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Operation Python Dance
October 19, 2017
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Cheta Nwanze: This is why Nigerians don’t trust the Army’s free medical outreaches

by Cheta Nwanze It started with a WhatsApp rumour in Anambra. Now it has happened in Rivers, Kwara, Bayelsa, and Ondo states. In all three geopolitical zones in Southern Nigeria, and one in the North. Parents hear that soldiers are on the way to schools to provide medical care for their kids, and in reaction,... Read More
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IPOB
September 26, 2017
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IPOB thanks Afenifere, Yoruba elders for speaking against Operation Python Dance

The Indigenous People of Biafra has commended Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere for its stance against Operation Python Dance in the South-East. Background: Afenifere had condemned the deployment of troops to the South-East. IPOB’s statement: In a statement on Monday, Emma Powerful, spokesman of IPOB, thanked Afenifere “for their firm and decisive stance against the overwhelming... Read More
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IPOB
September 22, 2017
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Opinion: 5 lessons from IPOB’s fall

by Jideofor Adibe   In my column of September 7, 2017, entitled, ‘Nnamdi Kanu and the Redeemer Complex’, I made a few propositions about Nnamdi Kanu that now seem prophetic. I will like to quote two passages from that piece: “…a redeemer movement becomes dangerous when the leader starts believing so much in his own... Read More
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Looters
September 20, 2017
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What would have happened without Operation Python Dance – Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed has said Nigeria would have been in crisis if President Muhammadu Buhari had not deployed troops to the South-East. Mohammed said this while speaking with state house correspondents in Abuja on Wednesday. What happened: The army had launched ‘Operation Python Dance II’  in the South-East to reduce the agitations in the... Read More
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September 20, 2017
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The Big 5: Nigerian Air Force joins Operation Python Dance II; ‘Army may have killed Nnamdi Kanu’; and other top stories

Good morning. Here are the top 5 stories you should be monitoring today: A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck central Mexico Tuesday, with the death toll rising to up to 139 by Tuesday evening. This earthquake occurring less than two weeks after another massive earthquake hit the region also coincidentally falls on the 32nd anniversary of... Read More
Thinking Through
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September 15, 2017
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Today’s Noisemakers: Dr Aminu Gamawa, Reno Omokri, Tunji Lardner and others [Operation Python Dance edition]

Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today:... Read More
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September 15, 2017
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Femi Fani-Kayode: The homicidal rhythm of Buhari’s Python Dance

by Femi Fani-Kayode     On the 15th September 2016, one year ago today, I wrote the following. “You bathed in the blood of Biafrans, you crushed their bones and stripped away their dignity and self-respect just to keep Nigeria one. Now you say their children have no right to ask for self-determination simply because... Read More
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September 15, 2017
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The Thread: How Igbos should conduct themselves in these crazy times

In the wake of the Nigerian Military’s activation of Operation Python Dance, BBOG activist and Co-founder of Transparency International Oby Ezekwesili told President Buhari that his leadership sucks and he needs to stop being a sectional leader. Media aide to Buhari, Garba Shehu responded for his master, criticizing Ezekwesili for saying nary a word against... Read More
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September 15, 2017
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The Thread: This is what the Nigerian Army is doing to Igbos in the East

In case you are not aware, the Nigerian Army did not go to Abia state to play. They mean business with Operation Python Dance II, but just what type of business they mean is rather unclear. Are they there to arrest Nnamdi Kanu for violating his bail terms? If yes, how is that the Army’s... Read More
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September 15, 2017
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The Thread: “They are making a killing to ‘secure the State’. Who suffers?” | Sam Hart accuses the FG of economic sabotage in Abia state

It’s still bloody on Political TwitterNG, we can hardly keep up. In summary, Oby Ezekwesili has come under the FG’s bazooka for speaking truth to power; Kayode Ogundamisi appears to be running his own campaign against Nnamdi Kanu; Abia state, Igbos and Nnamdi Kanu remain the top trending topics and Igbos are literally taking fire... Read More
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September 15, 2017
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The Big 5: Army not withdrawing from Abia; APC begins restructuring talks; and other top stories

Good morning. Here are the top 5 stories you should be monitoring today: In a recent development, The Nigerian Army has dismissed reports that soldiers will be withdrawn from the streets of Aba and Umuahia in Abia. The Director of Army Public Relations, Sani Usman, said the statement made by the governor of the state,... Read More
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September 14, 2017
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The Thread: “The only man who’s “balanced & objective” while his house is on fire is a mad man” | Igbos do not apologise for Nnamdi Kanu

It’s burning on TwitterNG just as it is in Abia state where the Nigerian Army has taken up a stronghold. There’s been continuous back and forth on political Twitter over the human rights violations by the army, Buhari’s right to use force on civilians, the blame Nnamdi Kanu bears for bringing the whole madness about... Read More
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September 14, 2017
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The Thread: “Nigeria is sitting on a keg of gunpowder; Buhari holds the matchsticks” | TwitterNG fires on all cylinders

Political Twitter has been on fire since morning, so much that Twitter’s top trends side bar has had IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, Abia, Igbos topping the list all day. Here’s how it all began: The Nigerian Army in its infinite wisdom proceeded to the East on another adventure dubbed Python Dance II. Recall that Python Dance... Read More
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September 13, 2017
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The Thread: “Nnamdi Kanu does not care if you die” | A warning to all Igbos in Nigeria

With Buhari’s return, military action in the South East has been stepped up. Remember Operation Python Dance launched by the Military last Christmas? It’s back with renewed vengeance, it would seem; the first port of call being Nnamdi Kanu’s house and the office of Nigerian Union of Journalists in Umuahia, where soldiers reportedly destroyed properties... Read More
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September 8, 2017
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The Late 5: “Operation Python Dance 2.0”; Catholic priest shot in Lagos; and other top stories

Three Boko Haram terrorists, two allegedly computer specialists and the third a herbalist, have been remanded in prison custody by a Lokoja Chief Magistrate Court. The computer specialists were identified as Abdullahi Habib Audu, Bashiru Yahaya, and their medicine man, Ahmed Momoh. “Notwithstanding that bail is a constitutional right guaranteed the accused persons, the presumption... Read More
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January 3, 2017
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The Thread: Even foreign diplomats are experiencing Operation Python Dance

On my trip through the East this holiday, the number of checkpoints from the Onitsha bridge was simply alarming. More often than not, these checkpoints were situated every 100 kilometers. Naturally, the gridlock that ensued as a result was on another scale. And when we approached the soldiers manning the posts, they would always ask... Read More
Thinking Through
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December 28, 2016
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Okey Ndibe: Buhari, call off Customs’ siege on Igbo traders

by Okey Ndibe A few days ago, a friend sent me a video of a choir made up of members of Nigeria’s security agencies singing “Feliz Navidad,” a popular Christmas song. The rendition was entirely inspiring, a thrilling combination of rousing singing, dancing and festive atmosphere. I was moved by the sheer cheeriness of the... Read More
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December 26, 2016
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Army ends Operation Python Dance in the South East

The Nigerian Army says the Operation Python Dance inaugurated in the South East geo-political zone to curb crime in the area during the Yuletide will end on Dec. 27. The Deputy Director, Public Relations, 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Col. Sagir Musa, made the disclosure on Monday. The operation was launched to span from... Read More
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December 24, 2016
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Today’s Noisemakers: The Nigerian Army, Demola Olarewaju, Igbos, the cutest girlfriend contest and others

1. Igbos Since morning, Igbos have been trending on Twitter. First for the operation python dance put in place by the Federal government, then for oppression and marginalisation of Igbos in Nigeria, also because of the relationship the Igbo tribe has with other tribes, and for Nnamdi Kanu’s detention and the calls for secession. On... Read More
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December 24, 2016
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Opinion: South East Summit | The day President Buhari could not visit Igboland

by Jude Ndukwe That day was Thursday, January 22nd, 2016. The occasion was the Economic and Security Summit of South East Nigeria. President Muhammadu Buhari, the tough-talking, body language-fear-inspiring, retired army general Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of the federal republic, was scheduled to be at the occasion as chief guest of honour. But as... Read More
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December 24, 2016
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The Thread: This is why Igbos are angry about Operation Python Dance

“250 Army Road blocks across a five-state geopolitical zone; Over 49 Customs Road blocks across same region; Over 700 Police Road blocks within the same region”, this is what Christmas looks like to the Igbo man returning home for the holidays. An internationally adjudged MOST PEACEFUL part of Nigeria, South East, is flooded with soldiers.... Read More
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December 24, 2016
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The Thread: Why shouldn’t Igbos complain about oppression and marginalisation?

It’s the holidays, the one time of the year when Igbos from every nook and corner of the earth return to the East. South East Nigeria It’s the tribe’s biggest homecoming. But this year, what do they come home to? Operation Python dance. Understandably, nerves are frayed, emotions are running high, and anything is possible.... Read More
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December 24, 2016
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Cheta Nwanze: Creating problems with Operation python dance

by Cheta Nwanze “The Northern Bourgeoisie and the Yoruba Bourgeoisie have conspired to keep the Igbo out of the scheme of things. The Igbos have taken all these quietly because, they reason, they brought it upon themselves. But the nation is sitting on a time-bomb. There is a new Igbo man, who was not born... Read More
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December 7, 2016
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IPOB launches Operation David Dance, tells members to avoid the army

Just weeks after the Nigerian Army launched the Operation Python Dance in the South East, the Indigenous People of Biafra has launched the Operation David Dance. IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, in a statement on Tuesday said members of the group should ensure they do not fall victim of soldiers. The separatist group... Read More
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December 6, 2016
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Opinion: Nigerian Army and the Macabre Dance of Pythons in Igboland

by Jude Ndukwe Recently, the Nigerian Army announced the commencement of what it deviously termed Exercise Python Dance in the southeastern part of the country commencing from November 27, 2016 to end on December 27, 2016. Since then, many groups and stakeholders, within and without the southeast, have raised issues with the said exercise, questioning... Read More
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