Nigeria

In the wake of escalating violence in Plateau State, Nigeria, the Defence Headquarters has announced its intention to meet with Reverend Timothy Daluk, Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Mangu Local Government Area. This development follows Rev. Daluk's public allegations, disseminated through a widely-shared video, accusing the Nigerian military of playing a role in the displacement of Christians and the destruction of their properties. Rev. Daluk's claims, specifically pointing to the military's involvement in forcing Christians out of the new market area in Mangu and subsequently leaving their homes exposed to arson attacks, have added a new dimension to the ongoing crisis in Plateau State. These allegations have prompted Major General Edward Buba, the Director of D...

Dear Peter Obi, I am compelled to write this for posterity. To capture my exact feelings in this moment. You don’t know me and probably will never see this but if you ever feel like you are responsible for dashing the hopes of well meaning poor Nigerians who believed in your dream, the silence you hear is not disappointment in you (peter obi) but a realization of the amount of corruption you were standing up against by even daring to run. It is clear now why the political elites were shocked by your audacity and said you wouldn’t win a single local government. You went from two people tweeting in a room, to SIX MILLION votes. Peter Obi, you galvanized the weak and the hungry and those who had given up on the Nigerian project. As a dark cloud, heralded by the creeping out of nefar...