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When's, in 1903, British forces assaulted and captured the ancient city of Kano, Sir Frederick Lugard, High Commissioner of the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria, recorded that 'the extent and formidable nature of the fortifications surpassed the best informed anticipations of our officers. Needless to say, I have never seen or even imagined anything like it in Africa.' This impressive work of military engineering was then some 11 or 12 miles in length, 40 feet thick at the base and varying from 30 to 50 feet in height. A broad rampart walk ran behind the 4-foot thick loop-holed crest of the wall which was pierced by 13 gates, the whole further strengthened by a deep ditch.
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Sadly this great monument is left in ruin the government needs to do something about that

The foundations for this wall which surrounds th old city of Kano wer laid by Sakri Gijimasu from 1095 - 1134 and the wall was completed in the middle of 14th Century during the reign of Zamnagawa. In the 16th century, the walls were further extended to their present position. The gates are as old as the walls and were used to control movement of people in and out of the city. Though, most of them are largely in ruins.

Emirs palace and great wall of kano

First is sultan of damagaran palace niger republic

Ina godia bro

Dont you guys think we should modernize and promote our own indigenous architectures

I think am in a good position to speak on this issue been related to both sides.. first of all there is nothing as hausa-fulani you are either one or the other.. and most people claiming to be hausa-fulani are the fulani people themselves who have been hausanized I have never met a real hausa person that calls himself a fulani, I think the fula people have to call their people to order who call themselves hausa-fulani.. to prove to you is the fula that have lost their language and culture that do this shit.. why not the kanuri,zarma,nupe,taureg,etc call themselves hausa this and that.. because it pains me when I hear other fula from other countries saying hausa ppl claim fula.. why would some one do that when the conversion is from fula to hausa not the other way round .. have you ever seen a real hausa not those hausa's wannabe speaking dressing like fula?

After all muslims are more in nigeria
Nw=muslim majority
Ne=muslim majority
Nc=muslim 55 45
Sw=50 50
Se= christian
Ss=christian
Then keep in mind only northwest is more than ss and se why worry ourselves with some few fools

And for the sake of clarification uthman danfodio did not brought islam to nigeria he was just a 18 century reformer he just fought the rulers who were corrupt... islam has been in nigeria and the greater sahel since 14th century through trade not jihad

There muslims and there are muslims.... those people above are just muslims in name they were never really practising the religion... and also from the way I see it more christian are converting to islam in the north why in the south is the other way round

First king of swaziland visit emir of kano...second archbishop of canterbury and nigeria ambassador to uk

First picture sunusi's grand dad hosting the queen in kano palace gidan rumfa

For you to host charles prince of wales and queen you must be influential... other monarchs only have a chance of taking pictures outside the queens palace with their wives

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Swaziland's Mswati is king of the regal pile
by unknown, 03 December 2009, 00:00
Much-married monarch has UN recognition and is among few with real power, writes Hopewell Radebe

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NOT only is he described as Africa's only remaining absolute monarch, Swaziland's King Mswati is considered the most influential monarch in Africa.

"Monarchy remains our undeniable roots and antecedent even in today's most sophisticated countries," declares a report by International Corporate Research, titled: Powers That Be - Africa's Most Influential Monarchs.

Although democratic governments enjoy the most popularity in the 21st century, Mswati remains the only monarch in Africa who effectively governs. He represents his country in the African Union and the Southern African Development Community, and is recognised by bodies such as the United Nations.

Swaziland is one of the few states in the world that retain aspects of an absolute monarchy. Others include Brunei, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the Vatican City.

A monarchy also retains considerable power in Jordan and Morocco, while the most recent nation to abolish its monarchy is Nepal, which became a republic last year.

In determining the most influential monarchs in Africa, the report has considered the type of monarchy; the size of domain; whether the monarch has direct or indirect influence; and whether the monarch has international recognition.

The report says that, while most monarchies have been abolished since the 1800s, the nations that retain them often turned these institutions into constitutional monarchies.

Most no longer hold absolute power or claim custody of regions that are sometimes very extensive. Many of the surviving monarchs no longer have the enormous wealth their ancestors amassed from collecting tributes from their subjects and owning large expanses of land and slaves. They have also lost the right to rule by decree, promulgate laws and impose punishment.

The influence of some of these monarchs is still large, though.

"The respect for these traditional institutions has made some of these monarchs retain considerable influence even though they are just figureheads," the report says.

Researchers acknowledge, however, that the influence of these modern monarchs is less significant compared with the monarchical historic roles played by the Pharaohs of Egypt, the Emperors of Ethiopia, the Mai of Kanem-borno, the Jaja of Opobo and many ancient kingdoms and empires that preceded western colonis ation.

Among the reasons for Mswati's selection by the researchers is that he has reigned since 1986, when he became king aged 18 . He was the youngest reigning monarch until the ascension of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan in 2006, and he was also the youngest head of state until Joseph Kabila became president of the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2001.

Today Mswati is described as Africa's last absolute monarch in the sense that he has the power to choose the prime minister, other top government posts and top traditional posts.

He is ranked 17th on the list of richest heads of government, with a net worth of 100m.

Mswati is ranked 18th on this year's Parade Magazine's World's Worst Dictator list. He has 14 wives and 23 children.

According to the International Corporate Research report, King Mohammed of Morocco has taken second position on the monarchs' list as a "well-respected international leader" who leads the Maghrebian nation almost as an absolute monarch.

Under the constitution, the king can dissolve parliament and appoint the prime minister.

The king has a monopoly over the country's natural resources, which earned him the number nine position on the list of richest head of government with a net worth of 2,5bn.

King Letsie of Lesotho has been placed third for overseeing the affairs of the nation as a constitutional monarch. Most of his duties are ceremonial and he has reigned for 18 years - making him the world's 24th- longest reigning monarch.

Sultan Sa'adu Abubakar of Sokoto, leader of Nigeria's 70- million Muslims, is in fourth place, followed by Africa' s longest-reigning monarch and an influential Muslim leader in Nigeria, Dr Ado Bayero, the Emir of Kano.

King Goodwill Zwelithini Ka- Zulu in KwaZulu-Natal and Ashanti King Osei Tutu are in sixth and seventh place respectively, while the traditional ruler of Nigeria's Lagos Island follows in eighth place.[b][/b]

Fulaman whats the meaning of bandirawo?... and why is it that fula language is fast disappearing very fast? my maternal grand parents are fula why my paternal grandmother is fula my grand dad is hausa although his mom is also fula..but to my surprise non of them knows how to speak it.. actually most of my fulani relatives have become soo much hausanized that you just cant diff them from we hausa's

To assist in resuscitating all the collapsed industries in Kano state[b][/b]

Energy & Gas
To facilitate the Petroleum Industry Law with emphasis on local content such that jobs are created for Nigerians.
To construct 2 world scale petrochemical plants, 2 fertilizer plants and 2 fertilizer blending plants.
To make investment under the gas-driven economic roadmap result in foreign direct investment of about $10 billion over the next three years.
To establish petrochemical plant around Koko Free Trade Zone in Delta State
To build a $3 billion central gas processing facility by 2012 to be sited in Obiaruku Delta State.
To attract $25 billion worth of investment into developing the country’s gas infrastructure
To in four years, make Nigeria go beyond producing and exporting crude oil to exporting refined petroleum products because Nigeria has no reason to keep importing kerosene
To create 600,000 new jobs in the gas industry
To boost gas supply from 1.0 billion cubic feet per day to 10 billion cubic feet by the year 2020.
To invest in petrol chemicals, mining, research and development
Security
To make anyone caught breaching the public peace to face the full wrath of the law.
To make sure that no part of the country is allowed to be a sanctuary for criminals anymore be they armed robbers or kidnappers
To make a complete transformation of national security architecture
To confront headlong ethno-religious violence in the country
To ensure there is no sacred cow in the fight against corruption; all crimes will be investigated as security is key.
Not to interfere with corruption cases
To strengthen EFCC and ICPC to fight crime
To eradicate kidnappings impeding entrepreneurship in Eastern Zone
To pursue all bombers and terrorists
To adopt modern method to tackle the problem of political violence

Power
To deliver stable, constant supply of electricity
To provide stable power supply by the year 2015 so that small and medium scale industries can thrive again.
To ensure that Nigerians do not use generators more than two times in a week
To explore the coal deposits in Benue and Kogi states for improved power supply
To construct more dams to build more hydro-power stations.
To reduce the importation of generators at least 90 percent in the next four years.
To raise power generation to about 4,747 megawatts by December 2011
To put an end to epileptic power supply in the country just as fuel queues at petrol stations were ended
Economy
To work with the private sector and all the relevant agencies to stimulate industrial growth”
To introduce 5-year term budgeting
To diversify the economy
To strive to revive the Ajaokuta Steel complex and Itakpe Iron ore company
To address the issues of unemployment through diversification of the nation’s economy to that of sustainable agricultural development across the 36 states of federation
To reduce production cost by inviting manufacturers of high demand commodities in the country to set up production factories in the country
To get industries in Lagos up and running, also bring industries to the Niger Delta
To in the next 2 years create 1.5 million jobs
To transform the economy within four years
To constitute a special committee drawing experts from the MAN, NACCIMA and related bodies as well as key government officials to deliberate regularly on policies that will improve the nation’s economy; committee to be coordinated by the chief economic adviser to the President.
To review importation rules and regulations to encourage local manufacturers
To create wealth through the transformation of the economy by intervening in several areas
To revitalise all the Federal government properties that have been abandoned in Lagos State, through privatisation in conjunction with the state government.
To have a deliberate policy to create jobs by funding SMEs
To create an enabling environment for the transformation of the country through the creation of job opportunities for youth and empowerment of the women
To deliver Nigeria from poverty, promote agriculture, create employment, create wealth, work on irrigation farming to provide food

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President Goodluck Jonathan’s 91 campaign promises – help identify those he has delivered

GEJ made 91 campaign promises, has delivered on any of them?

Between February and March, 2011, President Goodluck Jonathan, as the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), toured the entire nation on campaign. Each stopover he made, he dropped at least two campaign promises.

National dailies reported them as he unleashed the promises. The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria, in partnership with the Institute for War and Peace Reporting documented them – 91 of them!

IPC documented the promises under 13 subtitles including infrastructural development, power, economy, energy and gas and security. Others are agriculture, education, women, water resources, mineral resources, national question, reforms and Niger-Delta.

IPC sourced the campaign promises from the February and March 2011 editions of Daily Trust, Champion, Punch, Thisday, Vanguard and The Guardian newspapers; the February and March 2011 editions of The News, Tell and Newswatch magazines; the transcript of Goodluck Jonathan lone TV debate as obtained from the African Independent Television (AIT) and the inaugural Presidential address of Goodluck Jonathan.

The full report is available online at www.ipcng.org. Hard copies of the report are also available at IPC’s office in Lagos but below are the promises tabulated for you to identify those he has delivered.

Infrastructural development
To revive the rail system in the country
To complete Lagos to Jebba rail project
To intervene and revitalize the moribund Nigeria Machine Tools and other infrastructure owned by the federal government.
Government has budgeted N50b for job development and infrastructure
To modernize the ports
To complete the second River Niger bridge before the expiration of the tenure
To make the Minister of Works to immediately start repairs of the road leading to Murtala Mohammed International Airport
To transform all major routes in Damaturu to federal roads
To assist in resuscitating all the collapsed industries in Kano state
To work towards making Akanu Ibiam airport in Enugu an international airport
To seek alternative funding means to repair the Benin-Ore road.
To set up a committee to review Federal government landed properties in Lagos, hand over those that should and retain those that should be in possession of the Federal Government.
To give Sokoto-Kotangora road unfettered atten

Show me jona's own

Pdp and hypocrisy

Name of muhammadu buhari among barewa old students
http://barewacollegezaria.yolasite.com/about-us.php

Sai apc
Sai buhari/osibanjo

Apc churning out technorats seen 1880

Kano APC Names Abubakar As Running Mate To Ganduje
Abubakar Salihi
— Dec 26, 2014 | 0 Comments
Kano State leadership and elders of All Progressives Congress (APC) have announced the deputy vice chancellor, North West University, Kano, Professor Hafiz Abubakar as the running mate to Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje for the 2015 governorship election.
The state deputy governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje is the party’s flag bearer. He was the deputy to Governor Kwankwaso in 1999 to 2013 and returned elected together with the governor in 2011 to date.
The newly announced running mate to Dr Ganduje, Prof Abubakar, is a professor at Bayer University, Kano, a pioneer of the new North West University, Kano and a deputy pro-chancellor, North West University, Kano.

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If it were northerners the headline would have been northerners,fulani,hausa this and that... why are you afraid to say it boldly that this are IGBOS that spoil our image abroad

Dangote is richer than the whole of your generation combined dead or alive..I guess he too is not northerner

What of ado bayero? All this southerners think nigeria start and end in imo

Former speaker aminu bello masari won defeat other candidates to win katsina apc governorship enlection

A proud man always look down on people and things and offcourse as long as you are looking down you cannot see something thats above you. C.S LEWIS

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
Mahatma Gandhi