Estimated Reading Time: 3The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has alleged that there are conspiracies against the South-Eastern region by ’those who want to destabilise the region’. In an interview with SaharaReporters on Thursday, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, Secretary-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo said the insurrection in the South-East is caused by[Read More…]
Tag: Northern Nigeria
John Campbell: Northern Nigeria Faces the Threat of Famine
Estimated Reading Time: 2The Western media is focused on the struggle between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, with searing images of the humanitarian disaster that is unfolding. Yet the magnitude is tiny compared to the humanitarian crisis in northern Nigeria. Total confirmed deaths number 239 in the current round of fighting between[Read More…]
Mark Amaza: But the North and Islam aren’t the same
Estimated Reading Time: 3Today is a good day to talk about the gaslighting that’s always attempted anytime you criticize anything northern: whether personality, socio-economic conditions, cultural practice, or even a criminal (like Yunusa Yellow). It is called an attack on the north and Islam. But the North and Islam aren’t[Read More…]
Cheta Nwanze: Reversing the flourishing economy of kidnapping and banditry
Estimated Reading Time: 4At the end of May 2020, SBM Intelligence published a report which said that nearly $20m was spent by Nigerians in ransom payments to kidnappers between 2011 and 2020. What was very important in that report is that the bulk of that money was paid in the[Read More…]
Nubari Saatah: A Colonisation of Nigeria’s South by the North
Estimated Reading Time: 6Colonislism is in simple terms a process of social, economic, and political control of a country by another country. The word was generally used to describe the activities, actions, and policies of European countries on mostly African countries from the 18th up until the 19th century. Considering Nigeria’s ethnic composition, it can be termed[Read More…]
The Line between Arranged and Forced Marriages in Northern Nigeria
Estimated Reading Time: 12My cousin is getting married to the love of her life soon. She met him through our grand aunt; his mother was her best friend for many years. My cousin, Hawwah, was reluctant at first; she did not like the idea of arranged marriage and was not[Read More…]
Northern group gives FG 14 day ultimatum to end violence or else
Estimated Reading Time: 2A civil society group has demanded that the federal and state governments take decisive actions to end the violence and incessant killings in Northern Nigeria According to the group, the Government is responsible for provision of adequate security, peace and welfare for Nigerian Citizens. Command and control[Read More…]
“Souls are perishing, in your own home state of Katsina” – Solomon Dalung, Attacks President Buhari
Estimated Reading Time: 1Former Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, has while lamenting the persistent killings in Nigeria’s Northern region described the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government as the worst in the country’s history. Dalung, in a trending video on his verified Facebook page, decried how innocent citizens were being killed across the[Read More…]
John Campbell, Former US Ambassador says insecurity in Northern Nigeria “deteriorating, resulting in popular discontent.”
Estimated Reading Time: 1A former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, John Campbell, has said insecurity in Nigeria, especially in the North, appears to be worsening. Referencing the killings in the region in recent times, especially the June 10 banditry attacks in Katsina State and those on June 9 in Borno[Read More…]
Northern Nigeria and the danger of a single story
Estimated Reading Time: 5As I dropped my bag at the Old Garage in Ado-Ekiti, nervous and in trepidation about my first ever trip up north, I read Psalm 23 seven times and recited my mantra of safety. Some historians believe that Lord Lugard amalgamated the northern and southern protectorate mainly for economic[Read More…]
