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October 12, 2021

The IMF warns of growing threats to global economic recovery | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Across the African continent, these are the 5 stories you may have missed out on: ‘Days without eating’: Madagascar sees world’s first ‘climate change famine’ Madgascar is experiencing what the UN has called the world’s first “climate change famine”, with food shortages a direct result of global warming. This is the fourth year in a row... Read More

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December 3, 2020

Professor Yusuf’s short term solutions to terrorism may cause bigger problems

It is no news that Northern Nigeria is in the choke hold of a brand of religion that could ruin it for generations to come. The overwhelming reports of the tragic death of Nigerian citizens, especially the most recent, where 43 farmers in Borno were beheaded is only an addition to a long list of... Read More

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islam, nigeria, Northern Nigeria, somalia, terrorism

US Navy SEAL killed in Somalia

by Itunuoluwa Adebo According to Fox News , a U.S. Navy SEAL was killed fighting terror group Al-Shabaab – Al Qaeda’s third-largest affiliate in Somalia, Thursday. U.S. U.S. Africa Command spokesman, Patrick Barnes said it appeared to be the first combat death of a U.S. service member in Somalia since 1993, three other SEALs were... Read More

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February 10, 2017

Opinion: What Trump’s ban says to Nigeria and the rest of us

by Chude Jideonwo “We live in a very unknown but somehow very scary world right now,” tweeted a friend from home barely 50 minutes after news of President Donald Trump’s latest executive order cut through the world – blocking nearly all people of seven countries from entering the United States and suspending the entire... Read More

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January 29, 2017

The Explainer: Why Nigerians shouldn’t rejoice over Trump’s Muslim ban

For the past couple of days, all hell has literally been let loose since the signing of an executive order by United States President Donald Trump that restricted entry to Muslims from seven countries for 90 days, revoking valid visas and even those with Green Cards, which makes them permanent residents, as well as indefinitely... Read More

Thinking Through

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January 4, 2017

Somalian govt honours 136 Nigerian policemen

The Somalian government said it has awarded medals to 136 Nigerian Policemen on Tuesday to mark the end of their one year duty term in Somalia. This was in a statement by the African Union Mission in Somali on Wednesday. “The officers were awarded medals at a ceremony presided over by the Deputy Special Police... Read More

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Picture of Nigeria in Turbulence

Saatah Nubari: WE will take back our country from THEM in 2019… get ready

by Saatah Nubari I rented an apartment about a week ago and the compound had a big generator house—that was part of the building plan—where tenants kept their generators. The owner of the compound had already done the generator connections for every flat, so all I had to do was to search the generator house... Read More

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February 15, 2016

‘There’s proof that Boko Haram trained in my country’ – Somalian President

President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud revealed on Sunday that insurgents of terrorist sect, Boko Haram trained in his country before coming to Nigeria to unleash terrorism on citizens. Mohamud stated this while addressing a security conference in Germany, according to a report by Reuters. “Without a stable Somalia, the whole region of the Horn... Read More

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Photo of the Day: You just don’t see stuff like this everyday, do you?

by Chinwe Okafor We haven’t seen anything more hilarious. This picture went viral after it was posted via twitter with the caption, “Smart! “@Lattif: Only in #Somalia: Writing your phone number on your goats & sheep so that they aren’t lost.” See reactions below;

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December 4, 2014

Steady improvement: Nigeria is now 39th most corrupt nation in the world

by Kolapo Olapoju According to global corruption scrutineers, Transparency International, Nigeria is now ranked as the 39th most corrupt country in the world. Based on the Corruption Perception Index 2014 released on Wednesday, December 3, Nigeria earned 27 out of a maximum 100 marks to place 136th out of the 175 countries surveyed for the report. Nigeria’s new position... Read More

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November 10, 2014

“We have indeed established an Islamic caliphate” – Boko Haram release shocking video

by Kolapo Olapoju Islamic terrorist sect, Boko Haram has released a new video showing how it controls and operates in the towns and villages it has captured and declared an Islamic caliphate. The video, which was obtained by AFP, shows Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, having ditched his military fatigue in favour of regular civilian garb,... Read More

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October 14, 2014

Wole Olabanji: Why Africa is a ‘country’ that doesn’t make sense

by Wole Olabanji Sometimes you are tempted to say “Africa is where sensible ideas go to die”, but you think about our extreme aversion to critical appraisal, and the deadly violence with which we quickly silence dissent, and instead you say something nicer like “Africa is a country”. … where two plus two equals... Read More

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September 29, 2014

“Don’t travel to #Nigeria” – #America warns its citizens against coming this way

by Kolapo Olapoju The U.S State Department has issued a travel advisory to its citizens, warning them against travelling to certain countries, which includes Nigeria. The US Passport and International Travel Office says Americans should be wary of visiting countries with unstable government, ongoing civil war, violence, and frequent terrorists attacks. The warning stated, “We... Read More

Kenyan militants echo Boko Haram, kidnap 12 women in deadly raid

by Akan Ido At least 15 people have been killed and 12 women abducted by suspected Islamist militants in an overnight raid on a Kenyan coastal area. The attack comes 24 hours after 53 people were killed in a separate raid in a nearby town in Kenya. The bodies of the 15 people were discovered among... Read More

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For the record: Full text of Pres. Goodluck Jonathan’s Democracy Day 2014 broadcast (READ)

Fellow Nigerians, 1. I greet and felicitate with you all, today, as we mark 15 years of uninterrupted democratic governance in our beloved country. 2. Our dear nation, Nigeria, has certainly come a long way and made notable progress since our first Democracy Day on May 29, 1999 when the military finally relinquished power and... Read More

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Cheta Nwanze: Sadly, Nigeria’s democracy will only churn out more GEJs

by Cheta Nwanze Let’s accept one real, hard fact about this “democracy” that we have: democracy, American style, is nothing more than a popularity contest. Citizens such as we have in Nigeria, CANNOT in any circumstance, throw up good leaders in such a popularity contest. Something must give. There are so many problems in Nigeria,... Read More

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October 20, 2013

Somalian girl smuggled into the UK to have her organs harvested, 67 Nigerian children also trafficked

Shocking: Traffickers intended to sell the girl’s organs on the black market A girl was trafficked from Somalia into the UK to have her organs harvested, it has been revealed. The case – believed to be the first of its kind in Britain – was revealed in a Government report which found the number... Read More

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October 19, 2013

Let the denials begin: Kenyan mall gunman was a Chelsea fan before he was radicalised in Somalia (PICTURED)

Norwegian-Somali Hassan Abdi Dhuhulow sits on a rock during a school outing in Larvik, Norway. The picture was taken six years before the mall shootings he is thought to have taken part in Suspected Kenyan mall terrorist Hassan Abdi Dhuhulow has been revealed as a Chelsea fan as pictures his life begin to... Read More

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September 22, 2013

Somali terrorist group, Al-Shabab claims responsibility for Kenya’s deadly attack

A senior figure in the Somali militant group al-Shabab has told the BBC it carried out a deadly attack on a shopping centre in neighbouring Kenya. Al-Shabab, which has links to al-Qaeda, said the attack was in response to Kenya’s presence in Somalia, where its troops have been fighting the militants since 2011. A senior... Read More

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Murder-suicide: Employer shoots workers in his office, then kills himself

The owner of a small business in St. Louis is dead after killing three of his employees during an argument. The altercation also led to the man killing himself when it was all over. The tragedy took place at AK Home Health Care, and can be seen on surveillance cameras. The man is on the... Read More

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Genital mutilation: “Patients want me to restore their genitals” – Nigerian born UK midwife

A midwife who opened Britain’s only clinic for victims of female genital mutilation (FGM) has spoken in harrowing detail about the horrors inflicted upon her young patients. Comfort Momoh, 50, originally from Nigeria, opened the African Well Women’s Clinic at London’s St Thomas’ Hospital in 1997, and treats up to 350 women for ‘reversal procedures’... Read More

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December 5, 2012

Breaking News: Explosion rocks Nairobi with several wounded

An explosion has rocked a mainly Somali neighbourhood in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, police say. Nairobi police chief Moses Ombati told Reuters news agency there was no immediate word on casualties, but other reports say four people were wounded. Last month, a grenade blast in the Eastleigh neighbourhood left seven people dead. Kenya accuses neighbouring Somalia’s... Read More

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September 30, 2012

Explosions in Kaduna, as grenade kill Sunday School boy in Nairobi, Kenya

by Isi Esene The Joint Military Task Force on Sunday morning shot and killed two suspected Boko Haram militants who were suspected to be planning an attack on some churches in Zaria, Kaduna State. After the killing, witnesses say a loud explosive sound suspected to be a powerful bomb was heard in the Gaskiya area... Read More

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September 12, 2012

Newly elected Somali president escapes assassination attempt

by Akan Ido The newly elected president of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, was reported to have escaped an assassination attempt a while ago. Two loud explosions were heard near his temporary residence at the Jazeera Hotel in Mogadishu killing at least one person but officials inside the hotel say the president and his entourage are safe... Read More

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Opinion: Reversing Boko Haram’s Somalialisation of Northern Nigeria

by Sumner Shagari Sambo Therefore, the North must press the reverse break from the road to Somalia. In the wee hours of yesternight, I got a distress call around one o’clock from a friend who resides in Kaduna city. She was calling for help and asking me to use my connections as a Journalist to... Read More

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“More deadly, more sophisticated, more effective” – Al-Qaeda blamed for increase in African bombings

by Lekan Olanrewaju Al-Qaeda has been named responsible for the increase in bombings in Nigeria, as well as Kenya and Somalia. According to the United States Pentagon’s anti-IED unit, Nigeria saw a nearly fourfold jump in the number of improvised explosive device incidents last year, while Kenya saw an 86 percent increase. John Myrick, a... Read More

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February 23, 2012

Photo of the Day – How does our Dame Patience Jonathan look today?

by Hauwa Gambo The president, Goodluck Jonathan and the first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan are in London now as part of an international summit on Somalia. Don’t ask us whether he has first solved the Boko Haram menace on our shores. We just have one question – doesn’t Mrs. Jonathan look regal? Go ahead –... Read More

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