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The Jehovah's witnesses seems to be the only christian denomination not putting emphasis on tithe which has dominated the theme of most churches. From the Bible, tithing is not one of the criteria to make everlasting life and enjoy God's favour

Can the moderator kindly correct the topic Heading. It is meant to be "Lagos State Govt Peg entry age into secondary schools at 12". Thanks

No more under age in lagos secondary school, no more immaturity, no more rushing of kids through schools, no more putting pressure on the children, no more overburden of school children etc. Parents be rational for once

Lagos pegs entry age for secondary school at 12

The Lagos State Government has pegged entry age into both public and private secondary schools in the state at 12 years beginning from the next academic session.

The state government said it took the decision to check the influx of under aged children into junior secondary school one (JSS1)

According to the state government, a first time offender will be fined N50.000 while a second time offender would pay N100,000 with a warning letter to close the school in case of a further violation.

In a circular to Concerned Parents, dated March 17th, 2020, the state government said the new policy will be enforced in public and private schools to enhance compliance in the 2021 academic session.

Signed by Mrs. A.A. Adebowale on behalf of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, the circular acknowledged the several disadvantages embedded in the admission of under-aged children into junior secondary schools.

According to Adebowale, based on the stand of the State Policy on Education, the commissioner for education has directed that the admission of children into either public or private junior secondary schools be pegged at 12 years and this would be strictly enforced by agencies of education in the state.

The circular also stressed the need for sensitisation and advocacy drive by both registered and non-registered associations of private schools, parents forum, and other related educational bodies through mass media, filers, market place campaign, mosques, churches and town hall meetings.

The circular also disclosed that a meeting involving presidents and secretaries of private school associations would be organised by the ministry to enable the education commissioner to solicit their cooperation for the enforcement of the policy.

The curriculum department and office of quality assurance according to the memo were mandated to monitor compliance by schools, adding ” there should be sanctions for any schools that register under-aged pupils to both primary and public secondary schools.”

The new policy emphasised that examinations board and the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) would ensure that under-aged pupils are neither allowed registration nor participation in placement test into JSS 1 and model college screening.

”Screening exercise for the transition from primary school to junior secondary school should be strictly adhered to as stated in section 3, sub-section 61, page 22 of Lagos State policy on education”, the circular said.

Lagos State Policy on Education 2021

But I still wondered why other ethnic groups in Nigeria gives the fulanis much space to do whatever they like

This is an excerpt filled from another platform for the purpose of knowledge and not political. *Demistifying Fulanis Claims of Ownership of Nigeria.*

The recent events in our country has forced me to dive deep into the past of history of this great country called Nigeria.

The Fulanis insurgency, the so-called Fulanisation agenda for Nigeria to take complete ownership of this nation and many threats other tribes have received in recent time, including the rising terrorism, banditry and kidnapping obviously being perpetuated by Fulanis tribes under a seating political Fulanis administration, with the military, intelligence, security, law enforcement and judiciary under their controls triggered my desire to know more about the evolution of Fulanis, the history of their exploit in Nigeria, and to unravel the root of their claims of ownership of Nigeria.

I must say sincerely the banning of Nigeria history education in our schools has fueled my suspicion on a great hidden attempt aimed at shielding Nigerian children from knowing the history about evolution of their fatherland. Why should there be such a draconian policy against education in
Nigeria? It's an assault against our collective historical heritage.

There is this latest Nigeria History book entitled "A Short History of Conquest and Rule" - _What Britain Did To Nigeria_ written by Max Siollun. The book was first published in 2021(yes this year) in UK by C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) LTD. Please get a copy of this book to help you unravel many mysteries about Nigeria history shrouded in secrecy and untaught in our schools, even during my own time in 80s.

I will be sharing many of my findings in relation to the topic of this post.

*Who are the Fulanis?*

They are group of immigrants that came to Hausaland from Mauritania and Senegal with different culture and language.

They were a cattle-rearing nomadic people who had spread across West Africa. French called them "Peul", the Kanuri called them "Fulata", but the Hausa called them "Fulani". Traditionally they referred to themselves as "Fulbe".

*Who's Usman Dan Fodio and his antecedent?*

This man was an Islamic cleric from the clan of Torobe Fulani. His ancestors migrated to the Hausa town of Gobir from FUTA Toro in Senegal. His father name was Mohammad Fodio also an Islamic cleric.
Now the meaning of "Dan Fodio" is "son of the learned".

The history has it that Bawa, the sarki of the Hausaland of Gobir hired Dan Fodio as Islamic teacher for his royal house and Hausa prince named Yunfa.

*The Rise of Usman Dan Fodio and Sotoko Caphilate*

_Then what suddenly happened?_

Dan Fodio accused the Hausas of practicing idolatry and contaminating Islam with their animist rituals.

In 1804, Usman Dan Fodio declared a Jihad and invited his followers to establish Islam throughout Hausaland.

The man issued jihad directives with flags as symbols of authority from him to wage holy war.

Most unfortunately, the jihad war set Usman Dan Fodio against his own former student who's now a king Yunfa in Hausaland.

And so the entire Hausaland was defeated and converted into a huge confederation of Islamic Emirates popularily known as the Sokoto Caliphate and became Africa's largest pre-colonial state stretching far to western Mali and eastern Cameroon.

Usman Dan Fodio gave himself the title of Amirul Mu'minin meaning _Commander of the Believers_ and appointed his loyal flag bearers as Amirs or Emirs meaning _Commanders or Rulers_ of the conquered territories.

By 1830s, the Caliphate had growing to almost 10millon population and extended his conquered cities to non-Hausaland including part of kanem-Borno Empire, Jukun, Nupe, and Ilorin a province of then Oyo Empire.

The Usman Dan Fodio advances into the south of then unknown Nigeria was halted by the impenetrable dense forests of the south and the dangerous insects most especially tsetse fly menaced against their horses. ( _If not, they would have conquered entire south and west by their aggression and imposed Emirs as usual_ )

Now note carefully, the rapid success of Usman Dan Fodio inspired jihads in other part of Africa. Ironically, many other revolutions took place almost about the same time including French revolution in 1799, Haitian revolution in 1804.


*The Fall and End of Usman Dan Fodio Sokoto Empire*
& *Usman Dan Fodio Prophecy*

Usman Dan Fodio legacy and proclamations were an inspiration to the Fulanis Empire and Fulanis since pre-colonial era till today in Nigeria.

It was alleged Usman Dan Fodio made a prophecy that the Caliphate would last for a century I.e. 100years. Whether that prophecy is true or not, in exactly 100years after Usman Dan Fodio declared Jihad in northern Nigeria in 1804, the British northern invasion led by Lord Lugard and conquest of the Sotoko Caliphate and it's Emirates effectively put on end to the Usman Dan Fodio old and original Sokoto Empire and the regime conquest agenda.

The Britain conquest of northern Nigeria is not based on any overriding commercial interest in the north but a pre-emptive move to block their European rivals from gaining control of it's northern protectorates. According to the history, France and Germany have shown interest in the area and would have conquered if Britain had not made that move.

However, it turned out to be an act of providence to restrict the occupational agenda of Usman Dan Fodio. The occupational agenda from Fulanis stock against Nigeria was real from their ancestors.

That agenda has been re-birthed severally since demise of the original Caliphate, it has continued to shape their political agenda and aspiration before and after Nigeria independence.

But now, is there any historical validity that the whole of Nigeria belong to Fulanis? Capital NO!

The last Amirul Mu'minin of old Sokoto Caliphate, Sarkin Mohammadu Attahiru initially survived the war against the British and fled.

After the conquest of the northern region and the Seat of the Old Caliphate, on 21th March 1903, Lugard assembled Sokoto's leading officials and released aloud a proclamations, which was interpreted in Hausa, verified word for word. He made it unmistakably clear that independent Fulani rule had ended. The excerpt below;

" _The old treaties are dead, you have killed them. Now these are the words which I, High Commissioner, have to say for the future. The Fulani in old times under Dan Fodio conquered this country. They took the right to rule over it, to levy taxes, to depose kings and to creat kings. They in turn have by defeat lost their rule which has come into the hands of the British. All these things which I have said the Fulani by conquest took the right to do now pass to the British. Every Sultan and Emir and the principal officers of State will be appointed by the High Commissioner throughout all this country_ ".

The next day in a public ceremony, Lugard appointed another Attahiru II, son of a former Sarkin Musulmi, Aliyu Babba, who reigned from 1842 to 1859, as the new Sarkin to replace his fugitive namesake Mahammadu Attahiru I who fled away.

Lugard gave Attahiru II a letter of appointment which outlined his powers, and made him swear an oath of allegiance to the British Crown. Thereafter, the British started referring the new Sarkin Musulmi in English as the "Sultan of Sokoto".

Every Sultan since then knows very well their alligiance to Britain till today.

All the Sultans since then are fully aware of this Lugard proclamations and effective end to Usman Dan Fodio directive on conquest and occupational agenda.

*What then happened to the run away Attahiru I and other leading members from the old Sokoto Caliphate, including magaji of keffi?*

They were exterminated at the second battle of Burmi. The British forces subdued and overthrown a century-old Caliphate and the independence and powers of the Sokoto Caliphate ended within few days of fighting at Burmi.

However, the Attahiru I son Mahammed Bello with over 25,000 survivors fled to Sudan and established Fulani settlement on the Blue Nile called Mai Wurno. Their descendants still reside there in Sudan till today.

The British installed generations of Sultans are the ones ruling and their political elites in the present day Nigeria. Perhaps, the generations of the disposed leading members of old Sokoto Caliphate are busy planning over several decades waging wars from outside against Nigeria to take back what they claimed "belong to them" and to continue and complete the Usman Dan Fodio occupational vision of the territories in Nigeria.

You now know, as the British invaded and conquered Southern territories so also they invaded and conquered the Fulanis Sokoto Caliphate and the Emirates.

*Who then are the real founding fathers of Nigeria?*

How did Nigeria come into existence? You will be surprised they are not those figures we're taught in the schools.

We are told Nigeria's formation started at 1914. But when digging deep, the foundational framework and principles of our existing as a country started in 1898 when the British Prime Minister Lord Salisbury established a Niger Committee to advice him on the future administration of the conquered the three territories. Guess who were the members of those Niger Committee? (It's not Sultan Sokoto or Oyo Empire king and co oooo...! or Awolowo, Saudana, Tafawa Balewa, or Oga Zik were not born then ooo...!!).

It is very unfortunate this _Niger Committee_ is not taught in the schools and even during my time like I said earlier in the 80s.

Who then are the members of this Niger Committee? They included the following:

1. Sir Henry McCallum - Commissioner for then Niger Coast Protectorate.
2. Sir Ralph Moor
3. Three senior officials from the Colonial and Foreign offices
4. Sir Clement Hill, head of the African Department of the Foreign Offices
5. Reginald Antrobus - Permanent undersecretary for the colonies, who served as the committee chairman
6. Mr. George Goldie - the real big man and founder/owner of Royal Niger Company.

( _Please read about Goldie's leading role and real influence in the conquest and formation of the territories known as Nigeria today. There's no nation called Nigeria without him_ .)

Please do your own research to find out about the recommendation of the Niger Committee. It's mind blowing!

The committee did not care about who is who opinions in our ethno-linguistic territories.

We are taught mostly that Lugard's wife Madam Flora Shaw invented the name Nigeria. This is not true!!

The madam only suggested the name Nigeria in a newspaper article published anonymously in the "The Times" on 8 January 1897. She only echo the name which had been informally used for decades for territories and people in the River Niger area managed by Royal Niger company. And guess what? That territory included north west, north central and north east of the present day Nigeria. No Fulani man, Sultan or Emir had any contribution to the naming of that territory. She's not the inventor of the name.

However, Sir. Goldie also used that name in paper delivered at the London Chamber of Commerce also entitled "The Future of Nigeria" and spoke two Southern and northern sections. He rejected the idea of naming territories after his name Goldesia due to his vast knowledge and influence on the territories.

Amazingly the country was named Nigeria by the British Secretary of State for the Colonies Joseph Chamberlain. Why? Because the name simply sounded better to him than other funny funny names suggested. Chamberlain's handwritten note gave birth to the name of a new nation. No Fulani leader or other tribes contributed to the naming.

By implications the territories being contemplated by Usman Dan Fodio and his Empire to be conquered have gone forever and disappeared into a new country called Nigeria.

The foundation of Nigeria has been fully laid by a British man. And that man who died in 1925 at the age of 79 and father at least three children from a Nigeria woman and many other women as well in Nigeria, and on whose gravestone reads:

"Sir George Taubman Goldie: Founder of Nigeria"

Usman Dan Fodio did NOT found Nigeria. Nigeria as a nation did not exist during the time of Usman Dan Fodio.

His Empire and Occupational agenda were effectively destroyed, and the old Sokoto Caliphate was replaced and renamed Sultanate by the British.

#DigIntoHistory
#DoNotBeFooled
#NigeriaBelongsToAll
#FulanisDoNotOwnNigeria

- *Ajasegun Abraham*

( _Please note, a huge credit must be given to the Author of book earlier referenced at the opening section of this post. While many of the historical references used in this post are drawn from the book, the context based on the topic of this post is entirely mine, not that of the author_ )

Pendulum: Is the President Aware That Time is Going?

10 hours ago

By Dele Momodu

Fellow Nigerians, I sometimes wonder what the President and his acolytes are thinking. Are they aware they have less than two years to hand over power or they have other plans hidden from the rest of us? If not, why are they busy fighting imaginary enemies and at the same time pampering real enemies? And doing so on many fronts too? I read somewhere that a good General never fights on many fronts, simultaneously! Ask the Germans who discovered this folly to their utmost amazement and defeat during World War II. Sadly, what I’m seeing with Major General Muhammadu Buhari is different, as the General seems to have forgotten this basic lesson of military strategy. He has too many battles on his hands, and it is obvious his troops are already overstretched and battle weary. They, and their General, deserve our pity. Or maybe time will prove us wrong, which I doubt.

By now, the President should be consolidating on his pet projects. He should be seen pursuing terrorists and bandits to the pits of hell. He should be reconciling and healing the badly bruised and fragmented nation. He should be winding down slowly and steadily in readiness for his final retirement from public office. A South South Governor is already doing that in Rivers State, by unleashing a plethora of legacy projects which everyone can see. What would be the point of President Buhari wasting eight years in power fighting wars of attrition and winning none?

As I have advised several Presidents in the past, when tomorrow comes, all those goading President Buhari on and telling him he’s the greatest Nigerian leader ever will quickly vamoose, and he would be left with his family to lick the wounds of a lost transient power. I repeat, nothing lasts forever. Even if the President succeeds in imposing a Presidential candidate on Nigeria, he would be shocked by what will soon happen. The new leader will urgently depart from Buhari’s path of paranoia by carving a new image for himself. We have seen it before and I will be shocked and horrified if the President has already forgotten his own history.

Just in case many of his vociferous supporters no longer remember, let me tickle their memories. When the military government of Major General Muhammadu Buhari was sacked and replaced by Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida in 1985, it took only days to dismantle the gargantuan house of commotion Buhari and Babatunde Idiagbon had erected. Governments are never remembered or glorified for how many wars they fought but for how much prosperity was recorded in an atmosphere of tranquillity. This is almost getting too late and almost impossible for this government to achieve in less than two years from now. By this time next year, the President will begin to see the true colours of humans, especially our politicians. In another two years, there will be no one to fly to Daura in order to pay Sallah homage to him. Such is the sad reality of life.

If the President feels all those criticizing him are enemies who hate him, he will soon know they are his best friends. The crocodiles and chameleons will soon surface in real time. If I were the President, I will seize this moment to correct my mistakes. It would be nice to avail himself of the story of Nelson Mandela and how he became the world’s greatest statesman. It is about his ability to forgive, even if he couldn’t forget certain injuries as a mere mortal. It is not too late for Buhari to make amends, even if I have been told endlessly that Buhari can never change his unyielding and unbending ways of life. The President must be told the things he has done wrong, for the record, no matter his position on the matters.

One. His government has further deepened the divisions in Nigeria. Never since the last civil war have we come so dangerously close to the precipice of another monumental battle for the survival of our country. We are now stupidly and gravely divided along ethnic and religious lines, and both are too volatile to continue to watch without being checked. History will never forgive any leader that fails to arrest our supersonic speed towards perdition.

Two. The President has not been fair to the Constitution he swore on oath to enforce and protect. If he did, most of the challenges confronting us today would not have emerged to haunt us. When a President feels he can fight everyone and win everything, he endangers everybody. Let me be brutally frank, whatever problems there are in the South East and South West today were actually unleashed by President Muhammadu Buhari. The worst perfidy is the over pampering of the Fulani herdsmen and the absence of empathy on the part of the President for the hapless victims of terrorism and banditry. It is not too late to apologize to the affected people and compensate them in whatever form possible.

The people of the North Central, especially Benue and Plateau in particular, deserve sincere apologies and restitution from the President. They have suffered too much from the attacks of Fulani herdsmen. There is no doubt in my mind that whenever Buhari hands over power, most of these terrorists will vanish from Nigeria. The “swaggerlicious” posturing they parade today is as a result of the protection they enjoy from having a Fulani champion and defender of the faith as President. They would have since been sent packing by a non-Fulani President. Ghana is a veritable example. The herdsmen in Ghana dare not invade farmlands not to talk of raping women and killing their husbands. This is one of the reasons I foresee and predict chaos if another Fulani President is promoted and produced so soon after the katakata of this Buhari Presidency. This government has failed woefully and abysmally to protect the different sensibilities that pervade the regions of Nigeria.

Three. The President has refused to listen to the voices of reasons across the length and breadth of Nigeria. He should please know that no man has a monopoly of wisdom. If the President is not trusting the Lagos Press, he should please read Daily Trust as regularly as possible. It is one newspaper that has done very well by reflecting the mood of the country. Every part of this country is haemorrhaging and bleeding fast and uncontrollably. Hitherto silent, even taciturn doves, have become freakish hawks. Everyone is crying and baying for blood. Mr President should speedily find the video of the Sallah day message of The Emir of Muri. His voice reflected a deep sense of frustration at the unwarranted killing of his people by Fulani bandits. He even gave a 30-day ultimatum that if the killing does not stop, his people will kill all Fulani in sight. Is this not the kind of desperation that gave birth to the Sunday Igbohos and Nnamdi Kanus who believe separation of their people from the rabid perpetrators of this wanton killings and destruction is the answer?

In June alone, it was reported by Daily Trust that over 1,000 lives were wasted in Nigeria while Zamfara, Kebbi and Niger States topped the charts! North West had 416 deaths, North Central 218 deaths, North East 188 deaths, South East 117 deaths, South West 74 deaths and South South 18 deaths, all from violent attacks!!

Four. While all these killings are ongoing, President Muhammadu Buhari and his sidekicks, seems not to know how to describe the terrorists who have been on rampage. I read a very brilliant article by my dear Brother, Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser, Media, yesterday about the bad guys of Nigeria and I saw how he cleverly refused to mention terrorism as the biggest menace in the country today. CNN in a recent documentary left no one in doubt of our position in the comity of terrorist nations. Nigeria is in one of the top unenviable placements.

We now have an unfortunate country where one terrorist leader called Turji boastfully confessed that he has murdered our soldiers on several occasions and assures us that his location is known but that he is untouchable. When his father was arrested, he said he retaliated by kidnapping 150 innocent people in Shinkafi Local Government and pronto, his father was released to assuage him. Yet, the goons of Buhari invaded the home of Sunday Igboho Adeyemo and even killed two innocent people in cold blood, abducted members of his family, and Sunday himself escaped by the whiskers. Yet, most Yoruba leaders went foolishly and wimpishly quiet like victims of mass hypnotism. The Sunday Igboho drama continues to unfold as the Government seeks to bring him back from the Republic of Benin to face whatever trumped up charges can be manufactured against him by our overzealous security forces. Still, our Yoruba politicians hardly seem able to rouse themselves from their stupor. They are like a punch-drunk boxer who is so dazed by the pummelling that has been received that he can no longer comprehend anything on his unsteady feet. The President must call his goons to order. They cannot continue to assault innocent citizens whilst leaving dreaded bandits and terrorists to wreak havoc on the polity.

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Ahmed Joda on the North
A recent lengthy submission from the elder statesman, Ahmed Joda, rested on a telling conclusion: Northern Nigeria is not developing its human capital. It also does not have the time to do so anymore. Therefore, it is now ill-equipped to fit into either the knowledge-driven world of today or the new world of tomorrow. It needs at least 20 years to become significant in any way. But, rather than wake up to this benumbing fact, there is the pursuit of the illusion of dominance. Meanwhile the people of the region lack the skills for tomorrow, as majority of its youth lack everything that could make them part of a 21st century world. The major point in Joda’s intervention is that the triumphalism of cattle rearers whose illusion of invulnerability is fuelled and sustained by a national security framework that is skewed to promote insecurity in specific regions of the country will go burst sooner than later. Confiscation of the headship of institutions of state is not the same thing as creating a “replacement generation” that could be part of a 21st Century world.
Since most of the northern states have abandoned, ungoverned and even ungovernable spaces, its currently consumption-driven elite is really in no position to do anything, beyond maintaining a hollow swagger that is backed by nothing but the fact that they are living mostly in Abuja and floating on free state funds. Look more closely and you will be reminded of what was said of the House of Eli in the Bible: “Any ear that hears” the judgment of The Lord on that household will tingle.
I take us back to an article which appeared on this page on April 17, 2019, titled “As the North Goes Under.” It spoke of a visit to Zamfara State in 2014, which was “at once frightening, sobering and demoralising.” The then “Secretary to the State Government explained how he abandoned his farm and ranch because of cattle rustling and fear for his personal safety.” He confessed that “it was impossible to deploy law enforcement agents, even for himself, in any meaningful way” because they were mostly outnumbered, ill equipped and answerable to Abuja. Have matters improved in Zamfara State today, or gotten worse, in almost every state of the federation?
Just as the then Zamfara State governor complained that “the misfortunes” of his people centred around “derivation, as a lot of gold was mined in the state and carted away while his people were ravaged by poverty,” many other states are not faring any better. Look at Bauchi State, with its new MoU on service delivery with development partners. Is that what the state needs at the moment; with its pathetic human development index profile? Is it any different in Jigawa, Kebbi, Sokoto, Kano, Katsina, Edo, Rivers and the others? Even Northern states with over 30% of their geographical space occupied by marauders have been drafting and implementing budgets and development projects covering these areas, where no one lives.
Elite myopia, leadership illiteracy and abysmal ignorance of both 21st Century leadership and cultural anthropology of the Nigerian state are working together here. Most of Nigeria’s poor are northerners, even as most high profile political and economically rewarding positions are held by Northerners. While the South laments the asphyxiation of the Nigerian security infrastructure by its exclusive Northern domination, the very north is being systematically wiped out. Unlike what happened during the mass massacre of Igbos in the 60s, no religion, ethnic, or political affiliation exonerates anyone today. For once, the North is actually giving the greatest evidence ever in its history of both political illiteracy and failure to follow the rules of self-preservation.
The former leather works sites of many Northern states, clothes factories and groundnut pyramids of Kano and Kaduna, are now like graveyards. Question: Are leaders of the North, and our leaders of various regions today generally, doing any form of costs/benefits analysis in their expenditures and use of public funds? I think not. No matter how generous you would like to be in evaluating the situation of the North today, you must come away with the painful conclusion that all might not be well with the people for a long time to come. The trouble is that the collateral damage moving from the North to other regions is now like a sickness unto death, thanks to Bola Ahmed Tinubu. To think that many political leaders who were celebrating their political dominance a few years ago shall henceforth live in full knowledge of what the Mighty Maytones, the reggae singers of the 70s, meant by “weeping and wailing and moaning and gnashing of teeth.”
There is hardly any recent event (and I am talking about the last 15 years) in the home, or village, of most Northern politicians where the guests are not usually overwhelmed by at least 100 shabby looking youths, who are either prowling the vicinity, directly affronting guests, or raiding laid out tables. They are looking for nothing other than scraps of edibles and, not even a full meal. And the big men themselves are usually not embarrassed by the spectacle. And, by the way, Governor Ikpeazu of Abia State took his place in the pantheon of depraved leadership when he personally handed out wraps of Eba and a helping of poor quality soup as COVID-19 palliative to his people. In M.I. Okpara’s State; which was also once governed by Dee Sam Mbakwe? Ejikwa m Ogu o!
The dreadful disconnect between the 21st century and the Nigerian political religious, traditional and even academic elite is palpable. Has lasting school enrollment or academic performance improved in the North, in the last ten years, even as all the governors are announcing massive “investments” in education? Has the region shown any real increase in the number of people registering for SSCE, NECO and similar competitive examinations? If no, then an inevitable implosion will yet come. The current leadership culture of impunity portends ill. As “their people” come from Chad and Niger, their own youths are begging in the streets; or in the forests. Everywhere is turning into a no-man’s-land, where even revered traditional rulers and religious leaders are no longer safe. A backlash will come when the Sudanese, Chadians and North Africans will suddenly not be so welcome; especially after the Northerners discover that they are displaced in their very homes.
When foreigners are the ones with Nigerian ID cards in the North, when foreigners are voters in the North, when the total number of registered candidates for all competitive examinations from the 19 states of the north continues to stand much lower than that of one particular state in the South, when even the cattle business is now in the hands of roaming bands who have no conception of a brotherhood, the modern state, you will realize what the Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard, meant by his two books, “Fear and Trembling” and “The Sickness Unto Death.” By then it would already be too late.
As I said then, over a year ago, “…relentless, daily killings are going on in all the northern states, while everyone thinks that power resides in the north. … The northern political elite would seem to have been diligently digging its own grave for quite some time now, but without knowing it. They have allowed a new breed of wild youths, not sufficiently socialised even in line with the ‘Ranka dede’ culture to … to become dominant.

Drugs, poverty, motiveless criminality and rapacious daredevilry have chased all the northern big men to Abuja. But for how long will they be in exile? Is Abuja itself still safe? Are some high profile estates and exclusive neighbourhoods in Abuja not being quietly attacked these days?”
As property rates crash in the North, as investors flee, as local economies collapse, as re-desertification takes over many places, as farmlands and animal husbandry are abandoned, as the proceeds of crime become the new means for the unlettered, the threat to the children of the elite will multiply. The peace of mind of those who had the chance to make a difference but failed to do so will evaporate. The free-band society of cattle herders will collapse before their very eyes, as much of the North is taken over by “degenerate marauders who know nothing about modern statehood, law and order etc.” Is anyone thinking of what to expect in the “very near future”?
But the pretense persists, that “The North” is on course. The CAMA 2020, the Water Resources Bill, the suffocation of institutions of stage by lopsided appointments will deliver nothing lasting. To still conclude on the note of the said article of last year: “A region that has the highest allocation from oil revenue, the highest earnings from tax mostly paid by other regions, the highest earning from bunkering and the highest earnings from the illegal mining of gold and other natural resources, is ravaged by poverty, underdevelopment and a burgeoning population of unemployable youths. Is this right? Is this normal? Is anyone paying attention – as the North goes under?

In order to make this shocking post short and
precise, let me use numerical points. If you
like, agree with me. if you like, keep believing
all the lies the government is feeding you with.
By this time next 2 months, your eyes would
clear.
1. Boko Haram, Bandits, Fulani herdsmen and
a section of the Nigerian Army with the
consent of Buhari and his Cabals are planing
to hand over power to ISFC (Islamic State of
Fulani Caliphate)
2. Boko Haram would strike and sack Abuja in
the next 2 months
3. The game plan is for them to take over Aso
Rock and the seat of power. Then the military
would stylishly surrender to them. And that is
the end game.
4. Nigerian Military is not weak as you think. It
is just that the service chiefs are part of the
ISFC game plan.
5. Boko Haram Fighters are more in number
than the Nigerian troops.
6. Lai Mohammed, Adesina, Osibanjo and
other non core Caliphate members don't know
the evil that will befall them soon as they may
be wiped out.
7. An average member of the Caliphate is
ready to die in the course of this ISFC project.
This is the reason why their scholars are
preaching to them that if bandits kill them,
they(the killed) would go straight to heaven.
They are not afraid of death incuding Buhari.
8. Let's say for instance, Boko Haram bombs
Aso Rock and kills Buhari, Buhari who is
already above 80 years believes that Allah
would reward him for this major sacrifice for
ISFC project.
9. There is strong military presence in the
southern region especially the South east
because that would be the last region to be
conquered by ISFC. That region is always
difficult to conquer. The white colonialists and
Islam did not find it easy there.
10. All southerners should put aside their
differences and take this message seriously.
Whether you are Muslim or Christian, your life
is at risk. Unless you are among the muslims
that belive that you will go to heaven if
bandits (ISFC military) kill you.
11. Mbaka has seen the hand writing in the
wall and has withdrawn. All Southerners
dining with and supporting this government
should do so with a very long spoon because
disaster is coming.
12. Ask your self this question. Have you
seen Atiku, Tambuwal, or Kwankwanso
condeming the activities of Fulani headsmen.
No. Did they condemn Pantami's support and
admiration of Osama Bin Laden? No. Even
Shehu Sani condemned Igboho's actions
against Fulani herdsmen but never
condemned herdsmen's activities in the
south.
13. Even the NIN and sim card linkage is part
of the game plan. They don't need NIN to
catch the bandits or Islamic terrorists because
they know them very well.
14. Save this post and watch out as the
events unfold.

It's now very obvious purpose of those herdsmen, bandits, Boko Haram and other insurgencies killing innocent indigenes

https://worldnewsdailyreport.com/chinese-authorities-seize-over-7200-human-joysticks-on-a-cargo-ship-from-nigeria/

*CHINESE AUTHORITIES SEIZE OVER 7,200 HUMAN joysticks ON A CARGO SHIP FROM NIGERIA*

Chinese customs officers have made the world’s biggest seizure of human organs in history this morning, a total of 7221 joysticks of African origin hidden in a refrigerated freight container.
Acting on information from an anonymous informer, Chinese officers found the organs in 36 boxes labelled as plantains (cooking bananas) inside a refrigerated container on a ship harboured in the Shanghai Port.

Chinese General Administration of Customs spokesman, Li Wu, says an increasingly large number of armed groups in Africa use organ trafficking to finance themselves, making such seizures predictable.

“These organs are common commodities now, but they were certainly harvested in unsanitary conditions or contaminated at some point, so we can’t let them out on the Chinese market.”
Mr. Li says the organs were shipped from Lagos in Nigeria but may have only transited through that country and could possibly originate from elsewhere in Africa.

“We know that joysticks from Lybia and Sudan fetch a higher price than those from other African war zones, but can’t presume of their origin before the end of the investigation.”

The Chinese General Administration of Customs says similar seizures may become more common over the next few years as armed groups in Africa turn to organ trafficking to finance their military operations.

Human joysticks were seized in nine cases since 2002, but today’s find represents more than four times the amount seized by customs officers over the past 18 years.

Describing the organ’s value as high as illegal drugs, he said that “specimens of this size” usually fetched around $160,000 each on the black market, and its total value was more than $1.15 billion.

The ship’s crew, four Nigerians, two Malians and two Cameronese are being detained for interrogation, but no charges have yet been filed against them.

There is limit to human endurance

*PENDULUM*

*The Truth My Fulani Friends Must Accept*

*By Dele Momodu*

*April 10, 2021*

_“Everything that has a beginning must have an end._

_As they say on the street:_

_“E fit take time, but one day, one day, Monkey go go market”_

_“I love this quote about injustice:_

_“Every person remembers some moment in their life where they witnessed some injustice, big or small, and looked away because the consequences of intervening seemed too intimidating. But there’s a limit to the amount of incivility and inequality and inhumanity that each individual can tolerate. I crossed that line. And I’m no longer alone.” – Edward Snowden._


One day, and very soon, Nigerians will cross that line too._

_For there is indeed a limit to human endurance. One day, we all shall rise to say Enough is enough. One day!”_

Fellow Nigerians, I have had to shelve the continuation of the celebration of Ovation International magazine at 25 in order to address matters of pressing national importance. I have just received some new horrific videos of bestial killings in some parts of Nigeria, and it is obvious Satan himself has landed in Nigeria.

The above quotation is from my cerebral Sister-in-law, Sister T, whose brains I respect a lot and whose comportment and composure are remarkably wonderful. Not much fazes her. She simply takes things in her stride. She has several outstanding features, qualities and principles. Above all else, and germane to today’s epistle, she was a Buhari fanatic. But today, she has parted company with him, for obvious reasons. Before I continue, let me introduce myself properly. It is important and necessary to do so as we currently live in the age of cynicism and ignorance. I do not want to assume that everyone knows my antecedents. I used to wonder why Chief Moshood Abiola used to introduce himself in those good old days. For a man who was probably the most famous man of his generation, I found it strange that he still greeted people with “My name is Moshood Abiola!” He explained that one should never assume that everyone knows him. I later saw the sense in that statement because it is simplistic but true. No matter how popular or notorious you are, a lot of people will never have heard of you and even if they have, most people will not have seen your face before.

So, let’s now go to my own personal introduction. My name is Dele Momodu. I’m a man of many parts but I love to be known and described principally as a reporter and a journalist without borders. With all sense of humility and sincerity, I am bold enough to say that I’m a completely detribalized man. I come from a mixed ethnic and religious background. My Dad was from Edo State and my Mum came from Osun State. My paternal grandparents were Muslims while my parents were Christians. I was born in Yorubaland and had all my education in Yorubaland. I studied Yoruba as my first Degree in University and became accustomed with African traditional religion particularly Ifa, and its divination. I have travelled globally across five continents spanning more than 60 countries, territories, and islands. I have interacted with lumpen proletariats, prominent members of the bourgeoisie as well as top officials at the highest echelons of government. In all, I have maintained my sanity, humility and modesty. I am able to tell my friends the truth, whether they are in power or not. This is a rarity in our country where leaders of all hues and colourations are treated as Demi-gods and they also consider themselves as such, and where the lives and livelihoods of most people depend on government patronage. Let me now go to the main meat of my epistle today.

My letter today is meant for my Fulani friends. I know and have many of them as buddies. They are naturally handsome and beautiful depending on the sex. This is not a stereotype. The educated ones are mostly so sweet natured and mild mannered. The unlettered ones are mostly the exact opposite. I apologise if I over-generalise, but that is my opinion, which is shared by a lot of other compatriots including the Fulani themselves. I have undertaken some research about the origin and character of the Fulani people lately as a result of the unfortunate hoopla they have generated in many West African countries, Nigeria in particular. According to my investigations, the Fulani are largely itinerant in nature. They have the power and the stamina to trek long distances with or without their cows. They pride themselves as warriors and the advent of Major General Muhammadu Buhari – a man seen as epitomising all the virtues and vices ascribed to the Fulani, and who they see as an Icon and a Messiah – as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has really emboldened the Fulani. The result is that more than ever before, because of the manner of governance of Mr President, the Fulani now arrogantly consider themselves as being superior to other tribes that make up Nigeria including their other Northern brethren.

I used to argue that Nigeria is indivisible, and we must protect its unity with everything we have but not any longer. While I may not yet have crossed the Rubicon, I’m sufficiently convinced and reasonably assured that Nigeria is truly on the fringe of another civil war if we do not push back. I know that those in government are not likely to see or feel the heat like most of us watching from the sidelines. President Buhari has obviously driven Nigeria closer to war than any of our leaders since 1967. What is worse is his nonchalant and reckless demeanour and outlook. He just does not seem to care about whatever happens to the country he campaigned vigorously and beguilingly to lead and on which basis the unsuspecting majority of Nigerians entrusted their future to him! This is a man who appeared to wear his patriotism on his sleeve when he cried bitterly after being adjudged as having lost the 2011 Presidential elections. He cut a sorry, pathetic figure then. It now appears that this was all part of a charade aimed at wooing and ingratiating himself into the heart of Nigerians who naturally sympathised with him.

While it is very convenient for our Fulani compatriots to play the victim and blame everyone else for the woes they have brought upon all of us for no justifiable reason, they need to be told the gospel truth. Many of us do not hate the Fulani but they obviously hate us non-Fulani people especially those of us who are south of the Niger. They hate many facts about us. They hate our liberal nature and our psychedelic and glamorous lifestyles, but we do not concern ourselves with how they live their own lives. It is their choice that they decide to live a spartan almost ascetic existence out of suppression and subjugation. We are very tolerant and do not even mind that this tends to draw us back. Many of the Fulani who are not astute enough view us as arrogant, but this is not true. What they call arrogance is a product of our Western education and robust knowledge of the world which is in stark contrast to the Arabic education that most of them possess and embrace. We do not begrudge them their education which is steeped in religious mores because we recognise that we live in a secular nation. We appreciate that Arabic education is itself of a high standard and encompasses almost all facets of human life and endeavour whereas Western Education may sometimes be narrow and limited in certain aspects. What is not in doubt is that Western education breeds in us a degree of confidence which is seen as a threat by our fellow Fulani citizens.

The Fulani have been over-pampered in Nigeria. We have ascribed to them humongous mythical powers which they do not possess. Because of our conciliatory nature and disposition, we have been complicit in elevating their status and position in the country. For this reason, it has been easy for them to manipulate us into the position where we find ourselves today. Based on this false premise on invincibility, we have allowed the Fulani to hold power for periods much longer than all other ethnic groups in our country. They have almost erroneously come to consider it their birthright to lead Nigeria to the detriment of other sections of the country. Yet, despite all this extended leadership periods, their people remain almost irredeemably pauperised. The reason is simple, lack of proper education (Western or Arabic) and, more importantly, vocational training have rendered many of the Fulani youths unemployed and unemployable. The Northern politicians who chose to use the Almajiris as their slaves and thugs particularly during elections have shot themselves in the foot. They have murdered sleep. Restless and restive youths will eventually turn on their handlers. It has always been a disaster waiting to happen. Feudalism could never work for too long and certainly the opening of eyes occasioned by various forms of social media has meant that these youths can see how they have been repressed and oppressed. Many of the Fulani oligarchs and nouveau riche can no longer visit their villages and sleep with their two eyes closed. Their leaders refused to take a cue from Chief Obafemi Awolowo whose main legacy was the investment in free education.

Therefore, my first suggestion to our Fulani friends is that they should abolish their wasteful investments on unproductive ventures like foreign exchange trading and ill-thought projects like building a railway to Niger Republic or the rehabilitation of moribund refineries with a whopping billions of US Dollars. Let them embark urgently on compulsory Western education mixed with Arabic norms and teachings. In this way, they will produce stellar citizens who will develop their cattle rearing methods, if indeed they must continue to rear cattle. I am certain though that they will realise that the world does not begin and end with cows!

Next is the overbearing Fulani attitude of cornering every important position in the government. This will always be a major source of friction. It is not feasible or sustainable in the long term and the Fulani being in the minority will eventually be the losers. They should realise that their champion, Buhari, has over-acted and overreached himself by his apparent Fulanisation agenda. Neither he nor them can or will last. The more the Southerners protest against clear acts of division, oppression and suppression, the more Buhari provokes them recklessly with more insulting appointments for Northerners. It will all lead to tears for them in the end because when you push people to the wall and there is nowhere else to go, they will come out fighting with all guns blazing.

The Northern Hausa-Fulani irredentists should also understand that Southern Nigeria is too cosmopolitan and globally influential to be conquered by any invading Fulani bandits and terrorists. This is what is playing out now. The Government may be turning a blind eye to their atrocities but those being pillaged, raped and murdered will not do so. Their home is their castle, and they will stoutly and robustly defend it. This may ultimately be what makes the downfall of Nigeria.

What Buhari has succeeded in doing is to unite the Southerners in the face of common tribulations. I have never seen the level of anger I see today in our country. Only God through our youths can possibly avert the monumental collapse of a once beautiful and powerful country brought to its knees by the myopic vision of a bigot. The truth is Nigeria is greater than all this and I believe that as the Fulani youths achieve their emancipation through qualitative education, they will join their Southern brethren in creating a Nigeria based on equality, fairness and justice. This is not a pipe dream. Our country’s youths may well save us.

*GOOD NIGHT, YINKA ODUMAKIN*

We lost our very dear friend, the social activist, Mr Yinka Odumakin. Words have failed me ever since I heard the news and as I told his wife, Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, during my condolence visit, I’m still too shocked to know what to write simply because I am torn by grief and there is so much to say about this indomitable, dogged and spirited freedom fighter. A patriotic Nigerian par excellence. May his soul rest in peace.

*AND THE PRINCE PHILIP, DUKE OF EDINBURGH, TOO*

I cannot help but also mention the reverberating news of the death of The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Husband of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. The accolades have been pouring in for this genial, gentle giant who served his adopted country in a remarkably uncompromising selfless way. His is a lesson in true service to one’s country. May his soul rest in peace.

'We've Not Been Given Food For Four Days'– Nigerian Soldier In Maiduguri Laments
Sahara Reporters 4/7/2021 10:47
“We haven't seen water to drink since morning, plus we have not had food for four days now. We have to fight regardless because our life comes first even before food. We are still combating insurgents even in this condition."
A soldier of 145 Battalion, Damasak, Maiduguri in Borno state has alleged that the commander, Lieutenant Colonel SA Ochalla, has starved him and his colleagues for four days straight without offering an explanation.

The soldier, who spoke with SaharaReporters on the condition of anonymity, said the soldiers, who are fighting insurgents regardless of the situation, are aggrieved as their two months’ cigarette allowance has not yet been paid.




File photo used to illustrate story.
He stated that the Nigerian Army is symbolic of the deep-seated corruption in the polity.

He said, “We the soldiers of 145 Battalion at Damasak, Maiduguri are dying of hunger. Our commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel SA Ochala, refused to feed us for four days now. He has also refused to give us our money for March and April cigarette allowance; the world should come to our aid.

“We haven't seen water to drink since morning, plus we have not had food for four days now. We have to fight regardless because our life comes first even before food. We are still combating insurgents even in this condition.

“This is the Nigerian system for you, everything is so corrupt. But the corruption is more pronounced in the Nigerian Army. I have been in the Nigerian Army for more than five years now and I think I can tell you this. Imagine, we are on deployment into the bush and we have not been fed yet. Our commanding officer gave no explanation for this. He has not held any meeting with anyone regarding this issue. We are starving, please help us.”

Nigerian soldiers have complained that they are outgunned by Boko Haram and that they are often sent into battle without adequate supplies.

In December 2014, an army court sentenced 54 soldiers to death for refusing to fight Boko Haram terrorists.

The soldiers were charged with mutiny and cowardice after they refused orders in August to help retake three towns held by the Islamist militants in Borno.

At least 356 soldiers fighting the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria’s North-East wrote to the former Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, seeking voluntary retirement over "loss of interest" last year.

The soldiers in a letter with reference number NA/COAS/001, quoting the Harmonised Terms and Conditions of Service soldiers/rating/airmen (Revised) 2017, asked for approval to leave the Nigeria Army due to low morale.

SaharaReporters had extensively reported how Nigerian troops suffer mass casualty in the hands of Boko Haram terrorists due to lack of a robust intelligence apparatus and also lack of equipment.

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*POSITIVE THINGS RESTRUCTURING NIGERIA WILL BRING! - FOREIGN DIPLOMAT REVEALS*

If Nigeria restructured into provinces -
1) Northern Province
2) Middle Belt Province
3) Oduduwa Province
4) Eastern Province
5) Niger Delta Province (Atlantic)
Then Central Government at FCT.

10 positive things that would happen within 5 years
(primarily due to inter-province competition)

1. The first province to experience economic explosion would obviously be the Western Province. The Oduduwua Master plan will be revealed. There would be trans-regional 4g internet fiber connection/rail/subways/highways/power grids etc. Yoruba will become the 2nd official language. They are relatively united. They have oil. They own academia. They have mega corporations. The WP would be the first to have stable 24/7 power supply! Foreign money will flood the province. More Forbes recognized billionaires will arise. Some of them will be internet billionaires. Lagos will be relieved a little from overpopulation as railway lines from other states will make living elsewhere and working in Lagos a breeze.

2. The Northern Province will have stronger islamic laws. Sharia will be entrenched and this will make the NP become the least corrupt province. The middle east (Arab) nations will move in to partner with them, bringing major development. Jaiz bank and Unity Bank will become mega banks. Arabic and Hausa will compete with English for dominance in schools. This province will generate more solar power than any other province. After the west, this province will be the 2nd to have 24/7 electricity. They will start exporting food as a major revenue generator.

3. The Middle Belt Province will have a development conference. Focus will be given to solid minerals development/
exports, tourism development and food production/exports. This will become a food hub in West Africa. They will export more food than any other province. Mega mining and food corporations will arise. This province will have foreign inflows through tourism development greater than any other province. It will host the most beautiful places to live in Nigeria.

4. The Eastern Province will transform into the Auto Industry Hub of Africa. Indigenous manufacturing of vehicles that will start competing with foreign vehicles will commence in earnest. This will grow to manufacturing of airplanes, helicopters, tractors, cranes, heavy duty construction equipment etc. Forbes recognised billionaires living in Anambra will arise. The Biafra agitation will fizzle out since formation of the EP will be seen as a Biafra success in another form. There would be so much development that villages (as we currently know them) will quickly cease to exist. This province will be the first to semi-urbanize all their rural areas as all the Igbos living abroad will rush back to take advantage of the changes.

5. The Atlantic Province will take the Uyo blueprint and run with it. An abundance of oil wealth and opening up of major sea ports at Rivers and Uyo will enable this region to revamp their infrastructure quickly. There will be more monorails here than anywhere else. This will be the 3rd province to achieve 24/7 electricity generation in Nigeria (mainly from gas turbine technology).

6. With provincial indigenous security forces in control, kidnapping, Armed robbery, Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen and the Niger delta militancy attacks will all fizzle out. Nigeria will become the most secure and peaceful African nation; thus attracting more foreigners.

7. Each Province will have their own airline professionally managed. And with better roads/rail, air and land transport costs will crash.

8. With the rapid development occurring all over, Nigerias GDP will shoot up. Obtaining visas to travel out will become easy as more people will want to come in than go out. A worldwide immigration into Nigeria will commence, as Nigerians living abroad will be struggling with foreigners to enter the country. ''Nigeria will become the most desirable Nation to live in".

9. The central government at the FCT will become smaller and less powerful. There will be a mini-exodus from Abuja to the provinces as the action is now elsewhere. The outskirts of Abuja will no longer be heavily overpopulated. Abuja will become awesome again.

10. The 10th positive thing that would quickly happen positive idea.

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I HAVE A QUESTION: When Oil revenue finally stop here, will they be taking tax money fro Lagos state to run states like Zamfara? In view of world oil price crash.