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Sports › Re: Nigeria Vs Congo (7 - 0): U-17 AFCON On Saturday 20 April 2013 by HAH: 4:17pm On Apr 20, 2013
This team is really good and they are real under 17 pure children.

Keep it up.
Politics › Re: Great Zik At A Rally In Urualla, 40 Miles From Onitsha (pictures) by HAH: 11:50pm On Apr 19, 2013
1959 may be wrong but this is definitely Zik and the campaign setting is such in the early 80s because I witness the 83 campaign which Zik contested under NPP but was defeated by Shagari.

There are colour pictures in 1983 but I959 mba o
Politics › Re: Boko-Haram Release French Family Kidnapped In Cameroun by HAH: 6:15pm On Apr 19, 2013
Obviously ransom must have been paid because they cannot just be release like that, the other way is to be rescued by JTF which did not happen because if they were rescued by now JTF will be bragging about their victory as usual.
Travel › Re: QATAR And UAE General Visa Enquiries by HAH: 3:35pm On Apr 19, 2013
How can one start a small business in Dubai and what does it entails ?

What are the business opportunities ?
Politics › Re: CAN To Intervene In Jonathan-amaechi Face-off by HAH: 10:49am On Apr 19, 2013
They must justify their pay now, you think is easy to be given a brand new plane.
Politics › Re: We Are Running Out Of Patience; Clear The Mess Or ... - Military To Politicians by HAH: 9:01am On Apr 18, 2013
What are this soldiers talking, rubbish

All I will say is any man in Nigeria is a potential soldier the only difference is uniform, let them learn from BH and not intimidate anyone, who is corrupt than the military mtcheeew

Fela don talkam uniform na clothe na tailor dey saw am.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Saudi Arabia Deports ‘irresistible’ Men Deemed ‘too Handsome’ To Women by HAH: 6:49pm On Apr 17, 2013
seedord247: UAE men are tooo cute. Nicki minaj was almost arrested for kissing a dubai police officer.
You are right it really happened last year when she visited Dubai and wanted to kiss a police officer because he was irresistible
Politics › Re: Picture Of Bayelsa State Anti-Rumour Billboard by HAH: 2:59pm On Apr 17, 2013
tarryT: U are a very big fool... Why not condem ur fellow fool Dickson aka, the Rumour Monger.. Rather u open that thick and dence head to insult the great people of Bayelsa.. Ur papa, mama and ur entire state, na them confuse finish..
Another confused madman on the loose
Politics › Re: Picture Of Bayelsa State Anti-Rumour Billboard by HAH: 2:23pm On Apr 17, 2013
Business To Business › Re: We Supply Large Table Egg @650 Naira per crate In Abuja On Credit by HAH(op): 5:47pm On Apr 16, 2013
okenna M: interested but a little high or is it negotiable?
Can you send mail to hayatu_h@yahoo.com so that we can discuss.
Romance › Re: Meet Nigeria`s Prettiest Soldier... by HAH: 5:37pm On Apr 16, 2013
Stop deceiving people this picture was on location at a hausa movie shoot
Politics › Re: Shekarau Might Emerge APC Presidential Flag-Bearer In 2015 by HAH: 1:23pm On Apr 16, 2013
tomakint: Leave that story my brother, have you considered the 'mortality rate' in the core North compared to other regions these and other factors are what you put into consideration
You have not answered my question,have you ever been to Kano? Sincerely pls
Politics › Re: Shekarau Might Emerge APC Presidential Flag-Bearer In 2015 by HAH: 12:26pm On Apr 16, 2013
tomakint: You are still missing the crux of the matter, the figures you quoted above will be a thing of the past by the time the 2016 Census figures will be released, mark my words. The real fact is that, Rams, Goats, Donkeys, Camels and Cows constitute most of the populations in Northwest and Northeast!
My brother I don't assume, personally I have been to every state in Nigeria apart from Bayelsa and I know how dense they are, moreover talking about the north west, do you know that most hausa men marry more than 1 wife and they mostly marry at early age which give them more productive years.

Unless what you are saying is that. The 2016 census will be falsified.

If I may ask have you ever been to Kano?
Politics › Re: Shekarau Might Emerge APC Presidential Flag-Bearer In 2015 by HAH: 11:56am On Apr 16, 2013
From 2006 census the following is the population according to each geo political zone

North west zone. 35.7
North east zone. 18.6
North central zone. 20.1

South west zone. 27.4
South east zone. 16.1
South south zone. 20.8

The above are the facts and figures if we are assuming a sane country do the maths
Politics › Re: Shekarau Might Emerge APC Presidential Flag-Bearer In 2015 by HAH: 11:03am On Apr 16, 2013
tomakint: True true, your name na HAH at the bolded, Kano go reach true true by the time you count the, Rams, Cows, Donkeys Goats and Camels......I never knew people like you are still in existence, just wait for the next census coming right up in 2016, you go hear am that time, Funky Mallam undecided
All I did was to provide facts and figure please can you back your claim too
Investment › Re: When Will Ecobank Shareholders Get Dividends? by HAH: 9:30am On Apr 16, 2013
Please shareholders of oceanic bank don't sell your shares because we have a case in court over the seized assets from cecilia ibru of about 190B, the CBN,EFCC and AMCON just sat on them but the court has asked them to produce them as the asset belongs to oceanic shareholder as such when it is time to share the asset it will be based on your shares.

Moreover I still feel that this Ecobank buying of oceanic bank can be reversed in future may be when Sanusi leaves.
Politics › Re: Shekarau Might Emerge APC Presidential Flag-Bearer In 2015 by HAH: 9:03am On Apr 16, 2013
Inik: A northern candidate will be a hard sell in the south east and south south. Apc should look for a credible North central/middle belt candidate if they want to make any headway in 2015, dangling the vp position will not entice Igbos to vote for them.
The last time I checked the north is more populous than the south unless you are talking of rigging, let me remind you that kano alone is about 50% of SS

The following table presents a listing of Nigeria's 36 states ranked in order of their total population based on preliminary 2006 Census figures.[1]

RankStatePopulation
1Kano State9,401,288
2Lagos State9,113,605
3Kaduna State6,113,503
4Katsina State5,801,584
5Oyo State5,580,894
6Rivers State5,198,716
7Bauchi State4,653,066
8Jigawa State4,361,002
9Benue State4,253,641
10Anambra State4,177,828
11Borno State4,171,104
12Delta State4,112,445
13Imo State3,927,563
14Niger State3,954,772
15Akwa Ibom State3,902,051
16Ogun State3,751,140
17Sokoto State3,702,676
18Ondo State3,460,877
19Osun State3,416,959
20Kogi State3,314,043
21Zamfara State3,278,873
22Enugu State3,267,837
23Kebbi State3,256,541
24Edo State3,233,366
25Plateau State3,206,531
26Adamawa State3,178,950
27Cross River State2,882,988
28Abia State2,845,370
29Ekiti State2,398,357
30Kwara State2,365,353
31Gombe State2,365,040
32Yobe State2,321,339
33Taraba State2,294,800
34Ebonyi State2,176,947
35Nasarawa State1,869,377
36Bayelsa State1,704,515
–Abuja Federal Capital Territory1,405,201
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Jobs/Vacancies › Re: Why The Rush In Military Applicants? by HAH: 4:43pm On Apr 15, 2013
For those watching the military from a distance will certainly love it, but for people like me that have worked closely with the Nigerian army for over ten years, it is certainly not that attractive.

Regular officer are fairly better but please if you are thinking of NCO or DSS please look for other work if you can. And make sure you have a strong God father because that is what it takes to survive in the Nigerian Army.
Politics › Re: Shekarau Might Emerge APC Presidential Flag-Bearer In 2015 by HAH: 2:36pm On Apr 15, 2013
The only chance of APC is on Buhari let them not make the mistake, no one respect Shekarau even in the north infact his eight years achievement is not up to two years kwankwaso did so far.

Oratory and administration are not the same, Buhari has fanatical sopporters all over nation and he has a strong base.

Shekarau idea is dead on arrival. Cos I see him as one of those used by PDP in thje 2011 election, if he is the APC candidate in 2015 I will rather abstain all together.
Politics › Re: Mend To Embark On Crusade To Save Christians by HAH(op): 7:30pm On Apr 14, 2013
Ozonna: The only solution to this is Sovereign National Conference (SNC). We know this but we like shying away from Ϯh℮ truth.

Let the over 300 tribes sit down and chart a new course for our nation. If some tribes feel that they dont want to be part of Nigeria, please by all means let them go. Its only when we agree to sit down and talk, that's when we'll experience lasting peace and prosperiTy as individuals,tribes,regions and country/ies
I agree 100%
Politics › Re: Mend To Embark On Crusade To Save Christians by HAH(op): 7:21pm On Apr 14, 2013
“If we(Niger Delta Militants) begin throwing bombs, nobody will stay in Abuja” – Asari Dokubo

Our country Nigeria has been undergoing lots of tumults in the recent past. Shortly after the advent of civilian rule in May 1999, we have had all sorts of ethnic nationalities and militia: all threatening the peace in one form or another. We have had the OPC in the South West, most especially within the Mushin/Idi Araba axis in Lagos; we have had the Arewa Youths in the North, the Kano and Bauchi mass killings, the issue of non-indigene in Jos, the Sharia riots in Kaduna, the mass killings, kidnapping and pipeline vandalisation in the Niger Delta, MASSOB (Biafra) agitations in the South East, and virtually every part of Nigeria has either experienced, or still experiencing, one form of armed agitations or another.

Enter the Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’await Wal-Jihad, known as Boko Haram. At their entry into our psyche, all those ethnic militia agitations pale into insignificance. They have engaged in incessant killing and wanton destructions of lives and properties, sparing no one and making no coherent or intelligible demands. This treatise is not about the merits or demerits of Boko Haram or others, rather we wish to seek what the impact these drumbeats of war will have on Nigerians.

Why are we at this point in our development beating the drums of war? It is not too far fetched. Biting poverty in the midst of plenty, while elected and appointed Government officials and top civil servant live in walled opulence. The current population statistics put the population of youths in Nigeria, under 30 years, at about 70%. So if 70% are under 30 and unemployment is at another 50-60% while the employed ones can barely make ends meet, it is clear that we have a huge army of potential robbers, suicide bombers, killers and sundry criminals. Nigeria is sitting on a keg of gunpowder, while playing with a potent box of match by the corner.

So many public and non public figures have come out to give their two cents, but in this entire cacophony, one thing is clear: most of those commentators appear not to understand what they are saying. Most people are apparently playing to the gallery, beating war drums or simply self serving. I pity most average people who don’t understand that war serves the upper class and destroys the people. War kills the poor and profits the wealthy and their corporations.

War is devastating and destructive, as we are only sure of seeing the beginning of a war: no one can predict its outcome or ending. War is often the effort of the rich and upper class, striving to maintain control and relevance while using the poor as pawn in their devastating and expensive bloody game of chess. The American public can attest to the huge financial and material losses the common man has suffered in America’s attempt at world dominance by engaging in senseless wars all over the globe. Yet not one billionaire owner of War Corporation has lost his life or that of his family member. Only the poor die and lose their income. It was reported that the Pentagon, in 2008, spent more money every five seconds than the average American earned in a year.

I was fortunate to have interacted with some old men who were either part of the Biafran war or were alive during that period. I was also privileged to have met the black scorpion, Major General Benjamin Adekunle, during one of my visits home. I also saw a clip of the suffering of the Igbos during the period of the Biafran war. I can tell you unequivocally that war is not pleasant. War is a destroyer and people are the sufferers. People are very complicated – they will make problems even if there aren’t any. But most people making problems either do not have an idea of the consequences or have an alternative escape planned. People are so full of hate for one another that they make stupid reasons to have war even if they are very well aware of what war is. It will cause damage to both sides and ruin the lives of people.

Today there are many civil wars around the world, but for very stupid reasons, you could actually say for nothing. But once it starts, it is too late to stop. Many people die, or become invalids, or have to find new places to live; the cities become destroyed and there are many other complications. Families get separated and in some cases most don’t ever unite again. I came in contact with lots of Liberian ladies, many were little girls at the outbreak of the Liberian civil war, today they are permanently separated from their families, their dreams and education truncated, while among them are today living as prostitutes in Nigeria, Togo, Benin Republic, Ghana and other countries along the west coast.



I also read the story of Ranka Tosanovic, a seventeen year old Bosnian girl. She and her family were victims of the Bosnian- Serb war. A war that lasted about four years and was so devastating and divisive to the point that the three warring factions of Bosnian, Serbians and Muslims are not at peace even as we speak today. The war has also left the country divided and Balkanized permanently. She detailed the separations of her family; some members were never to be seen again till today. I saw the agony she and her mother and grandmother went through as the men weren’t allowed to escape.

War is the basest form of settling dispute and rancour. Humans, due to our nature and physiological make up, will forever have conflicting interests, but as intelligent and endowed beings, we have inbuilt capacity to reason and dialogue through any situations. But due to selfishness, personal ambition and insatiable greed of the rich, we often neglected that inbuilt capacity and resort to our basest of instincts -warring and fighting. Animals are permitted, as territorial beasts, to fight, conquer and maintain their territories, but humans as higher animals often resort to that base instinct of lower animals to settle the minutest of disputes, due to greed of the upper class to continually dominate and exploit the poor to their own advantage.

When children lose their lives in war, it is usually the poor ghetto or village or those silent ones that no one pays attention to. War is a systematic rape and looting, it is never a means to protect anybody. Women are systematically and continuously raped, children die of hunger and preventable diseases, lives become short and nasty and brutish and most especially dreams and aspirations are permanently or completely truncated.

Somalia gave the world a great champion but Britain took in a war victim, who arrived their shore at the age of 8, couldn’t speak a word of English, but toady, Mo Farah is a double Olympic champion. A loss to Somalia and Africa, but a blessing to a more organized and life respecting society, Great Britain.

Note, if we allow the war drummers to push us into an ignominious bloodbath, only the poor, the weak, the women and children will die and suffer the consequence of the rich man’s war. Those calling for war today will be no where to be found. Their children are in push schools abroad and have dual citizenship as none of the children of the elites are currently in Nigeria. The Igbos as we speak are yet to recover from the devastating effect of the Nigerian Civil war 42 years after it ended. But Ojukwu who started the war not only got his confiscated properties returned and his full benefits paid, his wife is today rewarded with the post of an Ambassador, while most other Biafran war veterans have either died of hunger and poverty or are living in abject poverty, forgotten and neglected by the larger society.

Asari Dokubo has been going around calling for war and killing Northerners, yet no one in Government is raising an eyebrow. He has been a loud and vociferous proponent of war, a man who has never been known for any productive human venture or enterprise, his only skill and claim to fame lies in subversive activities towards his country. He has excelled in kidnapping, killing, maiming, pipeline vandalization and every other imaginable criminal activity.

War is never a solution to any problem; the Nigerian government will do well to address lingering issues of perceived marginalization, devastating poverty and all other known cases of social injustices. If we allow another civil war, any will die but those proponents of war will become wealthier and richer at the expense of innocent blood. Schools should be encouraged to teach history of past wars and its devastating effects.

There can be no peace in the absence of justice, equity and fairness. But under no circumstance can we afford another civil war. Nobody ever wins in a war, everybody is a loser.

 written by Ayobami Oyawolo
Politics › Re: Mend To Embark On Crusade To Save Christians by HAH(op): 6:58pm On Apr 14, 2013
So are mend now ok to be called christian terrorist ?
Politics › Re: Mend To Embark On Crusade To Save Christians by HAH(op): 6:06pm On Apr 14, 2013
confusion247: Are you scared of disintegration?
Believe me there is nothing like one Nigeria where peace and love reigns.
Politics › Re: Mend To Embark On Crusade To Save Christians by HAH(op): 5:22pm On Apr 14, 2013
The truth is that the sponsors of MEND and the sponsors of BOKO HARAM are all the same, they are people bend on seeing disintegrated Nigeria for their political gains
Politics › Re: Mend To Embark On Crusade To Save Christians by HAH(op): 5:13pm On Apr 14, 2013
Is the 2015 prophesy by the CIA going to be true ?
Politics › Mend To Embark On Crusade To Save Christians by HAH(op):
On behalf of the hapless Christian population in Nigeria, The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (M.E.N.D), will from Friday, May 31, 2013, embark on a crusade to save Christianity in Nigeria from annihilation.

The bombings of mosques, hajj camps, Islamic institutions, large congregations in Islamic events and assassinations of clerics that propagate doctrines of hate, will form the core mission of this crusade code named "Operation Barbarossa".

This campaign will not in any way interfere with the ongoing "Hurricane Exodus" – which on Saturday, April 13, 2013, at about 01:00 Hrs, swept through the Ewellesuo comminity, Nembe, Bayelsa State, leaving the destruction of well 62, belonging to Shell Petroleum in its wake.

We may only consider a ceasefire of "Operation Barbarossa" if the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), the Catholic Church and Henry Okah, one of the few leaders in the Niger Delta region we respect for his integrity, intervenes. Also the assurance for a cessation of hostilities targeted at Christians in their places of worship, made privately or publicly by the real Boko Haram leadership will make us call off this crusade.

We have no problems with their attacks on security agencies including the prisons, for their role in extrajudicial killings, torture, deceit and corruption.

Jomo Gbomo


http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-14/nigeria-s-mend-rebels-threaten-to-bomb-mosques-kill-clerics.html

http://www.ediong.org/2013/04/mend-to-embark-on-crusade-to-save.html?m=1
Romance › Re: 15 Steps To Successfully Cheat On Your Girlfriend by HAH: 8:00pm On Apr 12, 2013
Why must you cheat ? What if your wife cheats on you how will you feel ? It is reciprocal peeps and karma is a bitch.
Politics › Re: Why Don't We Have BBC Igbo Or Yoruba Service by HAH: 7:46pm On Apr 12, 2013
Hausa spread through trade and pilgrimage to mecca in the olden days muslims go to mecca on foot and this takes them years to accomplish my grand father left for hajj on foot in 1918 it took him twelve years to come back in 1930.

On his route to mecca they stopped in every major town and hustle and rest for some days if not months before proceeding. He arrived at sudan in 1920 where he stayed for 3 years before crossing the red sea in 1923. Actually he even married a lady in sudan where there is a large hausa community he got separated with the lady when he was leaving sudan.

He spend 2 years in saudi and started coming back to Nigeria in 1925 but on his way back he missed his way and appeared in cameroon a town called Ngaundere from there he found his way back to Nigeria in 1930

The essence of the above story is to tell you how the language spread in west, central and north Africa.
Politics › Re: Why Don't We Have BBC Igbo Or Yoruba Service by HAH: 12:20am On Apr 12, 2013
ezeagu: Hausa is not spoken more than French, Arabic, and English.
Are french and English African language , arabic is spoken in north africa mind you the whole of north africas population is not up to northern nigeria talkless of adding other countries in west and central africa plus sudan and libya and for your infomation the sudanese president mother is a sudanese hausa
Politics › Re: Why Don't We Have BBC Igbo Or Yoruba Service by HAH: 8:13pm On Apr 11, 2013
BBC Hausa Service Celebrates 50th Anniversary

Posted By Babandi Gumel

The BBC Hausa Service marks the fiftieth Anniversary of its broadcast with series of programmes transmitted by the Service since its formation fifty years ago. Among the archives programmes included the first broadcast made on Wednesday the 13th March 1957 at 0930 GMT by Late Aminu Abdullahi Malumfashi exactly fifty years ago. 

The Late Aminu Malumfashi was known to be the first ever broadcaster of the BBC Hausa Service. He made the opening announcement during the 15 minute short broadcast which was followed by a talk written in English “West Africa in the News” translated and read by Abubakar Tunau who became the second broadcaster of the Service. The opening of the Service was preceded yet by the Ghana ’s Independence which it gained a week earlier read by Zakari Muhammed another pioneer of the Service. 

So these three broadcasters who were studying here in London automatically laid the foundation of the Hausa Service Broadcast which also became the first among the African Service which included Somali and Swahili that would also be celebrating their fiftieth Anniversary sometimes in the Middle of the year. Anyhow in those days the two 15-minute Hausa programmes were only broadcast on Wednesdays and Fridays. 

The daily 15 minute broadcast was only introduced on June 1st 1958 employing full time staff including the former Transport Minister in the Second Republic Alhaji Umaru Dikko. Towards the end of 1958 a daily two fifteen minute programmes afternoon and evening transmissions were introduced in the Service. 

After Independence detailed plans for the expansion of the service were drawn and in May 1962 the first dawn transmission was also introduced and the afternoon transmission was in addition extended by 15 minutes. The transmissions in the Hausa language have remained virtually unchanged since 1966 with the opening of the Ascension Island Transmitter which was used to transmit the Hausa broadcast. 

As the audience of the Hausa Service increases by day it is becoming more popular than any of the foreign language services apart from the English World Service which broadcast 24 hours. The Hausa Service audience has now hit record of more than twenty two million listeners which is among the highest. Since December last year the Service has added or introduced the Hantsi Programme an additional Hausa Dawn broadcast after the usual first 0530 GMT Dawn Transmission. 

The Service now broadcasts all its dawn and Hantsi transmissions from the Abuja studios in Nigeria . 

The fiftieth Anniversary celebrations due exactly on Tuesday 13th March this year was postponed to enable the Somali and Swahili Sections of the African Service also marking their fiftieth Anniversary come together in joint Anniversary celebrations sometimes in the middle of the year. Although only archives programmes were transmitted as part of the 50th Anniversary yet an informal get together was organised in the Hausa Service on that very Tuesday 13th March 2007. This informal get together brought the two former heads of section Dr Graham Mytton and Barry Burgess popularly known as Barau Chedi. 

Like Graham Mytton and Barry Burgess I also had the privilege of attending both the 25th Anniversary Silver Jubilee of the Service in 1983 and the latest 50th Anniversary on that Tuesday afternoon. The informal occasion which started around 1 p.m brought together about 20 people both ex staff and the current members of the BBC Hausa Service. As nobody expected such number of people turning up for the sudden cancellation yet our presence boosted the occasion as we did not see one another for years. 

Jamila Tangaza the Hausa Head who took over from Isa Abba Adamu on behalf of the Hausa Service welcomed the distinguished guests including the two former heads and some guests from SOAS Dr Graham Furness and Dr Phil Jaeger. Both the two men Professors of Hausa at the famous London School for African and Oriental Studies SOAS are not new to the Hausa Service and also to the listeners. 

Similarly Jean Boyd a writer was another popular figure well known to Hausa listeners. She initiated a programme called Nana Asmau presented by Yusuf Muhammed Kankiya on the life of the daughter of the famous Muslim Reformer Usman Dan Fodio was also present during the informal occasion. 

While introducing the guests Jamila Tangaza invited Barry Burgess as a courtesy to speak before first during this memorable occasion. Barry in turn requested Graham Mytton as his superior and predecessor to speak first on this day which could not be forgotten. After Dr Mytton had spoken in English it was the turn of Barau Chedi who spoke in his usual fluent Hausa Accent for almost ten minutes like any other Bahaushe. In fact it was Barry who even suggested that the occasion should all be conducted in Hausa but for the BBC Camera Crew. When Barry spoke then Jamila requested me to say few words at the occassion during which I recalled the famous programme that I produced and presented in the early 80s popularly known as Duniya Ina Muka Dosa.

Coincidently Graham Furness who later spoke, was the producer of this 200-week long programmes that took me nearly four years to compile and presented. The programme presented between 1980-1984 dealt with all the historical, geographical and political aspects of each and every Country of the World in the early 1980s.Graham Furness and Phil all spoke in Hausa during this informal session which lasted for almost three hours with most of the Hausa Service staff present including Abubakar Kabir Matazu, Hindu Waziri both Senior producers and Sulaiman Ibrahim who was coordinating the occasion. 

During the informal session Idris Muhammad Amin who presented a popular educational Programme Ilmi also spoke on the occasion. 

The BBC Hausa Service is well known for its distinguished broadcasters who used to work for the Service either on full time or part time basis. We will begin the roll call with some famous politicians and other prominent people that used to work in the BBC Hausa Service. They included prominent politicians such as the former Kano State Governor Abubakar Rimi, the former Minister in Shagari’s Government Dr Ibrahim Tahir, Alhaji Musa Musawa ,Malam Umaru Mutallab were also among the few distinguished Nigerians broadcasters that worked for the Hausa Service. 

Other famous broadcasters that could not be forgotten included Halilu Ahmed Getso, Saleh Aliyun Hadejia Sanusi Imam Kankiya, Ahmed Aminu,Late Yunusa Dayyabu Ibrahim Late Bagudu Bida the former General Manager of the NBC now Radio Kano. 

Late Mahmud Aminu and late Yusuf Ibrahim Bauchi and late Shehu Yusuf Karaye were among the veteran broadcasters that served in the Hausa Service. No doubt the listeners could never forget another veteran broadcaster Malam Usman Muhammed who was the longest serving staff who served the Hausa Service for nearly 27. He retired at the end of last year along with Umar Yusuf Karaye another well known figure. Bilkisu Labaran who is now in the African Service and ,Delu Abubakar were among the women broadcasters that served in the nineties. They were among the thousands of influential broadcasters mainly Nigerians with some from Ghana such as Muhammed Abu and Niger such as Late Siraj Kane. 

Kouli Baley and Aisha Musa also from Niger are among the few people presently working with the Hausa Service of the BBC. 

Among the other influential people that used to work with the Hausa service included Ali Ahmed former Audu Bakos Chief of Protocol, Saleh Chiroma ,Musa Maaji, Kabiru Yusuf of the Daily Trust also used to report for the BBC from Southern Africa, Ahmed Yarima was another famous Hausa Service correspondent based in Moscow. 

Equally Dr Abba Abdullahi the former Managing Director Triumph Newspapers used to report for the BBC Hausa Service from Paris . 

Similarly Nasiru Zahradeen the former National President of the NUJ served the BBC so also Umar Uba Muhammed all colleagues both in the BBC and the NTA used to work with the Hausa Section. Adamu Aliyu Kiyawa a veteran broadcaster and, Bala Muhammed Director General A Daidaita Sahu in Kano both also used to serve in the BBC Hausa Service. 

Garba Gumel and Ladi Madawaki also served in the section. Mustapha Maisikeli, Lawal Sallau Jibia, Yahya Musa, Magaji Sanin Sada, Dr Akilu Sani Indabawa,Muhammed Sani Gwarzo,Yusuf Nagi, all served with the BBC. 

Dr Shamsuddin Usman of the Central Bank with his wife Aisha whom I met briefly along with Dr Alhasan Bichi in the early 80s used to work for the Service. 

Saleh Halliru and. Murtala Sule of Niger Republic served with the BBC.

Adamu Yusuf,Abubakar Sadiq ‘Yar Adua were among the reporters that used to send dispatches for the Hausa Service. Ibrahim Musa Gwangwazo, Ibrahim Balarabe Late Kabiru Gote, Ahmed Tijjani Gana Lamido Bello, Abdulkarim Abubakar and Musa Nahannu Danjuma all worked with us together in the Hausa Service, Bala Ibrahim and Ado Saleh Kankiya are among the many well known voices that are still sending reports to the Hausa Service. 

Majority of the people mentioned either we worked together or were colleagues some as my elders were known to me personally .It is very difficult to mention each and every person by name they all helped build the reputation of the BBC which it maintains.

During the occasion the BBC broadcast special archives programmes specially selected to commemorate the 50th Anniversary in the years gone by. 

Among the famous archives voices included that of David Warren nicknamed by the listeners as Alhaji Dauda. Others included The State visit to Britain in the 70s by the Nigerian Military Leader General Yakubu Gowon and official visit also by the President of Niger Late Hammani Diori with his Wife Aisha Diori. 

In addition the Service also broadcast interviews from the old archives with famous personalities including the Late Premier of the North Sir Ahmadu Bello Sardaunan Sokoto with Umaru Dikko nearly 48 years ago and an Interview which I conducted with the Late PRP Leader Malam Aminu Kano almost twenty seven years back. 

The famous Dan Arewa A London a comedy programme was among the archives broadcast. 

The Service would continue broadcasting these special programmes from time to time marking the 50th Anniversary celebrations. 

All the programmes broadcast would be left on the Website for at least nine months for the benefit of the listeners interested to browse the Website. 

The BBC Hausa Section is increasingly becoming more popular by day with listeners increasing as usual not getting tired of tuning to the famous “London Ta Ke Kira” which heralds the beginning of the Hausa Service broadcast which now celebrates its fiftieth Anniversary drawing more and more listeners.

Wa Akhiri Dawana Anil Hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen.
Politics › Re: Why We Are Reviving UPN - Fasehun by HAH: 11:02am On Apr 11, 2013
Mr fashewun take it or leave it the new Awolowo has been born and his name is Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Just justify the pay from your paymasters.
Politics › Re: FG Replaces Voters-Card With National ID-Card by HAH:
What we need is Electronic voting that is rigging proof or better still voters have to be screened with biometric before being allowed to vote that way fake voters and muiltiple voting will be eliminated.

After wasting our time and energy they could not use the biometric they took the last time, mainly because they want to rig using manual register. Furthermore I don't believe that 75M voters registered I believe over 50% are fake if not more.

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