THE FRAME

By  Ibraheem A. Waziri  In Nigeria the media generally and  some Muslim  pundits, are highly cautious, in identifying strongly with Muslims groupings, in the event of  the Muslims being victims of violence by the others. This could - probably - be due to the fear that in showing support for Muslims in such circumstances, many, might feel emboldened to charge to the streets and display their anger in a form of a revenge that will worsen the situation. This - if so - goes a long way, in demonstrating  that either of the following two things, could be true of the Northern Nigerian Muslims at all times: 1. They are misfits in the modern social system dynamics that the current Nigeria presents and everybody knows that. Infact the best of their pundits know better! This is why their issues are fit for  touch only with the long sticks and on the surfaces. They always bring misfortune to their neighbours on their own without prompting. So when ther...

BAUCHI STATE Since February 1976, there was only one person from the Northern Zone that became the elected executive governor of Bauchi State. That was Late Alhaji Abubakar Tatari Ali. He was duly elected in 1979 as the first civilian Governor of the State and the administration was cut short in 1983 following a military coup that brought the Federal Military Government of Major General Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR. The needed term in Bauchi State politics is  “synergy”, which suggests or can be referred to as a happy outcome of cooperation, with different groups pitching in to make progress in ways that they could not achieve separately. But in the 1983 political days, we are increasingly seeing a dark side of “synergy” in our State as well, in political pitching to sidelines certain camps that were underrated or undermine In the politico-governance of Bauchi State.  The political history of Bauchi could not be more than the stories of bereavement, the dichotomy of Bauc...

People like me are thinking about such things as an educational progression in our State, looking at the State of decadence the sector found itself. Education is a capital intensive investment that needs a holistic approach to attain its height, a political will is equally needed to make a reality on this, to achieve that, the government as an investor need to put more effort to make it a reality and affordable to all, which is the Herculean challenge the sector is facing in our State, if not the whole country. Bauchi State is not exceptional in these problems, it is bedevilling the State for time immemorial and it is susceptible which need a rescue. To smooth the sponsorship and funding of the sector, FGN was able to create a trust fund to cover all the unforeseen expenses education might need which is not directly captured in the National budgets, hence the creation of the Tertiary Education Trust fund. Tertiary Education Trust Fund, abbreviated as TETFUND, is a scheme es...

Since after declaring his intention to run for the gubernatorial race of Bauchi State, more versions of speculations started emanating, some are blemish, antagonising and calumny. Meanwhile, some come clean to imprint a good Image of the retired General of the Nigeria Airforce. The political spectrum of Bauchi State has been built on certain pillars that guide the moves, the outcome as well as the roads to fruition, which is why it is very much unpredictable to determine the outcome of every spear in the Bauchi State politics being it a more complex than understood by the outsiders.  Myriad of his oppugnant believe that SBA does not qualify to have the APC ticket for 2023 race, they may have their reasons for saying that, many which are baseless accusations built on hearsay and speculations, inferences and assumptions that being him a retired General what did he have to offer that will beat the imagination of the people to trust him with their mandate? SBA has been the ...

On the Bauchi State House of Assembly's decries of  62 Colleges Of Education, and lamentation that 45 out of them are Unauthorised. Wikki Times, an Online News medium reported and it is unfortunate and depressing to have such in our State. I read the report and the observations of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, I've been saying this for years and unless a drastic change is made, nothing good will come forth of the said issue. For immemorable times we've been lamenting this too, meanwhile, the body that is saddled with the regulations to all these is too weak to have made any difference to regulate such an educational catastrophe. On a serious note, the threat on which this time bomb is plastering to our honour as State is worrisome.  Most of these sandwich colleges are substandard, they are only producing mostly half-baked graduates to fill into an already ramshackle system that for a very long time need an overhaul and strict rules of operation from the Mi...

Being different makes you more fascinating. Showing it makes you stand out, draws more attention to you, and makes people want to get to know you more. You'll leave an everlasting impression on others just by simply being yourself. A lot of people have plummeted into the traps of benevolence and in the end, they become victims of domestic hatred and societal despise. In our case, today, people are being compelled to be subconscious of their psych to fit in with the moving crowd, regardless of whether they are on the right path or not, but to live in peace, we have to get along with the rest of us to save being termed.  Can we be distinct from others and live our lives without being harassed? Where is freedom? Where is humanity? I'm being heartbroken and I can't think like the rest of us. Humans are the architect of their quandary. Always Look for the Good in People, just like there are two sides to every story, we all have our good and bad sides too. Focus on Pe...

A griot will always choose a word to spit, an infallible thought that will give awe to anyone that reflects on, even if it passes for years.  The theatrics happening in our today's polity is incongruous of all, a bizarre that might consume the ends of us. Honestly speaking, I see no prestige of preference in all these, going by the stagecraft and melodrama that's always being display to people who have been at the toiling end and the nest to breed their way up. Politicians believe they can play the intellect of the people, giving them false hope in a shadowy narrative that may not see the light of the day. People's naivety always accepts as if it's a fate to be in such a corridor, a deceptive statement and luring lips to make ridicule of the electorates to fave them a way to get the helm of the State. For time immemorial, people are being christened to believe it is the only way, by applying the method of deception to get a victory over the opposition, many ...