A sound of joy”, hew cry, or owl’s hooting at night? Whatever the case; the menace of Boko Haram and its attendant consequences is the reason for the sound it is or the noise it constitutes. The deed of a Muslim/Muslim ticket is done, evil or good as it may seem to individuals depending on […]
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MIGHTY ARMIES ON PAPER BY Mahmud Jega I am not surprised that Nigerian Army’s spokesman Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu came out with [oral] guns blazing at The Economist of London, which last week published an uncomplimentary editorial on Nigeria’s government and its army. It called Nigeria “A crime scene in the centre of Africa.” Which […]
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Nigerians have never shown such level of patience and tolerance towards any of their past leaders for his record and strange policies as that shown to their current leader, Muhammadu Buhari – a former military dictator now self-confessed democrat who said he came to fight corruption. Buhari, 75, is being plagued with failures across every […]
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Former Governor of Cross River State, Mr. Donald Duke just gave voice to the most discussed secret in the Nigerian security establishment. Weaponry used by Boko Haram, Ansaru and The Islamic State of West Africa (ISWAP) terrorist groups are sourced mainly from the Nigerian Government through the security forces. Scandal? No, that’s not the real […]
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The European parliament, legislative branch of the European Union, says there has not been progress in the fight against Boko Haram insurgents. The parliament made this remark in its resolution of January 16, 2020. In the past weeks, the insurgents had carried out a series of attacks on civilians and the military. On Christmas eve, […]
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Suspected Boko Haram insurgents in gun trucks and motorcycles on Wednesday recaptured two Borno council areas, after torching the secretariat complexes and houses in Magumeri and Gubio towns. The insurgents simultaneously attacked the two council headquarters by 6.30pm, after performing their evening prayers in mosques with some residents. Magumeri and Gubio, 40 and 88 kilometres […]
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Let parents be chasing materialism & the shadows of Fulani herdsmen while millions of their children in primary & secondary schools not mentioning tertiary institutions are recruited into secret cults on daily bases even as many welcomè the sudden unexplainable wealth of children they are feeding at home as God’s answer to their poverty! Let […]
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“Bandits kill hundreds in Zamfara, Fulanis kill thousands and abduct hundreds on high ways, Boko Haram murder Nigerian soldiers at will, and the only way for the government to stop them is to pay the bandits and fulanis 160 billion, while pardoning Boko Haram members, reintegrating them back into the society and enlisting them in […]
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OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT, GENERAL MUHAMMADU BUHARI I am constrained to write to you this open letter. I decided to make it an open letter because the issue is very weighty and must be greatly worrisome to all concerned Nigerians and that means all right-thinking Nigerians and those resident in Nigeria. Since the issue is […]
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What is becoming worrisome about General Muhammadu Buhari’s second coming is the apparent lack of speed. Considering the antecedent of 2015 when he took several months to constitute his cabinet, one expected a greater appreciation now of the urgent imperative of governance at a faster pace. Today, Nigeria is facing a war of no definite […]
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