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IGALA-HAUSA/FULANI RELATIONS: PAST, PRESENT AND WHAT FUTURE? (1818-2018)

By Ele Ifah Sunday November 15, 2021 243 0

By Michael Achile Umameh, PhD The Igala mega-state reached the zenith of its powers in the early 17th century under the astute leadership of Attah Ayegba Idoko. Through tactical military maneuvers and colonial conquests, diplomacy and innovation, wealth creation, administrative acumen, mastery and domination of the river Niger waterways, and complex treaties, the Igala Continue Reading

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Group advocates justice for relations of families of terrorism, insurgency victims

By Ele Ifah Sunday November 14, 2021 166 0

A nonpolitical, peace and unity organization, One Nigeria Group, has called for justice for the relations of victims killed by insurgency and terrorist groups in the country. The national leader of the group, Muhammad Saleh, made the call at Unity Fountain, Abuja, during a rally organized by the group to condemn the nefarious activities of […]Continue Reading

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Askira-Uba Attack: Zulum lauds military for resilience; empathizes over loss

By Ele Ifah Sunday November 14, 2021 178 0

Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has commended the Nigerian military for putting up a strong resilience in a battle with fighters from the Islamic State of West Africa Province, who launched attacks on a military base in Askira/Uba Local Government Area of southern Borno State, on Saturday morning. Governor Zulum, in a statement by […]Continue Reading

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Full Text of President Buhari’s Independence Day Broadcast

By Ele Ifah Sunday October 1, 2021 191 0

INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE OCCASION OF NIGERIA’S SIXTY-FIRST INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY, FRIDAY 1ST OCTOBER, 2021.   Citizens of Nigeria.   It is with full gratitude to God that today, we celebrate Nigeria’s sixty-first Independence Anniversary.   For the 1st of October 1960 Continue Reading

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Nigeria should accept US Offers to identify Boko Haram Sponsors

By Ele Ifah Sunday September 21, 2021 126 0

At the recent round table on US-Nigeria military cooperation with journalists in Abuja, the Ambassador of the United States of America to Nigeria Mary Beth Leonard stated that her country was willing to partner with Nigeria on identifying sponsors of the Boko Haram terrorists. This is no doubt a positive development that will go a […]Continue Reading

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Ukomu Igala Cries Out Over Violence in Igala Land

By Ele Ifah Sunday September 15, 2021 187 0

The Ukomu Igala Organisation (UIO) has cried out over the unsavoury security situation in Igala land which has led to fear, apprehension, and rampant bloodshed in the nine local government areas. In a statement jointly signed by its National Leader, Mr David Abutu, and National Secretary, Dr Sabastine Abu, the organization expressed worry over kidnapping, […]Continue Reading

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An encounter with a soldier who fought bandits in North-West 

By Ele Ifah Sunday September 2, 2021 174 0

By Theophilus Abbah My spirit dwindled and my heart sank as dark-faced military personnel flagged my car down at a mischievous checkpoint in the outskirt of Lokoja en route Abuja. Emerging from the snarling traffic on the rickety road at Felele in Lokoja, I was charged for the two-hour ride to Abuja in my Mercedes […]Continue Reading

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10 banditry lords and their territories in Zamfara  

By Ele Ifah Sunday September 2, 2021 295 0

 Armed bandits have partitioned Zamfara State, with each of their key leaders asserting control over ‘territories.’ The following brief sketches on each of them are based on open sources and eyewitness accounts of residents in communities where bandits operate. Ardo Nashawari Nashawari was born in Gusami district in Birnin Magaji local government area of the […]Continue Reading

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The Taliban, Boko Haram and what Nigeria must do urgently

By Theophilus Abbah September 1, 2021 161 0

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

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Mbaka foresees more troubles for Nigeria if…

By Ele Ifah Sunday August 31, 2021 162 0

From Tony Adibe, Enugu The Spiritual Director, Adoration Ministry Enugu Nigeria (AMEN), Rev. Father Camellus  Ejike Mbaka, has said that the attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy was just the beginning of what would befall Nigeria if the regime of President Muhammad Buhari did not change and God did not intervene. He also called on […]Continue Reading

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‘We cannot abandon Afghanistan’s women, children, and adolescents now’- Helen Clark

By Ele Ifah Sunday August 30, 2021 217 0

Statement By Helen Clark, Board Chair of The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, and Former Prime Minister of New Zealand   At a government-run maternity clinic in southern Kandahar province, Afghanistan, a woman is scared of losing her unborn child. Wati – pregnant for a fifth time in four years – has already […]Continue Reading

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Boko Haram: Zulum inducts 1,000 hunters to secure farmers

By Ele Ifah Sunday July 29, 2021 172 0

Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum on Thursday chaired the induction of 1,000 hunters freshly engaged to join existing ones in the ongoing fight against Boko Haram. The hunters are to provide dedicated protection to farmers who cultivate crops in the outskirts of Jere, where over 70 farmers were killed in November 2020 as well […]Continue Reading