France

Netherlands

Belgium

Croatia - (Spain are not serious!)

Germany

Italy

Denmark

Sweden

The first Emirates A380 in West Africa for sure, but definitely not the first A380 to land in West Africa. Air France has been flying the A380 to Abidjan for a number of years now and us aviation geeks have known this ever since!

So partially fake news!

Future president right there.....

Well done referee for ruining this match!

It has to be Russia.

I am more amazed at how gullible people are here than the actual snake picture. Is it possible to be this naive in this day of internet unbelievable!!

Bauchi
Borno
Edo
Ekiti (Drove through)
Jigawa
Kaduna
Kano
Katsina
Kogi
Kwara
Lagos (State of birth)
Nassarawa
Niger (Went to school here)
Ogun
Ondo
Osun
Oyo
Plateau
Yobe (State of origin)
Abuja (Live here)

Game over

I really don't like beef, don't remember when last I ate one well with the exception of steak (meat), neither am I a fan of onion either, I can use other seasoning as well.

That's speaking for yourself, not for the masses.

This is simple economics; demand and supply. Just because a product is in high demand doesn't mean people will NOT find other alternative. It's true that South will depend on North for its product, but it's dependency is flexible as well to alternatives. Keep in mind that just because there is demand in basic cereal doesn't make it a necessity for the South. For there to be high dependency, such high demand has to meet two criteria s; WANT and PRICE. The first criteria which is "WANT" that leads to "NECESSITY", now with available options and alternative, it has failed the first test or reasoning. Not many people find basic cereal from the north as a necessity because there are variety of alternation even without importing but using available resources.

I think its the other way round. When you have all the "Necessities"(a.k.a Needs) necessary, then it becomes a "Want". A "Want" commodity is something you can live without and can easily find a substitute. For example, I can agree with you that beef is a want, as it can be substituted with pork, fish or chicken or non the above. I see a "Want" more like a complementary commodity. A "need" however is the complete opposite. Basically, you have to satisfy all your "needs" before you can have a "want". Have you done scale of preference in your economics? And trust me, its very hard to substitute a basic staple like rice which is a basic need to the majority of the world's population. Rice is the second most important cereal in the world after maize. The only way the South can have access to enough rice is by becoming a net food importer. They'll have to spend a very significant percentage pf their GDP on food importation, which is a characteristic of most least developed countries. The cost of importation from the Far East will be high as opposed to importing it from right next door.

Niger and Chad can never match the demand for products that southern Nigeria does, and simply doubling the exports will just be a waste or products, how many people are in Niger and Chad? The majority of northern traders will not frustrate themselves and they would continue to try and sell to the largest market around, which is southern Nigeria.

Fine. This brings me to the previous question I asked which you did not respond to "How and where can the South get its most basic cereals without importing" That is, If you believe that demand for the products are much higher in the South than Niger/Chad combined. If the demand is that big, it obviously means that the South too relies on North for something, doesn't it?

In return, the Southerns will not frustrate themselves by importing rice from China and Thailand when it is available nearby, just even for the sake of lower tariffs.

Other nearby (West) African countries already have a community of Hausa or Fulani traders that give them the tomatoes, the cattle etc. Do you expect the millions of Northerners to be welcomed to flood their markets as well as flood the markets with goods that are already enough for the populations? People in nearby West African countries that are rich enough to buy these things already have enough from their Hausa/Fulani population.

I completely disagree. These countries, especially Niger heavily rely on the North for food crops, in turn we receive sheep and goats. The bulk of our farm produce are sent down South as per being a single market. The other part is and imported to Niger, Chad etc. The remaining are subsistence . These countries do not have the  fertile/arable land to produce in bulk as we do, for that reason your claim of a saturated market is wrong. It is just a matter of doubling up production and exports. You don't have to flock all the way to another country to achieve this.

Selling to other parts of Africa will only work if they lose their own Fulani traders as well. So that means Cameroon? No. Ghana? No. Ivory Coast? no . . . . . etc.

Ok, I'm not really following this. How does the process of exporting result in the loss of traders?

"Oil curse". Who in Niger has money like this to replace Southern Nigerians?

That is why I included "other parts of West Africa". The emphasis on Niger was because of the severe food shortage and proximity. They may not be a rich country, but they are a net food importer. Speaking of which, how and where will the South get the most basic staple cereal without importing?

Abu-Maryam, this thread is very unnecessary We don't need to prove to the Southerners that they need us or we need them.

Its only purpose is to make the Southerners feel important and superior. BTW, the North has always been living in abject poverty since day one, so a united of seceded Nigeria makes little or no difference to us.

The election riots were deplorable, inexcusable and disgraceful. But to me what it manifested were a frustrated group of people who have seen very little in terms of economic development since independence, although it is true that some of the violence has religious and tribal and religious elements too. People forget that not everybody in the south voted for GEJ,likewise not everybody in the North voted for Buhari.

Open the boarder and let food come in from other countries. We don't need the North, just divide the country and let everyone rest

Bravo! a perfect way of becoming a net food importer. Once the global price of food rises, the food will not be able to buy it.

the north actualy needs d south 4 their farm produce. The poster said 'perishable items' if these products are nt sold they get spoilt. So they reali need southerner money. Infact they need d southerners more than d southerners need them. So if it s so necesary dt naija divides. Let it b so.

We can easily sell our farm produce to Niger (they starving over there) and other parts of West Africa. Most parts of the South is also unsuitable for cattle rearing because of the climate and tse-tse fly. Maybe they'll have to be importing their beef from like say Argentina??

If a secession were to occur, pls so be it. I'm 100% we won't be any worse than we are now. At least we will be free from the oil curse.

Great blog!

Topics and general knowledge about Hausa and Fulani culture/people especially in the Western society are very few and far between. Good to see someone trying to generate the interest.

I think there is a reasonable population of Hausa/Fula people in England, unlike where I live.

Please keep up the good work and don't be discouraged by negative sentiments about your blog or religion. Criticisms are OK, but once they turns into personal attacks, all you can see are gibberish rants that strain your eyes as you try to read them. I honestly admire your ability to follow your conscience even though myself am not a Christian. It is sad to see people stressing emphasis on our differences with negativity, rather than focus on what we share in common positively.

I will try to post my comments on your blog during my spare time. Will definitely add it to my favourites.

Sanu ki! 

A very interesting video on tribal perceptions.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9sgui5_gvw