With good leaders, the North can harness its agricultural potentials, leverage on its population size, standardize its international markets and tap its mineral wealth to grow rapidly. Northern Nigeria has over 37 million hectares of arable land, but Thailand – with 17 million hectares – records nearly three times the entire Nigerian rice production.
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The initiation of the 614 km-long Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) gas pipeline, a part of Nigeria’s Gas Master Plan, will enhance the energy infrastructure in the region. His administration provided substantial support for the rehabilitation of the Kaduna Refinery, and he ensured the Kolmani oil field project in Bauchi and Gombe reached a point of no return but to continue.
The Northern Governors’ Forum (NSGF) led by Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, has called for urgent action in advancing the economic and…
ASHENEWS reports that the minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle has asked political appointees in the Tinubu-led administration from the north to either take a stand for the federal government or take an exit.
Northern Nigeria’s response to the food crisis has been to play the ostrich and effectively act the role of the Dog in this time of famine. This, it is doing by stylishly and selfishly ethnicising the food crisis situation. The North’s stand is always predictably selfish, as if it is destined to go the way of the self, as against the collective.
ASHENEWS reports that Sultan Saad Abubakar has expressed worry over the suffering, insecurity, impoverishment, and unemployment experienced by Nigerians, especially in the North, and called on President Bola Tinubu to expedite action on the situation before the people revolt against the government.
One of the most difficult job of parents and or guardian is raising children. By nature, children are born ‘innocent’. As they grow up, they continue to adapt to their environment, which begins to shape their characters. On their own, without proper guide, they choose to do as they wish, with no consideration for what is right or wrong. In fact, it takes the society to define what rights and wrongs are, for the child to know.
As reporters and analysts, we must inform, based on trends, and where possible, raise the alarm, hoping that those in authority will heed. In 2018, six years ago, that was what I did. And so, this is just a rehash of my article “Insecurity, the North under siege” written on this page on 24 December 2018.
The Northern Diaspora Alliance (NDA) has rejected the call by Arewa Economic Forum and Arewa Youth Consultative Forum for suspension of service chiefs over insecurity in the North.
Northern Nigeria has been abandoned by its own leaders, who have shown a lack of courage and capacity to effectively lead the region. While these leaders enjoy the luxuries afforded by their ill-gotten wealth, the North is being systematically marginalized, destroyed, and weakened.