'Henceforth, nobody will see the back of Zaarman again' - Baba Gonto
The Zaar people are said to have migrated from the Middle East, probably Yemen, to the present-day Chad Republic between 9th and 13th centuries. It is widely understood that they migrated with other Chadic tribes (nearly 200 languages).
Occasioned by sporadic raids, religious, ethnic, and political wars, the Zaar people along with other Chadic tribes were forced to move southwards of Borno to Ngazargamu for safety and collective survival.
They were referred to as the Chadic tribes because they lived around the Chad Basin in the present-day Borno State of Nigeria. These tribes were originally part of the Kanem Bornu Empire which ruled and controlled the area from the 9th to the 19th century.
Zaar belongs to the Afro-Asiatic Languages. The family tree includes the OMOTIC, CUSHITIC, CHADIC, EGYPTIAN, SEMITIC, and BERBER. The Blench classification of Afro-Asiatic circulation draft categorised Zaar in this way: Family (Chadic), Branch/Group (Southern Bauchi/Zaar Group), Subgroup (Saya Cluster), Language (Zaar), and Lects/Dialects (Zaar).
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HRM Air Cdre Ishaku Komo (retd) was born to the family of Mr. and Mrs. Komo Kwasba on 25 November 1953 at Bar, then Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria.
Ishaku was commissioned into the Nigerian Air Force as a Pilot Officer in December 1974, with anti-date of 2 July 1973. He attended Ground School at the Primary Flying Training Wing (PFTW), in Kaduna between 1974 and 1975.
He becames a licensed Air Traffic Controller (ATC) after attending the Basic Air Traffic Control School, Shawbury, Royal Air Force, United Kingdom from Dec 1975 – July 1976. He became an Aircraft Interceptor Controller at the Fighter Control School, West Drayton, Royal Air Force, United Kingdom in 1980. After attending the Junior Command and Staff School (JCSS) Kaduna in 1982, he was qualified to bear ‘pjsc’ after his name. As a member of the Senior Command and Staff College, Jaji between 1988 and 1989 he was awarded ‘psc’.
Ishaku Komo had a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theology through the International Correspondence Institute (ICI) and the Theological Seminary of the Cornerstone University of Ohio (USA)/Jerusalem (Israel) in 1993.
He attended the National Defence College (NDC), Islamabad, Islamic Republic of Pakistan to obtain MSc in Defence and Strategic Studies from Quaid-i-Azim University, between August 1998 and July 1999.
He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Theology by the Pan African Christian Theological University (PACTU) Abuja Campus, in August 2005.
He studied a Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Philosophy at the New Dimension Seminary Lagos and graduated in December 2005.
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Festivals are part and parcel of Zaar culture. They are seasonal activities that mark and portray the rich culture of the Zaar people. One of such festivals is the Lemp Zaar celebrated first Saturday of every November. Hence, 2023 Lemp Zaar is slated for Saturday 4 November 2023. Come one come all.
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