Our Reaction To Takeover Of Sowore's Case By Attorney-General Of Federation By Femi Falana

Nzaghachi anyị banyere iwere okwu Sowore site n'aka Attorney-General nke Ala anyị nke sitere n'aka Femi Falana


In view of the foregoing, we urge the AGF to file a nolle prosequi motion without any further delay to end the macabre dance, which has exposed the country to avoidable embarrassment.

N'ihi ịganihu, anyị na-agwa ndị AGF ka ha dee akwụkwọ n'egbughị oge ọbụla iji kwụsị emume ọjọọ, nke buterela mmechu ihu nye ala anyị


It is not a takeover because it was the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abukabar Malami (SAN), that filed Omoyele Sowore's case and farmed it out to Dr Hassan Liman (San). But in view of the violent invasion of the court by armed operatives of the SSS, the AGF has decided to sack the prosecution team and have the case prosecuted by the DPP.

Ọ bụghị ịnapụ n'ihi na ọ bụ Attorney-General nke Ala anyị na Mịnịsta nke Ikpe ziri ezi, Abubakar Malami (SAN), bụ onye dere okwu Omoyele Sowore ma degara ya Dr. Hassan Liman (San). Mana n'ilegara anya maka mmebi ụlọikpe site n'aka ndị SSS ji ngwaọgụ, AGF ekpebiela ịchụ otu ndị ikpe ahụ ma mee ka ndị DPP kpee ikpe ahụ.


Having been advised that Sowore cannot be convicted on the basis of the proof of evidence filed in court, the SSS has refused to make the statements of the prosecution witnesses available to the defendants as ordered by the trial court. Hence, hearing in the case has been adjourned to February 20, 2020 at the instance of the prosecution.

Dịka mgbazi ọnụ bịara na amamikpe agaghị adịrị Sowore site n'ihe ngosi ịgbaama n'ụlọikpe, ndị SSS ekweghị ikwu okwu ndị akaebe maka ikpe nye ndị ana ekpe ikpe dịka ndị ụlọikpe siri nye iwu. Otu ọ dị, ịnụ maka okwu a abụrụla nke ebugharịrị rue n'ụbọchị nke iri abụọ n'ọnwa Februwarị, n'afọ 2020 n'ọmụmatụ ikpe ahụ.


Convinced that the pending case would collapse like a pack of cards, the SSS is currently fishing for evidence to nail Sowore. In spite of the directive of the AGF to take over the case, the SSS subjected Sowore to a four-hour interrogation on Thursday.

Ka o doro anya na okwu ahụ agaghị enwe isi, ndị SSS na-agba mbọ inweta akaebe iji memina Sowore. N'agbanyeghị, ntụziaka ka AGF lebanye okwu ahụ anya, ndị SSS kpọrọ Sowore maka ogologo ajụjụ ọnụ nke awa anọ n'ụbọchị Tọọzude


The entire interrogation pertained to Sowore's alleged links with the proscribed Boko Haram sect, IPOB and IMN, which he vehemently denied. At Sowore's instance, a member of the legal defence team, Mr Abubakar Marshal, witnessed the marathon interrogation. The plan of the SSS is to charge Sowore with terrorism in line with the unsubstituted allegations of presidential media aides.

Ogologo ajụjụ ahụ banyere njikọ dị n'etiti Sowore na ndị otu Boko Haram, IPOB na IMN, nke ọ gọrọ ma gọsie ike. N'ọmụmatụ nke Sowore, onye otu ndị mgbachi ikpe, Maazị Abubakar Marshal, hụrụ ogologo ajụjụ ọnụ ahụ. Ebumnobi ndị SSS bụ ibo Sowore ebubo iyiegwu tinyere enwepụghị ebubo nke enyemaka mgbasaozi nke onyeisi ala


Peddlers Of Fake News Are Cowards, Says Soyinka

Ndị na-agbasa akụkọ asị bụ ndị agamefu, ka Soyinka kwuru


He also directed what appeared to be criticism at Obasanjo's support for Atiku's candidature.

O kwukwara ihe yiri nkatọ na nkwado Obasanjọ nye nhọpụta Atiku


Wole Soyinka, Nigeria’s only Nobel Laureate, says those who spread fake news are cowards and may need psychiatric evaluation.

Wole Soyinka, naanị Nobel Laureate nke Naịjirịa, kwuru na ndị na-agbasa akụkọ asị bụ ndị agamefu ma kwesikwa ije nnyocha akọnauche


The literary icon spoke during a symposium in Abuja, on Wednesday, but did not directly mention neither Obasanjo nor Atiku, in his speech.

Onye amara nke ọma n'ihe banyere ederede kwuru okwu n'ọnọdụ nkuzi n'Abụja, n'ụbọchị Wednesde, ma o kpọghị aha Obasanjọ ma ọbụ Atiku kpọm kwem n'okwu ya


He questioned the former president's change of heart, which seemed to refer to Obasanjo's initial stance on his former vice-president.

Ọ jụrụ ajụjụ banyere mgbanwe obi onyeisi ala chiburu, nke dịka ọnọdụ Obasanjọ wererịị n'ebe osote ya nọ


His words: “We have got to develop very healthy scepticism. If someone in a position of power for eight years, has lectured a nation for eight years and after that continued year after year to continue to direct the minds of a whole nation in one direction only saying ‘this is Lucifer from hell’, for eight years in office and several more years out of office saying this is Lucifer and then one day he changed his left hand and says behold your redeemer, which of the two is fake news?”

N'okwu ya, "anyị ga-enwe echiche dị mma. Ọ bụrụ na onye nọrọ n'ọkwa afọ asatọ, akuzierela obodo ihe afọ asatọ ma ka nkea gasịrị,. gaa n'ihu izi echiche ndị mmadụ ihe n'otu ụzọ ma na-asị naanị 'Nkea bụ ekwensu si ọkụmmụọ', n'afọ asatọ n'ọkwa nakwa ọtụtụ afọ ka ọchịchị gasịrị na-asị nke a bụ ekwensu ma otu ụbọchị ọ gbanwee ma sị na nkea bụ onye nzọpụta unu, kedụ nke n'ime abụọ ndịa bụ akụkọ asị?


Obasanjo had heavily criticized Atiku, who was his vice, during his eight years of presidency.

Obasanjọ akatọọla Atiku rinne, onye nke bụ osote ya mgbe ọ chịrị afọ asatọ dịka onyeisi ala


In his book titled ‘My Watch’, Obasanjo described Atiku as a “shameless liar”.

N"akwụkwọ ya bụ 'My Watch', Obasanjọ kọwara Atiku dịka 'Onye asị ihere adịghị eme'


At a time, Obasanjo said God would never forgive him if he supports Atiku. However, he took a different turn in 2018 when he endorsed the candidacy of Atiku Abubakar.

N'oge ọ dị, Obasanjọ kwuru na Chukwu agaghị agbaghara ya ma ọ bụrụ na ọ kwado Atiku. Otu ọ dị, o chigharịrị n'afọ 2018 mgbe o binyere aka nye Atiku Abubakar maka ịzọ ọkwa onyeisi ala


Speaking further at the symposium, which was themed ‘Nigeria 2019: Countering Fake News', Soyinka advised that psychiatrists be involved in the advocacy against fake news. He reasoned that peddlers of fake news have mental problems.

N'ịganịihu n'okwu nkuzi ahụ, nke isiokwu ya bụ 'Naịjirịa 2019: Ibu agha megide Akụkọ Ụgha" Soyinka nyere ndị dọkịta na-agwa ndị ara ka ha sonye n'ibu agha megide akụkọ ụgha. O kwuru na ndị na-ebugharị akụkọ ụgha nwere nsogbu ọgụgụ isi.


He went on to share his experience on how fake news has affected him, saying he had heard of news of his own death numerous times and laughable statements which never originated from him had been circulated as his.

Ọ gara n'ihu kwuo ọtụtụ ihe merela ya etu ozi abụghị eziokwu siri metuta ya, sị na ọ nụla akụkọ banyere ya ọnwụ ya ọtụtụ mgbe ma okwu ọchị dị iche iche nke o kwughị asịrị na o kwuru


He continued: "During the last presidency, there was a statement attributed to me that I said that it serves President Jonathan right for marrying an illiterate woman. I never made any comment whatsoever about her and suddenly here it is staring me in the face.

Ọ gara n'ihu, "N'oge onyeisi gara aga, ọ nwere okwu asịrị na m kwuru nke sị na ọ dị Onyeisiala Jonathan mma ịlụta nwaanyị agụghị akwụkwọ. E kwubeghị m ihe ọbụla banyere ya ma n'ịtịnụanya lee ka ya okwu chere m n'ihu ugbua


“An account (on Facebook) has even been created in my name and from time to time a card is sent to me and it reads, ‘Wole Soyinka says anyone who votes for this person must be stupid, must be mentally retarded, his mother must be a goat and his father must be a gorilla.’

E nweela ọwara na Facebook nke eji aha m mepe ma site na mgbe rue na mgbe, a na m enweta ozi nke na-asị "Wole Soyinka kwuru na onye ọbụla tunyeere onye a akwụkwọ bụ onye nzuzu, nwekwaa nsogbu ọgụgụ isi, nne ya bụ ewu ebe nna ya bụ ọzọdịmgba


“And this comes on all the time and I don’t want to understate the numerous motivations going into this. Although basically, I think the commonality is that those who create fake news are sick in the head and they are also cowards because they lack the conviction for their own beliefs and so they try to attribute to other people what they are thinking.”

"Ihe ndịa niile na-eme oge niile ma mụ onwe m achọghị ileli ihe butere nkea. N'ezie, amaara m na ndị na-ebugharị akụkọ ụgha bụ ndị nwere nsogbu ọgụgụ isi ma bụrụkwa ndị ike adịghị maka na ha enweghị nkwenyesi ike n'okwukwe ha nke mere ka ha nyere ndị ọzọ ihe ha chere n'echiche"


“I have insisted that it is something that must be treated criminally but I don’t want this to become an opportunity for our very bloodthirsty legislators to push the kind of law which they tried to enact the other time which they were decreeing capital punishment for any hate speech.

"E kwusiela m ike na nkea bụ ihe aga ewe dịka okwu ekperima ma achọghị m ka ndị omebe iwu ọjọọ anyị were ohere mee ụdịrị iwu ahụ ha mere iji nye ntarahụhụ dị ike maka okwu akpọmasị.


“I don’t know how far it has gone, whether they have dropped it or if it is on the president's table but nothing I say today should be taken as an endorsement of that lunacy.

A maghị m ebe o rurula, ma ha ewepụla ya ma ọbụ na ọ dị n'elu tebulu onyeisi ala ma ọ nweghị ihe ọbụla m kwuru n'ụbọchị taa nke aga ewe dịka nke onye ahụ enweghị uche


“If people are bloodthirsty they should go and join Boko Haram instead of using the legislative chambers to initiate another opportunity for slaughtering people for speaking their minds like Khashoggi. Let us be very careful about that.”

"Ọ bụrụ na ndị mmadụ chọrọ ọbara, ha banye Boko Haram ọ bụghị iji ụlọ  omebe iwu ewepụta ohere igbu mmadụ maka ikwu uche ha dịka Khashoggi. Ka uche anyị dị na nke ahụ"


He advised that social media platforms like Facebook should put in more efforts in curtailing fake news. He also called on the need for INTERPOL and other global law enforcement agencies to join hand in the war against fake news.

O nyere mgbazi ọnụ na ngalaba mgbasa ozi dịka fesibuuk kwesiri inye aka ibu agha megise akụkọ ụgha. O kwukwara mkpa ọ dị ka ndị INTERPOL na ndị ngalaba oti iwu mba ụwa ka ha jikọọ aka ọnụ ibu agha megide akụkọ ụgha


Soyinka also took out time to comment on the leaked audio of Rotimi Amaechi, the Minister of Transportation.

Soyinka wepụtara oge ma kwuo okwu banyere ihe ekwumekwu pụtara ihe nke Rotimi Amaechi, minista nke Njem


“Just two or three days ago, I read an item where a minister was supposed to have insulted the president and it was carried in some media and I checked the statement and of course there was a video and so on and I looked through it, I read the text again and again and I said I have to relearn English language because I didn’t see where the insults were.

"N'abalị abụọ ma ọbụ atọ gara aga, agụrụ m ihe ọgụgụ ebe mịnịsta kwesiri ịkọtọ onyeisi ala ma bụrụ nke ebusara na ngalaba ọtụtụ mgbasa ozi ma mgbe m nyochara nke nke ọma ọbụladị site n'onyoonyo, ma gụkwa ederede ahụ mgbe mgbe, ọ dị ka m aga amụgharị asụsụ Bekee maka na ahụghị m ebe okwu nkọtọ ahụ dị


“So sometimes, print media feels compelled to compete with the electronic media and this is a great mistake because there is a reputation, there is an expectation and you should not be embarrassed to show yourself superior to a medium which is accessible to the lowest, the very dregs of society.”

"Ya mere ọtụtụ oge, ụlọ mgbasa ozi nke na-ebi akwụkwọ na-agba mbọ ịsọrịta mpi nye mgbasa ozi nke ikuku ma nkea ekwesighị maka na enwere ugwu, enwere ihe ịtụanya ma ọ gaghị ewute gị iwepụta onwe gị dịka onye dị ukwu karịa nke nta nke pụrụ iru onye nta aka, nsogbu nke obodo."


Aga- eme elimozu Pius Adesanmi n'ụbọchị Satọdee


Adesanmi, born February 27, 1972, was author of the popular book Naija No Dey Carry Last, a 2015 collection of satirical essays.

Adesanmi, nke amụrụ n'ọnwa February 27, 1972, bụ onye dere akwụkwọ amaara nke ọma bụ Naija No Dey Carry Last, mkpokọta ederede nkatọ nke afọ 2015


The family of late Prof Pius Adesanmi has announced the burial of the Nigerian-born Canadian scholar, writer, literary critic and columnist, who died on March 10, 2019 when an Ethiopian Airline aircraft crashed shortly after take-off.

Ezinaụlọ Prof Pius Adesanmi nwụrụ anwụ ekwupụtala maka elimozu nwa afọ Naịjirịa nke gụrụ akwụkwọ Kanada, ode akwụkwọ, onye edemede, nke nwụrụ n'abalị nke iri n'ọnwa Maachị n'afọ 2019 oge Ụgbọelu nke Etiopịa gbariri ka nwa oge o fepụrụ gasịrị.


Adesanmi was a Fellow of the French Institute for Research in Africa from 1993 to 1997, and of the French Institute of South Africa in 1998 and 2000.

Adesanmi so  n'otu n'ime ndị French Institute for Research n' Africa site n'afọ 1993 rue 1997, na French Institute nke Ndịda Afrịka n'afọ1998 na 2000.


From 2002 to 2005, he was Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at the Pennsylvania State University, United States.

malite n'afọ 2002 rue 2005, ọ bụ osote ọkammụta na Comparative Literature na Mahadum Steeti Pennsylvania , United States.


In 2006, he joined Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, as a professor of Literature and African Studies.

N'afọ 2006, o sonyere mahadum Carleton dị n' Ottawa, Canada, dịka ọkammụta nke Literature and African Studies.


He was the director of the university's Institute of African Studies until his death.

Ọ bụ onye ntụziaka nke mahadum Institute of African Studies  rue mgbe ọ nwụrụ


Players, Coaching Staff Of Southampton To Donate Wages After 9-0 Hammering By Leicester

Ndị otu egwuregwu  na ndị nkuzi nke Southampton ga-atụkọ ego  maka ọkpụ iteghete ndị Leicester City gbara ha


Southampton play League Cup holders, City, in the fourth round of the competition on Tuesday and are back there on Saturday for a Premier League clash.

Southampton sọrọ mpi nke ndị bu Iko League, City, n'agba nke anọ na asọmụmpi ahụ na Tuuzude ma ha alaghachila ebe ahụ na Satọde maka asọmụmpi Premier League


Southampton’s players and coaching staff are to donate their wages from last Friday to the Saints Foundation in a first step towards redeeming themselves following the 9-0 hammering by Leicester City.

Ndị otu egwuregwu  na ndị nkuzi nke Southampton ga-atụkọ ego site n'ụbọchị Fụraịde gara aga rue na Ntọala ndị Nsọ na mmalite nke ịgbapụta onwe ha site na mmeri nke ọkpụ iteghete ndị Leicester City gbara ha


Friday’s rout equalled Manchester United’s 9-0 demolition of Ipswich at Old Trafford in March 1995 for the biggest win in Premier League history.

Asọmụmpi nke Fụraịde nke Manchester United ji ọkpụ iteghete asaghị otu zi Ipswich mmọnwụ na Trafford Ochie n'ọnwa Maachị n'afọ 1995 dịka ndị kacha meri n'akụkọ okike nke Premier League.


Saints manager, Ralph Hassenhuttl — who accepted the blame for the humiliation — has the daunting task of rebuilding his players’ morale ahead of two trips to Manchester City this week.

Onye nwe Saints, Ralph Hassenhuttl nke nabatara mweda n'ala, nwere ọrụ iwuli mmụọ ndị egwuregwu ya maka njem abụọ na Manchester City n'izuụka a


In a statement, the club said, “Southampton Football Club’s first-team players and coaching staff have announced they will be donating their wages from last Friday to Saints Foundation.

N'okwu, otu ahụ kwuru, "Ndị otu egwu bọọlụ mbụ na ndị nzuki nke Southampton amaala ọkwa na ha ga-atụ ego ọrụ ha site na Fụraịde gara aga nye ndị Saints Foundation.


“The squad has been in at Staplewood Campus throughout the weekend, working on putting things right for the club’s supporters.

"Ndị otu ahụ anọrọrarị na Staplewood Campus na ngwụcha izuụka a, na-agba mbọ ime ka ihe niile dị mma nyere ndị nkwado otu klọọbụ ahụ.


“As the first step towards that, the group has decided that they wish to donate their wages from the day of the Leicester game to Saints Foundation, in order to help the vital work that is conducted by the charity.”

"Dịka  mmalite nye nkea, otu ahụ ekpebiela na ha ga-atụ ego ọrụ ha site n'ụbọchị asọmpmpi Saints Foundation, iji nye aka maka ọrụ ọma ndị na-enyere ndị mmadụ aka


Police Arrest, Detain Wema Bank Agents For Violating Lease Agreement

Ndị uweojii nwuchiri onye ọrụ Ụlọakụ Wema ma ịda iwu Nkwenye Nnyefe


The arrests were made after Green Grace Farmers approached the police

Nnwuchi ahụ bụ nke emere ka Ọrụ ugbo Green Grace bịakwutere ndị Uweojii


and pressed charges against them before an Ikeja high court, Lagos for

ma  maa ha ọtụtụ ikpe n'ihu Ụlọikpe Elu nke Ikeja, nke Lagos maka


violating the lease agreement and illegal occupation of its premises.

ịda iwu nkwenye nnyefe na inye ọrụ iwu megidere na gburugburu ya.


Lagos state Commissioner of Police, Zubairu Muazu

Kọmishọna ndị Uweojii nke steeti Lagos, Zubairu Muazu


The Lagos State Police Command has arrested and detained the trio of Mr. Oluwaseun Akadiri, Mr. Tunde Olafimihan and Olufemi Samuel, whoare agents of Wema Bank Nigeria Plc and House of Prayers Ministry For All Nations over a lease agreement with Green Grace Farmers MarketNigeria limited.

Ụlọ ndị Uweojii nke steeti Lagos anwụchiela and jide Maazị Oluwaseun Akadiri, Maazị Tunde Olafimihan and Olufemi Samuel, ndị ọrụ Ụlọakụ Wema nke Naịjirịa Plc na Ụlọ ekpere nke Mba Ụwa n'ihe banyere nkwekọrịta nke nnyefe ha na ndị Ọrụụgbo nke Green Grace Market Nigeria Limited.


The arrests were made after Green Grace Farmers approached the policeand pressed charges against them before an Ikeja high court, Lagos forviolating the lease agreement and illegal occupation of its premises.

Nnwụchi ahụ bụ nke emere mgbe ndị Ọrụugbo nke Green Grace bịakwutere ndị uweojii ma nye mkpesa megide ha n'Ụlọikpe Elu nke Ikeja Lagos maka imebi iwu nkwekọrịta nnyefe na inye ọrụ nke iwu anabataghị na gburugburu ya.


Meanwhile, Mr. Oluwaseun and the other suspects have been granted bailpending further hearing on the case preferred against Wema BankNigeria Plc, Mrs. Olubimpe, Mr/Mrs. Olusola Toheebah, Taidol, andtheir agents.

Etu ọ dị, Maazị Oluwaseun na ndị ọzọ ana enyo enyo abụrụla ndị ahapụrụ ma na-eche ụbọchị aga anụ ikpe megidere Ụlọakụ nke Wema Naịjirịa Plc. Oriakụ Olubimpe, Maazị/Oriakụ Olusola Toheebah, Taidol, na ndị ọrụ ha.


Mrs. Siyanbola Olubimpe, an employee of Wema Bank, Ijede Ikorodubranch in the company of Mr/Mrs. Olusola Toheebah reportedly deceivedthe management of Green Grace Farmers Ltd with the impression thatthey were coming to invest in the firm.

Oriakụ Siyanbola Olubimpe, onye nke Ụlọakụ Wema were n'ọrụ, na ngalaba nke Ijede Ikorodu n'ụlọọrụ nke  Maazị/Oriakụ Olusola Toheebah ghọghịrị ndị Ọrụugbo nke Green Grace Ltd site n'ikwu na ha na-abịa ịkwụnye ego n'ụlọọrụ ahụ.


A company, Transcon Integrated Business Limited, was said to be involved in the fraud case deals.

Ụlọọrụ, Transcon Integrated Business Limited bụ ndị so na wayo ahụ.


Prior to the arrest, Green Grace Farmer’s Market's email account registered with Wema Bank was said to have been changed without Green Grace’s consent.

Site na nnwụchi ahụ, akaraozi nke ndị Ọrụugbo nke Green Grace bụ nke edebanyere n'Ụlọakụ nke Wema bụ nke agbanwere esighị na ntuziaka ndị Green Grace.


Green Grace Farmers' management is accusing Transcon IntegratedBusiness Limited of committing a fraud in the name of Green Grace Farmers Market Ltd, allegedly using forged letterheads of Green Gracecompany.

Ndị nlekọta nke Green Grace Farmers na-ebo ndị Transcon IntegratedBusiness Limited ebubo igwu wayo n'aha ndị Ụlọahịa Green Grace Ltd , site n'iji isi leta ndị ụlọọrụ Green Grace.


The case has been adjourned until December 12.

Ikpe a abụrụla nke ebugharịrị rue ụbọchị iri na abụọ nke ọnwa Disemba.


Polytechnic Examiner Gets 20 Years' Imprisonment For Exam Malpractice

Onye nlele ule nke Politeknnic enwetala ije mkpọrọ afọ iri abụọ maka ohi ule


Delivering the judgment, Justice Abdulmalik, stated that the convict was to serve four years jail term on each of the five counts bringing the total to 20 years imprisonment.

Inye ikpe, Ọkaikpe Abdulmalik, kwuru na ndị ikpe mara ga-eje mkpọrọ afọ anọ na ikpe ọbụla mara ha nke mere ya na mgbakọ afọ iri abụọ na mkpọrọ.


Olanrewaju Kayode, a part-time examiner at The Polytechnic, Ibadan has been sentenced to 20-year imprisonment for engaging in examination malpractice.

Olanrewaju Kayode, onye nlele ule mbịachara nke Politeknnic nke Ibadan enwetala ije mkpọrọ afọ iri abụọ maka ohi ule


Kayode was arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in June 2016 on a 5-count charge for allegedly collecting money from five students of the institution and attempting to assist them to alter and secure higher exam scores on different scripts written outside the examination hall.

Kayode bụ onye amara ikpe site n'aka ndị Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) n'ọnwa Juun afọ 2006 n'ọmụma ikpe ise site n'ịnara ụmụ akwụkwọ ise ego maka inye ha akara dị elu n'ule nke e leghị n'ụlọ ule.


He was sentenced by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State after being found guilty of all charges preferred against him.

E nyere ya ntaramahụhụ site n'aka Ọkaikpe Joyce Abdulmalik nke Ụlọikpe Elu nke Etiti dị n'Ịbadan, steeti Ọyọ mgbe ikpe mara ya banyere ebubo niile eboro ya.


The sentence is to run concurrently commencing from 20 June 2016, the first day of his arrest.

Ntaramahụhụ ahụ bụ nke ga-amalite site n'ụbọchị nke iri abụọ n'ọnwa Juun n'afọ 2016, ụbọchị mbụ  nke nnwuchi ahụ


Kayode was a part-time examiner who assessed and marked students’ examination scripts of the Department of Accountancy of The Polytechnic, Ibadan.

Kayode bụ onye nlele ule mbịachara ma bụrụ onye na-enye akara n'ule Ngalaba nke Accountancy nke Politeknic nke Ibadan


President Buhari, 3 Northern Governors Jet Off To Saudi Arabia For Business

Onyeisi ala Buharị, gọvanọ atọ ndị Ugwu fepụrụ jee ala Saudi Arabia maka Azụmahịa


The event, scheduled to hold from October 29 to 31, will witness

Emume ahụ bụ kwesiri ịdị malite n'ụbọchị nke iri abụọ na iteghete nke ọnwa Ọktoba rue ụbọchị nke iri atọ na otu, ga-ahụ


President Buhari join in the conversation on 'What’s Next for Global Business?', the

Buharị sonyere na mkparịtaụka nke "Gịnị Ọzọ nye Azụmahịa Mbaụwa?


President Muhammadu Buhari will today depart Nigeria for Saudi Arabiato attend the third edition of the Future Investment Initiativeorganised by Saudi’s Public Investment Fund.

Onyeisi Muhammadu Buhari ga-esi Naịjirịa jee Saudi Arabia n'ụbọchị taa maka ezumezu agba nke atọ nke Aro Nchekwa Ọdịnịihu 'Future Investement Initiative' nke Saudi Arabia Investment Fund na-achịkọba.


Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President, stated this in a statement on Sunday.

Garba Shehu, onyeisi nnokete onyeisi ala kwuru nke a n'ụbọchị Sọnde.


The event, scheduled to hold from October 29 to 31, will witness President Buhari join in the conversation on 'What’s Next for Global Business?', the theme of the event.

Ihe emereme ahụ ga-adị site n'ụbọchị nke iri abụọ na iteghete n'ọnwa Ọktoba rue n'abalị nke iri atọ na otu, ga-ahụta Onyeisiala Buharị na nsonye mkparịtaụka n'isiokwu "Gịnị ọzọ banyere Ahụmahịa Mbaụwa?".


The three-day event will be held under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia and chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, deputy premier, chairman of the Council of Economic and Development Affairsand PIF.

Ihe emereme ụbọchị atọ ahụ bụ nke ndị nchịkọba Ụlọ Alakụba abụọ ga-ahazi, King Salman bin Abdulaziz nke Saudi Arabia ma Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz dịka onyeisi oche, osote premier, onyeisi nke Ụlọ nke Akụnaụba na Ihe banyere Mmepe na PIF.


The conference is focused on utilizing the investment to drive growthopportunities, enable innovation and disruptive technologies, andaddress global challenges.

Ihe emereme ahụ gbadoro ụkwụ iji nchekwa nwee ohere otuto, nwee nnwogharị ma nsogbu nka na ụzụ na lebanye anya na nsogbu mba ụwa.


More than 4,000 delegates from over 90 countries are expected toparticipate in the FII 2019, which will also host 12 workshops ondifferent topics including cities, energy, climate, health, data, mobility, food, travel, sports, shopping, and youth.

Ihe karịrị mmadụ puku anọ site n'ala ruru iri iteghete bụ ndị atụrụ anya ga-esonye n'ọgbakọ nke FII 2019, nke aga enwekwa ihe ọzụzụ iri na abụọ na isiokwu dị iche iche ndị gunyere; obodo mepere emepe, ike, ahụike, ihe nchọta, njegharị, nri, njem, egwuregwu, azụmahịa na ụmụ ntorobịa.


Buhari will be accompanied by Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State,Governor Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi State and Governor Aminu BelloMasari of Katsina State.

Buharị bụ onye nke Gọvanọ Babagana Zulum nke steeti Borno, Govanọ Abubakar Bagudu nke steeti Kebbi  na Gọvanọ Aminu Bello Masari nke steeti Katsina ga-esonyere ya n'ọgbakọ ahụ.


Also on the entourage are Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, ZubairuDada, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Niyi Adebayo, Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, Minister ofCommunications, Ibrahim Pantami, the National Security Adviser, MajorGeneral Babagana Monguno (retd), Director General, National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ahmed Rufa’i Abubakar, and the GroupManaging Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kolo Kyari.

Ọzọkwa, ndị ga-esonyekwa ya bụ Mịnịsta nke steeti, Ihe banyere mba ofesi, ZubairuDada, Mịnịsta nke Ụlọ mmepụta, Azụmahịa na Nchekwa, Niyi Adebayo, Mịnịsta nke steeti, Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, Minister ofCommunications, Ibrahim Pantami, the National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (retd), Daịretọ Jenaral, Ndị Amamụihe nke Ala 'National Intelligence Agency', Ambasadọ Ahmed Rufa’i Abubakar, na  Manejin Daịretọ nke Òtù, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC),Mele Kolo Kyari.


After the investors’ conference in Riyadh, Buhari will proceed toMakkah, accompanied by close personal aides, to perform the Umrah(lesser pilgrimage) before returning to Abuja.

Ọ bụrụ na emesịa ọgbakọ ahụ na Riyadh, Buhari ga-eje Makkah, nke ndị nnọkete ya ga-esonyere ya, iji merube emume Umrah( pilgrimage nke ọpekata mpe) tupu ọ laghachi Abuja.


As President Buhari Joins PDP By Sonala Olumhense

Dịka Onyeisi Buharị sonyeere PDP site n'aka Sonala Olumhense


The truth is that with Buhari’s intended cabinet, he has clearly given up

Nke bụ ezikokwu bụ na site na ndị nlekọta nke Buharị họpụtara, ọ chinyiela aka elu


every pretense of combating corruption or achieving anything. His

ihe nzobe ọbụla nke ibu agha megide mpụ ma ọbụ ịrụpụta ihe ọbụla. Ya


nominations are a cynical and arrogant slap on the face of hope.

Nhọpụta abụrụla ihe ịma aka n'ihu nye olileanya


In the mid-1980s, I became friends with a legendary Nigerian soldier known as “Black Scorpion.”

N'etiti 1980, emetere m enyi otu onye agha ukwu Naịjirịa amaara dịka 'Akpị Ojii'.


His real name was Benjamin Adekunle, smallish stripe of a man who had acquired the reputation of a killer during the civil war.

Ezigbo aha ya bụ Benjamin Adekunle, nwoke pere mpe onye nke nwere ugwu maka igbu ọtụtụ mmadụ n'oge agha.


Tales abound about how he could reduce opposing military formations—and men twice his size—to dissolution and tears.

Akụkọ kọrọ etu o si emebi ma kposaa nhazi ndị agha na-ebuso ha agha, ma nwoke ndị ka ya n'ahụ ibu ka ọ na-emekwa ka ha nọrọ n'ihe mgbu ma kwaa ákwá.


When we met, I was the editor of ThisWeek magazine, and our offices were in Surulere where he lived.

Oge anyị hụrụ, abụ m onye ngụgharị nke 'Akwụkwọ ozi nke Izu' ụlọọrụ anyị dịkwa na Surulere ebe o bi.


Encouraged by his endless supplies of adult beverages, we would discuss politics and books in his home for hours.

Site n'agbamume ihe ọṅụṅụ nke ọ na-ebute, ọ kparịtara ụka maka ndọrọndọrọ ọchịchị ma akwụkwọ n'ụlọ ya ọtụtụ awa.


I was stunned by the man’s love for books.

O juru m anya  etu nwoke siri hụ akwụkwọ n'anya.


He owned two large libraries, and you could borrow any you wished.

Ọ nwere nnukwu ọba akwụkwọ abụọ, ị ga-ewere nke ọbụla ị chọrọ.


On one condition: you had to sign for it and return it in no later than two weeks.

N'otu mgbado ụkwụ, ị ga-ebinye aka maka ya ma weghachi ya tupu izuụka abụọ.


Actually the way he saw it: if you read a book, that deserved a lavish supply of those beverages, to help with a full interrogation of the ideas in it.

N'ezie, etu o siri hụta ya, ọ bụrụ na ị gụọ ndị ahụ, ị kwesiri inweta ihe ọṅụṅụ ndị ahụ, iji nye aka ịza ajụjụ na ịghọta ebumobi dị na ya.


That was a new school to me: that a military man known for brutality would be so dedicated to enriching himself intellectually and culturally.

Nke ahụ bụụrụ m ụlọakwụkwọ ọhụrụ: na onye agha amaara maka imenye mmadụ bụ onye na-ewuli onwe ya n'ọgụgụ isi na omenala.


Black Scorpion’s eloquence spoke volumes.

Black Scorpion nwere nkwuwa okwu dị omimi.


But it was his insights that impressed me the most.

Kama ọ bụ nghọta ya na-agbagwoju m anya oge niile.


Such wealth can arise from interaction with the world through training and travel, of course, but it is in books—the land of the minds of others—that they are most powerful.

Ụdị ihe ụba ahụ bụ nke aga enweta site n'ọzụzụ na njem, n'ezie, mana ọ dị n'akwụkwọ-ala ndị akọnauche ndị ọzọ-na ha nwekarịrị n'ike.


That is probably because the agricultural processes in the mind of the reader continue to nurture that individual through time in ways others cannot see.

Nkea nwere ike bụrụ usoro ọrụ ugbo dị n'uche ọgụụ na-emenwo onye ahụ n'oge niile n'ụzọ mmadụ ndị ọzọ agaghị ahụ.


This is what occurred to me last week when I first read the list of the cabinet nominees President Muhammadu Buhari sent to the Senate.

Nkea bụ ihe bịara m n'uche n'izuụka gara aga mgbe m gụrụ aha ndị nlekọta nke Onyeisi Muhammadu Buahrị họpụtara ma zigara ndị omebeiwu


I do not know the last time Buhari read a book. Or a newspaper. Or a magazine. Or whether he has ever read a book. Or a newspaper. Or a magazine.

Amaghị m ụbọchị ikpeazụ Buharị gụrụrịị akwụkwọ ma ọbụ akwụkwọ mgbasa ozi ma ọbụ akwụkwọ ngosi ma ọbụkwarị ma ọ gụọla akwụkwọ ọbụla kamgbe ma ọbụ akwụkwọ mgbasa ozi ma ọbụ akwụkwọ ngosi


And given his secretive medical history, I do not know the last time Buhari heard anything.

Inye mkpesa nzuzo banyere ahụike ya, amaghị m ụbọchị ikpeazụ Bụharị nụrụ ihe ọbụla.


I don’t mean hearing simply in what people are saying on the streets, on radio or on television, but in the basic terms of human hearing: sound waves vibrating through the ear canal into the inner ear.

Ọ bụghị ịnụ ihe ndị mmadụ na-ekwu n'okporoụzọ, n'igwe redio ma ọbụ n'onyoonyo, mana n'ịhụ ihe nkịtị nke mmadụ: ikuku ụda ibanye mmadụ n'ime ntị.


Because if Buhari can either read or hear, or both, there is a major disconnect between his physical and intellectual abilities, and his mental output.

Maka na ọ bụrụ na Bụharị pụrụ ịgụ ma ọbụ nụ, ma ọbụ ha abụọ, enwere ihe nkebi n'etiti ike ahụ ya na nghọta ya, na nchepụta uche ya.


Just as there has been a major disconnect between his words and his actions for four years.

Dịka etu esiri nwee nkebi n'etiti okwu ya na omume ya kamgbe afọ anọ


Take his latest cabinet nominations, for instance.

Were nhọpụta nke ndị nlekọta ugbua mee ọmụmatụ.


The list contains some people that most Nigerians didn’t know; some that are well-known; and a few that are described as excellent human beings.

Ndepụta ahụ gunyere aha ọtụtụ ndị Naịjirịa amaghị, ọtụtụ bụ ndị amaara nke ọma, naanị olenaole bụ ndị akọwara dịka ndị maara ihe ekwe na-akụ.


But mostly—and I cite contemporary history in evidence—it consists of established thieves, election riggers, failed and/or compromised former Ministers and former Governors, state looters, federal looters, and parallel state/federal looters.

Ma imirikiti, dịka ọ dị n'akụkọ nwere ngosi, jupụtara na ndị ohi, ndị ohi nhọpụta mbinyeaka, mịnịsta ndị emeghị nke ọma na gọvanọ ndị chịburu emeghị nke ọma, ndị ohe steeti, ndị ohi etiti, na ndị ohi steeti na etiti kwụtịa.


Yes, the same Buhari who swore to vanquish corruption, nominated or re-nominated them.

Ee, Buharị ahụ nke ṅụrụ iyi ikpochapụ mpụ, họpụtara ma ọbụ họpụtarịrị ha.


The same Buhari who suggested that some of them had failed to perform in his first term only because they had been strangers to him when he appointed them, and who took five months to find new Ministers, re-nominated them.

Buharị ahụ onye nke kwuru na ọtụtụ n'ime ha emeghị nke ọma n'agba nke mbụ n'ihi na ha bụụrụ ya ndị ọbịa mgbe ọ họpụtara ha, onye nke o were ọnwa ise inweta mịnịsta ndị ọhụrụ, họpụtagharịrị ha.


This is why, two and a half years ago, I said "Buhari’s much-heralded leadership has become a farce, and his ability to make a positive impact on Nigeria, a hoax."

Nkea mere, m ji kwuo n'afọ abụọ na ọkara gara aga, sị "Ọchịchị Buharị abụrụla ihe ọchị, na ike ime ihe dị mma na Naịjirịa abụrụla okwu efu"


In the weeks before he named new nominees, the same Buhari who had sworn he would scour the world for Nigeria’s very best, was telling the world he would only appoint people known to him.

N'ime ọtụtụ izuụka tupu o mee nhọpụta, Buharị ahụ kwa nke ṅụrụla iyi ime ka ụwa mara na Naịjirịa dị mma, gwara ụwa na ọ ga-ahọpụta naanị ndị ọ maara.


Which, for a man who has become established for nepotism, was unnecessary.

Nke na onye guzoworo  maka ọmụma nke naanị ezinaụlọ ya, ekwesighị.


If you already enjoy global infamy, why seize the microphone to broadcast history as spoiler?

Ọ bụrụ na i riela uru ịbụ onye amaara maka ajọ ihe na mba ụwa, gịnị mere iji ewere igweokwu na-ekwusa akụkọ dịka onye mmebi?


Under Buhari’s nurturing, corruption has mutated from an Alsatian dog to a lion.

N'okpuru nlekọta Buharị, mpụ esirila na ntakịrị ma bawanye.


Under Buhari, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has become the byword for corruption, incompetence and malice.

N'okpuru Buharị, otu patị All Progressive Congress (APC) abụrụla nke eji mpụ wee mara, etorughị eru na ụfụ obi.


It is a party where political godfathers own states and eat their people, as Bola Tinubu’s Lagos and Adams Oshiomhole’s Edo, demonstrate.

Ọ bụ otu patị ebe ndị nna ndọrọndọrọ na-enwe steeti ma na-eburu ego ndị mmadụ, dịka Bola Tinubu nke Lagos na Adams Oshiomhole nke Edo gosipụtaworo


The same Oshiomhole, now the APC chairman, explained the party’s real philosophy during a rally in Benin City last January: there is no Nigeria or justice, only politics.

Oshiomhole ahụ kwa, nke bụ onyeisi oche ndị APC ugbua, kọwara nkwenye nke otu paatị ahụ n'oge ọgbakọ n'obodo Benin n'ọnwa Jenụwarị gara aga: Enweghị Naịjirịa ọbụla ma ọbụ ikpe ziri ezi, naanị ndọrọndọrọ.


"Yes, once you join the APC, your sins are forgiven," he announced.

"Ee, ngwangwa ị banyere APC, agbagharawo njọ gị niile," ka ọ mara n'ọkwa


Under Buhari, petitions against people known to Buhari simply disappear, as in the case of two (former) Governors/Ministers who allegedly looted Lagos and Rivers States.

N'okpuru Buharị, akwụkwọ nkatọ nke ndị maara Buharị na-efu n'otu ntabianya, dịka n'okwu gọvanọ abụọ chiburula/ndị mịnịsta buuru ego steeti Lagos na Rivers.


Oshiomhole himself was dragged to court for fraud and interrogated by the police for taking massive bribes to influence party primaries.

Oshiomhole n'onwe ya bụ nke akpụpụrụ ụlọikpe ma zaa ajụjụ ọnụ site n'aka ndị uweojii maka iri nnukwu ngarị n'ihi nhọpụta otu nke ime ụlọ


Under Buhari, a governor can be caught on video stuffing millions of dollar bills into his agbada, as in the case of Kano Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, and yet enjoy his confidence rather than suffer his anger or investigation.

N'okpuru Buharị, aga ejide gọvanọ n'onyoonyo ebe ọ na-ezunye akwụkwọ nde dọla n'uwe mwụda ya, dịka n'okwu gọvanọ steeti Kano, Abdullahi Ganduje, ma nwee ọṅụ n'obi isi ike ya kama ịta ahụhụ iwe ma ọbụ nnyocha.


Or you can be a former governor, such as Danjuma Goje, who gets your long EFCC trial vacated by the president.

Ma ọ bụ, ị bụrụ gọvanọ chịbururị, dịka Danjuma Goje, nke nweere onwe ya na nnwale ndị EFCC site n'aka onyeisi ala.


Under Buhari, you don’t have to be qualified, or to have a valid certificate: should you need one, you can forge one, or explain that yours was eaten by termites or rats.

N'okpuru Buhari, I kwesịghị itoru, ma ọbụ nwee asambodo ziri ezi: ọ bụrụ na ị chọrọ otu, ị ga-arụta otu, ma ọbụ kọwaa nke oke ma ọbụ ahụhụ ataala nke gị


Under Buhari, you don’t have to achieve anything to receive a major appointment, or to achieve anything once you are appointed.

N'okpuru Buharị, ị kwesighị ịrụptụtali ihe ọbụla iji nweta nhọpụta dị ukwu, ma ọbụ ịrụpụta ihe ọbụla ma ahọpụta gị


Under Buhari, funds in your care do not have to be used to serve the people or to accomplish set objectives.

N'okpuru Buharị, ego ọbụla dị n'aka gị abụghị maka ọdịmma ndị ọhanaeze ma ọbụ ịrụpụta ihe ọbụla akwodobere.


And funds, of course, can be eaten by snakes or gorillas.


Under Buhari, no corruption case initiated by the administration has seen any convictions.

N'ọchịchị Buhari, enweghị okwu mpụ nke ọchịchị a wepụtara nke nwerela onye ikpe mara.


Precedent is clear that members of Buhari’s cabinet and party under investigation or trial will either have their cases dropped, or benefit from what I call "Nollywood trials": the kind that go on year after year after year.

Nleanya emeela ka o doo anya na ndị ọrụ otu Buharị ndị ana enyocha enyocha ma ọbụ ndị ana ekpe ikpe nwere ike bụrụ na aga ewezụga ikpe ha ma ọbụ elele nke m kpọrọ 'Nollywood trials': nke na-aga site n'afọ rue n'afọ.


Rotimi Amaechi, a returnee-Minister, earlier this month provided a reflection.

Rotimi Amaechi, mịnịsta ahọgharịrị, wetara ihe nlele anya.


“I know politicians who have suddenly become billionaires, and this is the money that should have been used to build roads and provide amenities that could have been used to improve the lives of citizens,” he told a group of young Nigerians.

"Amaara m ndị ọchịchị ndị bụụrụ oke ọgaranya n'otu ntabianya, ma nkea bụ ego ha kwesiri iji rụọ okporoụzọ ma weta ihe ndị ga-enyere ndụ ndị mmadụ aka," ọ gwara otu ndị ụmụ ntorobịa Naịjirịa.


Note that he specifically said “suddenly.” And “billionaires,” not millionaires.

Mara na o kwuru kpọm kwem, "Na ntabianya," na "ndị ijeri" Ọ bụghị "Ndị nde".


And consider that there have been only seven Ministers in that portfolio in the past 20 years, some of them serving but briefly.

Ma mara na ha dị naanị ndị Mịnịsta asaa n'ọkwa ahụ kamgbe afọ iri abụọ gara aga, ọtụtụ n'ime na-arụ ọrụ mana ọ bụ nkenke.


Which of them do you think became billionaires, unknown to Mr. Integrity?

Kedụ otu n'ime ha bara ọgaranya ukwu, nke Maazị Aka ịkwụọtọ amaghị banyere ya?


Note also, that Amaechi made the statement just 24 hours after Buhari promised that APC will lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years.

Ka o kwukwara, na Amaechi kwuru nke a ka awa iri abụọ na anọ gasịrị mgbe Buharị kwere nkwa na APC ga-adọpụta ndị Naịjirịa mmadụ otu nde n'olulu ụbịam n'ime afọ iri


Commented the former governor: “Our politicians have to be clear about how they intend to lift people out of poverty.”

N"okwu gọvanọ chiburu kwuru. "Ndị ndọrọndọrọ anyị kwesiri ime ka o doo anya etu ha ga-esi dọpụta ndị mmadụ n'olulu ụbịam"


The truth is that with Buhari’s intended cabinet, he has clearly given up every pretense of combating corruption or achieving anything. His nominations are a cynical and arrogant slap on the face of hope.

Nke bụ eziokwu bụ na site n'ebumnobi ndị nnlkọta nke British, ọ wepụla ihe nzochi niile nke ibu agha megide mpụ ma ọbụ imepụta ihe ọbụla. Nhọpụta ya bụ ịkwọ aka ma tiere ọkụkọ nyere olileanya ndị mmadụ.


“If we don’t kill corruption, corruption will kill Nigeria,” he used to say.

Ọ bụrụ na anyị egbughị mpụ, mpụ egbuo Naịjirịa.' ka ọ na-ekwuburịị


Well, he didn’t, or ever intended to try. And now, that the hiding is over, it is clear where the Nigeria story is going.Now we have that out of the way, all that is left is an apology to PDP, no literacy skills needed.

Ọ dị mma, ọ meghị ma ọbụ chọọ ime ya. Ma ugbua, ozuzo ahụ ebiela, o doola anya ebe akụkọ Naịjirịa na-aga. Ugbua, ha ewezụgala nke ahụ n'ụzọ, ma nke fọdụrụ bụ ịrịọ ndị PDP mgbaghara, nke a achọghịkwa ọgụgụ isi akwụkwọ


Probe Of DSS Court Invasion Ordered By Nigerian Senate

Iwu Ikpe ndị DSS ikpe maka mwakpo ụlọikpe site n'aka Ndị omebeiwu Naịjirịa


The secret police had stormed the place to effect the rearrest of pro-democracy campaigner and journalist, Omoyele Sowore, who was standing trial in a case brought against him by the Nigerian Government.

Onye uweojii nzuzo ejeela n'ebe ahụ maka ịkpụrụgharị onye nka ọchịchị onye kwuo uche ya na onye nta akụkọ, Omoyele Sowore onye nke ana ekpe ikpe nke Gọọmentị Naịjirịa binyere aka na ya


The Nigerian Senate is set to investigate the invasion of the Federal High Court, Abuja, by operatives of the Department of State Services last Friday.

Ndị omebeiwu Naịjirịa adịla njikere inyocha mwakpo nke awakporo Ụlọikpe Ukwu nke Etiti 'Federal High Court' dị n'Abụja, site n'aka ndị ngalaba State Services n'ụbọchị Fụraịde gara aga


Evidently, Mr Bichi’s DSS has become a major threat to the norms and values of a democratic system. The time has come for Mr Yusuf Bichi to step down as the head of the organisation.     We hereby demand that he should immediately step down as boss of the DSS. We also demand that the DSS tenders a public apology to the judiciary for its unwarranted assault on the sacred institution."

Na ngosipụta, DSS nke Maazị Bichi abụrụla ihe oke iyi egwu nyere ihe nlegara anya na uru nke ọchịchị onye kwuo uche ya. Oge eruola ka Maazị Yusuf Bichi ritue dịka onyeisi nke otu ahụ. Anyị chọrọ ka o ritue ọsọọsọ dịka onyeisi nke DSS. Anyị chọkwara ka ndị DSS rịọ mgbaghara nye ndị omebe iwu n'ihi mkparị nye iwu dị nsọ.


Sade Adu’s Child Completes Transition From Female To Male

Nwa Sade Adu emezuola mgbanwe ya site na nwaanyị wee ghọrọ nwoke


Thank you for staying by my side these past six months Mumma. Thank you for fighting with me to complete the man I am.

"Daalụ maka ịnọ n'akụkụ m n'ọnwa isii ndịa Mụmma. Daalụ maka ị sonyere m lụọ ọgụ iji mezu nwoke m bụ.


Child of British-Nigerian singer, Sade Adu, Izaak, has completed the transition from female to male following the success of a phalloplasty (a plastic surgery to construct a penis).

Nwa ọgụ egwu nke British-Naịjirịa, Sado Adu, Izaak, emezuola mgbanwe ya site na nwaanyị ghọrọ nwoke ka itinyere ya amụ gara nke ọma


In an emotional message on his Instagram handle on Thursday, Izaak, who is the only child of the soulful singer from her former relationship with reggae music producer, Bob Morgan, expressed gratitude to Adu for sticking by him throughout the process.

N'ozi mmetụta ya n'ịnstagram n'ụbọchị Tọọzụde, Izaak, nke bụ naanị otu nwa nke ọgụ egwu mkpụrụobi site na mmekọrịta ya na onye mmepụta egwu rege, Bob Morgan, gosipụtara obi ekele ya nye Adu maka ịkwụdosi ya ike n'azụ n'oge niile ahụ.


He shared a picture of himself hugging his mom upon his return home after the successful surgery.

O gosiri foto nke ya onwe ya na-amakụ nne ya mgbe ọ lọtara ụlọ site n'ọgwụgwọ ya n'ụlọọgwụ


Alongside the picture, he wrote. “It’s been a long, hard road but we did it. We are coming home.

N'akụkụ foto ahụ, o dere, "ọ bụrịị ogologo oge, ụzọ siri ike mana anyị mere ya. Anyị na-alọta ụlọ


“Thank you for staying by my side these past six months Mumma. Thank you for fighting with me to complete the man I am.


“Thank you for your encouragement when things are hard, for the love you give me. The purest heart. I love you so much.”

"Daalụ maka agbamume gị mgbe ihe siri ike, maka ịhụnaanya ị gosiri m. Obi dịkarịsịrị ọcha. Ahụrụ m n'anya nke ukwu."


In 2016, Izaak came out as transgender to coincide with National Coming Out Day.

n'afọ 2016, Izaak pụtara dịka nwoke ghọọrọ nwaanyị nke danyere n'ụbọchị nke Mpụta Mba niile


Set Your Ovaries Free', President Tells Women

Kpọpee akpa nwa gị, ka Onyeisi ala gwara ụmụnwaanyị


He said a higher birth rate would achieve faster progress.

O kwuru na oke ịmụ nwa ga-eweta nnukwu ọganịihu


John Magufuli, Tanzania's President has called on women to "set your ovaries free" and bear more children so that the country can enjoy demographic dividends.

John Magufuli, Onyeisi ala nke mba Tanzania akpọkuola ụmụ nwaanyị ka ha kpọghepụ akpa nwa ha ma mụọ ọtụtụ ụmụ ka mba ahụ wee nwee ike irite nnukwu ego ana enye mba ọbụla.


Magufuli, who cited Nigeria and China as examples, said, "When you have a big population you build the economy. That's why China's economy is so huge.

Magufuli, nke kwupụtara Naịjirịa na China dịka ọmụmatụ, sịrị "mgbe i nwere nnukwu ọnụnụọgụ, ị ga-ewuli akụnaụba gị. ọ bụ ya mere akụnaụba nke mba China jiri dị elu


I know that those who like to block ovaries will complain about my remarks. Set your ovaries free, let them block theirs.

A matara m na ndị ahụ ịkpọsị akpa nwa na-amasị ga-ekpesa maka ekwumekwu m. mepee akpa nwa gị, ka ha kpọchie nke ha


Aljazeera reports that since taking office in 2015, Magufuli has launched an industrialization campaign that has helped buoy economic growth, which has averaged six to seven percent annually in recent years.

Aljazeera kpesara na kamgbe o weere ọkwa ọchịchị n'afọ 2015, Magufuli agbapeela mkpọsa mwube ụlọ mmepụta 'industrialization campaign' nke nyerela aka wulie akụnaụba, nke na-enye opekata mpe pasentị isii rue asaa n'afọ ọbụla n'afọ nso nso a.


Shoprite Will Suffer From Xenophobic Attacks, Says Analyst

Oke ụlọahịa bụ nke ga-enweta mwakpo site n'egwu akpọmasị, ka onye nkọwa kwuru


The multinational has seen its shops attacked in Nigeria and also fell on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, along with telecoms firm, MTN.

Imirikitimba ahụla mwakpo nke ụlọahịa ha na Naịjirịa na dakwasị Jonannesburg Stock Exchange, tinyere ụlọ izisa ozi nke telecoms, MTN


An analyst at Mergence Investment Managers in Cape Town, South Africa, Nolwandle Mthombeni, has said that consumer retail chain, Shoprite, will be hard hit by recent reprisal attacks on South African businesses across several countries on the continent.

Onye nkọwa na Mergence Investment Managers na Cape Town, Ọdịda anyanwụ Afịrịka, Nolwandle Mthombeni, ekwuola na ndị ọzụ ahịa , Oke ụlọahịa, ga-enweta oke mwakpo site na mwakpo nke ana eme azụmahịa Ọdịda anyanwụ Afịrịka nye mba dị iche iche dị na Kọntinentị .


He told Bloomberg South Africa that, “From footage I’ve seen, it most definitely will hit Shoprite hard because it goes beyond lost sales, but also cost of repairs and restoring the damage.”

Ọ gwara Bloomberg nke Ọdịda anyanwụ Afịrịka na site na mmalite ihe nke ọ hụrụla, ọ ga-adakwasi oke ụlọazụmaahịa n'ihi o gafeela ọghọm, ma tinyere ego ịrụkwa na iweghachi ihe mmebi


Leaders of Congo DR, Rwanda, Zambia, Nigeria and a few others boycotted the World Economic Forum summit holding in South Africa.

Ndị ndu nke Congo, Dr. Rwanda, Zambia, Naịjirịa na olenaole ndị ọzọ ekwenyeghị sonye na Ọgbakọ nke Akụnaụba nke Mba Ụwa 'World Economic Forum Summit' nke emere na Ọdịda anyanwụ Afịrịka


The Nigerian Government has also asked the South African Government to pay compensation for damages done to Nigerian businesses in the country.

Gọọmentị nke Naịjirịa Gọọmentị nke Ọdịda Afịrịka ka ha kwụọ ụgwọ itiaka n'obi maka mmebi ha mere n'azụmaahịa nke ala Naịjirịa


Over 50 shops owned by nationals of other African countries including Nigerians were broken into and looted by South Africans in a spate of attacks that started on Sunday.

ihe karịrị ụlọahịa iri ise nke mba ndị ọzọ nke Afịrịka gunyere Naịjirịa bụ nke awakporo ma zuo ohi site n'aka ndị Ọdịda anyanwụ Afịrịka n'ihi ibu agha nke malitere n'ụbọchị Ụka.


Several Nigerians had been murdered before those attacks started.

egbuola ọtụtụ ndị Naịjirịa tutu mwakpo ndị ahụ malite


A Sick Nation And Her Sickening Secret Service By Erasmus Ikhide

Mba nọ n'ọrịa na emume nzuzo ya ahụ adịghị site n'aka Erasmus Ikhide


How best do we describe a beastly secret service or its operatives whose beastiality threatens national cohesion, the nation's constitution and the judiciary, democracy and its majestic ethos?

Kedụ ụzọ kasị mma isi kọwa emume nke nzuzo maọbụ ọrụ ya na-eyija mba, iwu ala na ndị omebe iwu, ọchịchị onye kwuo uche ya na ụzọ omee ya dị mma?


The citizens' clarion call that the Department of State Services should be scrapped forthwith by the act of National Assembly and its operatives from top to bottom debriefed; re-educated, even rusticated or redistributed to other minimally functional paramilitary institutions like the Nigeria Police Force will no doubt heals the nation of the wounds from the vested madness and brutality the secret service has visited on the failed state called Nigeria.

Ọkpụkpọ oku nke ndị mmadụ ka ngalaba nke ndị ọrụ steeti bụrụ nke ewepụrụ site n'emume nke ndị Omebe iwu na ụzọ ozi site n'ukwu rue na nta, kụzigharịa, kegharịa ha n'otu ndị osote ndị agha dịka Ndị Uwe Ojii nke Naịjirịa enweghị ike ịgwọ ọnya nke mba a site n'ara na mmekpa ahụ nke ndị ozi nzuzo weterela nye steeti darala ada bụ Naịjirịa


How best do we describe a beastly secret service or its operatives whose beastiality threatens national cohesion, the nation's constitution and the judiciary, democracy and its majestic ethos? Who need an obsolete self-serving stone age anti-democratic security outfit, with scant methodology on intelligence gathering, lacking in cybernetics sophistry without a single idea on how to tame real and actual security threats to the nation?

Kedụ ụzọ kasị mma isi kọwa emume nke nzuzo maọbụ ọrụ ya na-eyija mba, iwu ala na ndị omebe iwu, ọchịchị onye kwuo uche ya na ụzọ omee ya dị mma? onye nke chọrọ uwe nchekwa nke ọgbara ọhụrụ, ụzọ ọpụrụ iche nke mkpokọta ọgụgụ isi, ma amaghị ihe ọbụla banyere ụzọ ọgbara ọhụrụ iji nweta eziokwu na enweghị otu ọmụma etu esi  egbochi ihe na-eyi mba egwu?


The DSS needs internal purgation, and urgently too. Someone like Peter Afunanya, its spokesperson, should be thrown out of the window for further disgracing an ethically flawed institution which knew next to nothing about intelligence gathering, solely masquerading as an attack dog for the presidency.

Ndị DSS kwesiri nkwocha nke ime ụlọ ma bụrụ nke ekwesiri ka e mee ọsọọsọ. Mmadụ dịka Peter AFunanya, onye nkwuchite ọnụ, kwesiri ka atụpụ n'ezi maka mmechu ihu nke otu agbụrụ nke amaghị ihe ọbụla banyere nchịkọta ọgụgụ isi, naanị ipiogharị dịka nkịta alụsoro ọgụ nye onyeisi ala.


The conundrum has been why furnish and burnish criminal government with false intelligence reports against the citizens when the real enemy of the state is the same vampire government? I have laboured in the past to educate the DSS and her collaborators that its protective alibi labelled "national security" is a mere subterfuge. The actual name is "regime security" coded as "national security" to defraud and cow uninformed citizens to submission. Citizens must not be given order by lawless secret service that can not differentiate between Boko Haram and social change agents and activists.

Ajụjụ siri ike ana ajụ bụ ihe mere gọọmentị ọjọọ a ji mkpesa ọgụgụisi asị esogide ndị ana achị mgbe ezigbo onye iro nke steeti bụ otu gọọmentị ọṅụ ọbara ahụ? arụọla m ọrụ n'oge gara aga izukiri ndị DSS na ndị nkwado ya na aha nchekwa enyere ha bụ 'nchekwa mba' bụ ihe efu. Ezigbo aha ya bụ 'nchekwa ọgbara' nke e kpuchiri dịka 'nchekwa mba' iji zu ndị mmadụ ohi na ime ka ndị mmaụ amaghị iwu ma n'ọnya. Agaghị ndị mmadụ iwu site n'aka ndị otu ozi nzuzo nke adịghị edebe iwu nke adịghị iche n'etiti Boko Haram na ndị mgbanwe mmekọrịta nke obodo.


Tragically, Peter Afunanya is a poor image maker for the DSS with his amateurish defence and blatant falsehood he puts forward on the several viral videos that signposted the desecration of the hall of justice at the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday by the DSS.

na mwute, Peter Afunanya bụ onye mmetọ aha nke DSS site na nchekwa iberibe ya na nnukwu asị nke o tinyeworo n'ihe ngosi onyoonyoo dị iche nke gosipụtara mmetọ nyere ụlọ ọgbakọ nke ikpe na Ụlọikpe dị Elu nke Etiti, dị n' Abụja, n'ụbọchị Fụraịde  site n'aka ndị DSS.


Afunanya couldn't hide the fact that doing the bidding of a murderous tyrant is different from protective media anchorage. He could still not give valid reasons or answers as to why the DSS rearrested Omoyele Sowore after less than 24 hours after he was released on bail.

Afunanya apụghị izo eziokwu na ikwe ọnụ ego nke onye ogbu mmadụ dị iche na nzobe ihe ngosi nke media. O nweghị ike ikwu ihe kpatara ndị DSS jiri nwụchigharị Omoyele Sowore n'ihe erughị awa iri abụọ na anọ a tọghepụrụ ya


Like the ostrich that he is, Afunanya buried his head and that of the DSS in the sand without a word on the abduction of the journalist and human rights activist in a bizarre and gangly despotic manner. Afunanya spilled poor half-truth on the secret service disgraceful outing without mentioning the commando-like but shameful exhibition of empty power in the midst of defenceless citizens.

Dịka enyi nnụnụ ọ bụ, Afunanya liri isi ya na nke DSS n'aja n'ekwughị okwu ọbụla banyere onye nta akụkọ na ome nke ikike mmadụ ahụ anwụụrụ n'Bizarre n'ụzọ ọjọọ. Afunanya kwuru ọkara eziokwu n'ejemozi  nzuzo maka njepụ ihere na akpọghị aha onyeisi, dịka ngosipụta ihere nke ike dị okpokoro n'etiti ndị ọhanaeze enweghị nchekwa.


What's the usefulness of a discredited ethnically cultivated and motivated compromised secret service that could not decipher or detect activities of murderous militias like Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen long before they unleash terror on the nation? What's the DSS's day job when cultists kill themselves and cause mayhem on a daily basis across the country? What inform DSS open contempt for the judiciary and the law, if not misplaced intelligence computation, analysis and misplaced priority?

kedụ uru nke ndapụ mwuli agbụrụ na mwuli ihuabụọ nke ozi nzuzo bara nke na enweghị ike ime nchọpụta ọtụtụ ajọ otu dịka Boko Haram na ndị ọchị ehi Fulani kamgbe tutu ha emenye obodo a egwu n'ahụ? Kedụ ihe bụ ọrụ ndị DSS mgbe ndị otu nzuzo na-egbu onwe ha ma na ebute aghara na mba a ụbọchị niile? Gịnị mere DSS ji lelie Ụlọ Omebe iwu na iwu anya, ma ewepụ mwehie ọgụgụisi , nhazi na mwehie ihe n'usoro kwesiri.


It's time the National Assembly revisits the law that established the DSS for taking sadistic pleasure in dehumanising Nigerians. The DSS needs complete restructuring or outright scrapping from its present banality and rescue it away from being an appendage of any president in power or unlisted powerful individuals at the corridors of power.

Oge eruola mgbe ndị Ụlọ Omebe ga- elebanye anya n'iwu nke wubere DSS maka inwe obi aṅụrị  imegide ụmụ afọ Naịjirịa. Ndị DSS kwesiri ka enwogharịa ha maọbụ wepụ ya kpamkpam na dọpụta ya n'ịbụ obere ngalaba n'okpuru onyeisi ala nọ n'ọchịchị maọbụ mmadụ ndị ji ike nọ n'ọkwa dị iche iche.


Without that, Nigerians would wake up one day and be told that the notorious scofflaw has created her own law courts where they (the DSS) can now do maximum violence to Nigerian citizens, democracy and civilisation.

ma ewepụ ya, ụmụ afọ Naịjirịa ga-eteta ụra otu ụbọchị ma nụ na ekperima ahụ ewubela ụlọikpe nke aka ya ebe ha (DSS) ga-anọ mebige ndị Naịjirịa, ọchịchị onye kwuo uche ya na mmepe obodo


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Simi Vs Victor Uwaifo: The True Story Of 'Joromi'

Simi na Victor Uwaifo: Ezigbo akụkọ nke 'Joromi'


Simi is being sued for N50 million damages for using the word 'Joromi' in her song and as the title of one of her tracks.

Simi bụ onye nke ekpere n'ụlọikpe n'ego dị naịra nde iri ise maka mmebi site n'iji okwu 'Joromi' n'egwu ya ma dịka aha otu n'ime egwu ya


Joromi' was the same song title Uwaifo gave to his 1979 global hit.

Joromi  bụ aha egwu mbụ nke Uwaifo nyere egwu ya gara mba ụwa n'afọ 1979


In recent times, Nigerian singer Simi has had her name mentioned several times by Nigerian legendary guitarist, Sir Victor Uwaifo, over what he claimed to be a copyright infringement of his song, 'Joromi'.Simi is being sued for N50 million damages for using the word 'Joromi' in her song and as the title of one of her tracks.'Joromi' was the same song title Uwaifo gave to his 1979 global hit.The case between both artistes is generating debates on what constitutes copyright infringement.Amidst this, SaharaReporters visited the historical 'Revelation Tourist Palazzo' built and developed by Uwaifo where it was revealed that the name 'Joromi' was not just the title of a song but the name of a famous fighter from Benin.Giving a tour of the centre, the curator, Chris Eburu, said prior to the death of Joromi’s father, he warned Joromi not to climb the palm tree located at the backyard of the house.However, Joromi defied this order and met his death in the hands of a masquerade in hellfire.Eburu said: "Joromi was a famous wrestler in Benin. He dislodged everyone who dared him. He was the champion. When his father was about to die, the only thing he bequeathed to his son was a warning.“He warned him never to climb the palm tree at the backyard but when the father died, on one Sunday afternoon as Joromi was taking a stroll around his father’s backyard he spotted this particular palm tree and looked at it pensively and began to wonder why his father told him not to climb the palm tree.“The daring Joromi climbed on top of it while his sister turned into a fly and accompanied him. When they eventually got to the zenith of that tree, they grew out of the natural state and they landed in a place called 'hell' where Joromi noticed with dismay that the least person in hell had two heads but Joromi wanted to fight, the battle line was drawn."Continuing the myth, the curator said, “From one to the other, he conquered all of them from the one that had two heads then to the ones that had six heads he destroyed all of them plucking off their extra heads and telling them categorically that they were better off having one head."'Who asked you to have more than one (head)? On earth, we have one head. Who asked you to have more than one head?' Joromi queried but when the seven-headed spirit, Ugbogweli appeared - in fact, he was breathing and smoking fire all over him - that was when Joromi sister began to sing."Joromi once more turned deaf ears and for the first time as he ran down to the battle line, he witnessed a bitter piece of death for the very first time. Life was off him and the man called Joromi died."However, Eburu said, "Luckily for him, the sister spotted a leaf that had life in it. She plucked it, squeezed it and subsequently applied the juice on the five senses of the brother who now regained consciousness."This time when he stood up he was no longer ready to fight and he began to race back to earth but Ugbogweli would never let him go. When he got to the bridge between hellfire and earth and was about to cross to the latter, Ugbogweli stretched his hand to grab Joromi but luckily for Joromi Ugbogweli could run his fingers down the back of Joromi."The curator then made a curious statement: "Those of us in this part of the world hold the belief that the encounter that Joromi had with Ugbogweli is the cause of the spines humans have."


Sowore: Court Invasion, Manifestation Of Failed Democracy -ADC Chair

Sowore: mwakpo nke Ụlọikpe, Mpụtara nke ọdịda ọchịchị onye kwuo uche ya


We have seen these signs creeping into the system for many years, not even a few months ago and it’s giving us serious concern. It has come out in full blast.

anyị ahụla ihe ngosi ndịa ka ha na-arịbata n'ọnọdụ ọtụtụ afọ gara aga, ọ bụghị ọnwa olenaole gara aga ma na-enye anyị mmasị dị elu. Ọ pụtala ihe kpọmkwem


National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress, Ralph Nwosu, has condemned the rearrest of pro-democracy activist and journalist, Omoyele Sowore, describing it as a manifestation of failed democracy.

Onyeisi mba nke Africa Democratic Congress, Ralph Nwosu akatọọla mkpụrụ nke onye nkwuwa ọchịchị onye kwuo uche ya na onye nta akụkọ, Omoyele Sowore, ma kọwaa ya dịka mpụtara nke ọdịda ọchịchị nke onye kwuo uche ya


The Department of State Services rearrested Sowore in the courtroom of Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu last Friday at the Federal High Court in Abuja, barely 24 hours after he was released from detention.

Ngalaba nke Ọrụ Steeti anwụchigharịala Sowore n'ụlọikpe nke Ọkaiwu Ijeọma Ojukwu n'ụbọchị Fụraịde gara aga n'Ụlọikpe dị Elu nke Etiti n'Abuja, ka o rubeghị awa iriabụọ na anọ atọghapụrụ ya


The action has attracted criticisms from both local and international organisations but the Nigerian Government said it was not bothered.

Omume a abụrụla nke butere nkatọ site n'otu ime obodo na nke mba ofesi mana gọọmentị nke Naịjira sịrị na o metụtaghị ya


In an interview with PUNCH, Nwosu said, “What happened in court was a clear manifestation of a completely failed democracy. It is also a clear case of fascism and it is even fascism of a questionable leadership.

Site n'ajụjụ ọnụ nke PUNCH, Nwosu kwuru, "ihe mere n'ụlọikpe bụ ezigbo mpụtara ọdịda ọchịchị onye kwuo uche ya. ọ bụkwa ezigbo okwu nke ileanya n'ihu ma bụrụkwa ileanya n'ihu nke onyeisi ana enyo enyo


“We have seen these signs creeping into the system for many years, not even a few months ago and it’s giving us serious concern. It has come out in full blast.

Ha ahụla ihe ngosi na-arịbakwute anyị kamgbe ọtụtụ afọ gara aga, ọ bụghịdị n'ọnwa olenaole gara aga ma na-enye anyị mmasị dị ukwu. ọ pụtala n'uju ya.


“When autocratic governments start, there will be different kinds of pretentiousness, but by the time they lay out their full fangs, there is trouble.

Mgbe ọchịchị aka ike malitere, aga enwe ọtụtụ ụzọ aghụghọ iji duzie ndị mmadụ, mana mgbe ha ga-apụta ihe nke ọma, nsogbu apụta.


So, people must stand for the country, and we commend a major organisation like PUNCH for standing for the country.     “All of them should be sanctioned, so long as you are serving under this government because it is supposed to be a democracy.     “The moment it is no longer a democracy, it’s either you are part of the autocratic and disruptive element or you are not part of it. And if you are not part of it, you would have to quit.     “So, anybody who was in doubt before and continues to be part of the government after what happened in the court should be sanctioned.”     Sowore: DSS' Incompetence And The Docility Of The National Assembly By Martin White-Ufuah     We are presently under the attack of cyber espionages, but because the DSS do not have the structural competence to checkmate the economic security threat of foreign espionages in our country's internet space, they do not know the danger their activities portend for our country.     With DSS' bold outlaw, subnormal intelligence, defective disposition, and outright violation of different court orders, it has become indisputably clear that Nigeria's democracy has been militarised.     The 9th rubber-stamp National Assembly that is supposed to restrain the overreaching extents of the executive has openly obliged to doing the bidding of the executive.     Obviously, the legislative arm of government in Nigeria has transformed itself into a branch of the executive.     Today, the only distinguishing characteristic of our bogus democracy from the military dictatorship is that we waste tax payers’ money to service an institution (National Assembly) that is tractable to executive rascality.     Our democracy is a charade!     If it isn't, the illegal detention of Omoyele Sowore and other Nigerians by the DSS should have been a topical discourse in the National Assembly to check the excesses of the executive.     Nigeria is currently perplexed, bedevilled and overwhelmed by the lethality of human right abuses that ridicules and exposes our own brand of democracy as a fraud.     Instead of a vibrantly energetic and engaging legislature that imposes a legislative sanction on the DSS' boss and the country's attorney-general over the illegal detention of Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare, they are vigorously pursuing bills on hate speech and social media regulation.     The National Assembly is sleeping on duty!     The DSS should be publicly condemned for its chronic law-breaking antecedence.     By the unlawful gestapo arrest, clandestine and illegal detention and persecution of Omoyele Sowore, the Department of State Service, has shown that it is markedly subnormal in function, flawed in intelligence and rascal in behaviour.     The criminal-classed elements sponsored by state actors that took up arms against the Nigerian state during the Kogi and Bayelsa elections were never seen to have committed treasonable felony.     But Omoyele Sowore who only sued for peace by calling on Nigerians to pour out in their numbers to protest against misrule and corruption is being accused of plotting to unseat the government.     What a joke of a country!     Obviously, the DSS is merely a political stooge that react against voices of truth that attempt to call the government to order.     Instead of a vibrantly energetic and engaging domestic intelligence agency that functions as the source of reliable information for mitigating our various internal security challenges, our moribund DSS is all about the pettiness of political arrests and illegal detentions of honourable citizens.     The calculated use of violence against our country by Fulani herdsmen, Boko Haram members and other criminal groups with felonious intent have never for once been comprehended by the radar coverage of our so-called DSS domestic intelligence.     Isn't that a big shame?     The DSS has shown that it does not have the structural competence and expertise for espionages and information gathering. That is why the agency relies on online gossips and maliciously divulged information to clamp on citizens.     Domestic intelligence service is also supposed to be responsible for identifying foreign spies employed by foreign services against a country.     Every day we hear of other countries exposing and apprehending foreign spies and agents employed by foreign intelligence services against their government.     Please, how many has the DSS caught? None! Why? They think their job is to go after Omoyele Sowore.     If the DSS understand the danger foreign espionages poses to our country, they'd resign from their pettiness and become serious for once.     Some foreign espionages have access to our country's internet space without anyone knowing their identity.     They are sometimes the ones spreading propagandas and disinformation on our local internet space to cause dissension and unrest.     We are presently under the attack of cyber espionages, but because the DSS do not have the structural competence to checkmate the economic security threat of foreign espionages in our country's internet space, they do not know the danger their activities portend for our country.     I'm writing this to tell the DSS to release Omoyele Sowore right now with an apology to him because he is not a terrorist.     Martin White-Ufuah, a writer and columnist, writes from Abuja. He is the publisher, Ecumenical Review     Sowore: Government Has Ordered Investigation Into Invasion Of Court By DSS -Malami     Sowore was arrested in the court by the DSS less than 24 hours after he was released on bail after a third order by the court.     Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has revealed that the Nigerian Government has ordered an investigation into the invasion of the Federal High Court, Abuja, by operatives of the Department of State Services to rearrest Omoyele Sowore.     Sowore was arrested in the court by the DSS less than 24 hours after he was released on bail after a third order by the court.     Malami was questioned by reporters when he was seen at the premises of the Federal High Court, Abuja.     When asked why he was in court, Malami said he did not come because of Sowore but to congratulate the judge on being confirmed as the substantive Chief Judge of the court.     He however, revealed that the government had instituted a panel to investigate the invasion of the court.     Asked if he was not appalled by the DSS’ conduct, Malami said, “Whatever affects the integrity of the court is a worrisome issue for us.     “I can never be preemptive of an incident over which I was not a live witness to.     “But one thing I am certain of is that the government has put in place mechanism for investigation of the reported incident.     “So, I would not like to be preemptive in terms of a conclusion, one way or the other, without allowing the consummation and conclusion of the investigation process.”     Sowore: Nigeria Has A Way Of Punishing The Innocent, Says Banky W     “Nigeria has a way of punishing the innocent and trampling on the rights, dreams and hopes of the regular citizens.


Nigerian musician, Bankole Wellington popularly known as Banky W, has reacted to the ruling of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordering the Department of State Services to immediately release pro-democracy activist, Omoyele Sowore, on bail.


In a statement on Tuesday, Banky-W described Nigeria as a county that prides itself in punishing the innocent.

N'okwu ya n'ụbọchị Tuuzude, Banky-W kọwara Naịjirịa dịka obodo na-enwe mpako n'ịta ndị aka ha dị ọcha ahụhụ


He said, “I'm so thankful that our justice system made the right call by granting the release of Omoyele Sowore.

O kwuru, "obi bụ m naanị ekele etu ụlọ ikpe anyị siri mee ihe kwesiri site n'ịtọghapụ Omoyele Sowore.


“Nigeria has a way of punishing the innocent and trampling on the rights, dreams and hopes of the regular citizens.

Naịjirịa nwere ụzọ esi ata ndị aka ha dị ọcha ahụhụ ma laa ikike, ebumnobi na olileanya nke ndị mmadụ n'iyi,


“Every time our leaders do wrong and get away with it, we lose a little piece of our soul.

oge ọbụla ndị ndu anyị mere ajọ ihe ma lafere, ibe mkpụrụobi anyị na-agabiga


“We become numb, we lose hope, and we subconsciously accept that this is how things are and there's nothing we can say or do to change it.

anyị naz-anọ enweghị enyemaka, olileanya na-efu, anyị na-anabata na ọ bụ etua ka ihe dị n'amaghị ama, ma ọ dịghị ihe anyị pụrụ ikwu ma ọbụ mee iji gbanwee ya


“You didn't need to be a voter or volunteer for Mr Sowore to see that this was clearly an infringement on a basic human right and a grave injustice.

"I kwesighị ịbụ onye so eme nhọpụta maọbụ onye wepụtara onwe ya maka Sowore iji hụ na ihe bụ ịkpọtọ ikike nke mmadụ na ikpe ezighị ezi


“Freedom of speech and the right to peacefully protest is the unassailable right of every Nigerian citizen.

Ikike ikwu okwu na ikike njegharị iwe bụ ezigbo ikike nke nwa afọ Naịjirịa ọbụla


“May God bless those in our justice system who stood on the right side of history by doing the right thing.

Ka Chukwu gọzie ndị niile nọ n'ụlọ omebe iwu anyị ndị nọ n'ụzọ aka nri nke akụkọ site n'ime ihe dị mma


“May God strengthen, comfort and bless Sowore, his wife and family as they have endured the most difficult of times while only being guilty of attempting to speak up for a better Nigeria.”

Ka Chukwu gbaa ume, kasie obi ma gọzie Sowore, nwunye ya na ezinaụlọ ya dịka ha na-agabiga ụbọchị ọjọọ ndị a naanị na ha nwere amamikpe site n'ịgba mbọ ikwu okwu banyere ọdịnịihu nke Naịjirịa


Sowore Is Our Benefactor, Not A Criminal –Ondo Students

Sowore bụ onye Nrite anyị, ọ bụghị ekperima-ụmụakwụkwọ Ondo


Irinyemi stated that the Sowore Scholarship Foundation, which had helped many parents in the state to send their children to school, has been stopped since he was arrested and detained by the DSS.

Irinyemi kwuru na Ntọala nke Agụmaakwụkwọ efu nke Sowore nke nyerela ọtụtụ nne na nna aka izije ụmụ ha akwụkwọ, akwụsịla kamgbe akpụụrụ ma jide ya site n'aka ndị DSS


A group of students in Ondo State have taken to the streets to protest the continued detention of the pro-democracy activist and Publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore, by the Department of State Services.

Igwe akwụkwọ na steeti Ondo ejeela njegharị iwe maka njide nke onye nkwuwa ọchịchị onye kwuo uche ya, na onye mbipụta MkpesaSahara, Omoyele Sowore, site n'aka ndị Ngalaba Ọrụ Steeti.


The students, under the platform of the National Association of Kiribo Students, said that the continued detention of Sowore should be rejected by all lovers of Nigeria.

ụmụakwụkwọ, n'ọkọrọtọ nke Otu Mba nke Ụmụakwụkwọ Kiribo, kwuru na njide nke Sowore bụ nke ndị hụrụ Naịjirịa n'anya ga-akatọ


The protesters marched all the way to Idepe Town under Okitipupa Local Government Area of the state, chanting songs of solidarity and calling for the immediate release of Sowore, who had made scholarship offers available to them over the years.

Ndị ngagharị iwe ahụ gara rue obodo Idepe n'okpuru ọchịchị Okitipupa nke steeti ahụ, na-agụ egwu ịdịnootu ma na-ekwu ịtọghapụ Sowore, nke nyerela ha agụmakwụkwọ n'efu n'ọtụtụ afọ rue ugbua


According to the students, the recent declaration of Sowore and Olawale Bakare as "prisoners of conscience" by Amnesty International, has showed that the pro-democracy activist was being recognised globally as one of the few Africans that have demonstrated doggedness.

Dịka ụmụakwụkwọ kwuru, nkwupụta Sowore na Olawale Bakare dịka 'ndị nga nke akọnuche' site n'aka Amnesty Ịntanashọnal, egosila na onye nkwuwa ọchịchị onye kwuo uche ya bụ nke mba ụwa maara dịka otu n'ime ndị Afịrịka olenaole ama dịka ndị gbarala mbọ


Spokesperson for the protesting students, Samuel Irinyemi, told SaharaReporters that many of them benefiting from Sowore's scholarship programme had continued to feel his continued detention.

Onye nkwuchiteọnụ nke ụmụakwụkwọ na-eme njegharị iwe, Samuel Irinyemi, gwara ndị MkpesaSahara na ọtụtụ n'ime ha bụ ndị na-erite uru agụmakwụkwọ efu nke Sowore bụ ndị njide ya na na-emetụta


He called on President Muhammadu Buhari to obey court orders by mandating the security agency to release Sowore to his family.

Ọ kpọkuru Onyeisi Muhammadu Buhari ka o rubere iwu ụlọikpe isi site n'inye ndị nchekwa iwu ịtọhapụ Sowore nye ezinaụlọ ya


Irinyemi, “We are just a few of the many students benefiting directly from Omoyele Sowore's scholarship foundation in Ondo State.

Irinyemi, "anyị bụ naanị olenaole n'ime imirikiti ụmụakwụkwọ na-erite agwụmakwụkwọ efu site n'aka Ntọala agụmakwụkwọ efu nke Omoyele Sowore na steeti Ondo


We are sad that our brother and great benefactor was arrested and had since been detained by the DSS over frivolous charges. Sowore is not a criminal because we know his history very well.     “This is a man that placed many of us on scholarship with his personal money and made it possible for us to have education.     “I have been benefiting from his kind gesture for close to five years now.     So, we are not happy about his continued detention despite court orders granting his release.

obi adịghị anyị mma na nwanne anyị nwoke na onye ukwu anyị na-erite uru n'aka ya bụ nke anwụchịrị ma nọrọ n'aka ndị DSS n'okwu ebubo asị. Sowore abụghị ekperima maka na anyị maara akụkọ ya nke ọma. "Ihe a bụ nwoke nke nyere ọtụtụ n'ime agụmakwụkwọ efu site n'ego nke aka ya ma mekwaa ka anyị gụkwaa akwụkwọ. "Ana m erite uru n'ihe onyinye a ihe rurula afọ ise ugbua. Ya mere, obi adịghị anyị mma maka njide nke eji ya agbanyeghị na ụlọikpe enyela ikike ka a tọhapụ ya


We are pleading with President Buhari to release Sowore from the detention of the DSS.     “Sowore that we know is a freedom fighter and he means well for Nigeria as a country.”     Sowore was arrested in Lagos on August 3, 2019 for calling on Nigerians to take to the streets in peaceful demonstrations to demand a better country from the administration of President Buhari.     The government is accusing him of insulting Buhari and planning to topple his regime through the planned protests.     Despite two orders by the Federal High Court, Abuja, directing the DSS to release him on bail since that period, the activist has remained in government detention, attracting condemnation from around the world.     Sowore: Sultan Of Sokoto Tells Buhari To Obey Court Orders     Abubakar said nobody can decide to disregard the court at will, adding that it would be detrimental to national development.     The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has told President Muhammadu Buhari and all those in his regime to obey court orders because according to him failure to do so holds dire consequences.     The Sultan gave the warning while speaking at the 2019 fourth quarter meeting of the Nigeria Inter-religious Council in Abuja.     Abubakar said nobody can decide to disregard the court at will, adding that it would be detrimental to national development.     He said, “We must regularly obey and respect the laws of our land.     We should never disregard the laws to avoid the consequences.


If a court makes a judicial pronouncement on a particular matter, it should be obeyed to the letter.     “If you have any problem or disagree with the pronouncement, the next step is to appeal the pronouncement instead of disregarding or violating court judgments.     If you are served a court order and you deliberately refused to obey it because you are a governor, president or any influential person, then you are setting a dangerous precedent."

Ọ bụrụ na ụlọikpe mee nkwuwa okwu banyere okwu, ekwesiri irubere ya isi. "Ọ bụrụ na i nwere nsogbu maọbụ nwee nsogbu site na nkwuwa, ihe ọzọ bụ ịrịọ nkwuwa okwu ahụ na abụghị ileli maọbụ ịda iwu nke ụlọikpe. Ọ bụrụ na enye gị iwu nke ụlọikpe, ma ị kpachapụ anya ghara ime ya n'ihi na ị bụ gọvanọ, onyeisi ala maọbụ onye welitere isi, ya bụ na ị na-edebe ntọala jọrọ njọ."


The Nigerian Government has failed to release Omoyele Sowore, disregarding two court orders by two different judges.

Gọọmentị nke Naịjirịa ajụla ịtọhapụ Omoyele Sowore, n'agbanyeghị iwu nke ndị Ọkaikpe abụọ


Sowore was rearrested at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday by operatives of the Department of State Services less than 24 hours after he was released on bail after 125 days in detention.

Sowore bụ onye nke anwụchịgharịrị n'Ụlọikpe dị Elu nke Etiti n'Abuja site n'ọrụ ndị Ngalaba nke Ọrụ Steeti n'ihe erughị awa iriabụọ na anọ atọghapụrụ ya ka ụbọchị otu narị na iriabụọ na ise eji ya gasịrị


The invasion of the court and refusal to obey court orders has by President Buhari’s regime has been condemned from around the world.

Mwakpo nke ụlọikpe na ekweghị irube isi nye iwu ụlọikpe site n'ọchịchị Onyeisi ala Buhari abụrụla nke mba ụwa kọtọrọ


The government is accusing him of insulting President Muhammadu Buhari and planning to bring down his regime.

Gọọmentị na-ebo ya ebubo ịkparị Onyeisi ala Muhammadu Buhari ma na-atụ atụmatụ iwepụ ya n'ọchịchị ya


Soyinka: 'Sowore, Welcome To The Club' As Nobel Laureate Slams Buhari Regime As Being Paranoid

Soyinka: 'Sowore, Nnọọ n'Otu' dịka Onye Oke ihe Nrite kwujọrọ ọchịchị Buhari dịka ndị na-emegide onye akwadoghị ha


The Buhari regime had on Friday filed seven counts of treasonable

Ọchịchị Buhari nọrọ n'ụbọchị Fụraịde mejue ire ntụkwasị obi nke asaa


felony and money laundering against Sowore.


Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says the President MuhammaduBuhari regime has attained an “unprecedented level of paranoia”following the charges of treason filed against human rights activist,Omoyele Sowore.In a statement on Saturday, Soyinka said the nation had failed tolearn from past experiences.He said, “This is utterly depressing news. So, the Sowore affair hasmoved beyond harassment and taken on a sinister direction. Outside thecountry where I happened to be engaged at the moment, I can testifythat the immediate reaction around me was to dismiss this as yetanother grotesque product of fake news, of which Nigerians have becomethe greatest practitioners. I confess that I also joined in thisschool of thought – at the start.“Further checks have however confirmed that this government has indeedattained an unprecedented level of paranoia. I do not believe that thejustice department itself believes in these improbable charges, asformally publicized."So, once again, we inscribe in our annals another season oftreasonable felony. History still guards some lessons we have yet todigest, much less from which to learn. Welcome to the Club, Mr.Omoyele Sowore.”The Buhari regime had on Friday filed seven counts of treasonablefelony and money laundering against Sowore.The charges were filed a day before the expiration of the detentionorder of the Federal High Court in Abuja permitting the Department ofState Services to keep the activist for 45 days.


SPECIAL REPORT: Why Troops Are Losing Ground To ISWAP

MKPESA PỤRỤ ICHE: ihe mere ndị agha ji ada n'aka ndị ISWAP


Is the 2018 military strategy and campaign working? The facts based on the number of military formations successfully attacked and overran by ISWAP in 2018 in the areas of its dominance is 70 percent. What this translates into is that out of 20 military bases in these territories, ISWAP have either sacked by overrunning or forced the military to shut down a total of 14 bases in 2018 alone. The only time this ratio of attacks and takeovers came close to the 2018 numbers was in 2014. By the end of 2015 it was below 50% success ratio, which further dropped in 2016 and 2017, only to witness a sharp surge in 2018.

Ụzọ ọrụ na njegharị nke afọ 2018 ndị agha, ọ na-arụ ọrụ? Ihe ama nke gbara banyere mwakpo ụlọ ndị agha site n'aka ndị ISWAP n'afọ 2018 n'ebe ha nọ n'ụbara dị pasentị iri asaa. ihe nkea pụtara bụ na n'ime ụlọ ndị agha dị iri abụọ, ISWAP achụpụla maọbụ mechie ọrụ ndị agha n'ụlọ agha dị iri na anọ naanị n'afọ 2018. Naanị mgbe ọnụọgụgụ dị etua n'afọ 2018 merela bụ n'afọ 2014. ka afọ 2015 kwụsịrị, e nweela pasentị iri ise mmeri, nke mechara datue n'afọ 2016 na 2017, ma nwee nke ọjọọ ya n'afọ 2018.


In the few days leading to the eclipse on 2018, reports from the warfront in North East Nigeria provoked huge concerns, fiercely stirring panic within communities in and around Maiduguri, Borno state. Governor Kashim Shettima, within this period, quickly called an emergency security meeting to receive briefs from different security commands in the state. At the Executive chambers of the Government House, Maiduguri, the seat of power in the state, the situation was grim and faces drawn.

ka ọ fọrọ ụbọchị olenaole ka eklipsi mee n'afọ 2018, mkpesa si n'ihu agha nke Ugwu Ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Naịjira wetara mkpali, maka oke ụjọ dị n'obodo dị iche iche gbara Maiduguri, steeti Borno gburugburu. Gọvanọ Kashim Shettima, n'oge, kpọrọ ọgbakọ mberede nke nchekwa iji nweta ozi ndị ọrụ nchekwa na steeti ahụ. Ndị isi ngalaba niile n'ụlọ gọọmentị, Maiduguri, n'ọkọrọtọ ikike, ọnọdụ ahụ siri ike ma bụrụkwa nke elebanyere anya


In fact, the situation appeared so dire as Nigerian troops facing the onslaught of the combined affront of insurgency from terror groups, Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram forces, beat a steady retreat, incurring monumental losses of locational facilities. Within two weeks, the Nigerian troops had retreated tactically or been overrun in strategic military bases. Out of 20 military bases in northern and central Borno where Nigerian troops were in control, 14 had been overrun or altogether shut down.

N'ezie, ọnọdụ ahụ na-akawanye njọ dịka ndị agha Naịjirịa bụ ndị ana egbu site n'aka ndị omekome ahụ, Islamic States West Africa Province (ISWAP) na Boko Haram, na-ala azụ nkwado, ma bụrụkwa ndị ngwọ ọgụ ahụ funarịrịla ọtụtụ oge. N'ime izuụka abụọ, ndị agha Naịjirịa alaala azụ nkwado maọbụ bụrụ ndị emeriri emeri n'ebe dị iche iche bụ ọgbọ ndị agha. N'ime ọgbọ agha dị iriabụọ n'Ugwu na Etiti Borno ebe ndị agha Naịjirịa na-elekọta, iri na anọ abụrụla nke anapụrụla ha ma mechie ha.


Does the recent string of losses by the military represent a momentary setback likely to be overturned swiftly by the military or is the trend a fore-test of an uncertain future? All diplomatic and international military platforms knowledgeable about the escalating conflicts in the Lake Chad Basin affirm that at no time since the surge of violence in the region have the terrorists been in command of the level of weapons available to them today. Two developments explain this.

Ọtụtụ ndaghachi azụ nke ndị agha, egosiri na aga enwe ntụgharị site n'aka ndị agha maọbụ amaghị ama nke ọdịnịihu? Otu Ndị agha nke mba ụwa nwere nghọta maka mbuli nke ọgbaaghara na Lake Chad Basin kwuru na ọ nwebeghị mgbe oke ọgbaaghara dị n'obodo mgbe ndị oyi egwu nọ n'isi ngwaọgụ ha nwere n'ụbọchị taa. Mmepe abụọ kọwara nkea.


The terror groups, in recent times, have received a flush of funds from ransom paid to them allegedly by the government. Equally, there has been a steady access to unimaginable cache of military weaponry, including hardware and ammunition from bases overran by the insurgents, remarkably bolstering their war chest. For instance, the loss of the International Military Task Force Base, headquarters of the Multinational Joint Task Force, in Baga, headed by an Army General, is reported as monumental, not merely in the loss, of location but because of the massive military hardware and ammunition only comparable to what is available to the Military Division in Maiduguri, to ISWAP.

Otu iyiegwu, n'oge ugbua, anatala ọkpụrụkpụ ego nke akwụrụ ha site n'aka gọọmentị. Tinyere, enweela nnweta ngwaọgụ ndị agha n'ọdọ ebe agha site n'aka ndị omekome, ime ka obi jụọ ha oyi n'ịlụ ọgụ. ọmụmatụ, ọdịda nke 'International Military Task Force Base', isi ụlọ ọrụ nke 'Multinational Joint Task Force', na Baga, nke onyeisi agha bụ onye nlekọta ya, bụ onye nke nwere nkwuwa okwu, abụghị n'ọdịda nke ebe ọnụnọ mana n'ihi ọtụtụ ngwaọgụ ndị agha naanị ịdote aka na aka n'ihe ndị dị ugbua nye ndị agha na Maiduguri nye ISWAP.


The insurgents are obviously riding the momentum and are motivated in manners that are completely alien to the military. According to a recent report by the AFP, in no year since the upsurge of conflicts in the North East have Nigerian troops been exposed to the level of casualties inflicted on them by the insurgents in 2018 alone. With an enlarged war chest, a strategic control of the economic mainstay of the Chad Basin cross cutting fishing, all season farming, water and control of cross border trade routes, the insurgents are looking formidable.

Ndị omekome na-enwe mmeri ugbua ma na enwe mkpali n'ụzọ nke na-eyi ndị agha egwu. Dịka mkpesa anyị nwetara site n'aka AFP, ọ nwebeghị mgbe ọgbaaghara dị etua mere na Ugwu Ọwụwa anyanwụ nke mere ka ndị agha Naịjirịa banye na nsogbu dịka ha nọ ugbua n'aka ndị omekome naanị n'afọ 2018. N'ihi mbawanye nke obi ọgụ, atụmatụ mgbazi nke akụnaụba nke Chad Basin nyere ịkụ azụ, ịkọ ugbo oge niile, mmiri, mgbazi ngafe oke ala azụmahịa, ndị omekome ahụ nọsiri ike.


No wonder, they have recently scaled up recruitment of new fighters across both English and French speaking countries in the surrounding countries of Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria. Information gleaned from contacts within the fold of ISWAP paint an insight that seems to have challenged the position of politicians and the military in respect of holding territory. ISWAP always considered the territories of Northern and Central Borno their Caliphate territories. The presence of the Nigerian troops and particularly military bases were considered invasion by the military.

o kwela nghọta, ha nabatara ndị agha ọhụrụ ma ndị mba na-asụ Bekee na French na mba ndị gbara gburugburu dịka Cameroon, Chad, Niger na Naịjirịa.Ozi nke batara site n'aka ndị ISWAP gosiri ịma aka n'ihu nye ndị ọchịchị na ndị agha n'ijide obodo. ISWAP na-ewe mpaghara Ugwu na Etiti Borno dịka nke dị ha n'aka. Npụta ndị agha nke Naịjirịa na ọdọ ndị agha bụ nke ewerela dịka nke ndị ewerela n'ike site n'aka ndị agha.


Bidding their time until they had adequate ammunition with additional army of motivated fighters to unleash new wave of violence the group was willing to stay under the radar for a few years before drawing the line on the sand. Their long wait paid off in 2018. They have been on the offensive all of 2018. The ISWAP’s strategy is to put everything available to ensure that military presence in those territories they consider part of their caliphate is made ever untenable. ISWAP considers all parts of north and central Borno as its caliphate and territory and therefore obligated by doctrines and commandment to repel every external aggression within the territory.

Idote oge ha rue na ha enweta ngwaọgụ tinyere ndị agha ebulili mmụọ ha iji kpochapụ ọgbaaghara, ndị otu ahụ dị njikere ịnọ na nnyocha ọtụtụ afọ tutu ha zọpụ ije. Nchekwube ha bịara na mmezu n'afọ 2018. Ha anọrọla n'inye nsogbu n'afọ 2018 niile. Atụmatụ ndị ISWAP bụ ime ka ihe niile dị ka npụta ndị agha na mpaghara ndị ahụ ha werela dịka nke ndị agha agaghị ewereli. ISWAP ewerela mpaghara Ugwu na Etiti Borno dịka nke aka ha na mpaghara ha na mezie dịka iwu ịchụ iwe niile dị n'obodo.


This is irrespective of whatever politicians and the military claim is the situation within those territories. In fact, Boko Haram / ISWAP policy with respect to physically holding territories changed after the steady losses they suffered in the run up to general elections in Nigeria in 2014. They do not want to physically hold unto territories anymore than they are determined to ensure that the military does not have any sustainable presence in the territories. Furthermore, ISWAP is paying more premium to wooing local communities to feel more secure with them than they could ever be with the military. That is their strategy.

Nke a bụ agbanyeghị ihe ọbụla ndị ndọrọndọrọ na ndị agha na-ekwu banyere ọnọdụ dị na mpaghara ndị ahụ. N'ezie, iwu nke Boko Haram/ISWAP ijide mpaghara dị iche iche gbanwere n'ihi ndaghachi azụ ha nwere ọtụtụ oge mgbe ana akwado ime nhọpụta nke Naịjirịa n'afọ 2014. Ha achọghịzi ijide mpaghara dị iche iche dịka ha siri kwado, kama ime na ndị agha anọghị na mpaghara. Ịga n'ihu, ISWAP na-agba mbọ ime ka ndị obodo nwe ntụkwasị na nchekwa ha karịa nke ndị agha. Nkea bụ atụmatụ ha.


They have secured the economic lines in the territories they control. The Lake Chad territories have become more fertile for famers and more viable for commercial fishing activities. They have largely crippled the fish and onions markets in Maiduguri. In its stead, they have opened secured trading locations in Kinchandi, in Niger Republic and another in Kusiri, in Cameroon. Nigerian traders rely on the market in Kusiri, Cameroon through Mubi, in Adamawa. The other in Kinchandi, in Niger Republic. The Nigerian market in Hadeja, Jigawa state depend heavily on the market in Niger Republic.

ha echekwabala ụzọ azụmahịa n'obodo ndị ha ji. mba nke Lake Chad abụrụla nke ala ya dị mma nye ndị ọrụ ugbo na azụmahịa nke azụ. Ha emebiela ahịa azụ na yabasị nke ukwu na Maiduguri. Na nnọchi ya, ha emepeela azụmahịa na mba azụmahịa dịka Kinchandi, na Niger Republic na ọzọ na obodo Kusiri, na Cameroon. Ndị ahịa nke Naịjirịa nwere nchekwube n'ahịa nke  Kusiri, Cameroon site na Mubi, na Adamawa dị. Nke ọzọ dị na Kinchandi, na Niger Republic. Aha nke Naịjirịa dị na Hadeja, steeti Jigawa nwere nnukwu nchekwube n'ahịa nke Niger Republic.


Nigerian troops apparently would rather confiscate a trader’s wares, forcibly take their livestock for their feeding than device any system of commercial comfort that would help them grow their business. It therefore seems not far-fetched that several local communities appear to cooperate better with ISWAP than with the Nigerian troops. ISWAP want to primarily make it unattractive and too expensive in terms of body count and loss of hardware for the military to maintain a base in any of these territories. They calculate that as long as they continually target and attack military formations, forcing them to beat a retreat so long would it be easier for local communities to accept that they are more secure in the territories under them than under the cover of Nigerian troops.

Ndị agha pụrụ ịnara ndị ahịa ngwaahịa ha, nara ha anụ ọzụzụ ha ma nyejue onwe ha afọ karịa iwepụta ụzọ ha ga-esi guzogide azụmaahịa nke ha. Ọ dịzi ka eziokwu ka ọtụtụ obodo esonyeere ISWAP karịa ndị agha.ISWAP chọrọ ime ka ọ hapụ ịdị mma n'anya ma dịkwa oke ọnụ site n'ọnụọgụgụ nke mmadụ na ofufu nke ngwaọgụ nke ndị agha ga-eji chekwa obodo ndị ahụ. Ha agbakọọla ma kwubie na dịka ha gana awakpo ndị agha nke ga-eme ka ha na ala azụ nkwado, nke ga-eme ka ndị obodo kwenye na ha ga-enwe nchekwa n'okpuru ha karịa n'okpuru ndị agha Naịjirịa.


Moreover, they envisage that for as long as they sustain the push back against the military for so long will it be difficult for the demoralized troops to muster confidence to put them at tactical disadvantage anytime soon. Is the 2018 military strategy and campaign working? The facts based on the number of military formations successfully attacked and overran by ISWAP in 2018 in the areas of its dominance is 70 percent. What this translates into is that out of 20 military bases in these territories, ISWAP have either sacked by overrunning or forced the military to shut down a total of 14 bases in 2018 alone. The only time this ratio of attacks and takeovers came close to the 2018 numbers was in 2014. By the end of 2015 it was below 50% success ratio, which further dropped in 2016 and 2017, only to witness a sharp surge in 2018.

etu ọ dị, ha ekwubiela na ha ga- anọsi ike ịlụghachi agha nye ndị agha rue na ọ dịghịrịrị ha bụ ndị obi jụrụla oyi mfe ịchụ ha n'oge n'adịghị anya . Ụzọ ọrụ na njegharị nke afọ 2018 ndị agha, ọ na-arụ ọrụ? Ihe ama nke gbara banyere mwakpo ụlọ ndị agha site n'aka ndị ISWAP n'afọ 2018 n'ebe ha nọ n'ụbara dị pasentị iri asaa. ihe nkea pụtara bụ na n'ime ụlọ ndị agha dị iri abụọ, ISWAP achụpụla maọbụ mechie ọrụ ndị agha n'ụlọ agha dị iri na anọ naanị n'afọ 2018. Naanị mgbe ọnụọgụgụ dị etua n'afọ 2018 merela bụ n'afọ 2014. ka afọ 2015 kwụsịrị, e nweela pasentị iri ise mmeri, nke mechara datue n'afọ 2016 na 2017, ma nwee nke ọjọọ ya n'afọ 2018.


The outlook of the map in the battle theatres is grim. The territories that constitute Northern Borno are 10 Local Government Areas lying north of Maiduguri and bearing natural land borders with three countries namely Niger Republic, Chad and Cameroon. ISWAP have full sway in these territories currently. The territories that constitute Borno Central are made up of eight Local Government Areas, and both ISWAP and Boko Haram have significant footholds in these territories. Southern Borno, made up of nine Local Government Areas, is the least affected, with the exception of flashpoints such as Gwoza, Damboa and Chibok. With barely 45 days to presidential election in Nigeria there seems to be more energy at official quarters to cover up the tragic situation than acknowledging it.

Ngosi na maapụ nke mpụtara agha dị egwu. mpaghara ndị mebere Ugwu Borno bụ okpuru ọchịchị iri dị n'Ugwu Maiduguri ma nwekwa oke n'etiti mba atọ ndị gunyere Niger Republic, Chad na Cameroon. ISWAP anọrọla sie ike na mba ndịa. Mpaghara ndị mebere Etiti Borno dị okpuru ọchịchị asatọ, ma ISWAP ma Boko Haram nọ sie ike na mpaghara ndị a. Ndịda Borno bụ nke okpuru ọchịchị iteghete mebere nke nwere ntakịrị mmetụta, ma ewepụ obodo dịka Gwoza, Damboa na Chibok. Ka ọ fọdụrụ ihe dịka ụbọchị irianọ na ise ka emee nhọpụta nke onyeisi ala, ọ dị ka enwere nchekwa n'isi ọrụ maka ikpuchi ọnọdụ ọjọọ ahụ kama ịnabata ya.


The military have rightly stated that ISWAP may not be holding most of the territories where it overran its bases, especially the town of Baga. ISWAP, on its part, is also right when it says it has sacked soldiers from the areas it attacked, including Baga. Neither the military nor the insurgents have the manpower and capacity to hold and govern over these large expanse of land sustainably. But in desisting from building visible administrative and military structures in the areas of their primary interest ISWAP have evolved in a way that is difficult for Nigerian troops to track. On the other hand, by being fixated with claim of control of territories the military have only succeeded in making its troops sitting ducks and easy targets of the enemy.

Ndị agha ekwuola kpọmkwem na ISWAP nwere ike ma ya ejideghị isi ọrụ ebe ha kpaworo ike, tụmadị n'obodo Baga. ISWAP, n'aka nke ya, kwuru eziokwu ma ọ sị na ha achụọla ndị agha n'ebe ha wakporola gunyere Baga. Ma ndị agha,  ma ndị omekome enweghị ike ijide ma chịkwaa nnukwu ala ahụ. Ma ka ha achọghị ịrụ ụlọ anya na-ahụ n'ebe ahụ dị ha mma, ISWAP ejeela n'ụzọ ga-esiri ndị agha ike ịchọta. N'aka nke ọzọ, site n'ikwu na ndị ọrụ ya ji obodo, ndị agha emeriela naanị site ime ka ha bụrụ ọbọgwụ ma dị mfe ndị iro ịwakpo.


More clearly, ISWAP is no longer showing interest in taking a formidable military base such as was in Baga and staying put there. It doesn’t apparently serve their tactical and strategic interest well. They are more interested in taking over military hardware and ammunition in those bases while instilling fear on the troops and making it extremely difficult for the military to have the comfort to plan and launch attacks. For instance, two days after overrunning the military base in Baga, the ISWAP moved out of location with military hardware and ammunition. According to knowledgeable sources, the objective is not to necessarily capture and hold new territories, what is far more strategic to ISWAP is to continually “unsettle the military in their bases across the Lake Chad region.”

Ido anya nke ọma, ISWAP enweghịzi mmasị iwere ụlọ ndị agha dịka nke dị na Baga ma nọrọ ebe ahụ. Ebe ahụ adịghị atụmatụ ha mma ma ọlị. Ihe masịrị ha nke ukwu bụ iwere ngwaọgụ dị n'ebe ndị ahụ ma na etinye ụjọ n'ime ndị agha ahụ nke mere ka ọ ghara ịdịrị ndị agha mfe ikwado ọgụ. Ọmụmatụ, ka ụbọchị abụọ gasịrị ka awakposịrị ụlọ agha dị na Baga, ndị ISWAP pụrụ ebe ahụ ma buru ngwaọgụ ha pụọ. site n'ọwa ozi kwesiri ntụkwasị obi, ebumnobi ha abụghị ijide ma were ụlọ agha, ndị na-amasị ndị ISWAP bụ ịdị na-achụpụ ndị agha n'ebe ọrụ ha rue ngafe ogbe Chad.


There is no better indication to the effectiveness of the tactical approach of ISWAP against the military than seeing that Nigerian troops in the troubled locations are unable to undertake patrol duties. Rather, they are mostly in the trenches practically waiting for the next attack. One troubling outcome of this is the escalating number of troops on desertion charge. For instance, in just one detention centre in Jos, Plateau state, there are over 20 military deserters rounded up and detained. Similarly, a growing army of deserters are being held across major military detention facilities in the country. Obviously embarrassed at this turn of events, the military authorities are zealously covering up on these.

enweghị ezigbo ihe ngosi nke ụzọ aghụghọ ndị ISWAP nwere megide ndị agha karịa ịhụ na ndị agha Naịjirịa nọ n'ebe ndị enwere ọgbaaghara ka ha hapụ inwe ike rụọ ọrụ ha. kama, ha nọ ebe dị iche iche na-eche ụbọchị mwakpo ọzọ. nsogbu dị na ya bụ ipe mpe ndị agha n'ebe ndị ahụ. ọmụmatụ, na naanị n'otu ebe ndote ndị ejidere na Jos, steeti Plateau, enwere ihe karịrị ọdọ ndị agha nke ahapụrụla na jide. N'otu aka ahụ, ndị agha chọrọ ịgbapụ bụ ndị nke ejiderela site na ngwaọrụ ndị agha na mba. n'oke ihere nke ọnọdụ na-eweta, ndị isi agha na-ezochi ihe ndị dị etu a.


An Army officer currently hospitalized lamented that “soldiers have become cannon fodders,” revealing:"There are more soldiers deserting their commission over Boko Haram war. I can count dozens in my unit alone that escaped after they survived an attack.” The Nigerian Police Force are embroiled in similar matter with 121 officers of the rank-and-file who reportedly deserted in protest against planned deployment to the warfront dismissed with immediate effect.

Onye agha nke nọ n'ụlọọgwụ kwara arịrị na ndị agha abụrụla ndị efu. O kwuru na ọtụtụ ndị agha eriela mbọmbọ n'ọrụ ha n'ihi ndị Boko Haram. Aga m agụ ọtụtụ ndị ririla mbọmbọ site n'ọgbọ nke m kamgbe ha zonarịrị mwakpo. Ndị uweojii na-ahụ otu ihe ahụ nke na ndị ọrụ otu narị na iriabụọ na otu eriela mbọmbọ ka ha nụrụ na ewegala ha n'ihu ọgụ.