CAN A NORTHERN MINORITY GET THE SUPPORT PRES. GOODLUCK E JONATHAN GOT FROM THE SOUTHERN MAJORITY? THE DEMONIC FACE OF NORTHERNER HYPOCRISY by Mozino Mozino

"A leader of thought, Visionary, self-determined, a bridge builder with a progressive mind, an icon, dynamic and diversified yet coherent in thought and focused. A man of justice whose desire was to build a unified, strong, economically viable and politically formidable North. The man who laid the foundation for an all inclusive region that gave a sense of belonging to all but was frustrated, and his ideas rejected and fought by his Islamic Kinsmen." “Don’t envy the unity of the North but worry about the division in the South so that we can have a united South and a united North in a united Nigeria” his words to Dr. Nnamdi Azikwe and Chief Obafemi Awolowo. 

It was upon this that he once advised Dr, Nnamdi Azikwe whom I have so much respect for, that for us to achieve Unity in Nigeria we need to appreciate our differences so that we can live of them. This patriotic and historic leader Sir Ahmadu Bello values, ideas have been theorize but betrayed by the Northerner Elders, fanatics and ethnic bigots just the way Ibrahim Babangida (IBB) truncated and betrayed the government installed through a Coup out of sheer wickedness and greedy. 

As-salamu alaykum! Nigerians are angry by Chima Chima

Thinking on these 2 comments, from Hausa/Fulani, as posted by one lady earlier today, I want to make these observations and suggestions. First, these are the quotes:-
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“The new nation called Nigeria should be an estate of our great grandfather Uthman Dan Fodio. We must ruthlessly prevent a change of power. We use the minorities in the North as willing tools and the South as a conquered territory and never allow them to rule over us and never allow them to have control over their future”. Sir Ahmadu Bello, Parrot Newspaper, Oct 12, 1960.
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“Anything short of a Northern President is tantamount to stealing our Presidency. Jonathan has to go and he will go. Even if he uses the incumbency power to get his nomination on the platform of the PDP, he would be frustrated out.
The North is determined, if that happens, to make the country ungovernable for President Jonathan or any other Southerner who finds his way to the seat of power on the platform of the PDP against the principle of the party’s zoning policy”
- Alhaji Lawan Kaita, former Governor of the old Kaduna State, on October 5, 2010".
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TERRORISTS: THE PAMPERED CHILDREN OF THE NORTH NIGERIA

by Emmanuel Chigozie Osuchukwu

Nigeria is presently in a dangerous impasse and there are many who believe that the country is on the throes of disintegration. If the mindless insurgency and bloodletting ravaging particularly the Northern part of the country is not enough evidence, the ongoing national conference is a clear indication that all is not well. The primary question is how Nigeria got to this dreadful position – to a point where it is safer to live in Afghanistan, Iraq or Somalia. Thanks to a new phenomenon called Boko Haram. Then we ask again, who or what is Boko Haram? I can only at this point say that it is a faceless organisation that we are unsure who they really are except that they are predominantly people drawn from the Northern part of Nigeria, with a clear proclivity towards Islamic fundamentalism and a violent disapproval of mainstream Nigerian, albeit western values. We could also say a sort of rebels without cause.


There is nothing really surprising about the emergence of Boko Haram in Northern Nigeria. Many commentators saw it coming and many were condemned for ever predicting that Nigeria will come to such a state. Hence today the Nigerian press is full of comments such as: ‘serves the North right’; ‘they should have seen it coming’; ‘they brought it on themselves’ etc. It is not that such commentators are not appalled by the wanton killing of innocent women and children or grieve over the senseless killing of now mostly Northern Nigerian youths who could easily have become tomorrow’s doctors, lawyers, teachers and footballers. But many Nigerians have grown up to believe that the North somehow does not disapprove of senseless killing of innocent lives and we have strong reasons stretching over many decades to assume so. The only surprise is that those who should have anticipated it are the very ones expressing surprise and blaming others for the pitiable state of particularly Northern Nigeria and the country generally. Some supposedly knowledgeable Northern opinions have gone as far as accusing the federal government of President Jonathan of masterminding the ongoing killings in the north. But let us put Boko Haram and the problem of the North in its true perspective.