Tag Archives: Northern Nigeria
by Reuben Abati State House Press Release – President Goodluck Jonathan deplores yesterday’s attack by armed terrorists on Bama, Borno State which claimed scores of lives. President Jonathan believes that the continuation of such callous and wanton attacks of innocent … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, Press Releases, West Africa
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Tagged Bama, Borno State, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, Jonathan, Nigeria, Northern Nigeria, Reuben Abati, Special Adviser
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By Osita Ebiem Kano as an Ancient Trading City – Kano as an important commercial city in Nigeria’s Islamic North also serves as gateway to some of Nigeria’s northern neighbors. Such countries like Niger, Chad and beyond have shared with … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, Politics, West Africa
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Tagged Arabian Peninsula, Biafra, Biafran, Igbo people, IndepthAfrica, Islam, Kano, Nigeria, Northern Nigeria
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The current Nigerian ruler, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan continues not to “give a damn” in his inconsiderate decisions since coming to office in 2011. Now, it appears he is about to make what is sure to become the most inconsiderate of … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged bokoharam, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, Islam, Jonathan, Nigeria, Northern Nigeria, Osama bin Laden, Yobe State
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Police in Nigeria’s Adamawa state say attackers stormed the home of the state’s deputy governor in Midlu Saturday, killing 11 people. Some victims were shot, while others had their throats cut. Police have given few details, but say it appears … read more »
By Umar Bello ‘Every established order tends to produce the naturalization of its own arbitrariness’ – Pierre Bourdeau: Recent happenings in Nigeria have again necessitated the need to look into our peculiar circumstances and see the factors that may hinder … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Fula people, Fulani, Hausa, Hausa-Fulani, IndepthAfrica, Ita Enang, Middle Belt, Nigeria, Northern Nigeria
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At least 28 people have been killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen, who also set ablaze houses in Nigeria’s northern state of Plateau, officials said. The gunmen attacked the villages in Ganawuri district in Plateau under Riyom local government … read more »
By Odimegwu Onwumere When a former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu offered on November 12, 2012, to negotiate the end of insurgency in the northern part of the country on Federal Government’s (FG) behalf, many Nigerians took … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan, Igbo, IndepthAfrica, Kaduna, Kano, Nigeria, Northern Nigeria, Orji Uzor Kalu
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By Justine John DYIKUK In the chill of January 20, 2013, this writer chanced upon what was supposed to be a rejoinder to the sermon delivered by the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, his Excellency, Most Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Justine John DYIKUK, Nigeria, Religion, West Africa
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Tagged Arewa Consultative Forum, Association of Nigerian Authors, Excellency, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Nobel Peace Prize, Northern Nigeria, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa
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Nigeria (Reuters) – Seven French hostages abducted by suspected Nigerian Islamist militants have probably been separated into two groups and efforts are continuing to locate them, French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday. French, Nigerian and Cameroonian officials earlier denied … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Cameroon, Dikwa, France, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Nigeria, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Northern Nigeria, Thursday
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Twelve people, including polio vaccinators, have been killed in two shootings at health centres in northern Nigeria, witnesses have told the BBC. In the first attack in Kano four polio vaccinators were shot dead by gunmen who drove up on … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged bbc, bokoharam, IndepthAfrica, Kano, Kano Emirate, Nigeria, Nigeria newspapers, Nigerian, Nigerian news, nigerian shooting, Northern Nigeria, Poliomyelitis, Sharia
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By Godwin Onyeacholem The ongoing series in some publications titled “In Search Of Leadership” by the irrepressible Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai are, without doubt, an engaging read to which every conscious citizen ought to pay grave attention. Reason is that somehow … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Bureau of Public Enterprises, elrufai, Federal Capital Territory, Femi Fani-Kayode, Muhammadu Buhari, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, Nigerian news, Northern Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo
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By Munonyedi Val When I was just growing up in the 80’s, can’t remember precisely the age then, there was this policeman who was very fond of me and always refer to me as his friend. I am sure the … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Cell Phones, Mobile phone, nigeria africa, Nigeria news, Nigeria Police Force, Nigerian news, Northern Nigeria, Police, Police officer, Police station, Science and Technology, Sunday, West Africa
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By Zainab Sandah Ethnicity and religion are not predetermined; we are not born, do not possess an innate sense of ethnic or religious affiliation, we become Yoruba, Christian, Hausa or Kataf largely as a factor of geographical, ancestral, and societal … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged bokoharam, Hausa, IndepthAfrica, Kaduna, Kano, Kano State, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian news, Northern Nigeria, Sharia
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By Anthony Chuka Konwea, P.E. Bigotry and corruption are the two core existential threats confronting Nigeria in its stuttering march towards genuine nationhood. In a number of recent write-ups with general slant on nation-building, this writer has sounded the alarm … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged bokoharam, IndepthAfrica, Islam, Islamism, Muslim, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian news, Northern Nigeria, South-Western Nigeria, Taliban
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By Stephen Hayes Stephen Hayes is president and CEO of the Corporate Council on Africa. Boko Haram, a major language and tribe of northern Nigeria, which loosely means “Western education is forbidden” in Hausa, has emerged as a major threat … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, bokoharam, Corporate Council on Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Mohammed Yusuf, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian news, Northern Nigeria, Pentagon, Western world
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Thisday The Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has accused Boko Haram of engaging in crimes against humanity. The ICC, in its report of preliminary examination activities dated November 2012, a copy of which THISDAY … read more »
By Michael Brooks Al-Qaeda, Hamas, Al-Shabaab, Hezbollah, the Haqqani network, and the Taliban are all infamous names to the Western world. These organizations, however, are but a handful of the many dozens of organizations with the official US designation of … read more »
by Kabiru Tsakuwa That Igbos form part and parcel of Kano community is never in doubt. And that their unquantifiable contributions in various spheres of the economy of Kano which made it what it is today, simply restates the obvious. … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged bokoharam, Igbo, Igbo people, IndepthAfrica, Kano, Kano-Igbos, Nigeria, Northern Nigeria, Sabon Gari
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By Is’haq Modibbo Kawu, Vanguard opinion SOME moments stick out in the public space, not just for the drama of the occasion, but for the fundamental impact they make on our appreciation of the depth of the rot which envelopes … read more »
BY HENRY CHUKWUEMEKA ONYEMA, PM For once, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan said something that warmed my insides. He bluntly told Boko Haram that he is not going to quit and run; he is going to retain the keys to Aso Rock … read more »
Posted in Article, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, Africa news, africa news today, africa song, africa toto, african food, African History, Aso Rock, bokoharam, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, Jews, Nigeria, Nigerians, Northern Nigeria, reuters africa news, United States
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opinion Abuja — Since the return to civil rule in 1999, ethnic and religious conflicts across the Nigerian federation have claimed an estimated 50,000 lives. These conflicts have not just been inter-ethnic or inter-religious; they have also been intra-ethnic and … read more »
Posted in Article, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, Africa news, africa news today, africa song, africa toto, african food, African History, bokoharam, Claude Ake, Ebonyi State, IndepthAfrica, Modakeke, Nigeria, Northern Nigeria, Osun State, reuters africa news, United States
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By Nasiru Suleiman On Sunday July 22, 2012, I was at the ECWA Church, Angwar Rimi Hausa section in Kaduna. It was the rounding-off of the Children’s Week of prayers and to celebrate the day, the children lined up some … read more »
Posted in Article, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, Africa news, africa news today, africa song, africa toto, african food, African History, bokoharam, church, Education, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kaduna, Nigeria, Northern Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, reuters africa news
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by Comrade AremuforYouths In the past lies the problems of the present and in the present lies the answers to the future or the destruction of it. History is very fascinating and in history lies the beginning of Boko Haram … read more »
Posted in Article, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, Ahmad Sani Yerima, All Africa, bokoharam, breaking news, East Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Nigeria, Nigeria news, niheria newspapers, Northern Nigeria, nothafrica, Osama bin Laden, Sharia, United States, West Africa, Zamfara State
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Abdulrazaq Magaji The increasingly impoverished people of northern Nigeria are waking up to the stark realization that the sweet taste of democracy could turn sour if you are unlucky to have the right hands in the kitchen. Northern Nigerians have … read more »
Posted in Article, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, bokoharam, breaking news, East Africa, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Jonathan, Kaduna, National Security Advisor (United States, Nigeria, Nigeria news, niheria newspapers, Northern Nigeria, nothafrica, Osama bin Laden, West Africa
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A gang of armed robbers has killed 23 people in two villages in northern Nigeria, witnesses and police say. An eyewitness told the BBC that about 80 people on motorbikes launched an attack in the remote villages of Dan-Gulbi and … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Agence France-Presse, bbc, bokoharam, Dan-Gulbi, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Northern Nigeria, Zamfara State
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“”I humbly wish to communicate the views of the majority of the citizen. The entire people of Northern Nigeria are crying for mercy and pleading with you. In my position being a Muslim, I must confess that we are totally … read more »
Posted in Documents, Letters & Interviews, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Nothing in Nigeria is what it seems. Beneath a confusing, disorderly surface lie networks of association and obligation of which outsiders, and sometimes insiders, are unaware. Money is chopped (stolen), people paid off, budgets looted and shared. Power, political and … read more »
Posted in Article, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Abuja, Africa news, African, African news, Al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Nigeria, Indepth Soccer, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Northern Nigeria, Richard Dowden, State Security Service
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By Osita Ebiem Since the formation of the ill-fated Nigerian union (the infamous Amalgamation of 1914) by the imperialist government of Great Britain, the people of the Islamic North of Nigeria have never hidden the fact that they dislike the … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Boko Haram, Britain, Igbo people, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Muslim, Nigeria, Northern Nigeria, Yakubu Gowon
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Kano – Gunmen have attacked a police station in northern Nigeria’s Jigawa state, killing a teenage girl and wounding an officer in the first such incident since the president’s state of emergency decree. “The gunmen shot indiscriminately into the police … read more »
Kano – Gunmen killed five people in a pre-dawn attack on Tuesday in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna, the epicentre of post-election violence earlier this year, police said. The attackers armed with guns stormed Kagoro town in the predominantly … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Christian, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kaduna, Kagoro, Muhammadu Buhari, Muslim, Nigeria, Northern Nigeria
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