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Written by JOHN ODEY ADUMA, PUBLISHER AND BRITISH CHEVENING SCHOLAR, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOMSERIES: BUHARISM AND THE FIERCE URGENCY OF NOW
PART 2
Wake up, Fellow Nigerians
“…they talk and write about a Buhari dividing the nation, whereas they were the first to have put a sword on the things that hitherto held us together, having so divided the country into ethnic groupings, constantly heating up the polity for their bellies; they cowardly remain on the thresholds of their ethnic enclaves and talk about the Nigerian nation, giving the world the false impression that they are nationalists, or should be so seen – but they have forgotten that you cannot be an ethnic irredentist/arch ethnicist and be a nationalist at the same time, for a person is either an ethnicist or a nationalist as it is NOT possible to be both or wear the toga of both at the same time.”
What do we know About the Next Revolutions in Africa?
Written by Idriss Zackaria, Central African Correspondent, Vigilance – The Security MagazineBY IDRISS ZACKARIA
In this journey, I’ll take you through some key phases of Africa’s revolutions that are about to shake up and reshape the continent very soon. Few predicted the defeat of the Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh; the decision of the Supreme Court in Kenya and the victory of the opposition in Nigeria. Therefore, the next great African moment could be just around the corner, as is the cases in any continent with a complicated political landscapes and power sharing systems, crises do occur. But, such crises have so far evolved through social and constitutional means, which is unprecedented in Africa’s recent history. For better and worse, the emerging African geopolitical landscape is drawing to a close an era of revolutions. The central challenge of our time is posed not by civil war or terrorism as it used to be, but rather by the intensifying turbulence caused by the phenomenon of national consciousness and global political awakening. Such awakening is politically radicalizing and socially massive - a process of socio-political renewal is underway across the continent, as long as some regimes that tightly control the political landscape will hold elections that they have no intention of losing.
Analysis: The Dapchi Schoolgirls Abduction Debacle
Written by DON OKEREKE, SECURITY ANALYSTBY DON OKEREKE, SECURITY ANALYST/CONSULTANT
Reminiscent of the abduction of 276 Chibok Girls four years ago, Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT) on Monday, 19 February 2018, invaded Government Girls Science and Technical College, (GGSTC), (formerly Government Girls Secondary School, GGSS), Dapchi, Bursari Local Government Area of Yobe State, Northeast Nigeria. Dapchi, a dusty, agrarian community sits approximately 100km from Damaturu, the Yobe state capital. Locals affirmed that the insurgents were dressed in military fatigues and turbans, that they moved into the town at about 6pm with about eight Hilux Vans and some Tata trucks bearing Arabic inscriptions. They were unchallenged, firing automatic weapons sporadically and shouting ‘’Allahu Akbar’’, meaning God is the greatest. The kamikaze gunmen were tenably strangers given that they did not know the location of the girls’ school - GGSTC even though it is just by the road leading to Gashua town. Not knowing their way around, the Kanuri speaking gunmen eventually forced some residents to show them the location of the school. They shook hands with some natives and asked them to proceed with their prayers, that they are not there for them. After abducting scores of girls, they headed east, towards Gumsa village. Open source intelligence suggests that half of the abducted Dapchi schoolgirls may have been ferried across the border into neighboring Niger Republic.
OF FOOLS OF THE MIDDLE BELT, ONE NORTH AND PASTORAL JIHADISM...WAKE UP, O YE FOOLS AND SLEEPERS!
Written by JOHN ODEY ADUMA, PUBLISHER AND BRITISH CHEVENING SCHOLAR, UNITED KINGDOMPlease visit also: www.vigilance-securitymagazine.com
SERIES: BUHARISM & FIERCE URGENCY OF NOW
PART 16
THE METAMORPHOSIS OF BOKO HARAM INTO MILITANT PASTORALIST CATTLE AVENGERS… THE ACTS OF UTHMAN DAN FODIO FRONTIER FORCE (UDFFF)
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This is what the LORD says: "A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more,” Jeremiah 31:15.
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Sunday, 04 February 2018 00:01
Mr President, stop the police broacasting rubbish and its inherent '419' therein now!Written by JOHN ODEY ADUMA, PUBLISHER AND BRITISH CHEVENING SCHOLAR, UNITED KINGDOMPlease visit also: www.vigilance-securitymagazine.com SERIES: BUHARISM AND THE SWIFT URGENCY OF NOW “Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye,” Matthew 7:5 PART SIX 7 How Olusegun Obasanjo duped Nigerians to establish his Presidential Library
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Tuesday, 23 January 2018 15:23
Is Sufism The Answer To Islamic Terrorism? (Part 1 of 2)Written by Husam DughmanBY HUSAM DUGHMAN November 2017 saw a horrific massacre perpetrated by Muslim terrorists against Sufis in Al Rawdha Mosque in Egypt’s Sinai; this resulted in the death of over three hundred and the injury of over one hundred peaceful worshippers. The attack was not an isolated incident, but rather one of a long series of attacks by Muslim terrorists against Sufis.
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Tuesday, 09 January 2018 15:03
Imperativeness Of Fixing Nigeria’s Moribund Health SystemWritten by DON OKEREKE, SECURITY ANALYST/CONSULTANTBY DON OKEREKE, SECURITY ANALYST AND CONSULTANT At the risk of making sweeping statements, many Nigerians will agree that the healthcare system in Nigeria is moribund, not fit for purpose and tantamount to events in the Animal Farm narrative. Scores of Nigerians die incessantly from preventable, treatable diseases while political leaders and affluent Nigerians embark on ‘’medical tourism’’ to treat mundane health challenges that can be treated in Nigeria. It is safe to conclude that these well-off Nigerians have no iota of confidence in Nigeria’s healthcare system and medical professionals. The quest for greener pastures and improved wellbeing is the reason scores of Nigerian are traded as slaves in Libya. It accounts for why 26 Nigerian girls perished in the Mediterranean Sea en route Europe recently. It is profoundly hypocritical hearing privileged Nigerians in corridors of power press Nigerians in abroad to return to home whereas they journey abroad for quality medical treatment.
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Tuesday, 09 January 2018 00:55
QUIT NOTICE: BECAUSE THERE ISN'T A COUNTRY, BUT WHAT IS A COUNTRY?Written by JOHN ODEY ADUMA, PUBLISHER AND BRITISH CHEVENING SCHOLAR, UNITED KINGDOMPART FOUR BUHARISM AND THE FIERCE URGENCY OF NOW “It is now common knowledge that whenever Mallam Muhammadu Buhari holds sway at our national arena, he is usually brushed aside by more powerful and more intelligent people…”
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Sunday, 07 January 2018 00:14
QUIT NOTICE: BECAUSE THERE ISN'T A COUNTRYWritten by JOHN ODEY ADUMA, PUBLISHER AND BRITISH CHEVENING SCHOLAR, UNITED KINGDOMPART THREE SERIES: BUHARISM AND THE FIERCE URGENCY OF NOW “Institutions are the weakest, where there is no country such as is currently the case with the lower and upper Niger – known simply in the pre-amalgamation era (before 1914) as THE NIGER AREA.”
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Thursday, 16 November 2017 13:30
Postmortem Analysis: Python Dance, Censor Will Not Curb Biafra, IPOB (2)Written by DON OKEREKE, SECURITY ANALYST/CONSULTANTBY DON OKEREKE, SECURITY ANALYST/CONSULTANT Drivers of Instability, Agitations in Nigeria Newton’s third law of motion says ‘’for every action, there’s an equal and opposite reaction’’. A groundbreaking study by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) titled, ‘’Journey to Extremism in Africa: Drivers, Incentives and the Tipping Point for Recruitment’’, published September 2017 reveals that ‘’Marginalization, perceived abuse of power is pushing Africa’s youth to violent extremism’’. Due to space and time constraint, I may not be able to fully expatiate how Buhari’s parochialism, ‘’northernization policy’’, inability to manage diversity and patent marginalization of Biafrans catalyzes, escalates the Biafra agitation. Cast your mind back to President Buhari’s 97% and 5% gambit and also reconcile it with his lopsided appointments, including the recent NNPC appointments. I will write on marginalization of Ndigbo in my subsequent treatise. Similar to the patent nepotism, marginalization, injustice as some of the drivers of recurring agitations in Nigeria, is also that of unprecedented youth unemployment currently bedeviling the country, especially parts of the southeast.
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Sunday, 05 November 2017 14:15
Postmortem Analysis: Python Dance, Censor Will Not Curb Biafra, IPOB (1)Written by DON OKEREKE, SECURITY ANALYST/CONSULTANTBY DON OKEREKE, SECURITY ANALYST/CONSULTANT Synopsis
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Tuesday, 31 October 2017 17:14
MIND LEPROSYWritten by JOHN ODEY ADUMA, PUBLISHER AND BRITISH CHEVENING SCHOLAR, UNITED KINGDOMSERIES: CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA
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Saturday, 28 October 2017 00:37
Emperor Daura, stop the police broacasting rubbish and its inherent '419' now!Written by JOHN ODEY ADUMA, PUBLISHER AND BRITISH CHEVENING SCHOLARVisit also, www.vigilance-securitymagazine.com SERIES: BUHARISM AND THE FIERCE URGENCY OF NOW IBRAHIM KPOTUN IDRIS: THE ABANDONMENT OF DUTY "Under his watch, Nigerians having lost confidence in the so-called Nigeria Police Force have turned themselves into many policing squads, where lives of fellow Nigerians are to them as flies to wanton boys, administering jungle justice and resorting to all sorts of bestiality, gangsterism and extra-judicial killings because the highly 97/5 Formula policing outfit in that country is now as DEAD as a DODO under this our square peg in a round hole!"
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Tuesday, 24 October 2017 14:10
Buhari, stop the police broacasting rubbish and its inherent '419' therein now!Written by JOHN ODEY ADUMA, PUBLISHER AND BRITISH CHEVENING SCHOLARIBRAHIM KPOTUN IDRIS: THE ABANDONMENT OF DUTY PART FIVE SERIES: BUHARISM AND THE SWIFT URGENCY OF NOW "Buhari asked us to focus on northern Nigeria — World Bank" Punch healine of October 13th, 2017 which supports the onus of this article.
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