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Poor Northerners! (1)
Dr. Aliyu U Tilde, ... October 16, 2010
“Why do they hate us so much?” was the text I received from someone who read the comments from some Nigerians of southern origin at the bottom of my article The Advancing Violence in Sahara reporters last week. In the question, ‘they” connotes such Southerners that are fond of making hate comments whenever a view is contrary to theirs is expressed, while “us” means northerners. That was not the first time I received such an inquiry. Many northerners, if you will permit me use the term just for the purpose of this discussion, continue to wonder why they have been targets of hate speech by some people in the press, especially on the Internet where people can hide behind fake names and publish anything unfiltered. Full Articles
Poor Northerners! (2)
Dr. Aliyu U. Tilde ...October 23, 2010 (Continued from last week)
The first part of this discourse that was published last week has generated a lot of interest among readers. One person, Folake Olarenwaju, at least was able to write a rejoinder in Sahara Reporters accusing me of double standards though it was based almost entirely on a mix up in identity. Her charge: how can I, who was the CSO of Yar’adua, who connived with Turai to hold this country at ransom, turnaround now and accuse southerners of hating northerners? Just imagine! Her rejoinder was dead on arrival because I am not the Tilde who was the CSO of Yar’adua. I wonder why the editor of Sahara Reporters did not call her attention to this scandalous assertion before publishing her rejoinder. Other respondents who objected to the article through my email did not dispute its arguments but advised that we, as Nigerians, should focus on what will bring us together. Full Article
Dr. Aliyu U Tilde, ...November 6, 2010
There are also those who have never moderated on the partisan propaganda of the First Republic. Mostly in the Southwest, they perceive their region as still in opposition. A lot of lies were written during that period against northerners, the Balewa regime and whoever was in speaking terms with it even among citizens of the Southwest. This much has been admitted in the contributions to the ongoing debate between supporters of late Samuel Akintola and those of late Obafemi Awolowo on the internet. This propaganda polluted the minds of many Southerners with the hatred that eventually brought about the coup that ousted that Republic. Unfortunately, despite the demise of the Republic these old political viruses have replicated their DNA in the genomes of many youths and the tradition continues unabated. Full Article
Dr. Aliyu U Tilde …October 9, 2010
(A reprint from February 6, 2010 which we think is due for reemphasis at these times of political primaries)
One of the main issues that plague credible election of meaningful leaders in Nigeria is the circumvention of both party and electoral laws in an effort to field in criminally prone and unpopular candidates. All laws, including electoral laws, have been put in place for a purpose. The main purpose of primaries, a system of weeding out contenders for candidacy of a party, is to come out with the best and most agreeable to the party and the people. It is not only meant to give you the best politician among them, but one who is the cleanest legally, ethically and even morally. Literally however it is a system for competition between those who want their party to field them as their candidate for an electoral district, previously zoned by national law of the land. Full Article
In the beginning was the brain that processes data on images, sounds, feelings, etc, which we daily come across in our life. Though the brain cannot be surpassed in processing such natural data (or what we call signals) that is perceived by the body, it is limited in its capacity to process and apply artificial one. The brain, for example, quickly perceives gravity and, within millionths of a second, processes it and concludes on the level of danger it might pose to the body. But ask the brain to distribute 17 cows to five children – two boys and three girls – with each male getting twice the share of a female. Here, small as the data could be, even the brain of the genius will first hesitate for some seconds or minutes before giving an answer. In most cases it will fail. Full Article
We will briefly take advantage of the confusion in our political atmosphere to touch on other equally important areas. In the second part of our series – Technology Our Savior – I set out to discuss the imperative of technology in achieving food security for this country and the West African Sub region. God has blessed this country with enough land that could be put to economic use by cultivating different crop species. We may add that He has also blessed it with over 120 million inhabitants who are ever willing to consume the produce. Full Article
By Maryam Uwais
I am glad that my
' friendly fire' has finally evoked a response from Dr. Tilde, as his silence in
Yerima's instance, in the face of copious articles writ
ten on similar topics, was almost deafening. Fine, he had written on issues that
gave us reason to believe he was on the side of justice, but this time, he was
quiet.
Jonathan Bribes NYSC Members to Rig Elections
Abba B. Shuwa, Leeds UK
…December 11, 2010
Tunde Bakare and Jonathan's $50,000 'Bribe'
Dr. Aliyu U. Tilde …December 4, 2010
Tunde Bakare
is one of the assets of Nigeria. He is for good governance, fearless and does
not care if he is swimming against the tide, a Pastor, unlike many others
Pastors. His Save Nigeria Group (SNG) visited President Goodluck Jonathan. The
group was among those which saved Jonathan from the grip of Turai when the
vacuum created by the President's illness began to have disastrous effect on
national security. Bakare and his group must have now realized, as many of us
have too, that it only saved Jonathan but Jonathan is not ready to save Nigeria.
The SNG decided to pay him a political visit last week.
Last week, Saharareporters published on its website an article titled Secret Army Report Implicates NSA Azazi, Ibori, Alamieyeseigha, Henry and Sunny Okah In Sale Of Military Weapons To Niger Delta Militants. The title of the NAIC report which was addressed to Chief of Army Staff (COAS) was Investigation Report into the Theft and Sale of Arms to Niger Delta Gunrunner by an Officer and Some Soldiers of the 1 Base Ordinance Depot Kaduna. For me the full report is a turning point. After reading it thrice, I am left with no choice but to ask this embarrassing question: Can we, Nigerians, afford to trust Jonathan .. Full Article
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