Amir Harbo

By Amir Muhammad Harbo It is undeniable and physically known that Jigawa state is blessed with high fertile land suitable for farming and grazing. However, the clashes between Fulani herders, natives, traditional rulers and some government officials have almost encircled the state’s cities and villages in a wave of violence that r…

FITILAR RAYUWA: Ko shakka babu wayoyin celulla a zamanin nan da muke ciki ya zama tamkar ruwan dare wajen amfanin yau da kullum dan ya zamana gasa a tsakanin al’umma, shin ya mutane suka dauki waya da muhimmanci, shin ko wacce irin rawa waya ke takawa a wannan zamani. Jama’a assalamu alaikum, barkan mu da kara kasancewa da ku …

The Way Some Lecturers are Behaving Towards Women in Universities: The way some lecturers and students are treating married women in our universities is worrisome. I can't zip my mouth over this, it's distracting me over a time.  We're taking their lives as like they're over. This is indeed weird! Especially to the p…

An Applause to NITDA and YCD for the 1st Jigawa Innovation Summit: By: Amir Muhammad Harbo Blueprints Newspaper. I am very sure that everything we do today has some flavours of technology in it, thus, we can't detached ourselves from this millennium called information age. We must embrace it since we are using it either in our …

Two Years On, Remembering Shehu Shagari As A Model For Nigerian Youths: 27th December, 2020. While we have been busy talking about the Nigerian situation, which might be attached to many conspiracies, its so-called democracy and the ramshackle youths of today, I wonder if anyone of us had ever stopped and spared a thought for the pa…

AREWAR MU? Abinda ke zuciya zan bayyana. Koda ace baza mu rayu ba. zama a Arewa kamar ba zai yuwu ba. Shin ina wakilan mu da muka zaɓa.  Kariyar ne ba zasu bamu ba? Kunsan bazan musu ƙage ba. Sun toshe kunne basu ɗauki komai ba. Dan su kare dukiyar mu da kowa ba. Ko ina duhu babu haske, Rabbi mun tuba. Da suna kishin mu kamar iyal…

Little Musa and the Opportunity of a Perfect Leg to reckon: In the course of my numerous interactions and engagements with Dr Nuruddeen Muhammad, former Minister of State Foreign Affairs and Supervising Minister of Information, I have heard him severally saying 'he doesn't take things for granted'. And I had always wonde…

Ƙalubalen Matasan Hausawa a Ƙarni na Ashirin da Ɗaya: Da yawan mutane sun sani cewa ana murnar wannan 'Ranar Hausa' a wannan rana ta 26 ga watan Agusta a kowacce shekara. Hakan yana bada dama domin tattauna maudu'i kala-kala ta bangarori daban-daban da ya shafi harshen Hausa da kuma Hausawa. Duk da cewa harshen Ingilish…

TOGETHER AT SIXTY: A Nation: A mother of African territories! A mother land of giants of Africa! A green Nation! A white Nation! It is called Nigeria. Nigeria: Who keeps our states united. Who is the originator of the heroes of yesterday, today and tomorrow. Who entitled as a One Nation despite heterogeneous tribes. Who today has k…

Is Idris Kareka a Flag-Waver Or An Unpatriotic?  - By Amir Muhammad Harbo As for Jigawa, we often discuss and write about its problems and suggest their remedies as well. On this stand however, of course others will selfishly disagree with me, and I respect their right to do so; (because we are in a democratic world). As we all know…

FOUR-eight: Two, four, what for?  Six, Eight, who do we appreciate? At first, we think they're great! I mean the A-P-C, change pretenders! Already we have started seeing it. But change to 'drawdown'. The damages have already been done. And the masses are suffering... 'Shinkafa' triples its price! Education is n…

Retrospection: And Sule Lamido Boasted!  -By Ameer Muhammad Harbo. What I always remember is how his inaugural speech was presented on the 29th of May, 2007 with alot of emphasis, confidence and a even a certain boastful tone in it's content. In Nigeria, elected public officials hardly boast and live to tell the story. It takes…

Rising Poverty and Kidnap Incidences; It is Indeed Time To Unite Jigawa For Our Prosperity: Amir Muhammad Harbo  Today marks the Birthday of Dr Nuruddeen Muhammad (former Minister of State Foreign Affairs and Minister of Information) and I found myself profoundly reflecting on how I once asked him politely about why he wasn't pa…

Arewa Inane Matsayar Mu? Duk da munsan cewa mun gama bauta ƙarƙashin turawan mulkin mallaka, akwai wata sabuwar bautar da mukeyi tuntuni ƙarƙashin ƴan kudancin ƙasarnan. Wannan babu ja! Duk dadai nasan na dauko batu mai girma amma ba ina faɗa bane dan san rarrabuwar kai ko tashin hankali saidai dan musan inane ke mana ciwo kuma mu…

Poetry: Worms in my brain going in and out The profound and inane what's it all about? Revolution, evolution Politics or religion Zeal or function Poetry my unction. -Amir July, 2020.