Tag: Dialogue
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We need new strategies, dialogue with bandits not best option – Abdulsalami
General Abdulasalmi Abubakar (Rtd) on Wednesday said negotiating with bandits is not the best option to banditry, while urging that new strategies be developed to combat the menace of banditry. Speaking when a delegation of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) visited him at his residence in Minna, Niger State, the former head of state said…
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Insecurity: Governors have no choice but to dialogue with bandits – Fayemi
Governors will fight insecurity with every fibre of their being, the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has said. The Chairman of the Forum and Ekiti State governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, spoke on Tuesday in Minna when he led a delegation to Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani-Bello over the kidnappings in the state. Fayemi said: “The agenda…
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Let’s dialogue with bandits, they’re peaceful people – Gumi
Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has stressed that the only solution to banditry is for the government to dialogue with the perpetrators rather than engage use of military hardware. Gumi who made the remark during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday described bandits as peaceful people who were forced into criminality. The…
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Buhari’s Trumpian Complex and Nigeria in search of dialogue, By Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa. HUMANITY was given the earth as a sustainable security. Our entire lives depend on it. However, human beings constitute the greatest danger to earth. In realisation of this, strategic thinkers developed the idea of establishing forest reserves to stem the earth’s destruction and try to preserve life as we know…
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Religious Insurgency & Failing Leadership Of Nigeria: A Time For Dialogue, By Magnus Onyibe
By Magnus Onyibe In desperate search for how to get rid of the demon strafing our country, Nigeria, I recently, re-read the epic novel by the renown author, Chinua Achebe, “The Trouble With Nigeria” Reading through the book the first time , l saw that the conclusion is that the trouble with Nigeria is the…
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Lekki Toll Gate: The Dialogue We Don’t Need, By Stephen Ojapah MSP
Stephen Ojapah MSP Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave…
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Dialogue and Media Honesty, By Cornelius Afebu Omonokhua
Cornelius Afebu Omonokhua The situation in the world today gives the impression that “power is taken and not given.” Personal and religiousideologies in the media sometimes turn out to be brain washing machines to manipulate the ignorant citizens. We need media honesty given that “until the Lion learns to write; the story will always glorify…
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Dialogue of Social Engagement, By Cornelius Afebu Omonokhua
Cornelius Afebu Omonokhua Dialogue is one of the most effective means of promoting peace and unity. It provides the opportunity for people to be engagedin conversation with one another instead of living with grudges and hurts. Dialogue is directed towards a particular subject not in the form of debate that is competitive but in a…
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The Value of Dialogue Partners, Cornelius Afebu Omonokhua
Cornelius Afebu Omonokhua It appears that the nation is being pushed into unnecessary religious and ethnic conflict. Some people keep publishing different reactions to state and national issues on print and social media. Some write as if they are writing on behalf of Christian or Muslim groups while others write to express their personal opinions…
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Dapchi girls: Boko Haram contacts female negotiator to dialogue with FG
The Barnawi faction of Boko Haram has contacted human rights activist, Mrs Aisha Wakil, admitting it has in its custody the Dapchi schoolgirls who were abducted last week. The sect also hinted that the girls might be released. Wakil, popularly called Mama Boko Haram on account of her closeness to many of the sect members…