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Media aides mark Zulum’s 53rd birthday with “3rd Verdict”

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By Daniel Adaji Media aides, alongside social media associates, on Thursday unveiled a compendium, the 3rd Verdict, to celebrate the 53rd birthday of Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum. The compendium’s Editor-in-Chief, who is also the Governor’s Adviser on Public Relations and Strategy, Malam Isa Gusau, announced the unveiling via a statement. Gusau Continue Reading
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Zulum allots 259 houses, N110 million to Borno police

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… IGP calls Governor’s support enormous Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Thursday in Maiduguri, announced the government’s allocation of 259 houses and the release of N110m to the Nigerian Police Force in the state. Zulum made the announcement during the commissioning of Borno’s branch of the Nigerian Police Force Microfinance Bank (NPFM Bank). […]Continue Reading
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To Mend A Broken Nation: The Easter Metaphor

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(Easter Message by Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, Diocese of Sokoto, April 17th, 2022) 1: Hello brothers and sisters in Christ, men and women of goodwill everywhere, I send you hearty greetings and felicitations as we celebrate the risen Christ. Easter is here again. For all Christians, Easter is a metaphor for our lives as individuals, families, […]Continue Reading
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The Unseen Forces Behind Terrorist Fighters

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By Theophilus Abbah On February 4, 2022, no fewer than 25 terrorists, fleeing airstrikes by the Nigerian military,  drowned in a deep river located within the Marte axis of the Lake Chad basin in Borno State. On February 10, 2022, a  military fighter jet and helicopter gunship eliminated some bandit leaders and terrorists in Niger State. On […]Continue Reading
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IGALA-HAUSA/FULANI RELATIONS: PAST, PRESENT AND WHAT FUTURE? (1818-2018)

By Ele Ifah Sunday 229 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

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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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10 banditry lords and their territories in Zamfara  

By Ele Ifah Sunday 283 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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Mbaka foresees more troubles for Nigeria if…

By Ele Ifah Sunday 154 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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Nigeria: Religious Extremism Fueling Violence

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Escalating bloodshed in Nigeria is fueled in part by religious extremism – and the United States must recognize this in order to achieve peace, says the former U.S. religious freedom ambassador. “This thing’s going to blow up on us, as we would say, ‘bigger than Dallas,’ if we don’t get into there and really start […]Continue Reading
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Kidnapping: What Nigeria could learn from Colombia

By Theophilus Abbah 384 0
…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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