January 15, 2025
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Gwoza attacks: Why Boko Haram chooses females for suicide bombing

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Key Points: Boko Haram uses more female than male suicide bombing How the sect persuades women to become suicide bombers Gwoza still under Boko Haram control Borno residents worry as government ‘pampers’ repentant Boko Haram fighters ‘Government must defeat Boko Haram before granting them amnesty’ By Theophilus Abbah Boko Haram terrorists choose women for suicide […]Continue Reading
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[Explainer] Why Nigeria is experiencing food scarcity

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By Theophilus Abbah Scarcity, not caused by an increase in fuel price and devaluation of the Naira Crop production dipped since 2023 due to the activities of bandits Farmers in Plateau, Kaduna, Zamfara, Kaduna, Kogi Katsina prevented from planting and harvesting Irish potatoes, yam, rice, tomatoes, pepper, maize Waters from Bakalori dam, previously utilized by […]Continue Reading
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Aliko Dangote’s Noble Quest for Africa’s Self-Sufficiency and Prosperity

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Key Points: Local manufacturing, key to Africa’s growth Africa now exports raw materials but import poverty Dangote invested $25bn in Africa in 7 years Plans to supply refined products to West, Central and South Africa By Abiodun Alade Africa is a resource-rich continent but relatively poor in terms of the manufacturing of goods. According to […]Continue Reading
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Poverty and Buhari’s victory in 2019 presidential election

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Was it by coincidence that President Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the February 23 presidential election, defeated his opponent Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a result of poverty in Nigeria? Available data on the website of the National Bureau of Statistics shows that Buhari got overwhelming votes […]Continue Reading
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Data shows Nigerian youths could determine outcome 2023 elections

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By Daniel Adaji On the average, the number of youths with PVCs is 40 million, a figure that is higher than the number of votes cast in any of the presidential elections since 1999.   If the majority of Nigerian youths who are registered voters would march to their polling units to cast their votes […]Continue Reading
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Here are countries to where Nigerian doctors flee, and why

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By Theophilus Abbah Though emigration of doctors from Nigeria to developed countries is not a new phenomenon, a recent survey has revealed that the current rate of emigration by doctors which intensified in that last three years may be injurious to the country’s health sector. The survey conducted NOI Poll and Nigeria Health Watch showed […]Continue Reading
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8 Dangerous conspiracy theories that hamper counter-terrorism in Nigeria – Governor Shettima

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At a seminar organized by the Institute of Security Studies, Bwari, Abuja recently, Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima listed seven conspiracy theories about the insecurity in Nigeria and encourages efforts to dismiss them. They are below: Introduction: To my mind, the most ignored, yet very dangerous threat to our Nation’s internal security and governance is […]Continue Reading
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The Taliban, Boko Haram and what Nigeria must do urgently

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By Theophilus Abbah The Taliban now holds sway in Afghanistan, a continent apart from Nigeria, but the waves from its activities have always shaken Jihadist enthusiasm in our clime. For the late 1990s to early 2000s, its franchise, Yobe Taliban, who preached the Jihadist brand of Salafi doctrine, created panic in communities. The choice of […]Continue Reading
Fulani herdsmen
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How self-help ‘ethnic armies’ fill void of inadequate security in Benue

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The deteriorating insecurity across the country has forced Governments and citizens to constitute alternative groups in order to secure their spaces. In Benue, ‘ethnic armies’ are emerging. The inadequate manpower facing the established security operatives – military, police, civil defence among others – coupled with the overwhelming insecurity appeared in Continue Reading
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Kidnapping: What Nigeria could learn from Colombia

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…How South American country overcame kidnapping, armed banditry and terrorists Kidnapping and banditry have combined to form the shape of a national epidemic, as they have eaten into every fabric of about 20 states. A signature of Boko Haram insurgency, which has engulfed the country since 2009, kidnapping for ransom and the killing of innocent […]Continue Reading
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Why separatist IPOB is thriving in Nigeria and how to curtail it

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By Theophilus AbbahThough the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied any role in the attacks on the Nigeria Correctional Centre and Police formations in Imo State last Monday, the escalating violence is associated with the separatist group’s growing popularity in the South-East . The group, with its Eastern Security Network, provides a semblance of […]Continue Reading
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