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51 pastors kidnapped in 2 years

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Kidnappers demand N1 billion ransom Edo, Delta and Kaduna top list of most dangerous states for pastors In the last two years not less than 51 pastors and priests of various denominations and churches were  kidnapped in Nigeria. Also, ransom figures put at about N1 billion was demanded from them and their loved ones. This […]Continue Reading
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There are three types of Boko Haram – Senator Ndume

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Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume was a member of the Presidential Committee on Security Challenges in the North-East zone in 2011, headed by Ambassador Usman Gaji Galtimari. In this interview, the senator representing Borno South Senatorial District argues Boko Haram has three faces: criminal, political and authentic. Excerpts: Your committee has just completed its assignment Continue Reading
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$3.3bn Abacha Loot: Between Obasanjo, Jonathan and Buhari

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In the last 20 years, the Federal Government has recovered $3.3 billion from countries where former Head of State, the late General Sani Abacha, stashed the country’s proceeds from oil sales. The recovery hits N1.2 trillion when converted to our local currency, an amount, going by the 2018 budget is enough to fund critical agencies […]Continue Reading
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Shocking things Ghana’s Auditor-General said about oil and gas

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In the last decade I’ve been haunted by an opaque expression: ‘the oil and gas sector is opaque.’ What is opaque? What is oil and gas? The simple definition of opaque is “not transparent,” and it has synonyms like “cloudy,” “blurred,” “dirty,” “muddy,” “hazy,” etc. Is the word, opaque, not a synonym of the phrase […]Continue Reading
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5 Revelations from Leah Sharibu’s Audio Tape

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A socio-pragmatic linguistic analysis of the transcript of the audio of Leah Sharibu proves five things. The transcript, widely circulated in the media, read thus: “I am Leah Sharibu, the girl that was abducted in GGSS Dapchi. I am calling on the government and people of goodwill to intervene to get me out of my […]Continue Reading
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10 national issues being lost to 2019 power noise

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The next general election is six months away. Not, government seems to have surrendered its duties to the noise of the power riddle, abandoning many issues of national importance. Below is a list of some of such issues that federal and state governments have relegated to the background in their anxiety to secure ‘the people’s […]Continue Reading
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20 Strategies of Boko Haram, other terror groups

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The United Nations Security Council report on the state of terrorist groups in the Levant (Syria and Iraq), Middle East, Europe, Africa, South-East Asia, Central and South Asia elicited diverse reactions in Nigeria. Prominence was given to the speculation that the Federal Government parted with huge sums as ransom to secure the release of 105 […]Continue Reading
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