₦airaland Forum

Reasons being;

1. Location (The emirs in Hausaland are mostly Fulani)
2. Inter-marriage (most Hausa men like Fulani girls because they are more beautiful than Hausa girls)
3. Religion (Islam)
4. Language (most Fulani speaks Hausa, but few Hausa speaks Fulfulde)

Simple as that!

KenGali:
@Onlytruth, Ezeuche, Udezue
I do not understand why you guys resorted to making fun of this. If we are going to have hausaland or Arewa republic then we will be dividing Nigeria, to call it excision is purely insulting.

I was actually expected you people to encourage this line of thought. In fact I have thought of the possibility of the Eastern region (SS and SE) supporting the North in such a quest for a couple of years by letting them own some significant size of offshore oil acreages. They can use the proceeds to fire an agricultural and technological revolution, as well as produce oil from around lake Chad basin like Chad is currently doing on the other side of the lake. When every one is well independently settled we can begin to form a co-operative community "the Empire States of the Niger" just like the European Union, with each member having its own laws and revenue. It can even extend beyond today's Nigeria.

Their is no part of Nigeria that is not blessed with enough resources to flourish on its own. A lot of our staple foods like beans, beef, yam, onions, tomatoes etc must come from the north unless we perform scientific miracles in agricultural science which I do not see coming. Any one who is under rating that dependence is simply playing with fire. Recently just because Russia refused to export wheat, Egypt was shaken. Not to talk of minerals. Travel to Kogi state and see loads of marble formation which people pass everyday to import Italian marbles.

Let us stop spreading the Fallacy that the North is a barren place, I have been there and I know it is not barren, rather the minds of her people and that of most of Nigeria is barren. Even the most economically vibrant Lagos is nothing if you remove the mouth that feeds (Demand) through it from the North and East. In fact the current market size of Lagos is due to the poor planning capacity of Nigerian leaders which means that almost half of all companies in Nigeria are located on a small island connected by three bridges. Remove the number of people they serve directly and indirectly around the country and you will have empty stalls.

If we are to boast about wealth only oil producing communities should open their mouth, the rest of the country are merely lazy parasites who are sitting on gold mines but insist on being blind to it.

The most brilliant reply yet, I am happy with your insights, and I hope you will also join forces to see that the demon that posses people of this side of the African region called Nigeria are fought. This demon is nothing but the Nigerian dream, which we cannot realize. It is only when Nigerians wake up to that dream that we will be great again. It is Possible.

The Ultimately Good people of the present Northern Nigeria are not participating in Politics simply because they do not believe in the system. The present structure of Nigeria is a blush.

What the Good people of the present Northern Nigeria wants is a free country where laws and orders are applied to every citizen without considering his rank or status in the country. They want a Nigeria where every citizen has right to liberty, education, health, and security of his life and his property. To achieve this, the Good people of the present Northern Nigeria wants the National Assembly to amend the country's constitution and get the following things done in matter of days.

1. Let each state in the country establish its own state police departments and abolish the federal police structure
2. Let each state in the country control 100% of its own natural resources, contributing certain percentages of the revenue to the country
3. Let there be regional governments, with 1 ceremonial president with very less power at the central government
4. Let the traditional rulers of each state be represented in their regional governments executive council

With this structure, Nigeria can change in matter of months not years, economy will improve drastically.

Central Bank of Nigeria will remain as it is (so we continue to have the Naira)
Nigerian Military (Army, Airforce, Navy, etc) will remain as it is (So we continue to have military power)
Nigerian Immigration and Customs will remain as it is. (so we continue to have our Nigerian passport and ports as one)
State Governors, State Assembly, Local Council Chairman, Councillors, will all remain the structure

What this change will bring is peace and transparency, no confusion in matter of governance, because all citizens will be looking forward to their regional government to provide its means of sustainable development.

Let the first step be the granting of 100% control of resources. 10% to the central government, 30% to the regional government, while 60% to the state governments. Reason why regional government will get 30% is the number of states in that region is more than the number of states that the central government will get the 10%. For instance if the present states remain i.e. 36 states, the central government will get 10% from each state of Nigeria, while the regional government of northern Nigeria will get 30% from each state of northern Nigeria.

I know some regions will suffer because of the drastic reduce of revenue, but they should learn to live like that because even the so called oil wealth is not forever, the regions must therefore find ways to generate their own revenue that will cater for their development. e.g. in Kano we have population, therefore trade is blessed, with Singer market, kwari market, and dawanau market alone, Kano can survive. in Jigawa, we can have center of learning where the government concentrates more on Education, so people from all over Nigeria or even outside Nigeria can go to Jigawa for studies (that is what brings most revenue to the UK government), in central north we have mining, in north east we have agriculture, etc. Overall, there must be structure to invite foreign investments, there must be structure to improve the tourism sector.

If I will be Nigeria's president today, this is the first thing I will do. Honestly.

honeric01:
How many groundnut pyramids do you have left in the north? i would like to know the major contributions of the northern states to the growth of this country, what exactly do the northern states add to Nigeria? (economically)

You should have asked how many warehouses we have full of groundnut, we are in the modern world, no one will leave his g-nut in the open air. Nevertheless, we can have the warehouses constructed in a pyramid shapes.

To all talking about fulani and other tribes. They are better off with Hausa brothers than Inyamuri, Ijaw, etc. Most of these tribes can speak Hausa.

See people, Hausa is not as you think it is; it is developed day by day, more than the other languages in Nigeria. See what we have; voahausa.com, BBC Hausa, [url=http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,,11605,00.html]German Radio Hausa[/url], France Radio Hausa and so much more.

afam4eva:
Will this Hausaland also include non-Hausa northerners?

Yes, Hausa is the official language, English is the second language. All those born in Hausaland are citizens of Hausaland by birth, no matter their ethnicity. More details will be on the constitution when published.

ayusman16:
who cares? Hunger go catch una.

We exists hundreds of years before Nigeria exists, who was feeding our Nation? We will still exists as a Nation even without Nigeria. Our people will prosper.

[quote author=Abu-Maryam link=topic=536296.msg6985345#msg6985345 date=1287664859]child play[/quote]tell them loud and clear

I think what should be done in 2012 is Referendum or Reform Conference, which ever name they choose to call it. Of which all issues pertaining religious diversity ethnic and communal strife among the entire populace of the country must be addressed. A solution must be urgently sought after without being selfish or being biased or putting interest of a particular ethnic or religious group in front.

Even though I am from North, I believe it is very unfair to completely tap out the wealth of oil buried on the grounds of Niger Delta (which may run out anytime soon) without having any side benefiting from the wealth. I prefer to have a wealthy and prosperous neighbor than end up in a country full of mess and unpatriotic people.

[MODIFIED] Sorry about that.

A group from the Ijaw ethnic nation has developed a blue print for the political emasculation of the north between now and 2019 to create a smooth environment for President Goodluck Jonathan to rule for eight uninterrupted years.

The group plans to, among other things “wrest powers from the north and form alliance with smaller ethnic groups nationwide to isolate the north”, a plan referred to in a document obtained by Daily Trust as “the Okar solution.”

Further strategies to be adopted by the clandestine operation include, but not limited to, seizing control of sources of funding and military power. The objective is to ultimately support and empower Jonathan to retain the presidency until 2019 and emasculate the political strength of the north.

The document titled “Strategic Plan for the Ijaw Nation”, the implementation of which is coded “Operation Flush” has the immediate goal of institutionalising resource control through actualising the long sought 50% derivation principle.

It also seeks to immediately “capture key ministries, notably Petroleum, Defence, Finance and Internal Affairs as well as parastatals like the NNPC, PHCN, NPA FAAN and CBN. The plan is also to make sure that the police, military, EFCC, ICPC, SSS, Judiciary and the NDLEA come under control.

The group also plans to “strengthen grip on the media already mainly under the control of the Niger Delta” and “discredit possible challengers in every sphere or endeavour starting with the key organisations of government” including the NNPC, CBN and EFCC (being prime targets).

The document said “with the presidency in the hands of the Niger Delta, the group will ensure the use of “divide and rule tactics” to gain power across the country.

According to the group, the sum of N1billion has been proposed for the initial part of the operation but it is subject to review periodically. According to the document, the funding is expected to be derived from governments of the Niger Delta, oil companies operating in the region and office holders at all levels, among others.

Source

North will then sit back, relax, and watch you play?

At least in the UK, Yes You Can!

Prisoners - phone calls
If you’re in prison, it’s very important to keep in touch with family and friends. This fact sheet is about keeping in touch by phone. Friends and family can’t phone into a prison to speak to a prisoner. There are rules about the phone calls that a prisoner can make.

Who can you make phone calls to when you're in prison
If you’re in prison, you can make telephone calls using the PINphone system. You have your own PIN number to use when making a call. In some prisons, you can only call certain numbers that you have already given to the prison and which have been approved by them. In other prisons, you can call any number except for numbers barred by the prison. In all prisons, you aren’t allowed to ring certain premium rate numbers which may include chatlines or adult-only lines. The length of calls you can make may be limited.

All telephone calls made by prisoners are recorded and may be monitored at any time. This doesn’t apply to open prisons and it doesn’t apply to calls to the following people:-

• your legal advisers
• the Independent Monitoring Board
• the Criminal Cases Review Commission
• the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman Office
• the Samaritans.

These types of call are called confidential calls.
If you’re a Category A prisoner, your calls are more strictly controlled.

There are rules about what can be said in a phone call. For example, you can’t talk about things that are considered to be a threat to prison security or which are racist. If you break the rules, you may be cut off.

You might be allowed to use the prison’s official telephone for urgent compassionate calls. You’ll have to pay for these calls unless the governor is satisfied you can’t afford to. Some prisons allow a free short phone call home as soon as you arrive at prison from court. Other prisons allow you to make a short call and then take away the cost of your call from your PINphone account later on.

Source in PDF

@muhsin,

Yes, I agree with what you have said too, Allah azza wa jal can do anything, what we know and what we do not know. I have a feeling too that we are in the end of times, and some events are just part of the signs of end of times, evil shall prevail and become popular among people, and things like this will be made easier, Dajjal and his army can do things greater than this. I just pray we are not part of that time, insha Allah.

May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala continue to guide us and protect us from all form of evil, Ameen.

Jazakallahu Khairan!

babasoty:
is the president aware of this?, did he sanction this ?,,

LO, but he is indeed aware of those who bombed Abuja on 1st October, right?

Only if you know how to play the game in Niger Area "Dark Area"

I think the winner will be Goodluck Ebele Jonathan!

@poster, where did you get all these?

Allowed or not allowed, let us see Okah on TV speaking directly to Jonah & Co.

Why not the Hausa Language?

I wake up today with a news from friends that I should check on a video on YouTube about an Imam that seeks help from local fire service department to help them lift a minaret for their Masjid in Indonesia. The fire service department arrogantly rejected and told them to ask Allah (S.W.T) to lift the minaret for them. The Imam on that night dreamt of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and said to the Imam, let him cover the minaret with a white cloth and chant "La ilaha illa Allah" they will see what will happen. The Imam did exactly as inspired in his dream, he gathered some crowd, started chanting "La ilaha illa Allah" the minaret was lifted unto the top, at its righful position.

With the little I know about I.T. and video production, it doesn't appear to be video editing, But left to the video pros to validate it. But it somehow looks real, but like magic.

The Video is here

Let's discuss the validity only please, and arrive at a conclusion based on the number of responses (Pls respond only if you watched the video)!

Eid ul Fitr Mubarak to all my Muslim brothers and sisters Worldwide!

Very Very Funny (Though Informative) Column in Today's Weekly Trust

“I AM ACHABA: I DARE YOU TO REBRAND ME!”
WRITTEN BY BALA MUHAMMAD
SATURDAY, 12 JUNE 2010 00:00

My first name is Achaba, my middle name is Okada, my surname is Going, and I assure you I am Going nowhere. Yes, they call me Achaba in Kano, Okada in Lagos and Going in Jos. And let me assure you; kill me, maim me, ban me, I am ubiquitous and I am going nowhere. Does the Plateau State Government that banned me recently think it is easy to get rid of me? Continue killing me; I am Going. Nowhere. I am Achaba: I dare you to rebrand me.

If you don’t know me properly, ask Wikipedia which has some unflattering descriptions of who I am and what I do. The online encyclopaedia, in its entry on Okada says, among other things, that I am that commercial motorcycle on which my riders carry passengers for a fee. I am the chief mode of transportation in the your chaotic, under-developing country. (I hear some researchers saying the presence of Achaba is the greatest sign of a country’s lawlessness and pandemonium. Never mind them). I am Acaba: I dare you to rebrand me.

By far, says Wiki, I am the most common form of informal transport system in Nigeria. My widespread use has rapidly risen in recent years. I quite agree it is unfortunate that the increase in my use has been accompanied by increased levels of high-risk behaviour and accidents on Nigerian roads, but that can’t be helped; whosoever dies as a result of my commission or omission or recklessness should consider it unavoidable circumstances. I am Acaba: I dare you to rebrand me.

You say your country is the Giant of Africa? With me around you are shorter than a dwarf, I tell you. Go to neighbouring midgets such as Ghana, you will not see me in Accra or Kumasi. Why? Because that country has addressed the issues of order and discipline, and you have not yours. I am Achaba: I dare you to rebrand me.

Yes, over the years I have come under heavy flak, culminating in legislations here and there restricting or prohibiting my operations in some Nigerian cities. But I assure you, one way or the other I am not GOING! Essentially, I am indiscipline personified. I am Achaba: I dare you to rebrand me.

I should be praised. Have I not adapted easily to the prevailing economic climate in a contemporary Nigerian society plagued by a dearth of taxi and bus services, hyper-congestion, and the poor state of roads? Should I not get awards for becoming a ubiquitous feature of Nigerian cities because of my low cost of purchase and relative fuel efficiency? I am Achaba: I dare you to rebrand me.

In fact, have I not created jobs for bonesetters, traditional and modern? Have I not caused increases in the health budget and stretched the accident and emergency services? Have I not put doctors and nurses and auxiliaries on their toes, providing them cadavers for research and gruesome injuries for experimentation? Nowadays, apart from simple fractures and compound fractures, do I not present to bonesetters complex fractures; fractures with missing bones; limbless fractures; and even fractures undefined? Must I say so much for my assistance to research? I am Acaba: I dare you to rebrand me.

I hear a group of women in a certain Northern city are uniting to campaign against me. Go ahead, shameless women. Yes, we abuse you and call you names, but that is because we think the cars you are driving belong to us; we believe, and can swear, that your husbands stole our money to buy them for you. Do your worst! Haba! I am Achaba: I dare you to rebrand me.

Pollution? You say I cause pollution? Am I the one who imports myself? Am I the one who clears them at the Ports? Am I the one that should find out whether I am environmentally-friendly or not? Are your leaders not the ones who import me and distribute me, and you turn around to blame me for polluting the environment? What concerns me with quality control? Which quality? Your country knows no such word: quality. I am Achaba: I dare you to rebrand me.

Yes, I come in Jincheng, and in Nanfang, Zongshen, Lifan and Qinqji and other unpronounceable names. Gone are the days when I used to be the easy-on-the tongue Suzuki or Yamaha or Honda or even Kawasaki. Those are now too expensive for the importers, and so they settle on Qinqji. Me too, I cannot pronounce my own name, really, honest. I am Achaba: I dare you to rebrand me.

Yes, my rider is usually drunk and or drugged when riding me. But that is the only way I can be able to do the crazy things I have to do to survive in your crazy country. I fit in perfectly. I must be high on something, really, to be able to meander between those vehicles and, sometimes, to even duck under that articulated truck. I am Acaba: I dare you to rebrand me.

Yes, I have siege mentality. When you touch one of us, you have touched all of us. To survive in this mad world, we have to be mad. Yes, if one of us does something wrong to you, or cuts you the wrong way, or hits your car, or your mother, just walk away. If not, you will get my wrath: the siege mentality that can lose you even your life. I am Acaba: I dare you to rebrand me.

I hear the story in a certain meeting to discuss my problem where more than a thousand people each pronounced that I have caused the death or injury to one relative or the other. Mea culpa! I agree I do those things. But you mother-in-law whom I killed, and your sister whose legs I broke, and your car that I hit, are all collateral damages. Sorry. Not for what I did, but for what you went through. I am Acaba: I dare you to rebrand me.

Yes, you say BA MU DA MUTUNCI (that we are devoid of any decorum)? Oh yes, how can we have any decorum? Let me tell you how I evolved. You see that Senator and that House of Reps member with flowing babbar riga and agbada? My rider was his thug during the campaigns. The young man was drugged by Honourable and he in turn maimed and harassed and rigged on the Honourable’s behalf (never mind that the Honourable’s own children are away in school in Malaysia). When Honourable ‘won’ that election (the ballot papers of which actually contained the multiple thumbprints of that young thug) Honourable bought me for him as compensation. Therefore, the remaining people my young drugged rider hasn’t maimed he is concluding now. I am Achaba: I dare you to rebrand me.

You say I must be banned? Then you must be mad! What industry provides ten million jobs in this country? Don’t tell me Agriculture. That is seasonal, and your leaders only pay lip service to boosting it. Where is that money they said they will loan my farmer father in the village? Had they given him, I would have gone back home and taken up the hoe. But no, you keep talking that you will do it, you will do it. OK, continue talking. I will do you in. I am Achaba: I dare you to rebrand me.

Talk about that helmet thing. Did I not fight the Federal Government to a standstill? Look, the only way you can curtail my excesses is when you succeed in curtailing the excesses of your leaders. Let me tell you, you need a National Policy on Achaba/Okada/Going, which should include job creation caveats so that if you deprive me of this means I can take another job up. If you don’t do that, I assure you I can do worse. After all, I am high on drugs and other substances. And yes, I am bereft of any decorum of circumspection. I am Achaba: I dare you to rebrand me.

Have you noticed the fact that most of my members do not ply the trade in our own hometowns? That way, we avoid necessarily maiming our own relatives and friends. Whoever we hit and run, maim or kill, is someone else’s brother or sister, not ours. Yes, of course, our counterparts in our own hometowns will complete the circle by killing our own parents too. May their souls rest in perfect peace. And your souls too! And mine!

I am Achaba, and I dare you to rebrand me.

Litmus:
If Yak had scored every Nigerian would have loved him same. The ethnic thing is unnigerian, i suspect there's a lot of mischief making by unknowns in that, but on the whole, people would have had a despicably oriented go had Yak or Kaita been Ibo, Youroba or Isoko.

exactly as I thought

What Yakubu did is no different to what Obasi did in their match with Greece. But due to Nigerian's being ethnic-mentally affected by football, they tend to think that all Northerner's are not born to play football.

   

Today is "Kaitafool Day"!

After all, Kaita is a good man, cool, and gentle!

BDW, is the missed chance below also Kaita-Kaita?

Woman Trailer Driver in Northern Nigeria

Source: BBC Hausa Story in Hausa Language

Gbawe:
Indeed. I for one hopes that Jonathan succeeds so that zoning of the Presidency is abolished once and for all. It is a crude political contraption that is moving Nigeria backwards. We simply need a system within which the best leaders are allowed to emerge through a transparent process . I would prefer Duke but , realistically and without the power of incumbency, he cannot win. Jonathan won't find it easy , and he might even fail, but he is the only non-Northerner who can win the 2011 Presidential election because of his current position.

I would hope that Jonathan would be extremely wary of OBJ. OBJ has now stated that Jonathan "must run" as if our current President is his anointed candidate. This brings back memories of how this treacherous old man fooled virtually all Nigerians into thinking that Odili was his man , back in 2006, and that there was no zoning formula in place. Odili actually believed OBJ and thus plunged himself into a massively expensive and laborious campaign for the Presidency that was totally unnecessary and ultimately futile .

In the end OBJ , in recognition of his deal to return power to the North, coolly brushed Odili, Duke et al aside to produce lacklustre Yar Adua !!!! OBJ has a penchant for handing over to the North - especially to the least competent Northerners (perhaps so he can look good) - to the detriment of our nation . We can all remember Shagari instead of Awolowo in 1979 and the wasted 3 years under Yar Adua is still fresh in memory . I feel he will attempt to set Jonathan up to be a fall guy of his scheming and double-dealing because that is all that OBJ knows how to do i.e callously sacrifice others for his own motives .

100% Agreed with you.

May 23 (Bloomberg) -- Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote is in talks to buy a 16 percent stake in Arsenal Football Club that could trigger a takeover battle for the Premier League soccer club, the Sunday Times reported.

Dangote has registered his interest with Blackstone Group to buy the stake from Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith, the club’s fourth-largest shareholder, the newspaper said, without saying where it got the information.

Bracewell-Smith is seeking up to 160 million pounds ($231 million) for the holding, which is now worth 96 million pounds, the Sunday Times said. Russia’s Alisher Usmanov and U.S. billionaire Stan Kroenke may also buy the shares, it said.

A spokesman for Dangote did not immediately answer a mobile phone seeking comment today. Arsenal spokesman Dan Tolhurst didn’t immediately return a phone message.

Source

just wondering how the thread becomes an Igbo battlefield

Sayings of the Prophet

"Acquisition of knowledge is compulsory for every Muslim, whether male or female."

"The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr."

"Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave."

"The best form of worship is the pursuit of knowledge."

"To listen to the words of the learned and to instill unto others the lessons of science is better than religious exercises."

"Thinking deep for one hour (with sincerity) is better than 70 years of (mechanical) worship."

"Scholars should endeavour to speak knowledge and provide education to people who have been deprived of it. For where knowledge is hidden it disappears."

sweet9ja:
@poster, Thanks ones more for your response to my thread. I appologise if I have given the impression that sharia is against development of the north. Like you mentioned it is been practised in more developed nations around the world. However, I think in the case of Nigeria due to the high level of iliteracy, poverty and underdevelopment, the purpose was not primarily for the benefit of the society, rather a tool of oppression.
My case is, with more and better education, northerners will have better opportunities in life and will have better understanding of sharia. And I strongly believe that the scenerio you painted will then not surface at all. But right now these guys are there as willing tools at hand of evil doers.

One thing though, what are you and others of your kind in the north doing about this situation? Do you talk to the youths, parents, imams and the politicians about the need to focus on educating these people? Remember Afganistan and Pakistan? This we must avoid at all cost.

SHARIA AND POVERTY DON'T MIX VERY WELL.

Of course, everywhere I go, my only message is Peace and Knowledge. I don't like crisis of any sort, it doesn't matter if Muslims win or loose.