YNaija Analysis: What does TY Danjuma know about the army and ethnic cleansing that should convince us?

As the Chief of Army Staff that shepherded Nigeria through its first military to democratic transition, General TY Danjuma (rtd) will probably always have a good place in the reckonings of Nigeria’s democratic history. Few have made the contributions in public service that he has from the years after Independence to the first years of... Read More

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Ethnic cleansing, national security, T.y, TY Danjuma

March 22, 2017

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The Thread: Zaki Biam massacre is deja vu all over again

On Monday, we received with dismay the news of the attack on Zaki Biam yam market in Benue state. But this was not the first time the town of Zaki Biam was set upon. In 2001, under Obasanjo’s watch, soldiers invaded the town in a reprisal attack for the alleged cold blooded murder of 19 soldiers... Read More

Opinion

benue state, Ethnic cleansing, Gov Ortom, Obasanjo, The Thread, Zaki Biam, Zaki Biam massacres

February 4, 2017

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The Thread: Nigerians call for Audu Maikori’s head over false information on #SouthernKaduna

Audu Maikori may just have lost all credibility as it relates to #SouthernKaduna killings. The Chocolate City Group boss had taken it upon himself to shine the light on the genocide that had been taking place in his hometown over the past year. He wrote articles, conducted an interview and circulated pictures of the genocides... Read More

Opinion

Audu Maikori, Ethnic cleansing, nigeria, Religious wars, Southern Kaduna, The Thread

February 4, 2017

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Farooq Kperogi: The dangerous criminalisation of Fulani ethnicity

by Farooq Kperogi The Nigerian mass media—and the online echo chambers they have spawned on social media and elsewhere—have normalized the pathologization and criminalization of the Fulani ethnic identity through their popularization of the odious “Fulani herdsmen” collocation. Criminalizing and pathologizing an entire ethnic identity is often the precursor to genocide. That’s why an ignorant... Read More

Opinion

Ethnic cleansing, Farooq Kperogi, Fulani herdsmen, nigeria, opinion, Religious violence, Southern Kaduna

February 4, 2017

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“I unreservedly apologise” | Audu Maikori retracts statement on #SouthernKaduna killings (READ)

by Audu Maikori Following the statement by the College of Education, Gidan-Waya Kaduna and the Kaduna State government refuting the story that 5 students of the school were killed by Fulani herdsmen en-route to school on the 27th of January 2017, as reported by one Simon Joseph (my personal driver) I decided to further investigate... Read More

Opinion

Audu Maikori, Ethnic cleansing, nigeria, opinion, Religious wars, Southern Kaduna

February 3, 2017

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Douglas Murray: Who will protect Nigeria’s northern Christians?

by Douglas Murray Another day in northern Nigeria, another Christian village reeling from an attack by the Muslim Fulani herdsmen who used to be their neighbours — and who are now cleansing them from the area. The locals daren’t collect the freshest bodies. Some who tried earlier have already been killed, spotted by the waiting... Read More

Opinion

boko haram, Douglas Murray, Ethnic cleansing, nigeria, opinion, Religious violence, Southern Kaduna

January 26, 2017

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The Thread: ” How much is enough to dance on the corpses of your fellow Nigerians?” Southern Kaduna native comes to Audu Maikori’s defence

Advocacy is a thankless job anyday, so when Audu Maikori decided to raise thenecessary awareness of the havoc going on in Southern Kaduna, which someone aptly named “The Killing fields of Southern Kaduna”, no one thought his motive was suspect. Until today. When the coalition of @jag_bros, @Ayourb and others raised the distressing fact of... Read More

Cover Stories, Opinion

Audu Maikori, Ethnic cleansing, Genocise, Religious war, Southern Kaduna, Syria's mummy, twitter wars

January 23, 2017

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The Thread: “Fulani herdsmen killed everyone except the driver” | #SouthernKaduna

Stories are still coming out of the killing fields of Southern Kaduna, and they are chilling stories. Do see below: https://twitter.com/Audu/status/823493088618446848 https://twitter.com/Audu/status/823493395251392512 https://twitter.com/Audu/status/823494029493026816 https://twitter.com/Audu/status/823494282187259904 https://twitter.com/Audu/status/823494662518439936 https://twitter.com/Audu/status/823495147426115585 These unending #SouthernKaduna killings continue to go unreported. https://t.co/R2LZXDQsyT — AustynZOGS (@Austynzogs) January 23, 2017 https://twitter.com/Audu/status/823497619909570560 Reactions These unending #SouthernKaduna killings continue to go unreported. https://t.co/R2LZXDQsyT — AustynZOGS (@Austynzogs)... Read More

Opinion

Audu Maikori, Ethnic cleansing, nigeria, Religious wars, Southern Kaduna, The Thread

January 14, 2017

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Femi Fani-Kayode: Nigeria’s deadly monsters [Part 2]

by Femi Fani-KayodeIn his book titled “Concerning the Government of Our Country and Neighboring Countries in the Sudan”, Nigeria’s first Mahdi, Sheik Usman Dan Fodio, who is the father of the Fulani Caliphate and leader of the 1804 jihad that overwhelmed and conquered what is now known as northern Nigeria wrote: “The government of a country... Read More

Opinion

Ethnic cleansing, Femi Fani-Kayode, Middle Belters and northern Christians, opinion, shiite muslims, Southern Kaduna

YNaija Analysis: What does TY Danjuma know about the army and ethnic cleansing that should convince us?

The Thread: Zaki Biam massacre is deja vu all over again

The Thread: Nigerians call for Audu Maikori’s head over false information on #SouthernKaduna

Farooq Kperogi: The dangerous criminalisation of Fulani ethnicity

“I unreservedly apologise” | Audu Maikori retracts statement on #SouthernKaduna killings (READ)

Douglas Murray: Who will protect Nigeria’s northern Christians?

The Thread: ” How much is enough to dance on the corpses of your fellow Nigerians?” Southern Kaduna native comes to Audu Maikori’s defence

The Thread: “Fulani herdsmen killed everyone except the driver” | #SouthernKaduna

Femi Fani-Kayode: Nigeria’s deadly monsters [Part 2]

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