Tag: civil war
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Insecurity: NCFront set to unveil agenda to forestall civil war in Nigeria
… Agbakoba, Baba Ahmed, Awolowo Dosunmu, Najatu Mohammed, Father Ehusani, Ozekhome, Buba Galadima, Others to Coordinate Constitutional Dialogue of Nigerian Stakeholders …….Confab Coordinating Committee to be inaugurated on Tuesday ……To Consult Eminent National Elders from time to time …….Draft People’s Constitution to be ready by December 2021 Apparently peeved by the state of the Nigerian…
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Insecurity: Herdsmen will drag Nigeria into another civil war if you don’t act fast, Ortom writes Buhari [Full Letter]
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to act swiftly before the killer herdsmen drag the nation into another civil war. In a letter to the president, Governor Ortom said the security challenges faced by the country have assumed new dimensions where the now emboldened assailants and armed herdsmen daringly enforce their…
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Nigeria’s herders-Farmers crisis could degenerate into civil war – Soyinka
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has said the conflict between herders and farmers across the country can degenerate into a civil war. In a chat with BBC Pidgin, the , Nobel laureate commended the moves to resolve the situation, adding that there is need to prevent further violence. He criticised the government’s handling of the…
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NIGERIA: 60 years in the rain – Chidi Amuta
Chidi Amuta The image of King Nero fiddling away while Rome is aflame has become the classic metaphor for every disconnect between a decaying state and a concerted nation. Very few places dramatize this metaphor than today’s Nigeria. We are now in that place where the anxiety of an eager citizenry to live in a…
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Boko Haram planning civil war in 2022- Mailafia Obadiah declares
Former African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate Mailafia Obadiah, former African has revealed the purported plans of Boko Haram for Nigeria. Obadiah, who was a former deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, claimed that Boko Haram insurgents are plotting to start a civil war in Nigeria by 2022. He revealed…
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Pope appeals for end to Libyan civil war
Pope Francis appealed on Sunday for both sides in the Libyan civil war to seek peace, urging the international community to facilitate talks and protect refugees and migrants he said were victims of cruelty. In an impassioned plea during his noon address in St. Peter’s Square, Francis said he was pained by the situation in…
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‘Prevent another civil war at all costs…’ CAN urges FG
The Christian Association of Nigeria yesterday urged the Federal Government to prevent whatever could lead the nation to another civil war at all costs. According to the association, present Nigeria is not a country of any well-meaning citizen’s dream. CAN President Samson Ayokunle said this in a statement by the association’s spokesman, Adebayo Oladeji. He…
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We will overcome Boko Haram same way we did civil war – Buhari
President General Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja said security forces in the country are capable and competent in winning the fight against Boko Haram insurgents in the country. He said with the 30-month civil war experience of Nigeria’s military, it is capable of handling the crisis rocking the North-East. Buhari said this while receiving…
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Anatomy of the Nigerian – Biafra War, Regional Security, Ethnic Militias and Peace
By Samuel Akpobome Orovwuje This year marked 50th anniversary of the end of the Nigerian civil war. The then Military Head of State sloganeering of “Novictor, No vanquished” and its three pillars of rehabilitation, resettlement and reconstruction marked the fragile beginning of a new era of peace, national reconciliation and development. Nevertheless, for many…
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Nigerian leaders, followers must avert another civil war – Gowon, others
Eminent Nigerians, including a former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon and Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, have spoken on the need for the ghost of the civil war which ended 50 years ago to be permanently buried. They said doing so required dialogue and enthronement of democratic tenets/ principles in the country. The others…