The moment Niger State Governor Umaru Bago removed all Fulani and other ethnic traditional rulers across the state, affirming a single traditional ruler to oversee them.
According to the governor, the move is intended to address allegations of land grabbing, theft, and other unlawful activities linked to some traditional rulers.
He also warned the Civilian Volunteer Task Force against actions that could create problems or undermine peace and security in the state.
Northern Governors Inaugurate Security Trust Fund Board, Pledge ₦1 Billion Monthly to Fight Insecurity
Board of Trustees Appointments:
Co-Chairs
a) Alhaji Mahmoud Yayale Ahmed, CFR
b) General Martin Luther Agwai, CFR
Nominated Members
1. Lt Gen. Umar Farouk Yahaya (rtd) – Sokoto | Former Chief of Army Staff
2. DIG Hafiz Mohd Inuwa (rtd) – Jigawa | Deputy Inspector General of Police i/c Research & Statistics Force HQs
3. AVM Kabiru Aliyu (rtd) – Taraba | Director of Sports, Defence HQs
4. Prof. Usman Tar – Borno | Commissioner for Security, Borno State
5. AVM Napoleon Bali (rtd) – Plateau | Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
6. Maj. General A. M. Dikko (rtd) – Niger | National Coordinator, National Center for Control of Small Arms & Light Weapons
7. AIG Sunday Babaji (rtd) – Gombe | AIG FCID Annex Kaduna
8. AVM Farouk Omeiza Umar (rtd) – Kogi | Chief of Policy and Plans, Defence HQs
9. Maj. Gen. Muhammad Sani (rtd) – Kano | Chief of Army Standards & Evaluation
10. Muhammad Mujtaba Isa – Zamfara | former Head of Service
11. Alh. Adamu Tanko Umar – Nasarawa | Chief Superintendent of Customs (rtd)
12. Malam Abubakar Mustafa – Kaduna | former Head of Service
13. DIG Sani Usman Mohammed (rtd) – Bauchi | Chief Security Officer, Bauchi State
14. Maj-Gen. Bello Sarkin Yaki (rtd) – Kebbi | Coordinator, Counter Terrorism Center, Office of the National Security Adviser
15. Barr. Boss Mustafa, CFR – Adamawa | Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation
16. Alhaji Falalu Bawale – Katsina | Head of the Civil Service, Katsina
17. Brig. Gen. Ibrahim Bolakala Agbab (rtd) – Kwara | Chief of Staff, 82 Division, NA
18. Maj. Gen John Seyina Malu (rtd) – Benue | Chief of Defence Standards and Evaluation
19. IGP Usman Alkali Baba (rtd) – Yobe | Former Inspector General of Police
Salam,
Today 08/06/2026, Flynas flight XY9462 departed Jeddah to Kebbi @ 05:11hrs with 431 Kebbi Pilgrims.
Total Airlifts = 7,749
Total Flights = 20
Source: NAHCON’s Command and Control Center - Makkah.
Allah Sarkin Sarauta...This is the Ivorian President Alassane Quataraa at Muzdalifah. Where he joined millions of pilgrims to sleep on the roofless floor.
Over here there is no status or superiority, so everyone is on the same wavelength in front of Allah Ta'alaa!!!
BREAKING NEWS | The crescent moon for Dhul Hijjah 1447 has been sighted in Saudi Arabia. Subsequently, the blessed month of Dhul Hijjah will commence tonight, and ‘Eid al-Adha will be observed on Wednesday 27th May 2026, in shā Allāh.
May Allāh ﷻ grant the hujjāj a safe, accepted and spiritually uplifting Hajj, ease every stage of their journey, and return them home forgiven like the day they were born. Aameen.
May Allah ﷻ also allow us all to maximise the blessed first ten days of Dhul Hijjah through dhikr, fasting, du‘ā, charity and righteous deeds, and may He accept all of our worship and efforts. Aameen.
OPINION: If Plateau’s Illegal Arms Factories Belonged to Fulani Militias, the World Would Be Burning
By: Zagazola Makama
The discovery of another illegal arms factory in Plateau State should have shaken the conscience of the nation. But it did not. Not because the development was insignificant, but because it did not fit the preferred narrative carefully marketed for years by crisis merchants, foreign lobbyists, and politically interested actors feeding off the Plateau conflict.
Imagine for a moment if troops had uncovered three illegal arms factories operated by Fulani militias in their harmlet in Plateau within three weeks. Imagine if security forces had recovered fabricated AK-47 rifles, welding machines, recoiling springs, ammunition shells and weapon components from settlements associated with Fulani groups. By now, international media would be flooded with headlines screaming “genocide.” Foreign NGOs would issue emergency alerts. U.S. lawmakers would hold hearings. Social media activists would demand sanctions on Nigeria. Naked women and youths would occupy streets in Jos. Protesters would occupy the streets of Abuja, Washington and London. Religious organisations would organise prayer marches and global petitions. Every recovered rifle would become proof of an alleged grand conspiracy to wipe out Christians.
But reality can be inconvenient. Troops of Operation Enduring Peace (OPEP) raided illegal arms manufacturing sites in Vom, Jos South LGA, and arrested five suspects linked to Berom militia networks. Recovered from the factories were fabricated AK-47 rifles, weapon skeletons, revolver components, magazines, welding machines and industrial tools used for weapon production. This was not a rumour. This was not social media speculation. These were physical weapons recovered by troops during a live operation.
Yet the silence has been deafening. No outrage from the usual activists. No emergency press conferences. No sermons condemning the proliferation of illegal arms within Plateau communities. No viral hashtags. No candlelight protests. No foreign NGO reports warning about ethnic militias manufacturing weapons. The same voices that quickly amplify every allegation against Fulani groups suddenly developed selective blindness.
This is the uncomfortable truth many do not want discussed openly: Plateau’s crisis is no longer a simplistic black-and-white story of innocent victims versus faceless attackers. Armed militias exist on multiple sides of the conflict. Weapons are being manufactured locally. Revenge attacks are organised. Narratives are weaponised. Communities arm themselves while simultaneously presenting themselves exclusively as helpless victims before the national and international audience.
And that is exactly why the crisis has persisted for decades. The dangerous part is not merely the weapons themselves. The dangerous part is the ecosystem protecting the narrative. An ecosystem where facts are filtered through ethnicity and religion before they are accepted. An ecosystem where the deaths of some victims generate global outrage while the deaths of others barely earn a mention. An ecosystem where propaganda travels faster than truth.
Over the past months, security operations in Plateau have exposed repeated evidence of armed local militias, reprisal cells, illegal weapon possession, and coordinated attacks hidden beneath carefully crafted emotional narratives. Troops have recovered weapons from local youths. Active shooters were seen in viral videos previously circulated as evidence of “attacks.” Security personnel have repeatedly intervened to stop reprisals between communities. Yet these realities rarely make international reports because they complicate the preferred storyline.