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Benue Catholic priest, shot dead while caring for IDPs, buried amidst tears

By Ele Ifah Sunday 256 0
Tears flowed freely from family, parishioners, and friends of the murdered Catholic priest, Reverend Father Ferdinand Fanen Ngugban, 38, as his remains were finally interred a few days ago, precisely on April 13, 2021. Ngugban was killed alongside six others on March 30, 2021, by loyalists of the late wanted criminal kingpin, Terwase Akwaza, popularly […]Continue Reading
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How self-help ‘ethnic armies’ fill void of inadequate security in Benue

By Theophilus Abbah 184 0
The deteriorating insecurity across the country has forced Governments and citizens to constitute alternative groups in order to secure their spaces. In Benue, ‘ethnic armies’ are emerging. The inadequate manpower facing the established security operatives – military, police, civil defence among others – coupled with the overwhelming insecurity appeared in Continue Reading
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Dr Amaechi Matthew Nwaokolo (1961-2021): Exit of a counter-terrorism ideologue

By Ele Ifah Sunday 176 0
By Theophilus Abbah, PhD He was not a theatre commander in any of the military’s offensives against Boko Haram or bandits. He was not a member of the Multi-National Joint Task Force battling terrorists in the Lake Chad region. He was not an official of the Ministry of Defense or in the Office of the […]Continue Reading
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Here is Bishop Kukah’s misinterpreted 2020 Christmas Day message

By Theophilus Abbah 216 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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[Terrorism Tracker] Joint Task Force, Mama Boko Haram, and other stories

By Ele Ifah Sunday 142 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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Boko Haram Burns Houses, Rapes, Displaces Thousands in Cameroon – Report

By Ele Ifah Sunday 198 0
Boko Haram has attacked a refugee camp in Cameroon where over 3,000 persons, driven from their homes as a result of terrorist attacks, have taken refuge. The attack was reported by the Voice of America, which said the attacked camp was located at the northern border between Nigeria and Cameroon. Refugees had poured into the […]Continue Reading
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How Boko Haram attacked churches in Garkida – Report

By Ele Ifah Sunday 148 0
The town of Garkida in northeastern Nigeria was attacked by Boko Haram the night of Feb. 21-22. A number of buildings were burned, including the church building for Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN—the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria). The EYN women’s fellowship of Garkida district was having its annual conference at the church that […]Continue Reading
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[Lesson from Abroad] Is Nigeria on path to Somalia?

By Theophilus Abbah 152 0
Somalia: There Is No Government Here, By Muno Gedi (A transnational investigation by the African Investigative Publishing Collective (AIPC)) “I wake up every day ready to fight to survive” The Shebelle river flows into Somalia from Ethiopia, through the regional capital Beledweyne further into the Hiran region, down to Buluboorde and beyond. Many farmers tend […]Continue Reading
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CAN to Buhari: Fulfil Promise on release of Leah Sharibu, Chibok girls.

By Ele Ifah Sunday 149 0
The Christian Association of Nigeria has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to make good on his promise to ensure the release of Leah Sharibu and the Chibok girls who were captured on February 19, 2018. The call was made in a statement signed by Evangelist Kwamkur Samuel Vondip, Director, Legal and Public Affairs, CAN on […]Continue Reading
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Leah Sharibu: Boko Haram rejected ransom — Government sources

By Ele Ifah Sunday 171 0
The Boko Haram terrorist group rejected the ransom offered by the Federal Government to secure the release of Leah Sharibu, sources at the Presidency told Daily Trust yesterday. Sharibu, a schoolgirl, is the only Dapchi schoolgirl still held hostage out of the 110 kidnapped by the Boko Haram terrorist group from the Government Girls’ Science […]Continue Reading
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Kukah at funeral of late Seminarian: Nigeria needs to pause a moment and think

By Ele Ifah Sunday 150 0
The Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Bishop Matthew Kukah has described President Buhari’s government as divisive and tribalistic. He made this remark during the funeral mass of seminarian Michael Nnadi at Good Shepherd Seminary Kaduna on Tuesday 12th February 2020.  Recall that four seminarians were kidnapped on 13 January 2020 in Kaduna. Pius Kanwai, Peter […]Continue Reading
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