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ISS: New insights into how communities resist Boko Haram

By Ele Ifah Sunday July 27, 2020 192 0

By Akinola Olojo, Senior Researcher, ISS Communities affected by violent extremism are frequently considered to have risk factors linked to socio-economic deprivation, bad governance, and religious radicalization. These factors prevail across the whole of northern Nigeria, and in the north-eastern Bauchi and Gombe states. However, despite Boko Haram’s factions being active Continue Reading

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Aid workers’ execution: Zulum deeply pained, sends delegation to families

By Ele Ifah Sunday July 23, 2020 138 0

…Says victims died as heroes Borno Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, is deeply pained by insurgents’ execution of aid workers whom he described as heroes that were gruesomely killed in the course of serving humanity. Zulum’s spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau, said in a statement released Thursday morning, that the Governor was informed of the execution on […]Continue Reading

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The Cost of Destroying Ibrahim Magu

By Ele Ifah Sunday July 16, 2020 139 0

By Muni Williams On Monday, July 6, 2020, the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, a police commissioner, was finally arrested on the streets of Abuja, the Federal Capital of Nigeria. He was said to have been bundled unprepared to face an administrative panel of inquiry headed by a […]Continue Reading

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Magu and albatross around EFCC chairmen’s neck

By Ele Ifah Sunday July 11, 2020 166 0

By Theophilus Abbah Nuhu Ribadu booted out, demoted (2008). Farida Waziri sacked! (2011). Ibrahim Lamorde removed, under probe (2015).  Ibrahim Magu arrested, detained, grilled (2019). With these fragmented statements and reads-on that scream from the headlines of dailies, each chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), was, with bleary eyes, Continue Reading

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[Terrorism Tracker] Joint Task Force, Mama Boko Haram, and other stories

By Ele Ifah Sunday July 9, 2020 143 0

By Ifah Ele Sunday As Nigerians worry about Covid-19, they tend to push the activities of terrorists and bandits to the background. However, these evil men have killed many more persons than Covid-19 has in the last four months and counting. In this edition of Terrorism Tracker, we provide insight into the perennial violence and […]Continue Reading

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‘When I was a Boko Haram member’

By Ele Ifah Sunday July 9, 2020 136 0

By Mustapha Bukar Sabo In modern-day Nigeria, Borno is referred to as Home of Peace.  Its history is synonymous with statecraft, Islam, and scholarship.  When Kanem Borno was relating to the outside world in trade and international relations, most nationalities in Nigeria were unaware of the outside world.  It is the home of Islamic education/civilization.  […]Continue Reading

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How Nigeria can survive the oil slump – NEITI

By Ele Ifah Sunday July 9, 2020 153 0

By Ifah Ele Sunday The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has come up with a prescription on how Nigeria can cope with the current economic challenges caused by COVID-19 pandemic. NEITI is a government agency task with the challenge of ensuring accountability and transparency in the solid mineral and natural resources sector. In its […]Continue Reading

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10 Issues in Buhari’s Democracy Day Broadcast

By Ele Ifah Sunday June 12, 2020 139 0

Macroeconomy has stabilized, as economic decline is ‘relatively moderate’ External Reserves stands at $36 billion, enough to fund import for seven months Some 1,200 Housing Units delivered Ajaokuta Steel Company will be resuscitated Siemens agreement will see to the rehabilitation of transmission lines, and by 2023, electricity infrastructure shall transmit 11,000 Continue Reading

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Boko Haram: Zulum visits Gubio village where 81 died, village head, 6 others abducted

By Ele Ifah Sunday June 11, 2020 118 0

… Gov evacuates injured victims, calls attack barbaric, wants final onslaught by military   Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Wednesday, travelled to Faduma Kolomdi village in Gubio local government area, a scene of a deadly attack by Boko Haram. Faduma Kolomdi, which is a nomadic village, is located 35 kilometres in the north […]Continue Reading

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Former US AfDB Director declares support for Adesina

By Ele Ifah Sunday June 8, 2020 144 0

A former U.S Executive Director to the African Development Bank, (AfDB), Dr. Mima Nedelcovych, has expressed support to the embattled President Akinwumi Adesina. Dr. Nedelcovych said that Dr Adesina has stepped up when most needed for an African institution to lead the way in the responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. On the issue of the […]Continue Reading

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My Covid-19 experience, by a journalist

By Ele Ifah Sunday June 4, 2020 233 0

A journalist, Kabir Anwar, is the index case of Covid-19 in Yola, Adamawa State, where he works. In this short interview, Anwar tells his story from how he was infected to when he tested negative.   What ailment were you treating before you tested positive to Covid-19? Cough, fever, body weakness, I also had shortness […]Continue Reading