By Stanley Ogbu President Muhammadu Buhari is fast enchanting the hearts of South-Easterners with some improbable gestures through the Nigerian Army. Even the worst critic of the president is falling for his allure. Who wouldn’t? In the last five years, President Buhari has brought steady development and progress to the region, unmatched by his predecessors. […]
Category archives: Opinion
Insecurity: Understanding the Power of Divine Intercession in Warfare
By Bishop Sunday Garuba The issue of insecurity in Nigeria is such that should elicit concern from all well-meaning Nigerians. It is a statement of fact that the Nigerian authorities have been relentless in their efforts towards addressing the various security threats in the country. As a start, I must add that the task of […]
Foreign Interests and the new terror propangada against Nigeria
By Richard Murphy There is nothing wrong with holding a media briefing, like the one held by the Commander of the US special operations command for Africa (AFRICOM) Dagvin Anderson. The United States’ military top brass warned that al-Qaeda, Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province now have presence in the northwest of […]
Our Governors and the security threats in northern Nigeria
By Ghazali Al-Mustapha It is now a common sight for governors to sprint to Abuja to seek respite each time there’s perceived security breach in their respective states. They do so at a lightning pace. Usain Bolt will feel like a proud father. In their customary pattern, the governors are billed to meet with President […]
Who is Afraid of Sadiya Farooq?
By Ernest Attah I have watched in absolute disbelief the series of coordinated attacks on the personality of the Honourable minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. At some point, I got confused and wondered what her sins were and whether it was worth the scathing attacks on her person. First and foremost, […]
HOW ZULUM IS WORSENING THE SECURITY SITUATION IN BORNO STATE
By Imamudeen Abba Two persons have governed Borno since the advent of the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria. Ali Modu Sheriff and Kashim Shettima who governed the state within the period, used different approaches in tackling the menace though they also have their faults. While Sheriff can be accused of not taking the necessary steps […]
Boko Haram/ISWAP: Who is after the military?
By Sani Muhamamdu The seeming recent castigation of the military by Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has revived new posers in Nigeria’s grapple with terrorism. That poser is: who is the Nigeria military fighting in its anti-terrorism war? The answer to this poser would be instructive in how Boko Haram’s campaign of terror would be […]
Buhari: Restoring Nigeria’s Armed Forces Lost Glory
By David Onmeje The reality in Nigeria on improved security does not need crystalline lens to have a clear sight. Never mind those whose minds are fixated on pulsating or celebrating the odd and the petrifying, which comes erratically for a country adroitly fixing its various insecurity challenges amid schemes of sabs. But the value […]
2023: Why Mamman Daura Should Not Be Vilified
By Philip Agbese In the year 2017, a group of northern leaders felt ashamed by the crop of leaders warming up to take over the mantle of leadership from the current set of leaders that it realised it has to do something about the leadership selection process in the region. At the end of that […]
Insecurity and our guilty elites
By Philip Attah The Holy scriptures admonishes us in Matthew 5:9 that “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.” It is a sacred charge on all humanity to be partakers in the process of restoration of peace anywhere it is punctured. God Himself acknowledges the inevitability of wars and conflicts, […]