By Richard Murphy In August 2015, UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon, had cause to commend Nigeria’s effort towards counter terrorism in the West African sub region. He said while speaking at a Dialogue on extreme violence and other issues bedeviling Africa that though no country can tackle the threat of terrorism on its own, […]
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Deby Itno’s pseudo-heroism and our gang of fake activists
By Julius Orya When the Nigeria police in February announced that it undertook a combat operation that led to the killing of 250 alleged terrorists in Birin Gwari, Kaduna State, many Nigerian activists questioned the announcement saying there were many gaps in the story. They demanded picture and video evidence and challenged the police to […]
Covid-19: Issues and factors hindering success
By Salihu Moh. Lukman This is dedicated in prayers to all the unfortunate people who have tested positive to Covid-19. May God Almighty endow humankind with the knowledge and wisdom to produce cure for the virus! Introduction As we approach April 14, 2020, the close of the two weeks lockdown of Abuja, Lagos and Ogun, […]
Frank Alleges Rot in Buhari’s Administration
A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has made more startling allegations of ongoing looting that is capable of sinking Nigeria. Comrade Frank made the made this known via his verified Twitter handle on Saturday as he described the cabal running the government as a profit making […]
Idris Derby: When Orange is a New Black
By David Onmeje Celebration of fantasies over anything foreign has deeply influenced the psyche of Nigerians. It is in the character of every Nigerian to even abominably bow to anything and everything foreign, no matter how fake. And many are still pleasurably ignorant that the original or initial religious Boko Haram insurgency has been decapitated […]
Fake activists, promoters of fake news are worse than Boko Haram- CAFA
The Citizens Against Fake Activists (CAFA) believes fake activists and promoters of falsehood are worse menace to the country than even Boko Haram terrorists. According to CAFA, these self-acclaimed human rights activists are only interested in their pockets and this desperation led them into blackmailing the Nigerian military to promote the agenda of their paymasters. […]
Deji Adeyanju: A Man in Conflict With his Inner Self
By Mohammed Ibrahim Deji Adeyanju invokes a strong feeling of empathy these days. A close observation of his persona lucidly reveals a squandered childhood and misused middle-age. He is full of the emotions of regrets and self-pity. He is a perfect portrait of a thoroughly misguided soul, pushed into a burning furnace by a toxic […]
Boko Haram: Why Nigeria Does Not Need Deby’s Fraudulent Approach
By Ajibola Adeojo If recent reports of the success recorded by Chadian troops against the Boko Haram terrorists are anything to go by, then it would be taken that the Chadian forces used a new approach that had never been seen before. Codenamed “Operation Boma Wrath,” Chadian troops were said to have launched an attack on […]
ISWAP Confirms Nigerian Army Killing of Its Top Commander
The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) faction of Boko Haram has confirmed the killing of one of its top commanders, Muhammad bin Mallam Fow, who went with the nom de guerre, Abu al-Kukhtar al-Ansari. A biography published for al-Ansari in the Issue 228 of the digital terrorist propaganda newsletter, al-Naba, that was distributed on […]
Boko Haram: Group berates PDP, opposition over Deby’s role
The National Democratic Front (NDF) believes the Peoples Democratic Party has once again exposed the height of its hypocrisy and dangerous ignorance by comparing President Muhammadu Buhari to Chadian President, Idriss Deby. The PDP had insinuated that President Buhari should be physically present at the war front like his Chadian counterpart recently did. In a […]