For over 100 years, Northern Nigeria has been held together by a politically contrived twofold ethnic fusion expediently branded as “Hausa-Fulani”. It has served as an instrument of cohesion that aggregates demographic weight for political relevance. Now, however, beneath the artificial ethnic construct, a quiet shift is underway. The shift is...
National identity
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has observed that some unscrupulous individuals, cyber cafes, and organizations’ are engaged in indiscriminate printing of unauthorized ‘NIN’ cards and charging unsuspecting members of the public exorbitant fees. In a statement issued in Abuja on Monday by by...