Zuwy's Pandora

  So many scholars of the Biafran war history, has always said that the war was instigated by the killing of Igbos in the North. Azikiwe disproved that theory and said that the Igbo massacre, Ojukwu referred to in declaring Biafra, was just a facade. He disclosed that the killing of Igbos in the North was actually instigated by Igbos who were celebrating the Major Nzeogwu's coup in the North, thereby taunting and defaming the killed Northern political ellites. He narrated thus: " *_In the meantime, some Ibo elements who were domiciled in Northern Nigeria taunted Northerners by defaming their leaders through the means of records or songs or pictures. They also published pamphlets and postcards which displayed a peculiar representation of certain Northerners, living or dead, in a manner likely to provoke disaffection. The natural reaction to these positive acts was the germination of a revanche movement which smouldered at first only to erupt in the May 1966 massacre of Easterne...

  History be it royalty or our progenitors are always interesting. They help us know the truth, have insight and understanding where clarity is needed. This piece was culled from Mohammed Jalal's Facebook page trying to educate his followers as it relates to the selection of the Emir of Zazzau, after the demise of Shehu Idris. I found it interesting and thought I should share. Enjoy! Malam Musa is the founder of the Mallawa Ruling House of Zazzau. By 1804 there were many Fulani families settled in Zaria and Musa Bamalli was in touch with them even before his final onslaught on Zaria. He had visited Zaria before and had some acquaintances who had confidence and respect for him. It has been reported that Musa taught Quran in Zaria years before the Jihad and he had travelled South of Zaria at that time where he met Malam Yamusa, the 2nd ruler and founder of the Bornawa dynasty. He met famous Malam Kilba as well and his family and the Limamin Kona who helped him while stagi...

Now the NGF retreat is concluded a lot of issues raised, questions and complaints! I cannot say everything was addressed satisfactorily. It appears every one is talking of the blessings or curses of our oil wealth, to add to that the experts that were invited were all talking oil and nothing more. I heard Kayode Fayemi say he wants the oil to dry up, and I say sir, the presence of oil is not stopping you from exploring other sources of income, if anything it should enhance your exploring other sources. He also mentioned tax and how a few end up paying, while I agree completely with him as a source of income, but he can still look inward, government should not live by tax alone! Gov Chibuike Amaechi of course being from the oil region disagreed with oil drying up bit. He said there are enough resources in other regions and spoke of working the land enough to get 3000 hectares that can employ 3000 northern youths for instance, that would make it difficult for Boko haram to recruit a...