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The United States carried out a strike against Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria at the request of Nigeria’s government, President Donald Trump and the U.S. military said on Thursday, claiming the group had been targeting Christians in the region. “Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and […]
Continue ReadingDuring the Kiriji War of the nineteenth century, a grim parable of war came and became a subject of racial slur and morbid joke. An Oyo-Ibadan warrior, disarmed and cornered by an Ijesa fighter, collapsed to the earth and begged for his life. The Ijesa man, scornful of pleas, mocked him with a cruel logic: […]
Continue ReadingWhether Nigerians should be given the right to bear firearms or not is an argument that recurs each time there is an uptick in security issues. It is a solution that has been proffered by ex-Generals like Theophilus Danjuma; politicians such as former House of Representatives majority leader Alhassan Ado-Doguwa and Senator Kabir Marafa, during […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that Nigerians owe no one an apology for seeking assistance from the international community to tackle the country’s insecurity, stressing that lives are being lost daily regardless of religion, ethnicity, or political affiliation. While speaking on Friday night at the Plateau Unity Christmas Carols and Praise Festival […]
Continue Reading“There were many famous warriors in the village during the pillaging by the Fulani and yet the village was swept off almost completely by the invading warriors. This was not because they (the enemies) were stronger but due to their trickery, the people of Eruku became susceptible (vulnerable). When the invaders came, they would besiege […]
Continue ReadingIn a video, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has urged the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal government to go beyond fighting terrorists on the battlefield but also target those sponsoring them, no matter how influential they may be. Speaking during the November Holy Ghost Service at the […]
Continue ReadingWhy did Bola Tinubu offend Nasir El-Rufai? He should have kept him. There are three principalities the Yoruba dread to offend: The first is Osó (wizard), the second is Àjé (witch); the third is the most dreaded, their name is Aláròká. How do I translate that into English? I cannot, but you will get to […]
Continue ReadingThe United Nations has decried the deepening humanitarian impact of terrorism in West Africa and the Sahel, revealing that 1,364 children were recruited by armed groups in 2024, while more than 14,000 schools were shut due to insecurity. UN Under Secretary-General and Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel, Leonardo Simão, […]
Continue ReadingChairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has disclosed that unknown to young cryptocurrency traders in Nigeria, terrorists are using their trade to fund terrorism in the country. Olukoyede said some of the people who receive money to trade in cryptocurrencies do not know that their financiers are sponsors of terrorism. […]
Continue ReadingMy mystery Hausa friend has been busy with me lately. He has been firing a series of probing (invasive) messages. Sometimes, he asks questions; other times, he comes plain and provocative. On March 28, my friend told me “Igbos and Yorubas have been Nigeria’s problem since colonial times. They are still the problem. They heat […]
Continue ReadingIn a new video, terrorists who kidnapped the passengers of Kaduna-Abuja train, have vowed to abduct President Muhammadu Buhari, and Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasiru El-Rufai if their demands are not met soon. The terrorists suspected to be members of Ansaru also stated that they will abduct other prominent Nigerians, as well as cause mayhem […]
Continue ReadingThe families of three kidnapped Abuja-Kaduna train passengers reportedly paid N100m each to secure their release. The three victims, which included two males and a female were released on Monday, July 25, after four months in captivity. The victims’ identities have not been officially declared, however, one of them has been identified as Barrister Usman Lawal […]
Continue ReadingNew video of Kaduna-Abuja train attack victims captured in an unidentified location suspected to be a forest, has been released by their attackers. You will recall that the terrorists had attacked a Kaduna-Abuja train on March 28, killing many of the passengers. In the video released on Sunday April 10, the masked terrorists wore military […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Government has eventually declared a group of people being called bandits as terrorists. Sequel to a very long footdragging, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN, gazetted a court ruling that ordered the Nigerian government to declare bandits as terrorists. Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court sitting […]
Continue ReadingJudge of Nigeria’s federal high court sitting in the federal capital territory, Abuja, Nigeria, Justice Taiwo Taiwo, has in a ruling on Friday, declared the activities of the “Yan Bindiga Group” and the “Yan Ta’adda Group” and other similar groups in any part of the country, especially in the North-West and North-Central geopolitical zones, as […]
Continue ReadingIt is very tempting to just sit back and black out the daily horrors bombarding Nigeria. These include the mindless carnage and butchery of human lives, the sheer audacity of terrorists/bandits armed with the capacity to shoot down fighter jets, the wave of mass kidnappings of schoolchildren in the North-east and North-west, and the sit-at-home […]
Continue ReadingPoliticians tend to get into trouble when they tinker with language to conceal mischief. Former US president Donald Trump, the most advertised quintessential linguistic idiot, was in the habit of getting lost in a forest of simple distinctions. He could not distinguish between truth, facts, fiction and faction. He tinkered with ‘alternative truth’ instead and […]
Continue ReadingPresident of Turkey, Recep Erdogan has said that the terrorists who tried to remove him through a coup in 2016 are still active in Nigeria. He said this on Wednesday at a joint press conference with Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, on the occasion of his two-day official visit to the country. Erdogan had in 2016 […]
Continue ReadingLike the Senate did on Wednesday, Nigeria’s House of Representatives, on Thursday, asked the President, Muhammadu Buhari, to designate bandits, who have dominated the North-West and parts of the North-Central geopolitical zones, and their sponsors as terrorists. Chairman of the House Committee on Defence, Babajimi Benson, at the plenary on Thursday, moved a motion of […]
Continue ReadingNigerian senate has asked Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari to declare bandits as terrorists. Buhari was also asked by the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly to declare known leaders of bandits in the country wanted and track them wherever they are for arrest and prosecution. The lawmakers also appealed to the president to direct the […]
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