“WE are Northern Nigerians. We are proud of our humble origins and remarkable history. We are the children of Sir. Ahmadu Bello Sardauna, Sir. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Sir. Kashim Ibrahim, Aminu Kano, J S Tarka, Shettima Ali Monguno, and Ibrahim Imam. We pray for the souls of Brig. Zakari Maimalari, Brig. Sam Ademulegun, Col. Yakubu Pam, Col. Kur Mohammed, Gen. Murtala Mohammed, and Brig. Tunde Idiagbon among others; and proud of the illustrious lives they lived and the ultimate sacrifices they made. We have learnt from the honorable examples of Gen. Yakubu Gowon, Gen. TY Danjuma, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, Gen.…
Author: Tahir Ibrahim Tahir
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CASH swap or not, the humongous crowd that trooped out to welcome Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was beyond imagination. One would have thought that the hardship from the swap policy would turn away party faithfuls and supporters of Asiwaju from the Maiduguri rally. The Maiduguri outing has been tagged the mother of all rallies; rightfully so because of the unprecedented turn out, inspite of the very crunching economic times we are faced with, as a result of the naira redesign policy. Most believe that no state capital has attracted so much crowd as Maiduguri has done, since the start of…
THE CBN late last year, came up with the naira swap and a re-invention of the cashless economy monetary policies. The 21st century global economy is going cashless and Nigeria needs not to be left behind. Naira swap is done periodically in every economy for a variety of reasons. With Nigeria’s insecurity challenges, curbing kidnapping and banditry seemed to be on the fore cards of what is to be gained from the swap, including of course mopping up looted funds out of circulation. It was a maverick formula and no C-in-C would not give it his approval and blessings. 90…
IT took a lot of effort by well meaning Nigerians, spear headed by Sarki Muhammadu Sanusi II, the 14th Emir of Kano, to actualize Islamic or non interest banking in Nigeria. His bureaucratic expediency and legislative counselling were very instrumental in making it a reality. Even Muslims castigated him for removing Sharia from the Islamic banking proposal and thanks to his vast Islamic knowledge, he reminded them that sharia is mentioned only once in the entire Holy Qur’an, so why litter a bank proposal with the word sharia from head to toe? Non interest banking was the key phrase as…