Tag: defeated
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A people united can never be defeated, By Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa Twenty-twenty is the Year of the Pandemic and Protests; the year of major elections and political upheavals. In October 2020 alone, street protests swept through many countries, making landfalls, with some leaders swept away. The latest is President Sooronbay Jeenbekov of Kyrgyzstan who had claimed victory in parliamentary elections. But the…
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Boko Haram not defeated totally but terribly degraded – Presidency
The Presidency has admitted that the war against Boko Haram insurgency has not ended, saying the terrorists have not been completely defeated. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, said this during his appearance on Channels Television’s political programme, Sunday Politics. Despite the series of attack by the insurgents in…
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Biafra has not been defeated – By Wole Soyinka
By Wole Soyinka On July 6, 1967, civil war broke out in Nigeria between the country’s military and the forces of Biafra, an independent republic proclaimed by ex-Nigerian military officer Odumegwu Ojukwu on May 30 of that year. The war killed more than 1 million people, many of whom died from starvation. It ended in…