By Ibrahim Kabir Dallah Whether in his personal capacity as ‘Comrade’ Deji Adeyanju or as the convener of Concerned Nigeria, a platform that has concerned itself with doing things that will shame Nigeria irrespective of the angst being erroneously placed, this activist has accelerated his growth as a paid mourner, one who keens to create […]
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Re- Corruption Rocks NEDC as group fingers Minister of Humanitarian Affairs
By Adamu Balarabe I was jolted with the news that the honourable minister for Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development is involved in an infraction in the North East Development Commission, an agency under her ministry. From the onset, I dismissed the report as arrant nonsense and a joke. I took my time to […]
Anti-Graft War: Group endorses Malami, alleges threat to his life
A group of Civil Society Organisations has passed a vote of confidence on the Attorney- General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN. In the last few weeks, there has been what the minister described as campaign of calumny against him and some other government officials in the administration of President […]
John Campbell: A Failed Envoy on a Sinister Mission
By Philip Agbese Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies at the Council for Foreign Relations and former Ambassador to Nigeria, John Campbell, prides himself as the expert on Nigeria to the extent that he now leads the posse of the discontented. He is on a mission to finish what he could not achieve during his […]
Buratai: Our Protective Angel In Disguise
By Nkechi Odoma Within a week, the dark clouds which hovered on Northwest region as a result of the activities of armed bandits and their conspiratorial criminal gangs started vanishing. It is a reflection of the instant actions Nigerian Army, led by the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and overseer of the counter-insurgency operations, Lt. […]
Akpabio goes to Court, says Nunieh lied
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, said he has instructed his lawyers to seek necessary redress in a Court of competent jurisdiction on his behalf over the defamatory statements made by the former acting managing director of the Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Ms. Joy Nunieh. Ms […]
Banditry: Group warns sponsors, promoters of insecurity to desist or be exposed
… praises COAS for aggressive strategy in ending security threats The Northern Security Crusaders (NSC) have warned sponsors and promoters of banditry in the northwest to desist from the act or risk being named and shamed. The group also saluted the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai for once again raising up […]
Winning the war against bandits and the Buratai/community formulae
By Ibrahim Gwandu To make good the order of President Muhammadu Buhari to Security Chiefs to redouble their efforts to rid the Northwest region of armed banditry and all forms of criminalities terrorizing rural communities, the Nigerian Army has launched the “Operation Sahel Sanity” (OSS). It was launched end of June 2020 in Faskari, Katsina […]
Tackling banditry and lessons from the North- East
By Enemali Ajibili The wave of renewed rural armed banditry, cattle rustling and inter-connected crimes, which is the bane of security in Nigeria’s Northwest zone has spurred fresh concerns to inhabitants of this geographical zone. It is not only the people directly at the receiving end of these organized crimes by armed criminals that are […]
Massive turnout at army recruitment sign of confidence in military
The recent interests shown by thousands of youths, in taking a career in the Nigerian Army is a sign of the growing confidence, the youths of Nigeria have in the military. The Nigerian Army on 9th June made available recruitment forms for those intending to take up careers in the army while opening a portal for the […]