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Insecurity: Crucial actors left out in Nigeria’s South-West deal with herders

By Theophilus Abbah 221 0
Theophilus Abbah Frayed nerves were relaxed as governors of South-West states signed a peace pact with the leadership of Miyetti-Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) on January 25, 2021. The pact neutralized the tension generated by the ‘quit notices’ issued to Fulani by Governor Arakunrin Odunayo Akeredolu, SAN, and activist Sunday Igboho, who operates Continue Reading
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Buba Marwa Resumes as NDLEA Boss, Bemoans 15 million Drug Users in Nigeria

By Ele Ifah Sunday 214 0
The New Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brigadier General Mohammad Buba Marwa has bemoaned the increasing number of drug users at over 15 million in Nigeria. Marwa who lamented the growing population of drug users during his inaugural address at the NDLEA headquarters Abuja pointed out […]Continue Reading
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Here is Bishop Kukah’s misinterpreted 2020 Christmas Day message

By Theophilus Abbah 217 0
A Nation in Search of Vindication: Another Christmas with Dark Clouds of Death:   Let me paraphrase the holy prophet Isaiah who said: “For Jerusalem (Nigeria’s sake), I will not be silent until her vindication shines forth like the dawn…..No more shall people call you forsaken, or your land desolate, but you shall be called […]Continue Reading
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How Do I Write A Tribute For Sam Nda-Isaiah?

By Ele Ifah Sunday 176 0
It was a short post from Isiaq Ajibola, former COO of Media Trust, on the WhatsApp platform of the Northern Media Forum, that drew attention to the passing of Sam Nda-Isaiah, just a few minutes past midnight, today, Saturday, 12th December 2020. To say that I was stunned, was to understate my emotions! I placed […]Continue Reading
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Gratuities: Zulum approves N12b to clear 4,862 unpaid retirees

By Ele Ifah Sunday 161 0
… Presents cheques to retirees  … N3b earlier released in 2019  Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, on Tuesday announced the release of N12 billion to clear gratuities owed 4,862 retirees who left the state and local government civil service from 2013 to 2017. Before today’s, Zulum had released N3 billion in June and September […]Continue Reading
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Lesson from North Korea: Invent rather than imitate

By Ele Ifah Sunday 165 0
In the world, imitation became a trend. If there is one country that tends towards invention, not imitation, it is precisely the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, something that contrasts with this reality. A few years ago, Pyongyang hosted an exhibition of machinery and equipment, which displayed an 80 hp tractor, a 115 hp diesel […]Continue Reading
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Boko Haram: Leading northeast governors, Darius backs Zulum’s call for mercenaries

By Ele Ifah Sunday 212 0
Taraba State Governor, Ishaku Darius has declared support for Governor Babagana Umara Zulum’s request that the federal reengages mercenaries to join the Nigerian armed forces in the ongoing fight against Boko Haram insurgents terrorizing Borno in particular, and some parts of the northeast. Darius spoke on Tuesday in Maiduguri when Governors of Adamawa, Ahmadu Fitiri, […]Continue Reading
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A Systemic Persecution of Christians and the Church in Northern Nigeria: The Church’s Response

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By Fr. Williams Kaura Abba Introduction The Wall Street Journal published an article in December 2019 wherein Bernard-Henri Levy, a French Philosopher, filmmaker, journalist, and public intellectual described a trip he made to Nigeria during which he privately investigated Fulani attacks on Christians. Levy recounts thus:   A slow-motion war is underway in Africa’s Continue Reading
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Chibok: Zulum orders rehabilitation of school where girls where abducted

By Ele Ifah Sunday 150 0
… Gov. shares N11m to 83 attacked families, inspects projects Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum was in Chibok on Monday, during which he assessed and ordered the immediate rehabilitation of Government Secondary School, Chibok where more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram on April 14, 2014. Although the defunct presidential committee on […]Continue Reading
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Study Notes on Nigeria’s Youth Revolt

By Ele Ifah Sunday 146 0
By Edwin Madunagu  What actually happened in Nigeria, from October 8, 2020 to the last week of that month? Did we see a protest, a revolt, an uprising, a rebellion, a nihilist – anarchist self-expression, an insurrection or a revolution? But why have I decided to put “revolution” last? Is it because it is the […]Continue Reading
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