Rudolf Okonkwo: Nigeria after Boko Haram

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‘How playing dead saved my life’ – Boko Haram attack survivor opens up

by Zara Mustapha Ikenna Nzeribe a former banker was the sole survivor after Boko Haram members stormed his church in Borno in 2012, murdering 13 members of the church. The scars on his face, neck and arm is enough evidence for the incident to be etched in the memory of Nzeribe, three years later. According... Read More

Jaye Gaskia: But how shameless can the ruling class be?

by Jaye Gaskia If this is thus true, then it follows that the real perpetrators and perpetuators of these forms of violent criminality are members of the ruling class. Our nation is in state of paralyzing distress as we are pushed further and further to the edge of a cataclysmic precipice, by the bungling incompetence of... Read More

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Opinion: This is a government of incompetence

by Hemenester Butu This is not an attempt to prove our current administration’s incompetence. It is known…..it is known. This is a reminder, of how dangerous incompetence truly is. See how far we’ve come yet, how low we’ve continually sunk. US Marines on Nigerian soil? I never thought I’d see the day. But for the... Read More

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Opinion: Mr. President, when will our girls return home?

by Toks Ero It is disrespectful to Nigerians to see President Jonathan adorning cheerful dispositions in various public appearances while Nigeria is in trouble. Not freeing our girl’s from the evil clutches of the boko haram dissidents may just be the compass directing President Jonathans’ return journey to Otuoke for a much deserved rest after... Read More

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World leaders rise against Boko Haram, US says hunt for Nigerian schoolgirls ‘challenging’ & other important news you should know today

by Oge Okonkwo #BringBackOurGirls: World rises against Boko Haram The abduction of schoolgirls in Government Secondary School (GGSS), Chibok, Borno State, has provoked world leaders to join forces with Nigeria in the quest to rescue the girls from Boko Haram terrorists. The world leaders including United States president Barack Obama, British prime minister David Cameron,... Read More

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Demola Rewaju: How Nigeria can defeat Boko Haram (Y! Superblogger)

by Demola Rewaju While we would agree that the #BringBackOurGirls campaign has successfully blown open a matter that would have remained under the usual official cover of “we’re working on it”, we must equally assert that finding those girls is a mission subsumed under the larger goal which should be to shutdown Boko Haram and bring insurgency under... Read More

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Tunde Leye: Don’t tell us what it means to be patriotic

by Tunde Leye So don’t get it twisted. We know what it means to be patriotic and it is not what you say it is. It was Theodore Roosevelt that said “To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong,... Read More

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Ogaga Ifowodo: Boko Haram’s satanism – See where the politicization of religion has led us

by Ogaga Ifowodo And once we have made God in our image, turned him into an election-rigger, treasury-looter, murderer, arsonist, rapist, etc., we give a licence for any fraudster to proclaim himself God’s anointed prophet or avenging angel Amidst the grief and outrage sweeping the land in the aftermath of Boko Haram’s latest acts of Satanism... Read More

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Opinion: What does the US stand to gain from Boko Haram?

by Adekoya Boladale Boko Haram, a small group of young men who were just members of a community pressure group, never attended defense academy in Sandhurst or Zaria have suddenly metamorphosied into our Achilles heels. Most people who desire happiness and life of bliss in Africa have over the years chosen Nigeria as a... Read More

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#BringBackOurGirls: That defining moment when Oby Ezekwesili, others stand up to be counted (PHOTOS)

by Zara Mustapha The call for the rescue of about 276 Chibok schoolgirls abducted by the Boko Haram Islamic gets louder with local and international figures join the #BringBackOurGirls campaign. Celebrities like Wyclef Jean, Keri Hilson, Justin Timberlake, Russel Simmons, Puff Daddy, Chris Brown, 2face Idibia, Annie Idibia, Banky W, Waje, Angelina Jolie and others... Read More

#BringBackOurGirls: The US will not send Armed Forces into Nigeria – Obama (WATCH)

by ‘Jola Sotubo The President of the United States of America, Barack Obama has spoken out on the abduction of over 200 Nigerian schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno. Obama, while announcing his offer of help to the Nigerian government, said as a father of two girls he can’t imagine what the parents of the girls were... Read More

It gets worse: Boko Haram misleads Army, kill 300 people in another Borno attack

by Zara Mustapha Some Boko Haram gunmen in armoured vehicles stormed Gamborou Ngala town in Borno state, killing at least 300 people on Monday. According to reports, a false intelligence report was given to the security forces who were deployed in that area, it said some gunmen were sighted with abducted schoolgirls moving to the Lake Chad... Read More

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“We will make them care”: #BringBackOurGirls protest hits Manhattan, New York (WATCH)

by ‘Jola Sotubo The #BringBackOurGirls cause has been marked by protests all around the world with citizens of different countries standing in solidarity with the Nigerian people. One of such protests held on Saturday at the Union Square in Manhattan, New York, the commercial nerve center of the United States of America. The report was... Read More

Opinion: Boko Haram, Chibok girls and the sanctification of tragedy

by Wokinda Saresihn Are the conspiracy theorist who says the American CIA is indirectly connected to this Boko Haram onslaught right afterall? I say is the CIA working towards making true their prediction that Nigeria will break up come 2015? Is a respectable body such as the Nigerian Army infiltrated already as alleged by some?... Read More

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23 famous quotes from Pres. Jonathan’s media chat (READ)

by Ogunsanwo Bamidele These are some of the most popular quotes from yesterdays 1 hour 43 minutes media chat with the president…. ON SECURITY “…I believe most Nigerians are happy…there is no story that any of them (referring to the missing school girls) has been injured or dead….” “….let us reassure them that... Read More

#BringBackOurGirls: Guess what you’ll see on your Tumblr log-in page (LOOK)

by Akan Ido With millions of users on social media calling for the Nigerian Federal government to rescue about 276 schoolgirls abducted by men suspected to be members of the deadly Boko Haram Islamic sect in Borno, the #BringBackOurGirls campaign is arguably the most successful civil engagement campaign ever. Local and international celebrities like Wyclef Jean,... Read More

I jumped the fence and Boko Haram gunmen came after me – Chibok schoolgirl narrates horrific ordeal (WATCH)

by Zara Mustapha One of the girls who escaped being abducted by Boko Haram insurgents recounted her ordeal on witnessing the abduction and how she managed to escape. In a one-minute video, the girl whose name and face was not revealed, explained that she escaped when she realised that something was amiss with the armed... Read More

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“We are dealing with monstrosity” – Wole Soyinka tells Amanpour on CNN

by Oge Okonkwo Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka was on CNN moments ago to speak on the security situation in Nigeria and the efforts of the Goodluck Jonathan administration in stemming the tide of terrorism in the country. Soyinka who spoke with the Cable News Network’s Chief International Correspondent, Christiane Amanpour called on the international community to assist... Read More

#YIssueOfTheWeek: Is the South really safe from Boko Haram?

by Mark Amaza But how safe is the South really from Boko Haram? Is it because they cannot attack anywhere there or because they have not chosen to? For the past five years that Nigeria has battled terrorism since the emergence of the Boko Haram terrorist organization, all the attacks have been in the North.... Read More

Boko Haram abducts 8 girls, take over checkpoints in Borno

by Zara Mustapha According to online media platform, SaharaReporters, Boko Haram militants have allegedly abducted 8 teenage girls in Waranbe, Borno state. The terrorists group have reportedly stepped up attacks in the state overnight, sacking police and army checkpoints in Gamboru Ngala and Shanni near the Nigerian/Camerounian border. The insurgents were reported to have also raided Waranbe... Read More

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