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Kare-Kare tribes held the annual traditional festival ‘Bara Ma Jalam’ in Bauchi
Kare-Kare tribes held the annual traditional festival ‘Bara Ma Jalam’ in Bauchi
By: Yahaya Wakili
A colorful Karai-karai Annual Traditional Festival, Bara Ma Jalam, was held in Jalam town, Bauchi State, where thousands of people across the country attended the festival.
Alhaji Aliyu Jibo Mni, Matawallen Jalam, said the history of the karai-karai annual traditional festival is just like any culture. If you organize the culture, you will see that they sit down together and discuss their progress.
Alhaji Aliyu Jibo mni Matawallen Jalam, former Head of Service of Bauchi State Government, said the Karai-Karai people were at an earlier stage when they moved and finally settled in Jalam after various locations. We finally lodge in Jalam, and at the end of every season, we meet together to celebrate our good harvest.
“During the celebration of the good harvest you saw during the program, you will see people carrying a sample of hore, bow, and arrow, meaning we are hunters, we are farmers, and we celebrate the past season, and then we discussed together what we were going to do and how we would move forward.
“We look backward, we see what has been good for some years, then we advise our people to ignore some other incoming farm seed so that we concentrate on what to prepare ourselves for the future, and during the celebration, our leader, who is the “Makuyi.”
He revealed that Makuyi is just like the chief of the traditional activities; he will advise us to start for the next season very soon, immediately, so that we don’t go for any other things, and during our ideal period, which is before the rain season, we go for hunting. We advise everybody not just to sit down; ideally, you don’t become a beger. A karai-karai man is never a beger.
Alhaji Aliyu Jibo Mni maintained that, just for a period of time, people will come and meet together, discuss together, and re-establish some past relationships. He noted that somebody you haven’t seen for the past ten years comes and advises you, so this is a kind of reunion for the community.
“For the Karai-Karai community, I think we should all believe that Karai-Karai man is not a lazy man, so he should not be a beger, he should stand on his own, and were ever he finds himself, he should be honest among his host community, and he should be a person who should have a very good relationship with everyone within a community, whether his own community or any other community he finds himself in.” Jibo added.
He advises all karai-karai men that any time he hears about Bala Bara, it is advisable that we put our heads together and come and celebrate it, and if you are outside the community, try as much as possible to see that when you stand on your own and when you hear any of your brothers or relationships that are in trouble, don’t ignore him.
“Because if you are somebody today, tomorrow you may not be somebody again, so just be as simple as possible. Try to relate to other people, try to live peacefully with your neighbors, and try to respect your neighbors, so that is what a karai-karai man should be.
Kare-Kare tribes held the annual traditional festival ‘Bara Ma Jalam’ in Bauchi
Police officer dies, 17 injured in auto crash along Potiskum–Bauchi road
By: Zagazola Makama
A senior police officer has died while 17 other passengers sustained injuries following a road accident along the Potiskum–Bauchi highway in Yobe State.
Sources said the crash occurred at about 3:15 p.m. on Feb. 21 near the bye-pass roundabout area of PKM on the outskirts of Potiskum.
The vehicle, a Toyota Hummer Bus belonging to Borno Express and conveying 18 passengers from Kaduna to Maiduguri, reportedly lost control after the rear tyre rim on the passenger side suddenly detached.
According to the sources , the driver veered off the road into a bush, resulting in fatal and multiple injuries.
One of the passengers, ACP Abubakar Ibrahim Balteh, 45, attached to the Borno State Police Command, sustained a severe head injury and died on the spot.
Two male and two female passengers escaped unhurt, while 13 others suffered serious injuries of varying degrees.
The injured victims and the deceased were evacuated to the General Hospital Potiskum for treatment and autopsy.
Police officer dies, 17 injured in auto crash along Potiskum–Bauchi road
Troops of Operation FANSAN YANMA humiliate Lakurawa terrorists
By: Zagazola Makama
Troops of Operation FANSAN YANMA have neutralised several of suspected Lakurawa terrorist elements following a failed attack on Dadinkowa community in Kebbi State.
Local intelligence sources said the armed group attempted to raid a local market in the early hours of Sunday and blocked a major access road into the community to facilitate the operation.
The sources disclosed that security forces responded swiftly after receiving distress alerts and engaged the attackers in a fierce gun battle, forcing them to retreat.
According to the sources, several of the assailants were neutralised during the encounter, while others escaped with suspected gunshot wounds.
The attempted market raid was successfully foiled, preventing potential civilian casualties and destruction of property.
Troops have since intensified patrols and clearance operations around Dadinkowa and adjoining areas to track fleeing elements and stabilise the security environment.
Troops of Operation FANSAN YANMA humiliate Lakurawa terrorists
One killed as suspected IPOB/ESN militants attack Ogbakoba Market in Anambra
By: Zagazola Makama
A 15-year-old boy was killed while security operatives repelled an attack by suspected members of the proscribed IPOB/ESN militia at Ogbakoba Market Arena in Anambra State.
Sources said the incident occurred on Feb. 21 at about 1:40 p.m., when a group of armed hoodlums emerged from a dense forest camp at Amiyi and opened sporadic fire at market-goers, apparently attempting to kidnap or rob residents.
A joint task force patrol team stationed at Amiyi responded swiftly, engaging the attackers in a fierce gun duel that forced them to retreat into the forest with bullet wounds. The injured boy was rushed to the village hospital but was confirmed dead on arrival. His body was deposited in the morgue for autopsy and preservation.
The sources added that later the same day at about 8:30 p.m., the armed group resurfaced near the community, snatching a shuttle bus with registration number HAL 987 XA and a GSM phone belonging to one Mr. Kinsley Iwunze of Okpotuno Odekpe, Ogbaru LGA.
Security operatives immediately dispatched teams to the scene, but the hoodlums had fled. Authorities said an aggressive manhunt was ongoing to apprehend the fleeing suspects.
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Troops of Operation FANSAN YANMA humiliate Lakurawa terrorists
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