Godsgift Onyedinefu Renowned politician and economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, has said that some actors in Northern part of Nigeria is afraid of much desired restructuring because it is facing a crisis of unity and are uncertain about what restructuring portends for them. Utomi who spoke at a virtual media parley on
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Kano Sharia Court Sentences Man to Death for Blasphemy
By Hamza Ibrahim An Islamic court in northern Nigeria sentenced a 22-year old singer to death on Monday for blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad in a song he circulated on the messaging platform WhatsApp in March. Kano state, in predominantly Muslim northern Nigeria, has Islamic sharia courts that function alongside civil
Leader of CNG Arrested after Leading Protest against Insecurity in Northern Nigeria
•Police arrested him for 'insulting President Buhari's media aide, Femi Adesina--CNG Jude Johnson The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has raised the alarm that Nastura Ashir Sharif, its chairman of the Board of Trustees is currently being detained at the Police Force Headquarters (NPF HQ) in Abuja. This was confirmed in a statement
HURIWA Condemns Abduction, Conversion of Christian Girls in Northern Nigeria
•Condemns daughter of Imo state farmer Godsgift Onyedinefu The Human Rights Writers Association Of Nigeria (HURIWA) has strongly condemned the abduction and forced conversion to Islam of some Christian girls in Kaduna state and other states in northern part of the country. The rights group described it as unconstitutional and absolutely unlawful
Seven Christian Women Abducted, Forcibly Converted to Islam in Nigeria’s Northern States — Report
Jude Johnson No fewer than seven Christian women – one of them married – were earlier this year abducted in Kaduna, Kano and Katsina “and married off to radical Muslim men and forcibly converted to Islam.” This is according to Persecution.org, the official website of the International Christian Concern (ICC). Abduction
Biafra And Nigerian President of Igbo Extraction
The narration being peddled and promoted by some including a few misguided Igbo people is that Ndigbo cannot justifiably demand for Biafra and Nigeria President at the same time. Ndigbo must settle for one, they say. This is the height of mischief. This convenient position is claiming that sovereign state
Amotekun: Northern Group Rejects Plan to Deport northerners in Osun
Godsgift Onyedinefu The Coalition of Northern Groups has rejected plans by the Osun state government to deploy Amotekun, a state-owned militia to seek out, apprehend and deport northerners residing in the state. The group said the deportation threat by the Osun government and the Afenifere is specifically targeted at people of
Intensify crude oil exploration in the northern Nigeria, group tells Kyari
Mukaila Ola There should be an intensified search and exploration for crude oil in the Lake Chad Basin and other area of exploratory interests in the northern part of the country, group appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari administration. This call was made by a coalition of development associations in Borno State
Hausa-Fulani Dichotomy: How farmers-herders conflict snowballed into bloody banditry in northwest Nigeria–Research
Govt ignored warning banditry, kidnapping, killings would escalate, spread to Katsina, Kaduna, Sokoto Third force’ brutal intervention How Sani Yerima’s seizure of the Fulani land fuelled crisis Gov Yari blamed for abandoning state to cruel fate Editor's note: For years the deadly crisis in Nigeria's North West simply tagged as
Nigeria: Facing the Challenge of the Islamic State in West Africa Province
•Editor's note: The International Crisis Group report x-rayed that three years after Boko Haram broke apart, one faction, the Islamic State in West Africa Province, is forming a proto-state in northern Nigeria. The state should press its military offensive against the jihadists but also try undercutting their appeal by improving