PIN ANALYSIS OF THE HERDSMEN KILLINGS IN NIGERIA
PROPOSITIONS: What are people saying about the problem? Media Reports & Public Discourse: Fulani Identity of Attackers: Channels TV, Premium Times, and Vanguard have consistently reported that victims and security agents identify the attackers as…
Lonely Farm Road
As I drove to the farm today, I could hear my heart pumping more blood than normal. The rhythmic ‘gbim, gbim’ made me self conscious. Was this adrenaline? My mind darted to the information I had received days ago that my parishioner was…
On Kidnappings in Esan Land, Vigilante Politics, and the role of Traditional Rulers
It is clear from my topic that I’ll attempt to address a hydra headed issue here, not as an insider with exhaustive knowledge of the facts at play, but as a researcher interested in the common good and the peaceful resolution of the escalating…
BEYOND HEAVY HEARTS: ONE OBITUARY TOO MANY
Death must come to us all. No doubt. But I would rather die purposefully, in front of a crowd peacefully protesting the abysmal security situation of our country, than meet my maker in the den of kidnappers. My appeal to Church authorities is simple.…
EDO HAS 24 FORESTS HARBOURING TERRORISTS?
The Vanguard article on the location of terrorists all across our beloved country Nigeria should ordinarily bring us a ray of hope. But it doesn’t, because we know what Vanguard knows. We wear the shoes, we know where they pinch. Will our Military,…
CLASSROOM TEACHER, WIFE, KIDNAPPED ALONG EWATTO-UBIAJA ROAD, EDO STATE, NIGERIA
On this first Day of December, 2020, Festus Alenkhe reports that a classroom teacher, Paul Aluola and his wife are suspected to have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen around Ewatto axis in Esan South East local government area of Edo State, Nigeria.…
“WE KILLED CATHOLIC SEMINARIAN BECAUSE HE WOULDN’T STOP PREACHING”, KIDNAPPER SAYS!
Oselumhense Anetor, May 1, 2020. In a phone interview with the Daily Sun in Abuja, the leader of the Kidnappers that raided the Good Shepherd Major Seminary in Kaduna, has confessed that he killed Seminarian Michael Nnadi because he wouldn’t stop…