(𝔐𝔲𝔩𝔩𝔞𝔥) 𝔐𝔲𝔥𝔞𝔪𝔪𝔞𝔡 𝔘𝔪𝔞𝔯

إن خير رباطكم عسقلان

[Mallam Abdulsalam Ahmad @Abdul_Ahmad_]

One of the Christian Bigot wasted Essay.

Indigeneity, Citizenship and Belonging in Jos North

By Afang Kazè, PhD

The recent court ruling recognizing indigene status for the Hausa community of Jos North has generated considerable debate across the state. While some are celebrating the judgment as a victory for inclusion and equal rights, others worry that it conflates two distinct concepts, citizenship and indigeneity, and misrepresents history.

I understand that this is a sensitive issue, and I can get called names for this. But I will speak my mind for two reasons. First, I am a son of the soil of Jos North. My ancestors (Afizere, Anaguta and Berom) farmed, hunted, formed communities and protected their homesteads with cactus fences here many centuries before the establishment of this modern settlement in the early twentieth century. Secondly, my deepest interest is in solutions that unite rather than divide us as inhabitants of a modern cosmopolitan city.

So it is important to state clearly that this is not about hostility toward the Hausa community. The Hausa people of Jos are fellow Nigerians. Many, like other settler communities such as the Yoruba and Igbo, have lived in Jos for generations, and have contributed to the economy, paid taxes, built businesses, raised families and participated in the social and cultural life of the city. They do deserve security, dignity and equal protection under the law and freedom from discrimination.

However, recognizing these rights should not require the rewriting of history. The concept of an indigene is fundamentally different from that of a citizen or resident. An indigene is generally understood to be a person belonging to a people historically rooted in a particular territory before the arrival of later populations. The term is closely related to concepts such as "native," "aboriginal," and "autochthonous." These concepts describe historical relationships between communities and territories. They are not legal privileges that can simply be granted or transferred through administrative action. A court may interpret laws. It may protect rights. It may resolve disputes. But it cannot alter historical origins.

No court can make the Yoruba indigenous to Kano, for instance. No court can make the Igbo indigenous to Sokoto. No court can make the Tiv indigenous to Ibadan. In the same way, a court cannot change historical fact and indigenize a settler community overnight. Having your own community chiefs at some point or being used by the British as a part of colonial indirect rule does not confer indigeneity on you. Neither does occupying large areas of the city and renaming them.

History matters because identities are not merely legal categories. They are collective memories, ancestral connections, cultural inheritances and relationships to land that develop over centuries. To redefine indigeneity through judicial pronouncement risks transforming a historical concept into a political one, thereby creating confusion and resentment rather than reconciliation.

At the same time, we must acknowledge that Nigeria's indigene-settler framework has often produced injustice. Many Nigerians whose families have lived in a place for generations continue to encounter barriers in employment, education, political participation and access to opportunities. These grievances are real and deserve serious attention.

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[Muhammad Mazen @mhmd_s09]

One of the most horrific scenes in human history has been revealed.

A video shows people trying to rescue an injured person and carry him to the hospital; Israel bombed them all and killed them with a missile.

A video the world must never forget.

[Sunny Singh @ProfSunnySingh]

I interviewed Palestinian researcher Hala Hanina last year who introduced me to the term reprocide. Israel’s sexual torture is intended to destroy reproductive capacity and the ability for intimacy. Its deliberate nature makes it diabolical

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

What a weird way of saying “Israel has killed over 100 first responders in Lebanon”

[Sunny Singh @ProfSunnySingh]

They put zip ties on babies before killing them. How is anyone with a conscience supposed to process this horror?

[Sony Thăng @nxt888]

I want to describe the Middle Passage to you.

Not abstractly.

Specifically.

Enslaved people were loaded onto ships in West Africa at a ratio calculated to maximize profit after accounting for expected deaths in transit.

They were chained in holds with roughly eighteen inches of vertical space, unable to sit upright, lying in their own excrement for voyages that lasted between three weeks and three months.

Mortality rates on Middle Passage ships averaged between 10 and 20 percent.

On some voyages, significantly higher.

Historians estimate that between 1.5 and 2 million people died during the crossing, their bodies thrown into the Atlantic.

Those who arrived alive were washed, oiled to appear healthy, and sold on docks while buyers examined their teeth and bodies like livestock.

You described this system as "not necessarily a nightmare" and compared the labor that followed to picking crops in Africa.

I am not going to debate you on the merits of this position.

I am going to ask you to read what I just wrote.

And then I am going to ask you whether the problem is that you don't know this history, or that you know it and have decided it doesn't change your argument.

Because the answer to that question tells us something important.

Not about slavery.

About you.

[Mosab Abu Toha @MosabAbuToha]

We will never forget or forgive.

This was LAST YEAR — May 23, 2025.

Even after a full year, I searched major mainstream media outlets to see whether they had covered this massacre. I checked CNN, The New York Times, The Washington Post, BBC, and MSNBC. Nothing.

The baby in the photo was pulled from the rubble without a head after an Israeli airstrike targeted the Dardouna family home in Jabalia the previous night. More than 50 members of the family were killed.

For God’s sake!

Why was this not covered? Were 50 murdered people not enough? Was it because they were Palestinians?

Was this baby’s severed body not important enough?

I am boiling with anger. Shame!!!

[Fawaz @Deji21_04]

Contrary to popular yet oversimplified and misleading narratives like this

The “sharia” in the north is mostly applied in civil and personal status matters (marriage, divorce, family and personal laws, inheritance, etc.). The criminal/penal code within the sharia is mainly on paper and rarely if ever enforced

The north has a dual legal system

Penal aspects of sharia are heavily constrained or overridden by Nigeria’s federal constitution and legal system, and are rarely fully implemented in practice

That’s why things like corruption, banditry, theft, terrorism, etc. are typically handled in secular courts or under federal jurisdiction, rather than sharia courts

Also the ways the sharia provides protection for the poor include the following:

-zakat, (a mandatory pillar of Islam), every year Muslims are religiously mandated to donate 2.5% of their wealth/earnings to charity, to the poor, needy and people in debt.

-sadaqah (voluntary extra charity) is also encouraged though not compulsory

-prohibition of interest (riba): The sharia forbids dealing with interest. You pay back what u borrow or lend, not a single dime more. Charging interest that’s often exploitative to the poor is forbidden and prevents the rich from trapping the poor in debt cycles and encourages fair, risk-sharing financial systems instead. When jaiz and talk banks started as sharia compliant banks, non Muslims in Nigeria kept shouting about Islamisation, however when they realised their benefits especially during the naira printing crisis under emiefele, they started running to these banks.

-sharia also has support systems like waqf(endowments): Charitable endowments used historically to fund schools, hospitals, food distribution and housing and functioned like long-term community welfare institutions.

There are numerous other factors and ways in which the sharia protects the poor that I can list however I believe the point has been passed.

Also the core north is not “poorer” due to the sharia, they are affected by overpopulation, corruption among political elites, lack of nearness to ports, less natural resources and arable lands, much of the north is semi-arid (Sahel region) which is much vulnerable to drought and desertification.

Many countries ruling in part or mostly with sharia have high or upper medium standards of living from qatar to Brunei to ua to Kuwait to Indonesia to Saudi to Bahrain to Malaysia to Oman to Maldives so sharia is not the problem but corruption in government among other factors listed.

Please educate yourself @aniky_bee

[Middle Eastern Affairs @OpsHQs]

The Israeli ambassador to Denmark is protesting the spread of this video. Let's make this go viral all around the world."

[Zagazola @ZagazOlaMakama]

A gallant, disciplined, kind hearted, and God fearing officer. Major Abdulkadir Sayyadi Zakka served with courage, dedication, and sacrifice in the defense of Damboa, and his good deeds and service to humanity will always be remembered.

Though death has taken him away, his legacy of bravery, humility, and commitment to duty remains alive in the hearts of many.

[Atieh (عطیه بختیار) @UnboundedVoice]

As an Iranian woman who lived in Iran for 19 years, I grew up wanting to become a surgeon. I never once heard in Iran that surgery was “for men.” Ironically, the first time I heard certain STEM fields or specialties being treated as more suitable for men was after moving to the United States.

Being this uninformed is surprising, Alice. It is irresponsible, unprofessional, and dehumanizing toward Iranian women. We are far more capable than what you see on your Twitter feed.

Iran has serious issues involving women’s rights and legal restrictions, but presenting Iranian women as secluded figures who are barely allowed outside is a caricature closer to Taliban Afghanistan than reality.

Iranian women are educated, visible, and active across society. The World Bank reports female youth literacy in Iran at about 99% for ages 15 to 24, which directly contradicts the image of women isolated from education or public life.

According to the World Bank Gender Data Portal, women’s formal labor-force participation in Iran is low, around 13 to 14%, while men’s is around 67%. That gender gap is real. But labor-force participation only measures paid work or active job-seeking. Research also suggests women’s informal, family-based, agricultural, and unpaid work may be undercounted. Using that number to portray Iranian women as secluded or invisible locked up in their homes is misleading.

If you want to discuss life for Iranian women, talk about how sanctions affect access to cancer diagnosis and treatment, including breast cancer care, since breast cancer is the most common cancer affecting Iranian women. Talk about how sanctions restrict livelihoods, increase economic pressure, and make it harder for men and women to find adequate jobs and build stable lives.

Iranian women are strong and have spent decades fighting for themselves while building careers, movements, and communities. Reducing them to helpless, voiceless figures is ridiculous and unforgivable.

#Woman_Life_Freedom #زن_زندگی_آزادی #از_دمو��راسی_بگو

[Bello Saleh, PhD بيللؤ ساليح۔ @bellosaleh]

Meet Yusufa, Hafizu and Audu — and their innocent, cheeky smiles.

These pre-teen boys are street beggars I encountered a few days ago in Abuja.

Away from home.
Away from school.
Away from safety, dignity and childhood itself.

They are from Mashi, Katsina State.

Their Local Government Chairman is Salisu Kallah Mashi.

Their representative in the Katsina State House of Assembly is Hon. Sani Bello Mustapha.

Their representative in the House of Representatives is Hon. Majigiri Salisu Yusuf.

Their Senator is Distinguished Senator Nasiru Sani Zangon Daura.

Their Governor is His Excellency Dikko Umaru Radda.

The President of their country is His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Every one of these elected officials swore an oath to protect children like Yusufa, Hafizu and Audu.

To protect their dignity.
To secure their future.
To ensure they have access to education, safety and opportunity.

But because #AlmajiranchiIsChildAbuse, these children have been failed.

Failed by leaders who refuse to enforce Nigeria’s Child Rights Act (2003), which clearly states:

“No child shall be used for the purpose of begging for alms…”

And we, as a society, have also failed them — by normalising this exploitation, looking away, and refusing to hold our leaders accountable.

Child begging is not culture.
It is not tradition.
IT IS CHILD ABUSE.

We must advocate to #BanAlmajiranchiNow.

@officialABAT @dikko_radda @UNICEFNigeria @UNICEFAfrica @UNICEF @NigeriaGov @MinOfInfoNG @FMYDNG @FedMinOfJustice @nassnigeria @PoliceNG @ICPC_PE @officialEFCC

[Shaun King @shaunking]

Stop telling me that the problem is Netanyahu.

Israelis gathered together to watch bombs destroy entire towns in Lebanon on a big screen together.

Israeli society is deeply sick and dangerous.

[Mayowa Durosinmi @mayordeah_]

In my 3 years of experience in journalism, I recently came across this crucial testimony from Mr @shehu_mahdi, particularly on how the US regime under @BillClinton carried out a bomb campaign against Sani Abacha (all for a regime change operation). I can't help but crash out on how this kind of information is lost in a black hole. I wasn't taught in history class. Watch👇🏾

[Muhammad Shehada @muhammadshehad2]

Never forget when popular Israeli telegram channels were celebrating the burning alive of Gazan babies with the caption:

"Gaza: coal sale for Independence Day at Floor Prices"

[Shaiel Ben-Ephraim @academic_la]

None of this is about antisemitism. It’s about Jews losing our treasured status as victims. For generations we convinced the world that we have suffered more than anyone else and that our pain should be respected. We took advantage of this and used it to excuse the worst crimes imaginable. Now no one wants to listen to our sob stories. That is our fault. It has nothing to do with antisemitism.

[Karounwi Adini @KarounwiAdini]

Ani, this is the reason why you lots must be opposed seh.

Oyo Muslims didn't bring terrorists when Bola Ige was Governor in 1979.

Oyo Muslims didn't bring terorrists when Victor Omololu Olunloyo was Governor in 1983.

Oyo Muslims didn't bring terrorists when Kolapo Ishola was Governor in 1992.

Oyo's first Muslim Governor was LAM ADESINA in 1999.

For a state created in 1976!

These same Muslims left Bayo Adelabu to vote for Seyi Makinde in 2019.

It is in 2027 that they will then bring in terrorists just because they want to govern Oyo.

Make it make sense.

From Ibadan, Oyo town, Ogbomosho itself, Saki, Iseyin, peep the Muslim population in these towns and cities and tell me why Muslim candidates would not naturally emerge.

This subtle blackmail of Muslims, to force them to withdraw from politics, will not stand.

And it is very very common with "Yoruba Ronu" activists like this whose MO is to throw around one worthless "Yoruba interest" that essentially means denying Muslims right to participate in elections.

If this is how you lot want to muddle up a clear security issue that requires state and FG collaboration by playing useless politics with it, go ahead.

We will continue to expose your agenda.

[Seyed Mohammad Marandi @s_m_marandi]

"Small children were killed with their hands tied behind their backs."

[Ken O'Keefe @RealKenOKeefe]

Not even the writers of Black Mirror could conjure up something this fucking sadistic.

[Hassan Mafi ‏ @thatdayin1992]

Like how you liberated people of Iraq?