and pastoralist, fisher men, the home of cotton and groundnut pyramids.

The North, the Home of Shiekh Usman Fodio and Sheikh All Amin Alkanemi, revolutionary scholars that change the political pattern of Nigeria in the 19thc and impacted changes in the West African region.

The north, the seat of the Sokoto Caliphate that became a sophisticated State and one of the largest in Africa with administrative structure that even the British Marvelled at.

The north, the Home of Queen Amina and Nana Asama'u bint Fodio the former a champion warrior Queen and the latter champion of princess, entrepreneur, leadership and education in the 19th c.

The North, the Home of Muslims, Christians, pagans and animist, the home of different ethnic groups with diversity which is the beauty of nature. Where our ancestors lived in harmony and war and inter related in areas such as trade, intermarriage, festivals, etc as neighbors despite their differences for more than thousand years.

The North, the home of Morality and discipline, the home of integrity and honesty, the home of neighbourliness.

The North the home of textile industries to the extent that Kaduna was once described as the Manchester of Nigeria because of its Textile Industries.

The north, The most populous and largest part of Nigeria that determines the political outcome of Nigeria.

The north, the home of Sardauna, tafawa Balewa, Tarka, Malam AMINU Kano, Sir Kashim Ibrahim. The Home of Hausa's, Fulani, Angas, Kataf, Gbagi Zuru, Kanuri, Kambari, tiv, Bade, Jukun, Nupe, Atyap, Kare Kare marghi, Idoma, Igala, Yoruba, Igbira and host of others.

The north..... Our Home, our pride, our heritage.

WHAT WENT WRONG WITH US NOW?

Why is the north bleeding??

WHY NOT HOLD TO OUR PAST GLORIES?

NOW The North needs unity than ever, we are being subjected to ridicule now, despite the fact that we were once highly respected.

We are victims of insecurity despite our control of the mantle of leadership and security agencies.

Our common heritage have being demolish by us. The Bank of The North, Our textiles our schools, NNDC, ETC.

If You ask me to sum up our collective problem in the North I will call it lack of visionary, cable, charismatic, astute, dedicative, intelligent, selfless and patriotic leadership for quit a long time. The North needs leadership, leader ship and leader ship.

What is facing us today in the north is a matter of life and death, it is a quest for survival, is either we live together in Harmony and combat our common enemy or die one after another disunited, among the very values our ancestors taught us is unity, non of our ancestors taught us division, Sardauna took the north as single home with all it's citizens as his children.

We can't set our home ablaze with our own hands and destroy the legacy of our fathers. No where on earth would be our home other than the north, we can only live as residents, guest or refugees outside the north.

Why destroying it then, with out internal culprits external forces however powerful they may be can not destroy us. We allow crooks and criminals disguise as politicians and religious leaders to divide us when they work out things for their families and leave us at the mercy of the crook system.

The north is our only home, our pride, our heritage, we have no any home than the north. This is what our ancestors built and this is where our children shall call their home, what type of home are we building for them?

Thank God for some our leaders who are now waking up and doing the right thing,some states are now heading to the right direction and the government is massively investing in education and human development.

But we still need more actions we must begin to call spade a spade and begin to unite regardless of tribe or religion.

Our common enemies are our selfish politicians who are only interested in looting and playing politics with human lives.

God bless Arewa.

As for development we are gradually getting there

[quote author=AbuAeesha post=92102188][/quote]eh a garin kano nake

SLAP44:
Unfortunately for them, the refusal to reform the police, restructure the country, return to the regions or dismember the country is affecting the north much more negatively.

Forget the fine pictures Arrewa posts here to deceive you all, the north is a cesspit of crime, hunger and underdevelopment. The irony is that they charge down south to enforce the law while crime eats them up daily.

you're free to continue deceiving yourself!!

I can share the link of 100 thread of crimes that is worst than this that is happening in the south east!

No be just last somebody kill him friend because of 100 naira for imo state?

Shut up!! When it comes to development... South east is the most backward region in Nigeria

abduljabbar4:
Ka rabu da mahaukata kawai. Ya aiki?

Aiki Alhamdulillah...

Kaci gaba da gashe Dan uwa... Muna bayan ka

abduljabbar4:
I need statistics, not stupid claims. The north has millions of private sectors and FDIs. In fact Kaduna just over took Lagos as the state with the highest FDIs. Mention thr state that can survive oil please. I don't need your rants

What are you people doing when you travel? Nigerians are known as fraudsters and drug traffickers because of your traveling brothers. A menial worker is far better than a yahoo boy (the occupation of 90% of the southern youths). We are far better with far more moral standards.

Your region is the headquarters of skull miners (apologies to my Yoruba friends), cultists, militants, POITICAL LOOTERS, 419, prostitution, drug trafficking, baby factories, serial killers, domestic abusers one million boys and and counterfeiting.

The north has it's troubling problems, but the south has no moral right to criticize us when they are known for the crimes above

BTW I'm still waiting for you to mention the states that have enough IGR to pay all of her recurrent expenditure in the south without proceeds from crude oil . You can't tell me that you 'human developments' don't produce enough fund your salaries.

Not everyone is dumb bro. You are just as "useless" as the north. Instead of us to treat it collectively as a national issue, you want to point fingers at the north for the same crimes that you are guilty of.

sarautar Arewa na Nairaland naka ne Dan uwa... Kacigaba da warware musu aiki

muykem:
Dogara want to dethrone Bala. But he doesn't know that Bala will soon meet him in APC.

this one loud

JAMO84:
Arrewa, oya come make I buy kilishi for you

make them put Enough Garin yaji for inside

Saao:
you heard me very well. He can't be governor of Bauchi State even deputy governor. The northern politic is religion based.

it's not just the north including the south east...

Can an igbo Muslim win election in any Eastern state?? Big noo

Say no to hypocrisy! religion has a strong say in both the eastern and Northern politics.

Infact in Anambra state if you're not a catholic you're not going to win governorship...
Catholic church runs that state

The only region that their politics is beyond religion is the south west!

Brothers and sisters... Arewa Mara mma!!

Asim na Arewa Amaka!!

Hausafulani Amaka!!

Kano Amaka!!

AREWA to the world!!

poiunt:
The president and minister of justice need to come together to fight this disease... they are the one that can do it, they have the power but i dont see in them the will power.

The willpower is everything also we need real work from private individuals exposing corruption, this is also where the religious leaders need to come in, some of these leaders also protect corrupt people, they need to also be in the fight against corruption.

it will take about 20 years to fight corruption in Nigeria, if we are to start now, the grass root needs to be involved.

you just made a reason point but unfortunately president and the minister of justice can't fight corruption alone... The legislators are very powerful that they can frustrate a sitting president.

Our religious leaders at the other hand are not helping matters. They preach about prosperity and tithe let me even tell you this... Majority of our religous leaders are fueling corruption in Nigeria.

They are many many religion institutions that was built by the Power of corruption.

Nigeria is not heading to the right direction

poiunt:
I sincerely do not believe so much in revolt, it might cause lot of destruction and death, what is needed is showing examples...if 10 top persons are arrested and imprison for life and property siezed, others will check themselves and put themselves in line.

the question is who will hold them accountable for their actions?? Who is going to jail them??

The truth is that our political system support and encourage corruption. We need to change the system to effectively fight corruption

poiunt:
It seems it is going to be an everlasting tactics and people will still fall for them.

the New Generation that are supposed to revolt the system are more concern with what is happening in BBNaija

poiunt:
As in Divide and conquer to steal money is real

Blame others for your sins, cause enmity between people while you go at the back of the people and steal all the money while they continue blaming each other.

that's what have been happening for decades... The most painful part of it is that Nigerians are still falling for these men

Thank God say eyes don dey open small small

Some senseless bigots above have already start their usual businesses...

The problem of Nigeria is the lazy and senseless youths among us who asslick and defend politicians who are looting their future away in the name of defending their own

One cow above is already tagging omenka... To come and defend corruption

And another cow above was like" and they're pointing finger at Niger Delta.

Corruption is the reason Nigeria is backward and underdeveloped!!

Stop defending and glorifying thieves....unite against politicians.

Let's build a better Nigeria for the coming Generation!

helinues:
Wow..

Nice one.

Borno people are rebuilding their land gradually

11yrs of insurgency no be childs play... Borno is gradually restoring back it lost glory

DuBLINGreenb:
Nice gesture

I hope they are all functioning properly

nooo they are not... They will all be heading to mechanic immidiatly after receiving them