THE FRAME

Stories are written differently, depending on the narrative that is associated with the tales.  Impressions are sometimes carriers of great stories, a behind the screen oratory that shapes the future of the onlooker or listener.  Why banditry has roots in the Northwest? Something that slowly started in Zamfara State decades ago as a result of many mistakes that resisted reconciliations, Injustice, and above all corruption and bad leadership. Castle rustling, farmers/herders clashes that resulted into many lost of lives, the intrusive attitude of some Pula people especially those traversing from the neighbouring counties of Niger Republic, Mali, Chad and Burkina Faso, those Peul (fulani NBororo) into Nigeria contributed much into to this unrest and wanton indiscriminate killings happening today in the North West Nigeria.  There is need to avoid repeating historical fallacies and mistakes, having read the past we must use it to furnish the present.  It's a h...

By Tahir Ibrahim Tahir (Talban Bauchi) In what was a thinly veiled move at vanquishing arewa, Islamic extremism engulfed the entire North Eastern part of the country under the guise of Boko Haram and Iswap, waging the most deadly war Nigeria has ever witnessed, successfully annihilating thousands of lives in the region, defying all military and non military approaches to the war. No pogrom in the entirety of Africa, has seen to the massacre of lives and destruction of villages and property, the way Boko Haram and Iswap have done. This spread vociferously to the North West as banditry and kidnapping, practically turning arewa into a war zone. The audacity, deftness and precision of the terrorists continues to overwhelm the country’s security architecture, despite the sophistication of the Nigeria Airforce, the equipping of the Nigerian Army with fighter-aircrafts, and the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. The first few months of this administration saw to some disquiet in the camps and o...