The Fulani language, known as Fula, is classified within the Atlantic branch of the Niger-Congo language family. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said Mr Tinubu garnered 8.79 million votes, ahead of main opposition challenger Atiku Abubakar's 6.98 million votes. When we said that Nigeria belongs to our father Uthman Dan Fodio, it wasn't a joke. We wanted to build one, they didnt allow it. Nigeria's newest cardinal: Presidential election will 'either make or break Nigeria' Feb 23, 2023 Many sedentary Fulani, who frequently have become sedentary as a result of the depletion of their herds, also own cattle, but they rely principally on cultivation. In 2015, Ganduje ran to become the governor of Kano state under the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC). USIP hosted discussions in 2020 with the Nigerian ministers of foreign affairs and humanitarian affairs and senior U.S. policymakers. In 2003, Ganduje was appointed special Adviser (Political) to the Hon. Nigeria: Bauchi governor on the 'stateless' Fulani Published: 26/Sep/2019 Source: Nigerian Tribune. The communiqu. It is a shocking development as Nigerian governors seeking to represent their people in the senate are being defeated by opposition party candidates even in their strongholds. They wander in nomadic groups, making temporary camps of portable huts. In 2020, USIP officially established a country office in Abuja. "The area concerned is the forest reserves and it is about registration and also to work in line with the law," he said. He occupied the seat until his appointment as the Hon Minister of Federal Capital Territory in April 2010. Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi won Saturday, February 25 parliamentary election, to represent Ebonyi South Senatorial zone in the Nigerian senate next legislative tenure. Explaining how the suspects were arrested, CSP Moshood said, Concerned by the recent unfortunate sectarian crisis in Kafanchan and neighbouring communities in Kaduna state where so many lives were lost and properties worth millions of naira destroyed, and the need to put a final stop to the crisis, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris constituted a Joint Tactical Operations Squad. Hausa people are estimated to make up 30 percent of the country's. You see a Fulani man is a blood sucking beast who has no boundary, has no mercy, knows no friend. Every year they have money to build mosques in the budget but will not let you build churches. Omissions? Be the first to get hottest news from our Editor-in-Chief, Check your email and confirm your subscription. He also served as a Senator representing Bauchi South Senatorial District. The governor who spoke yesterday at the launch of the 2023 Livestock Mass Vaccination Campaign in Bauchi also called on all eligible Fulani voters to vote for Atiku Abubakar on Saturday. He became the Assistant Secretary in Kano State in 1979 after he lost election bid to become a member of the House of Representatives. He is Fulani by tribe. Using the Catholic social teaching we have shown that you must hold people accountable, he said. Copyright 20062023 Sahara Reporters, Inc. All rights reserved. In a communiqu issued at the end of the meeting, the governors including MACBAN officials reiterated that the security and welfare of the people of Nigeria remained the primary purpose of government as enshrined in the 1999 Constitution as amended. Opera News furthermore does not condone the use of our platform for the purposes encouraging/endorsing hate speech, violation of human rights and/or utterances of a defamatory nature. He was sponsored throughout his academia days by an uncle in Kaduna, and as a result grew up in the influential Northern state. The answer is let those who want their own countries go.. 'Operation Amotekun' is not without its critics, with freelance security operatives accused of extra-judicial killings. He was re-elected on 9 March 2019, defeating his closest rival by over 200,000 votes. In fact, the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections held on Saturday, February 25, showed the weakness of some governors in their domain and the will of the people prevailing over all in the respective states. In 2019, the Network of Nigerian Facilitators (NNF) helped Kaduna and Plateau state peacebuilding institutions orchestrate a peace agreement to resolve a long-standing, cross-border violent conflict between Aten, Fulani and Takad communities in both states. It is estimated that between 12 and 13 million Fulani are nomadic or semi-nomadic herders of cattle, goats, and sheep, who travel across large areas in West Africa to provide grazing land for their livestock. He attended Barewa College, Zaria where he graduated as the best student in 1976, wining the Barewa Old Boys Association Academic Achievement Trophy. More recently, it has deteriorated into attacks on farmers by Fulani herdsmen. Earlier this year, the Army in Abuja reportedly paraded some Nigerians armed Fulani herdsmen but it is alleged that these suspects were secretly released by the hierarchy of the Army. At the same time, Fulani herding groups have moved southward because of the desertification of their usual grazing lands, which is exacerbated by climate change. He thereafter moved over to the Democrat Newspaper where he worked as the newspapers State Editor in charge of Benue. In Nigeria, the Fulani and the Hausa people dominate the northern states, with a population of well over 30 million. They are very right to do that. As killer herdsmen continue to run amok in Nigeria's southwest, the governors in the region are looking to a newly-recruited local police force for solutions. Indeed Aristotle believed that man by nature is a political animal. Bagudu is immune from prosecution while governor. As a leader I must give people hope. Bola Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos state, will take over leadership of a country grappling with Islamist insurgencies in the north-east, armed attacks, killings and kidnappings, conflict between livestock herders and farmers, cash, fuel and power shortages, and perennial corruption that opponents said Muhammadu Buhari's party has failed to stamp outdespite promises to do so. Few days back, the Northern governors met in Kaduna together with the traditional rulers and the Chief of Army Staff in what they claimed was because of the tumultuous security instability in Northern region. by Marine54 ( m ): 9:59am On Sep 26 , 2020 Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe was the first President of Nigeria from 1963 till 1966 (Preceded by Queen Elizabeth II and Succeeded by Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi).He was a well known stateman and one of the persons in the frontline fighting for the . Peter Obi, an outsider popular with younger voters, garnered 6.1 million votes. El-Rufai proceeded to Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where he obtained a bachelors degree (First Class Honors) in Quantity Surveying. Nigerias federal system gives governors great responsibilities in addressing the issues driving the countrys multiple conflicts, including farmer-herder violence, deepening regional divides, armed banditry and the Boko Haram insurgency. The pastoral Fulani today enjoy greater prestige than town and sedentary agricultural Fulani as the most truly representative of Fulani culture. Pope Francis promised prayers Monday for victims, and the Diocese of Ondo said June 5 that the situation has left the community devastated., We turn to God to console the families of those whose lives were lost in this distressing incident, and we pray for the departed souls to rest in peace, the diocesan statement said, while urging Catholics to remain calm, be law abiding and pray for peace and normalcy to return to our community, state and country.. President Muhammadu Buhari is urban Fulani. The Fula people, often described as the Fulani, are regarded as the worlds largest nomadic group: about 20 million people dispersed across Western Africa. The attention of the Ebonyi State Police Command has been drawn to a distorted and misleading video in circulation on social media platform that Fulani Herdsmen were being attacked and chased out of Ebonyi State by faceless group. You are already subscribed to our newsletter! LAST week, the Bauchi State governor, Mr. Bala Mohammed, said that Fulani herdsmen from Chad, Niger and other neighbouring countries would benefit from the National Livestock Transformation Plan being championed by the Federal Government to put herdsmen and their livestock in designated . Ibrahim Gambari, chief of staff to the term-limited President Muhammadu Buhari, says the outgoing president has made organizing a peaceful, free and fair election process a cornerstone of the legacy he hopes to hand to his successor and that he hopes civil society, political leaders and international partners like the United States can rally behind Nigerians as they exercise their right to vote. Vote. El-Rufai is also an alumna of Harvard Business School and Georgetown University. Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has apologised over his statement that he would never support a Fulani man to become the president of Nigeria. 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In the northwest the farmers are mostly Muslims, and they also have conflicts with the Fulani. But Olayemi Adeyemi, Owos delegate to Nigerias House of Representatives, told reporters Sunday that: Fulani herdsman are believed to be responsible for thousands of death in Nigerias Middle Belt, mostly in terror attacks committed against Christian farming communities. FOR instance, Atiku Abubakar Nigeria's former Vice President is Fulani gida. And - if Fulani terrorists are responsible - why would they shoot up a church on Pentecost? They have been especially prominent in the Middle Belt (North Central) since the return of democracy in 1999. Governors Must Build Ruga For Fulani Herdsmen in Their States For Peace To Reign - Prof. Usman Yusuf In an interview, monitored by our correspondent, the professor of medicine argued that if Sabon Gari towns could be created for Igbo and others in every part of the North, nothing stops the creation of RUGA for the herdsmen in all the states of the federation. In 2011, Kwankwaso and Ganduje was elected for a second term in office under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). See More, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, Governor Of Kebbi State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, Governor Of Kaduna State, Opera News is a free to use platform and the views and opinions expressed herein are solely those of the author and do not represent, reflect or express the views of Opera News. The Fulani Herdsmen are slowly moving from northern Nigeria into Southern Nigeria due to drought and desertification in northern Nigeria. who was kidnapped in 2021 by Fulani terrorists, Pope Francis raises cardinals' rent over 'economic crisis', How AI helped shape Asias synod document, Paprocki: Weve passed beyond the point of private conversations. More than 50 people were killed during Mass on Pentecost Sunday in Nigeria, when a group of assailants attacked St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, a city in the Ondo state in Nigerias southwest. Interaction of the widely dispersed Fulani with disparate other groups has produced a variety of socioeconomic patterns. By AdoyiGreporter (self media writer) | 1 year ago. PAY ATTENTION: Donate to Legit Charity on Patreon. . On April 21, 2007, Bala Mohammed was elected as the Senator representing Bauchi South Senatorial District under the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP). Bello, won having scored the highest votes of 100,197 to defeat the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Shehu Muhammad Abdullahi who scored 88,153. Worst still, the specie of persons holding offices as governors of the Northern States have shown that they absolutely care less about the provisions of the constitution and have devoted their times to pursue primordial ethno-religious sentiments. The working group is regularly invited bystate and national policymakersto provide recommendations on a range of issues, from inclusive governance and electoral violence tocommunal conflicts between pastoralists and farming communities. CTRL + SPACE for auto-complete. This is most notably the case in northern Nigeria, where perhaps half of the Fulani have adopted the Hausa language and culture and where, as a result of a series of holy wars (180410) purporting to purify Islam, they established an empire, instituting themselves as a ruling aristocracy. He however defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2014 and joined the All Progressive Congress. The Fulani fall under four sociological categories: the ruling dynasty or rulers of the Sokoto Caliphate (the elites), the settled Fulani (the working class), the semi-sedentary Fulani (mostly Fulani farmers), and the pastoral Fulani "who depend completely on their herd of zebu cattle for subsistence, and whose lives are tuned to continuous So who are the Fulani? Any/all written content and images displayed are provided by the blogger/author, appear herein as submitted by the blogger/author and are unedited by Opera News. This is more so, given that the bandits have an unchecked access to sophisticated weapons. On 26 March 2019, he received 515,113 votes defeating the incumbent Governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar who received 500,625 votes. The candidate of the peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Mr Emmanuel Enoidem, finished a distant second with 69,838 votes. The Fula people, often described as the Fulani, are regarded as the world's largest nomadic group: about 20 million people dispersed across Western Africa. USIP has a variety of newsletters and announcements with the latest analysis, publications and events. Apart from the fact that these Northern governors have failed to provide good governance to their people, their roles in the ongoing unwarranted massacre of farmers by armed Fulani terrorists have left right thinking Nigerians wondering what their agenda is. FULANIS OWNS NIGERIA We must make Nigeria a Fulani nation and that's final. Opera News does not consent to nor does it condone the posting of any content that violates the rights (including the copyrights) of any third party, nor content that may malign, inter alia, any religion, ethnic group, organization, gender, company, or individual. Despite his northern upbringing, Nasir El-Rufai has always said he is Nigerian first before being Fulani. In September 2003, he became the Special Assistant to the Minister of Aviation. Bola Tinubu declared president-elect of Nigeria as opposition parties cry foul, Australian Defence Force personnel and aircraft will be involved in the evacuation of residents from remote communities in the NTexperiencing significant flooding, Keep up with the latest ASX and business news. The Institute engages a variety of influential figures, empowers citizens and uses its expertise and convening power to inform Nigeria policy in the United States, the region and around the world. You're Surrounded By Fulani Terrorists. Kaduna governor, El-Rufai, has clarified statements he made in 2012 about killing of the Fulani people. Fear them. Religion and ethnicity are very sensitive problems in Nigeria, they are always used for convenience, but primarily this conflict is not religious, I am absolutely sure, Ndagoso told Aid to the Church in Need. In 1967, Ganduje proceeded to Advanced Teachers College, Kano where he graduated from in 1972. A 2020 public opinion survey found new linkages between COVID-19, instability and conflict. In March 2020, Ganduje removes the Emir of Kanu Mohammadu Sanusi II as the Emir and appointed Aminu Ado Bayero as the new Emir of Kano. AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), abc.net.au/news/bola-tinubu-declared-president-elect-of-nigeria/102040310, Get breaking news alerts directly to your phone with our app, Help keep family & friends informed by sharing this article, 'We are not the same, that's why you not understand': An interview with a mother accused of a terrible crime, 'I just sit here and chill now': Tasha used to hide in her tent when pedestrians passed by, Man shot dead outside martial arts gym in Sydney's west, 'At what point do you put people's lives at risk? 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