Politics / Re: Picture Of Kadade Sulaiman And Sheik Gumi Surfaces, Raises Eyebrows by sunnnnyuu(m): 6:39am On Nov 01, 2021 |
temitope27: A terrorist From day one any PDP member is a terrorist wether Muslim or Christian, from North or south 8 Likes 2 Shares |
Politics / Re: Picture Of Kadade Sulaiman And Sheik Gumi Surfaces, Raises Eyebrows by sunnnnyuu(m): 6:36am On Nov 01, 2021 |
saintade01: ... New PDP YOUTH LEADER IS GUMI'S BOY
Gumi is a PDP member, so you can't separate PDP with ipob and bandits they are all the same thing, I am not surprised if gumi's is the PDP youth leader because Gumi is member of PDP. 8 Likes 2 Shares |
Politics / Re: Fintiri: Nigerians Thought PDP Wasn’t Performing But They Now Regret Voting APC by sunnnnyuu(m): 7:36pm On Oct 27, 2021 |
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Politics / Re: Two Nigerian Arrested For Cocaine Trafficking In Malawi by sunnnnyuu(m): 11:54am On Oct 22, 2021 |
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Crime / Re: Two Nigerian Women Arrested For Cocaine Trafficking In India (Photo) by sunnnnyuu(m): 9:34pm On Oct 18, 2021 |
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Politics / Re: Nigeria’s Unity Negotiable – Babagana Kingibe by sunnnnyuu(m): 11:19am On Oct 18, 2021 |
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Jobs/Vacancies / Re: 59k Job In South West Or 140k Job In Gombe? by sunnnnyuu(m): 11:12am On Oct 18, 2021 |
fmcjunior: Pls, state which you'd prefer with reasons.
Note: The South West job offers little growth both financially and skill wise.
But the Gombe job offers renewal of contract in less than 2yrs if they see progress and you get to meet alot of influential people. Stay @ your region because Nigeria will not reach 2023 so better you manage your 59k than losing your life because of 140k so chose wise |
Politics / Re: Chikwe Udensi: Make An Igbo Man President In 2023, IPOB And ESN Will Die Off by sunnnnyuu(m): 8:48pm On Oct 16, 2021 |
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Politics / Re: Okaro Ouzama Arrested For Illicit Drug Trafficking In Mumbai, India by sunnnnyuu(m): 8:36am On Oct 12, 2021 |
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Politics / Re: Buhari's Speech: Nigerian Lawmakers On Ghana's Terror Watchlist - Reps by sunnnnyuu(m): 7:52am On Oct 07, 2021 |
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Politics / Re: Abaribe: There’re Over 30 Separatist Groups In South-East Nigeria Alone by sunnnnyuu(m): 7:40am On Oct 07, 2021 |
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Politics / Re: Orji Kalu: Nigeria’s Unity More Important Than 2023 Elections by sunnnnyuu(m): 7:35am On Oct 07, 2021 |
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Politics / Re: Umahi: Counter-Secessionist Groups Will Rise In The South-East by sunnnnyuu(m): 7:34am On Oct 07, 2021 |
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Politics / Re: Ohaneze: Umahi Trading Off Igbo’s Interests For Abuja’s Enticements & Inducement by sunnnnyuu(m): 7:33am On Oct 07, 2021 |
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Crime / Re: Three Nigeria Drug Syndicate Arrested In India For Cocaine Trafficking by sunnnnyuu(m): 7:31am On Oct 07, 2021 |
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Politics / Re: South-South Governors Meet In Rivers by sunnnnyuu(m): 1:54pm On Oct 05, 2021 |
kmcutez:
What? Who gave you this expo? I hate hearing that scam called Nigeria, I want it's desintigration before 2023 |
Politics / Re: South-South Governors Meet In Rivers by sunnnnyuu(m): 4:21pm On Oct 04, 2021 |
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Politics / Re: Cornflakes For Jihad: The Boko Haram Origin Story By David Hundeyin by sunnnnyuu(m): 7:57am On Oct 04, 2021 |
webm: Nigeria's organised Islamic terrorism problem did not start in 2009. It's a lot more insidious than you think.
In May 2021, a 96 year-old businessman died in Rome, Italy. In his lifetime, Ahmed Idris Nasreddin might have amassed a personal fortune of close to half a billion dollars, but the death of NASCO Group’s multimillionaire founder barely made the news. At first glance, the only extraordinary thing about his life story was that it embodied the African entrepreneurship dream.
Nasreddin was an Eritrean who moved to Jos in Nigeria’s Plateau State, and grew his father’s small manufacturing business into a $460 million conglomerate involved in everything from breakfast cereal and confectionery to pharmaceuticals, real estate and energy. After many years of growth and success, he eventually handed his sprawling business empire over to his son Attia Nasreddin, and retired at an old, satisfied age.
In an official statement released after Nasreddin’s death in March, Plateau State governor Simon Lalong said:
“NASCO has over the years remained a major employer of labour in Plateau and continues to contribute to the economic prosperity of the State and Nigeria at large through tax revenue and corporate social responsibility.”
Well that was the cover story, anyway.
In reality, as is so often the case in Nigeria, the gap between the facts and the information released to the public is so wide as to be scarcely believable. What on earth could this shrewd, respectable businessman who looked like he could not hurt a fly have done, to put him in the same article as a story about the world’s deadliest terrorist organisation? Why would the brand he built, which to many Nigerians evokes memories of a beloved childhood breakfast staple, appear in the same sentence as Boko Haram?
To answer these questions, our story begins on another continent in 1955, some 8 years before his father would move to Nigeria and establish NASCO Group.
A Scholar From Zamfara
The year is 1955, and a 33 year-old Islamic scholar from Gummi in modern day Zamfara State has made his way to Mecca for his first Hajj pilgrimage. Alongside him is a certain Ahmadu Bello, who is the Premier of Northern Nigeria. During this trip, the scholar impresses both Ahmadu Bello and the Saudi King Sa’ud with his Arabic translation skills. He rapidly makes a big impression on many locals and clerics in Mecca.
These relationships will later become his most valuable asset following the events that take place after his subsequent return to Nigeria. Upon returning to Nigeria, he takes up positions teaching Arabic Studies at Islamic schools in Kano and Kaduna. His style of teaching focuses on educating his students about the differences between Islamic religious doctrine and local customs. Based on his strict Sunni understanding of the Qur’an, he teaches his students to adopt a ‘pure’ Islamic identity at the expense of practises that he considered bid’ah (roughly translated as ‘innovation’ or ‘corruption’).
What is a bidah? He also becomes the first Islamic scholar to translate the Qur’an from Arabic into Hausa, which puts him in a uniquely influential position comparable to that of Ajayi Crowther in 19th century southwestern Nigeria. Using this leverage, he becomes an increasingly powerful figure in Northern Nigeria, with his essentialist views on Islamic doctrine gaining popularity. To him, the existing Sufi orders of Northern Nigeria are polluted with bid’ah and unfit for purpose. He becomes well known for attacking the Tijaniya and Qadriyya brotherhoods during his appearances on Radio Kaduna, while advocating for a ‘return’ to ‘Islamic purity.’
Following the death of his friend and benefactor Ahmadu Bello, the scholar finds himself in a precarious situation. The new Nigerian federal government led by soldiers has a motive to crack down on anyone who is outspoken and influential. He may be a giant in Northern Nigeria, but he is a giant with feet of clay. His solution is to seek financial, doctrinal and political help from his friends in Mecca. The Saudis, as always, are ready to help.
His Saudi backers are keen to use him to espouse the Saudi Arabian state’s official interpretation of Islam, which is based on the work of 18th century Islamic scholar Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab. This fundamentalist doctrine, often known as Wahabbism fits very closely with the teachings of our hero in Northern Nigeria, and he enthusiastically sets about gathering support for this new Saudi-funded project. In the 2009 book ‘The Wahhabi Mission and Saudi Arabia,’ historian David Commins says:
“The [Saudi-funded Muslim World] League also sent missionaries to West Africa, where it funded schools, distributed religious literature and gave scholarships to attend Saudi religious universities. These efforts bore fruit in Nigeria's Muslim northern region with the creation of a movement (the Izala Society) dedicated to wiping out ritual innovations. Essential texts for members of the Izala Society are Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab's treatise of God's unity and commentaries by his grandsons.
Reaching out to his erstwhile students across Kaduna and Kano over the course of the 1970s, the scholar-turned-politician slowly builds a coalition of strategically-aligned individuals who will someday become very powerful people in Northern Nigeria. In 1978, one of his prominent students, Sheikh Ismaila Idris takes charge of this increasingly powerful but somewhat unofficial movement, and calls it Jama'atu Izalatil Bid’ah Wa Iqamatus Sunnah (Society of Removal of Innovation and Re-establishment of the Sunnah), also known as JIBWIS.
Based in Jos and known colloquially as the Izala Movement, this organisation will go on to become the most influential Islamic body in Nigeria over the next few decades. Its members will become some of Nigeria’s most revered Imams and clerics. They will achieve high ranks in the Nigerian Armed Forces.
Source: https://westafricaweekly.substack.com/p/cornflakes-for-jihad-the-boko-haram?r=p0z0&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source= This writer is either ignorant or selfish, otherwise I see nothing connect conflaske with Boko Haram or Izala with Boko Haram |
Politics / Re: IPOB Asks South-West, Middle Belt To Join One Month Sit-At-Home by sunnnnyuu(m): 4:48am On Oct 04, 2021 |
[quote author=NGpatriot post=106421224][/quote] Na beg I dey beg you middle belt and oduduwa please join ipob to end naija, I'm tired of hearing that scam called Nigeria |
Politics / Re: Gbajabiamila: Nigeria Is Our Only Country, Let's Unite For Peaceful Coexistence by sunnnnyuu(m): 5:53pm On Oct 02, 2021 |
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Politics / Re: North Has No Agitation To Destroy Nigeria, Despite 20 Years Of Suffering – Arewa by sunnnnyuu(m): 5:48pm On Oct 02, 2021 |
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Politics / Re: Independence Day: Jonathan Urges Nigerians To Be Optimistic by sunnnnyuu(m): 9:32am On Oct 01, 2021 |
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Politics / Re: IPOB Killed Chike, Akunyili's Husband — Uche Mefor by sunnnnyuu(m): 7:07pm On Sep 30, 2021 |
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Politics / Re: 2023: Shehu Sani Appeals To Northern, Southern Govs Not To Tear Nigeria Apart by sunnnnyuu(m): 11:47am On Sep 30, 2021 |
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Politics / Re: Ortom: Nigeria Not Well, Don’t Deceive Yourself by sunnnnyuu(m): 6:38am On Sep 30, 2021 |
richmond500: That's because u guys have been greedy and wasn't giving Nigeria any treatment for the past 61years.
Now malaria don catch Nigeria It's not only malaria, Nigeria is totally at dying state, because there is aids, hypertension, diabetes, Corona, cholera, bullet shut on hands and legs, bruise on head, kidney failure, heart attack and all kind of sickness have catch Nigeria so the only medicine that will cure Nigeria is to divide the country into 6 or 8 different countries |
Politics / Re: IPOB Begs Yoruba, Middle Belt Agitators To Join In October 1 Lockdown by sunnnnyuu(m): 6:24am On Sep 30, 2021 |
shegz24: So after Nigeria breaks up, will they create new politicians with a new mentality?
Is it not the same politicians or people with the same mentality that will rule each of these new countries.
Do you think Ngige,Okorocha,Obi,Amaechi,Wike,Tinubu,wont be among the leaders and godfathers of the new Biafra and Oduduwa?
You believe the present politicians in Nigeria will say,
"We have all agreed to resigned and our offsprings and protege wont also be involved in the politics of this new Biafra/Oduduwa"
You think there wont be clashes? Even in Osun state there are clashes between Modakeke and Ife.
Within Rivers there are killings between Ameachi camp and Patience Jonathan camp.
Wake up! Seperation doesnt change anything, its about the mentality of the people.
The reason why I am saying that is, since I grew up I always heard one or the other saying we want to break up from Nigeria Northerners are consuming our resources Northerners are parasite, Igbo want Biafra Yoruba want oduduwa, due to that I searched and find out that Northerners are not parasite but rather it's the south that is killing the north if Nigeria will divide north will developed faster than the south, because north has human capital and resources all they need is to explore the resources, but as you said this our greedy and corrupt politicians that are killing Nigeria will still lead any region when the country break up, I'm sure southerners will have more crisis than North, so crisis alone will not leave them to develop, but north will developed with the little resources they have to explore the huge one that was not explored when the country is one and by the time north explored that resources it will be late for south to compete with north, north may be divided into 2 but south will be divided into at least 3 or more than that. At last what I thought causing the agitation is politicians are using them to divert our attention to enable them loot the country's Treasury, so the only solution to the problem is to divide Nigeria,. Nigeria is a scam to me I don't believe in one Nigeria let's everyone go his way. Let south Africa or Ghana be giant of Africa let America be largest black nation in the world, I don't mind. I hate to stay with someone and he always complain that I am cheating at him let them go their way and north go their own way period. |
Politics / Re: 2023: Shehu Sani Appeals To Northern, Southern Govs Not To Tear Nigeria Apart by sunnnnyuu(m): 6:00am On Sep 30, 2021 |
DubaiLandLord2: See this parasite calling his benefactor a parasite ![grin](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/grin.png)
If Nothern Nigeria is an independent country, is going to be the poorest country in the world.
When Nigeria divide, do you think there will be One North? Tivs, Indigenes of pleateu etc will all ask for an independent state. No part of Yoruba land in Kwara, Niger(Jebba) and Kogi will be left behind.
You Hausa and Fulanis will be struggling with bandits and Boko Haram ![grin](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/grin.png)
You parasites will be kicked out of Jos, Abuja and Kaduna ![grin](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/grin.png)
You will all be kicked out of the middle belt like the lowlives sw!nes you all are. See your life dey Waka, if we are talking about north Benue, plateau etc will be kicked out of north let them go, mumu like you who don't North, I am talking about core North which has about 12 to 15 states that every single state can hold whole Nigeria with it's resources when explored, because none of the core North State that has not less than 3 means of making money and once Nigeria was divide we will concentrate on doing so because we are all one and know that we are going to chase away all the parasites from the south and the middle belt you are talking about to clean up our environment from dirty and foolish animals. Because UK only join us with you parasite to prevent us from developing, so better you shut up your fucking stinky mouth. |
Politics / Re: 2023: Shehu Sani Appeals To Northern, Southern Govs Not To Tear Nigeria Apart by sunnnnyuu(m): 1:19pm On Sep 29, 2021 |
truthfuterrence: We need a man whom has a reconciliatory spirit a man to bring us all back to the table as we mend all torn areas that has caused tensed over the years
We need Enyinnaya Harcourt Abaribe as the people's mandate to rebuild the fallen walls of our great country Nigeria Don't call this scam a great country except you are deceiving yourself |
Politics / Re: 2023: Shehu Sani Appeals To Northern, Southern Govs Not To Tear Nigeria Apart by sunnnnyuu(m): 12:05pm On Sep 29, 2021 |
DubaiLandLord2: Stu!pd Mallam.
I just hope a tribalistic southerner will take over in 2023.
Is either Nigeria is totally restructured or we go our different ways. We Northerners don't need any restructure let's break up period. Nigeria is a scam and mind you it's your corrupt politicians and our corrupt politicians that are insisting on one Nigeria but common Man in the north is not, so we are just waiting for time that will enable us break up for the scam and get rid of you guys ( southerners) parasite on us |
Politics / Re: 2023: Shehu Sani Appeals To Northern, Southern Govs Not To Tear Nigeria Apart by sunnnnyuu(m): 11:56am On Sep 29, 2021 |
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Politics / Re: IPOB Begs Yoruba, Middle Belt Agitators To Join In October 1 Lockdown by sunnnnyuu(m): 11:44am On Sep 29, 2021 |
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Politics / Re: Resolution Of The Northern State Governors Forum Meeting by sunnnnyuu(m): 8:51am On Sep 28, 2021 |
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