In August this year, the erudite scholar and patriot, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, revealed that he got credible information that a northern governor was sponsoring the insurgency and killings in the north – especially targeted at indegenous North Central minorities. For his bold declaration, Mailafia was subjected to the most humiliating and inhumane treatment by agents […]

By Ishaya Markus Introduction Governance in a socio-culturally diverse polity like Plateau State can be a herculean task, despite its seeming ease to handle, from the outside. This is because contained in this geographically-small space, is a ‘Commonwealth’ of 56 autochthonous ethnic nationalities, apart from a large concentration of ethnic groups from other states of […]

By Chollom Gyang Logwonggyangcho2008@gmail.com I read Sani Ibn Salihu’s piece in the social media with deep and sincere sympathy for the writer’s shallow, constricted and horrific knowledge of the subject matter he undertook. In his futile attempt to deconstruct and re-write the history of the Jos Plateau region, the writer ended up assembling conflicting colonial […]

Once again, there’s a trending invitation with the above title for that event scheduled to hold on November 1, 2020. Curiously, the main characters featured are the so-called ‘Sarkin Bukru’, the JNI National Secretary, the so-called ‘Shugaban Al’umar Jos’, and three others – all of whom are either Fulani or Hausa Muslims. Expectedly, well meaning […]