The Inspector-General Ibrahim Idris, according to a report in Premium Times (December 28, 2018), ordered their dismissal. “The Police are very kind to their officers for dismissing them, we are not that lucky because after we attempted to escape, we were arrested and detained without trial for several months,” said a soldier detained in one of Special Task Force (STF) detention centers in Jos. He was arrested after he absconded along with scores of his colleagues from the warfront.

Onyeisi kpata kpata Ibrahim Idris, dịka ndị Premium TImes siri kwu n'ụbọchị nke iriabụọ na asatọ n'ọnwa DIsemba n'afọ 2018, kwuru maka mgbasa. "Ndị uweojii nwere obi ọma n'ebe ndị isi ha nọ maka ịchụla ha, anyị abụghị ndị chi ọma maka na mgbe anyị chọrọ izopụ, anwụchiri anyị na ekpeghị anyị ikpe ọtụtụ ọnwa," ka otu onye agha ejidere n'otu Special Task Force (STF) na Jos. Anwụchiri ya mgbe ya na ndị otu mịpụrụ n'ihu ọgụ


A confident Army Captain in the frontlines who spoke with our reporter on condition of anonymity extolled the troops for their gallantry on several occasions. He said that unlike the terrorists, the military do not carry cameras into the battlefront to record gun exchanges. According to him there are far more attacks on military bases and units by the terrorists that were repelled than the ones in which the locations were overrun. “The terrorists go to battles with cameras, while we, as a matter of policy don’t.” Nevertheless, he contends that Nigerians do not care about the number of insurgents that we have killed, “the killing of soldiers that protect the country’s sovereignty constitute a source of concern, what this means is, if soldiers continue to die, Nigeria itself may fail to exist,” he concludes.

Otu onye ọchị agha nke obi siri ike n'ihu ọgụ nke gwara ndị nta akụkọ anyị okwu banyere ọnọdụ ha toro ndị agha ha maka idi ike ha ọtụtụ oge. O kwuru na adịghị ka ndị oyiegwu, ndị agha adịghị eji onyoonyo eje n'ihu ọgụ isere mgbọ ha gbapụrụ. N'okwu ya, enwere ọtụtụ mwakpo n'ụlọ ndị agha site n'aka ndị oyiegwu ahụ achụrụ karịa ndị ahụ nọ n'ebe akwariri. "Ndị oyiegwu ji onyoonyo eje n'ihu ọgụ, ebe anyị, dịka iwu si dị , anaghị eme etu a." Ma etu o sila dị, ọ gwara ndị Naịjirịa ka ha ghara itinye uche n'ọnụọgụgụ ndị mpụ ole anyị gburula, ogbugbu nke ndị agha na-eche obodo bụ nke dị n'obi anyị, ihe nke a pụtara bụ, ọ bụrụ na ndị agha gaa n'ihu ịnwụ, Naịjirịa nwere ike ịgabiga," ka o mechiri


Some of these attacks were so overwhelming that the bases were overrun with hundreds of casualties. According to multiple media reports, not less than 1,000 soldiers were killed in 2018. These casualty figures do not include soldiers killed in Niger Republic, Yobe, Adamawa and in Southern Borno. “In fact, there has never been a year soldiers were killed more than in 2018; not even 2013 and 2014 did we see the kind of casualties we experienced today,” said another soldier who doubles as a medical doctor in Maiduguri. More traumatizing for soldiers, according to ISWAP sources, are the humiliating experience of scores of abducted soldiers compelled to tutor the insurgents on new weapons handling before they are enslaved or executed.

ọtụtụ n'ime mwakpo dị ukwu nke na ọtụtụ ọdọ ndị agha bụ nke imirikiti meruru ahụ. site n'aka ọtụtụ ndị ụlọ mgbasa ozi, opekata mpe ndị agha otu puku abụrụla ndị egburu n'afọ 2018. Ndị a nwụrụ agụrụ ọnụ agụnyeghị ndị egburu na Niger Republic, Yobe, Adamawa na Ọdịda Borno. N'ezie, o nwebeghị afọ egburu ndị agha dịka egburu n'afọ 2018, ọ bụghị n'afọ 2013 na 2014 nke anyị ahụghị ụdị ogbugbu anyị hụrụ ugbua,"ka otu onye agha bụ dibịa bekee kwuru na Maiduguri. Nke ka njọ nye ndị agha, site n'aka ndị ISWAP, bụ ihe mmaja dị iche iche bụ ndị agha adọọrọ n'agha ka ha zukiere ha etu esi eji ngwaọgụ ọgbara ọhụrụ alụ ọgụ tutu ha emee ha ohu maọbụ gbuo ha.


Informed sources state that the military facility in Monguno is probably the only larest operational base outside of Maiduguri presently that is unaffected. Four or five are in Gajiram, Gajiganna, Gubio, Kareto, while Damasak is manned by the Multi-National Joint Task Force at the border with Niger republic. According to a serving military officer currently hospitalized, “the soldiers in most of these bases have all taken up defensive positions to protect their turfs and can hardly venture outside to patrol or engage in any offensive attack”.

Ụzọ ozi ziri ezi kwuru na ọgbọ agha dị na Monguno bụ naanị nke na-arụ ọrụ n'ezi Maiduguri enwebeghị nsogbu. Anọ maọbụ ise dị na Gajiram, Gajiganna, Gubio, Kareto, ebe Damasak bụ ndị agha jikọrọ ọnụ nọ na ya tinyere ndị Niger republic. dịka onyeisi agha nọ n'ụlọọgwụ, 'ndị agha  nọ n'ọgbọ ndị ahụ agbaala ọsọ ndụ ma ha enweghị ike njegharị  maọbụ mwakpo ọbụla'.


Just like the officers deserting, the Military itself has long abandoned any mentality of “no retreat, no surrender,’ having steadily been on the retreat from several military bases. Weeks ago, they shut down two bases in Gudumbali and Kukawa. “We retreated to Monguno before Baga was attacked. Now, some soldiers and residents are running away from Monguno to Maiduguri,” reported a soldier in Shagari Low Cost Housing Estate in Maiduguri. He highlights the utter helplessness of the soldiers: what is disturbing is the effrontery of “ISWAP in making sure that we are fully made aware of their plans ahead of any attack. There was never an attack that we don’t see in advance, yet we are helpless,” he lamented.

dịka ndị ọrụ na-apụ, ụlọ agha n'onwe ya ewezugala echiche 'alaghị azụ, akwụsịghị ọgụ' abụrụla ndị lara azụ n'ọdọ agha dị iche iche. Izuụka olenaole gara aga, ha mechiri ụlọ agha abụọ na Gudumbali na Kukawa. "Anyị gbagara na Monguno tutu awakpo Baga. Ugbua, ọtụtụ ndị agha na ndị mmadụ na-agbapụ na Monguno jee Maiduguri," ka onye agha n'ụlọ obibi ọnụ ala nke Shagari na Maiduguri kwuru. O kwuru enweghị enyemaka ndị agha. Nke dị njọ bụ etu ndị ISWAP si agba mbọ ịhụ na anyị matara nkwado ha maka ime mwakpo. O nweghị mwakpo ọbụla mere nke anyị ahụghị tutu o mee, agbanyeghị nkea, anyị enweghị enyemaka," ka o kwuru n'olu akwa.


In the midst of these setbacks, military fat cats are feeding exceedingly well on account of the war. On 28, December, 2018 the Defence and Foreign Affairs of the International Strategic Studies Association (ISSA) based in the United States stated that “the conduct of the war in the North (East of Nigeria) is tied to the corruption in the military, and (President) Buhari - ring-fenced by his own team - is unable to tackle the issue". ISSA, the Washington-based non-governmental organization with a worldwide membership of professionals involved in national and international security and strategy, stated that massive corruption among top military chiefs appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari is the reason Nigeria is losing the war against Boko Haram.

n'etiti ndaghachi azụ a, ndị agha na-eriju afọ n'oge ọgụ ahụ. N'ụbọchị nke iriabụọ na asatọ n'ọnwa Disemba, afọ 2018 ndị Nchekwa na Emume Mbaofesi nke ndị Otu Atụmatụ nke Mbaofesi 'Defence and Foreign Affairs of the International Strategic Studies Association (ISSA)' nke dị na mba Amerịka kwuru na 'usoro agha nke dị n'Ugwu (Ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Naịjirịa) bụ nke gbadoro ụkwụ n'ure ndị agha na (onyeisi ala) Buhari-nke ndị otu ya gbara gburugburu-enweghị ibuso nsogbu ahụ agha." ISSA, otu nke gọọmentị enweghị dị na Washington nke nwere ikike n'aka mba ụwa n'ihe banyere nchekwa mba ụwa kwuru na ihe mpụ dị n'etiti ndị ọchị agha nke Onyeisiala Muhammadu Buhari bụ ihe mere na Naịjirịa na-ada n'agha megide ndị Boko Haram.


According to the report, the only significant engagement which the Nigerian military leadership seems determined to fight “is to stop the leakage of information about massive corruption, running into the equivalent of several billions of dollars, in the purchase by senior military officers of major military capital goods and military consumables, including the troops’ own food.” More than anything, it is the noticeable resurgence of the Lake Chad and the commercial viability of the territories under ISWAP that present the greatest pull on individuals in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps to return to their villages. But for others, it is their ability to put out a good fight and sometimes win with an Army that enjoys global support, that is the biggest inspiration that makes many want to join. A recent recruit and a Francophone citizen said, “ISWAP's fortunes only means one thing, Allah with us.” Another who abandoned his rich family business in Kano to become a fighter said, “I have no doubt Angels are fighting with us, otherwise there is nothing that explains our victories.”

Site na mkpesa, naanị agha bara uru ndị agha Naịjirịa na-alụ bụ 'ịkwụsị igbasa ozi maka mpụ, nke ruru ọtụtụ ijeri dọla, iji zụta ihe nye ndị isi ọchị agha na ihe erimeri ndị agha." nke karịrị ihe ọbụla, achọpụtala na ndị ọgụ Lake Chad na ndị ahịa nke mba ahụ nọ n'okpuru ISWAP ndị na-agba mbọ ka ndị achụpụrụ n'ụlọ ha laghachi n'ụlọ ha. mana, maka ndị ọzọ,ọ bụ ibu agha ma ọtụtụ oge , merie site n'aka ndị agha bụ nke mere ka ọtụtụ chọọ ibanye. Onye anabatara ọhụrụ ma bụrụkwa onye mba French kwuru "okwu agamniihu nke ISWAP pụtara naanị otu ihe, Allah nonyere anyị." Onye ọzọ nke gbahapụrụ nnukwu azụmahịa nke ezinaụlọ ya na Kano ịbụ onye ọgụ kwuru, "Enweghị m uche abụọ na ndụ mmụọ ozi so anyị alụ ọgụ a, ma ọbụghị ya, enweghị ihe ọzọ pụrụ ịkọwa mmeri anyị."


In the light of these realities, should the Nigerian Military continue with the tactical mentality that is leading them into embarrassing losses? For a government that has made so much premium of a claim on its control of territory from the insurgents, what these developments point to is probably worse than a setback. Efforts by independent observers to point out the evidently skewed tactical mentality have been visited with official hostility. Local and international Civil Society Organizations and the media have, for these reasons, come under attack by the military. For calling the Military out on its ignoble human rights abuses, including rape and extra judicial executions, Amnesty International and other Human Rights organizations have been targeted for official harassment.

N'ihe emume ndị a, ndị agha Naịjirịa aga aga n'ihu n'usoro ọgụgụisi nke ga-ebute ọdịda ihere? Maka gọọmentị nke mere ọnụ etu ha siri nwee mgbochi nye iyi egwu, ka ọ dị ugbua, ọ dịla njọ nke ukwu.Mbọ nke ndị nnyocha nọọrọ onwe ha mere ịchọpụta usoro nke ọgụgụisi abụrụla nke anabataghị. Ndị ọrụ ime obodo na nke otu mba ụwa na ndị nta akụkọ, n'ihi nkea, enwetala mwakpo site n'aka ndị agha. N'ihi ịkpọ ndị agha na agwa ọjọọ megidere ikike mmadụ nke gunyere, idine mmadụ n'ike na imebige ihe oke karịa etu ụlọikpe siri kwuo ya, otu nnapụ ngwaagha nke mbaụwa na otu ikike mmadụ ndị ọzọ bụ ndị ana edo inye imekpa ahụ


Despite a consistent stream of global ratings and reports about Nigeria’s crisis, notable among them being the 2018 Global Terrorism Index in which Nigeria emerged the third most terrorized nation globally, both the Military and politicians in government have carried on as if this was of no consequence. The index placed Nigeria behind war-torn countries such as Iraq, Afghanistan and ahead of Syria and Pakistan. However, the report also showed a 16% drop in the number of deaths linked to terrorism in 2017 from previous year.

N'agbanyeghị mgbasa ozi nke mba ụwa  banyere ọgbaghara nke Naịjirịa, nke amaara nke ọma bụ Global Terrorism Index n'afọ 2018 nke Naịjirịa gbọrọ mba nke atọ n'ihe gbasara iyi egwu, mana ndị agha na ndị ọchịchị emeela ka ọ bụ na ọ gbasaghị ha. Ihe ngosi gosiri Naịjirịa dịka mba ndị na- alụ agha dịka Iraq, Afghanistan ma gafee Syria na Pakistan. Etu ọ dị, mkpesa gosiri na pasentị iri na isii dara n'ọnụọgụgụ ọnwụ site n'iyi egwu n'afọ 2017 afọ gara aga.


Also, the World Economic Forum, in its biennial tourism report with the specific section focusing on safety and security, recently ranked Nigeria as one of the most dangerous countries in the world. Amid all these disturbing realities the local media generally have caved in to a new sense of self censorship promoted by the Nigerian military, which is, “stop reporting the killings to dissuade Boko Haram from further killings” instead of, prevent the insurgents from killings in the first place, so that, there wouldn’t be any death to report.

Ọzọkwa, Otu Akụnaụba Mba ụwa, na njem nleta nke ana afọ abụọ ọbụla nwere mkpesa banyere ịnọ mma na nchekwa, kwuru na Naịjirịa so n'otu n'ime mba dị njọ na mba ụwa. N'etiti ihe mwute nke ndị ụlọ mgbasa ozi na-eme nke ndị agha Naịjirịa kwuru ka ha kwụsị ikwusa maka ogbugbu mmadụ ka ndị Boko Haram hapụ igbukwa mmadụ gaa n'ihu kama igbochi ogbugbu ahụ na mbụ, ka ha hapụ inwe ozi ogbugbu mmadụ ịgbasa


Ọkwọ ụgbọala na-agba ọnwụ ọnwụ egbuola ụmụakwụkwọ n'Ekiti


The bus driver ran into the pupils, who were trying to cross the road, killing three of them and leaving others injured on the spot.

Onye ọkwọ ụgbọala gbakpuru n'etiti ụmụakwụkwọ ahụ, ndị na-achọ igbafe okporoụzọ, gbuo atọ n'ime ha ma merue ndị ọzọ ahụ


A speeding commercial bus driver has killed three pupils at the abattoir end of Iworoko-Ekiti, Ekiti State.

Ọkwọ ụgbọala ndị njem nke  na-agba ọnwụ ọnwụ egbuola ụmụakwụkwọ atọ na njedebe ụlọ ogbu anụ nke Iworoko-Ekiti, Steeti Ekiti


Those injured were taken to the hospital.


It was gathered that the driver of the bus lost control of the vehicle before ramming into the children.

Ozi kwuru na ọkwọ ụgbọala ahụ bụ nke ịgbazi ụgbọala ahụ pụrụ n'aka tutu ọ gbakpue n'etiti ụmụaka ahụ


At the time of filing this report, the spokesperson for the Ekiti State Police Command was unreachable.

N'oge ana edenye mkpesa a, onye nkwuchiteọnụ nke Uweojii Steeti Ekiti bụ nke enweteghị


SSS Is Indeed A Lying Machine By Stanley Imhanruor

SSS bụ igwe asị n'ezie, site n'aka Stanley Imhanruor


Since the barbaric and misguided act by the SSS was well captured on tape, it is pertinent to reference some of the pictures and videos circulating in the media space.

Ebe omume nzuzu na nke ezighị ezi ndị SSS bụ nke enwetara n'igwe nchekwa, o kwesiri ka agbakwụnye ọtụtụ foto na onyoonyo na-agagharị n'ọwa ikuku midịa


I have read with amusement, the press release by the SSS wherein the service unashamedly denied any attempt to rearrest Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare in the well of the court.

Agụọla m site n'ọchị, ndepụta nke nta akụkọ site n'aka ndị SSS ebe ndị ọrụ enweghị ihere gọrọ agụgọ etu ha achọghị ịnwụchịgharị Omoyele Sowore na Olawale Bakare n'etiti ụlọikpe


In the viral video, the person holding Sowore down (the man that eventually emerged beneath Sowore, wearing white shirt and a black jacket is an officer of the SSS.

N'onyoonyo na-ewu ewu, onye ji Sowore aka n'uwe ndịda ( nwoke nke mechara nọrọ n'okpuru Sowore, yi akwa elu ọcha na akwa mkpuchi ojii bụ onye ọrụ nke SSS.


Everyone could see from the viral video that when the arresting officer got up people where asking him: who are you? Who are you? But the officer refused to respond to the posers.

Onye ọbụla ga-ahụ site n'onyoonyo na-ewu ewu na mgbe onye ọrụ mkpụrụ ahụ biliri, ndị mmadụ na-ajụ ya: onye ka ị bụ? onye ka ị bụ? ma onye ọrụ ahụ azaghị ihe ọbụla


The officer is also arrowed in some of the viral pictures circulating on social media platforms.

Onye ọrụ ahụ bụkwa nke atụrụ aka na foto nke na-ewu ebe niile n'ọkọrọtọ sochal midịa


The said officer is constantly around Sowore in the courtroom and he is the officer obviously detailed by the SSS to always be with Sowore in the courtroom to monitor his movement and conduct whenever the matter comes up in court whilst other officers stay some metres away watching.

Onye ọrụ ahụ nọrịị gburugburu Sowore n'ụlọikpe na ọ bụ ya bụ onye ọrụ ndị SSS nyere ikike isonyere Sowore n'ụlọikpe ịmata ije na omume ya mgbe ọbụla okwu ahụ pụtara n'ụlọikpe ebe ndị ọrụ ọzọ nọ n'ebe dị anya na-ekiri


For clarity, the officer's name in question is Dekko Nelly (Marshal).

Iji doo anya, aha onye ọrụ ahụ bụ Dekko Nelly (Mashal)


Please do not be deceived by the press release by the SSS as same is merely a smokescreen designed to save its already badly battered image locally and internationally in the circumstance.

Biko ekwela ka arafue gị site na mkpesa ndị SSS ebe nke ahụ bụ ihe efu ha merubere iji kpuchie ihu maka omume ọjọọ ha n'anya ndị ime obodo na mba ụwa banyere ọnọdụ ahụ


No matter how far and fast a lie travels, truth which is eternal and immutable will always overtake it in the long run.

Agbanyeghị ebe maọbụ ike nke asị sirila gbasaa, eziokwu nke dị ebighi ebi na adịghị mkpuchi ga-apụtariri ihe n'ọdịnịihu.


Stop Attacking Shoprite In Nigeria, They're Owned By Nigerians -Expert Warns

Kwụsị ịwakpo oke ụlọahịa na mba Naịjirịa. Ọ bụ ụmụ afọ Naịjirịa  nwe ha-Ọkachamara dọrọ aka na ntị


He added that MTN is a publicly-listed company, hence, Nigerians are part of the shareholders and will bear part of the loss of vandalizing the firm's properties.

O kwuru na MTN, bụ ụlọọrụ nke ọhanaeze, etu ọ dị, ọtụtụ ndị Naịjirịa so nwere oke n'ụlọọrụ ahụ ndị ga-eso nweta ọghọm ma emebie akụrụngwa ya


Rotimi Sankore, a veteran journalist, policy and development expert, has cautioned against the looting of Shoprite, a departmental store, that has been subjected to reprisal attacks following the recent Xenophobic attack in South Africa.

Rotimi Sankore, onye ntaakụkọ maara ihe ekwe na-akụ, iwu na ọkacha mara na mmepe, adọọla aka na ntị banyere nkwari oke ụlọahịa, ụlọ nchekwa, nke e kwuru na achọrọ ikwari n'ihi agha akpọmaasị enwere n'Ọdịda anyanwụ Afịrịka.


Sankore, who spoke during a journalism MasterClass held by the Civic Media Lab, said the stores being looted are mostly franchises owned by Nigerians.

Sankore, onye kwuru okwu n'oge Oke Ọgbakọ Ndị ntaakụkọ nke ndị Civic Media Lab, kwuru na ụlọahịa ndị ana akwari ndị nwere ikike bụ ụmụ afọ Naịjirịa nwe ha


Shoprite and Spar are mostly franchises. Most of the goods on the shelves are owned by Nigerians. The staff are Nigerians, he said.

Oke ụlọahịa bụ nke enyere ikike. imirikiti n'ime ngwongwo ekowere bụ ndị Naịjirịa nwe ha. Ndị ọrụ ha bụ ndị Naịjirịa, ka o kwuru


He stated MTN, that has also become the target for the reprisal attacks, is a public listed company hence, Nigerians are part of the shareholders and who bear the part of the loss of vandalising its properties.

o kwuru na MTN, abụrụla nke ana edo iwakpo, bụ ụlọọrụ nke ọhanaeze, etu ọ dị, ọtụtụ ndị Naịjirịa so nwere oke n'ụlọọrụ ahụ ndị ga-eso nweta ọghọm ma emebie akụrụngwa ya


He said the Xenophobic attacks are triggered by high unemployment and high crime rates, and not because all South African hated Nigerians.

O kwuru na agha akpọmasị bụ oke enweghị ọrụ na nnukwu mpụ butere, Ọ bụghị na ndị Ọdịda anyanwụ Afịrịka niile kpọrọ ndị Naịjirịa asị


The veteran journalist also stated how the Nigerian Government could have better handled the Xenophobic attacks against its citizens.

Onye nta akụkọ maara ihe ekwe na-akụ  kwukwara etu gọọmetnị Naịjirịa gaara isi soo agha akpọmasị ahụ megide ndị ọ na-achị


In incidents like this when Nigerians are attacked, what you do is to summon their ambassador and demand that the perpetrators be brought to justice and that the victims be compensated. Also demand than police be deployed to protect Nigerians’ shops and businesses from further attacks. This would demonstrate to the looters that their actions are not acceptable.     If they then fail to act, you send the ambassador home and if the attacks continue, you can then take further measures like, seizing assets of the offending countries to compensate victims.”

N'ihe mberede dị etu mgbe awakporo ndị Naịjirịa, ihe ị ga-eme bụ ịkpọku ndị Nnọchite ha ma kwue ka ndị dara iwu ahụ nweta ntaramaahụhụ ruuru ha ma ndị ihe a metutara nweta iti aka n'obi. Ọzọ bụ ime ka uweojii bịa chekwa ụlọahịa ụmụ afọ Naịjirịa maka mwakpo ọdịnịihu. Nkea ga-eme ka ndị dara iwu na anabatghị omume ha. ọ bụrụ na ha emeghị ihe ọbụla, ị zilaga onye nnọchite ahụ ụlọ ma ọ bụrụ na mwakpo ahụ gaa n'ihu, ị ga-emezi ihe dịka, iweghara ihe nnweta ndị mba na-ada iwu iji ti ndị ana-emegide aka n'obi


Sankore said it was the failure of the Nigerian Government to take strategic steps to protect Nigerians that have led to Nigerian citizens resulting to self help and some people taking advantage of the protest to loot shops.

Sankore kwuru na ọ bụ maka na gọọmentị Naịjirịa emeghị ihe ha kwesiri ichekwa ndị ọ na-achị mere ka ndị Naịjirịa chekwaba onwe ha ma ọtụtụ si n'ụzọ ahụ zuo ohi n'ụlọahịa


Sudan's Ex-President, Al-Bashir, Sentenced To Two Years For Corruption

Onyeisi ala chịrịla Sudan, Al-Bashir, bụ onye amarala ikpe ije mkpọrọ afọ abụọ maka mpụ


The judge handling the case told the court that under Sudanese law, people over the age of 70 cannot serve jail terms, the BBC reports.

Ọkaikpe nke okwu ahụ dị n'aka gwara ụlọikpe na dịka iwu Sudan siri dị, ndị karịla afọ iri asaa anaghị eje mkpọrọ, ka BBC kwupụtara


Omar al-Bashir, Sudan's ex-President, has been sentenced to two years in a social reform facility for corruption.

Omar al-Bashir, Onyeisi ala chịrịla Sudan, , bụ onye amarala ikpe iji mkpọrọ afọ abụọ maka mpụ


Bashir also faces charges related to the 1989 coup that brought him to power, genocide, and the killing of protesters before his ousting in April.

Bashir kwụụrụ n'ihu ikpe nke yiri nnapụ n'ọchịchị nke 1989 nke webatara ya n'ọchịchị, ....na ogbugbu ndị njegharị iwe tutu ọpụpụ ya n'ọnwa Epụrelụ


During the sentencing, his supporters started chanting that the trial was "political" and were ordered to leave.

Mgbe ana ama ikpe ahụ, ndị nkwado ya malitere ịgụ egwu na ikpe ahụ bụ nke "ndọrọndọrọ" e wee nye ha iwu ka ha pụọ


They continued their protest outside the court, chanting, "There is no god but God."

Ha gara n'ihu ime ngagharị iwe ha n'ezi ụlọikpe, na-abụ, "enweghi chi mana Chi."


It is unclear whether Bashir will be tried over widespread human rights abuses during his time in power, including allegations of war crimes in Darfur.

O woghị anya ma Bashir abụ onye aga anwale n'ụlọikpe n'ihi mmetọ ikike nke mmadụ n'oge ọ nọ n'ọchịchị, tinyere ebubo mpụ agha na mba Darfur


Super Eagles Gains Four Spots In FIFA Ranking

Ndị egwu Super Eagles enwetala akara anọ n'ogogo FIFA


In the ranking table on the website of the world football governing body, Nigeria garnered 1493 points as against 1481 points gotten in October.

na tebulu inye ọkwa n'ọwa ozi nke ndị ọrụ asọmụmpi bọọlụ nke mba ụwa, Naịjirịa nwetara akara otu puku na narị anọ na iri iteghete na atọ karịa otu puku narị anọ iri asatọ na otu nke ọ nwetararịị n'ọnwa Oktoba


Nigeria’s Super Eagles has moved four spots in the November ranking to place 31 on the FIFA ranking table.In the ranking table on the website of the world football governing body, Nigeria garnered 1493 points as against 1481 points gotten in October.The movement still helped the Eagles retain the third position on the continent behind Senegal and Tunisia, who are placed 20th and 27th with 1555 and 1506 points respectively.The upward movement was as a result of their 2-1 win over the Benin Republic and 4-2 win over Lesotho in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches.

Ndị egwu Super Eagles nke Naịjirịa enwetala akara anọ n'ogogo  n'ọnwa Nọvemba rue n'ogogo iriatọ na otu n'tebulu inye ọkwa nke FIFA. .na tebulu inye ọkwa n'ọwa ozi nke ndị ọrụ asọmụmpi bọọlụ nke mba ụwa, Naịjirịa nwetara akara otu puku na narị anọ na iri iteghete na atọ karịa otu puku narị anọ iri asatọ na otu nke ọ nwetararịị n'ọnwa Oktoba. Nke a nyeere Eagles aka ịnọgide na ndị nke atọ na kọntinentị n'azụ Senegal na Tunisia, ndị nke nọ n'ogo iriabụọ na iriabụọ na asaa site n'akara otu puku narị ise iri ise na ise na otu puku narị ise na isii dịwaga. Mbuli ahụ bụ maka mmeri nke ha ji 2-1 merie ndị Benin Republic na iji 4-2 meri Lesotho n'asọmụmpi ngafe n'Iko Mba nke Afịrịka.


Talent Vs Hard Work — Lessons From Olamilekan, The 11-Year-Old Who is Macron’s Newfound Friend By Mide Ayeni

ọnatarachi na ịgba mbọ-ihe mmụta sitere n'aka Olamilekan, nwa dị afọ iri na otu nke bụ enyi ọhụrụ Macron site n'aka Mide Ayeni


You see, Olamilekan has a mother who is futuristic. She understands the dynamics of success. Although poor, she is not blind. Olamilekan said: “When I was six, I started drawing. My mother noticed it and took me to an artist to learn under him.” First, she understands the place of talent, nurturing, mentoring and hard work. She saw a son who loved to draw decided to NURTURE the TALENT by enrolling him with an artist, who will MENTOR and TRAIN him so that his TALENT can boom.

Ị hụrụ, Olemilekan nwere nne nke na-ahụ ọdịnịihu. Ọ nwere nghọta n'ihe banyere ime nke ọma. Agbanyeghị na ọ bụ onye ụbịam, o kpughị isi. Olemilekan kwuru: "mgbe m dị afọ isii, amalitere ise ihe. Nne m chọpụtara ya ma kpọga m na nke onye na-ese ka m mụọ n'okpuru ya". Na mbụ, ọ ghọtara ihe banyere ọnatarachi, ọzụzụ, mgbazi na ịgba mbọ. Ọ hụrụ nwa ya nwoke nke hụrụ eserese n'anya ma kpebie na ọ ga-azụ ọnatarachi ahụ site n'iziga na nke onye eserese, onye nke ga-azụlite ma zụọ ya ka ọnatarachi ahụ chawaa.


I will tell you a story about talent and hard work. Which should come first?

Aga m akọrọ gị akụkọ maka ọnatarachi na ịgbambọ. Kedụ nke ga-ebu ụzọ?


First thing, I will also like to re-echo my constant words that “in 20 years’ time, ‘rock bottom’ will produce famous people more than ‘privilege.’”

Ihe mbụ, aga m ekwunwo okwu m na-ekwu oge niile, na 'n'afọ iriabụọ' na-abịa, 'ngwuru ime' ga-ewepụta ndị amaara nke ọma karịa ndị 'chi ọma'


This afternoon, I had a chat with hubby about Olamilekan, that is the young 11-year-old who met with the President of France and drew his portrait in less than two hours.

N'ehihie a, mụ na di m kparịtara ụka banyere Olamilekan, ọ bụ nwata nwoke dị afọ iri na abụọ nke hụrụ Onyeisi ala French ma see eserese foto ya n'ihe erughị awa abụọ.


Well, let me explain. At the Afrika Shrine, where the French President went yesterday, the boy went to work and came out with a perfect portrait of Macron. The President was so thrilled that he said “This is exceptional”.

Ọ dị mma, ka m kọwaa. N'okwu Arụsị nke Afịrịka, ebe Onyeisi ala nke French jere ụnyaahụ, nwata nwoke ahụ jere ịrụ ọrụ ma were ezigbo ihe eserese nke o sere Macron pụta. Nke a juru Onyeisi ala anya nke mere ka ọ sị "Nke a bụ Ọpụrụiche".


He's from a poor background. Rock bottom background! To most of us who see ourselves as average, Olamilekan sees us as privileged. He's so poor that he said: “In his family, they have to toil and sweat before they can put food on the table.” So he made a portrait showing a young boy with sweat all over him putting food on his table.

O si na ngwuru dara ogbenye. Ngwuru nke ime ime. Maka ọtụtụ n'ime anyị hụtara onwe anyị dịka ndị opekata mpe, Olamilekan hụrụ onwe ya dịka onye chi ọma. Ọ dara ogbenye nke ukwu na ọ sịrị: "N'ezinaụlọ ya, ha ga-arụsi ọrụ ike na gbakwaa ọsịsọ tutu ha enweta nri ha ga-eri." Ya mere o sere foto ebe nwata nwoke  ọsịsọ jupụtara n'ahụ na-edote nri n'elu tebulu ya.


Olamilekan was so emotional when he was speaking to BBC about that art work that I could sense the tears in his words. He called it his favourite.

Olamilekan nwere obi mwute mgbe ọ na-agwa BBC okwu banyere ọrụ aatị ahụ nke achọpụtara anya mmiri n'okwu ya. Ọ kpọrọ ya ezigbo ya


He is barely 11 years and he understands poverty and struggle so much that he could make a picture of it. Then you need to understand where he's coming from.

Ọ dị afọ iri na otu ma ọ ghọtara ụbịam na ịdọlị nke ukwu nke na ọ ga-esenwu foto ya. Ya mere na ị kwesiri ịmata ebe o si


Secondly, if you saw the house where Olamilekan was interviewed, you will understand his roots — his life and his story.

Nke abụọ, ị hụ ụlọ ebe anọrọ gbaa Olamilekan ajụjụ ọnụ, ị ga-aghọta mgbọrọgwụ ya-ndụ ya na akụkọ ya


I was drawn to him when I first saw the interview and downloaded the video to share with my son. You will also agree that I have posted his videos here more than twice. I was touched.

E rutere m nso mgbe m buru ụzọ hụ ajụjụ ọnụ ma nwete onyoonyo nke gosiri nwa m nwoke. Ị ga-ekwenye na etinyela m onyoonyo ya ebe a ihe karịrị ugboro abụọ. O meturu m n'obi


Let me tell you a secret that many people don't know.

Ka m kwa gị ihe nzuzo ọtụtụ mmadụ amaghị


You see, Olamilekan has a mother who is futuristic. She understands the dynamics of success. Although poor, she is not blind. Olamilekan said: “When I was six, I started drawing. My mother noticed it and took me to an artist to learn under him.”

Ị hụrụ, Olemilekan nwere nne nke na-ahụ ọdịnịihu. Ọ nwere nghọta n'ihe banyere ime nke ọma. Agbanyeghị na ọ bụ onye ụbịam, o kpughị isi. Olemilekan kwuru: "mgbe m dị afọ isii, amalitere ise ihe. Nne m chọpụtara ya ma kpọga m na nke onye na-ese ka m mụọ n'okpuru ya"


First, she understands the place of talent, nurturing, mentoring and hard work. She saw a son who loved to draw decided to NURTURE the TALENT by enrolling him with an artist, who will MENTOR and TRAIN him so that his TALENT can boom.

Na mbụ, ọ ghọtara ihe banyere ọnatarachi, ọzụzụ, mgbazi na ịgba mbọ. Ọ hụrụ nwa ya nwoke nke hụrụ eserese n'anya ma kpebie na ọ ga-azụ ọnatarachi ahụ site n'iziga na nke onye eserese, onye nke ga-azụlite ma zụọ ya ka ọnatarachi ahụ chawaa.


This attribute that his mother showed is not learnt at Harvard. As a matter of truth, the most sophisticated and learned mothers/fathers don’t have it; they are shallow. They only understand the place of academics so they put their kids in an expensive school and pay for them to do another LESSON during breaks, especially the end-of-session break that is fast approaching and bug their heads with books without any opportunity to nurture the creative in them. Every single soul on earth has a TALENT and for most of them, without proper mentoring, they will miss it.

Ihe a nne ya mere abụghị nke ana amụta na Harvard. site n'eziokwu, imirikiti nne na nna gụrụ akwụkwọ enweghị ya. ha maara naanị agụmaakwụkwọ nke mere na ha na-etinye ụmụ ha n'ụlọakwụkwọ dị oke ọnụ ma kwụọ ụgwọ ka ha nata nkuzi n'oge ezumuike, tụmadị ngwụcha tamụ nke na-abịa ma were akwụkwọ bunye ha n'ụbụrụ na enyeghị ha ohere ịchọpụta nka ha nwere. mmadụ ọbụla nọ n'ụwa a nwere ọnatarachi ma imirikiti n'ime ha ga-atufu nke ha site n'enweghị ezigbo ọzụzụ.


Another thing is, she understands the role of TALENT before HARD WORK. Let me tell you another story. You remember Olajumoke and ‘Taju goes to School’, right? Well, Olajumoke became famous for photo-bombing a prominent British model’s photo-shoot and fame smiled on her. However, Olajumoke, though hardworking, has a no visible talent that we can pin her to. She is amazing and hardworking but what is her TALENT? What does she have to give to SUSTAIN the FAME?

Ihe ọzọ bụ, ọ ghọtara usoro Ọnatarachi tutu Ịgba mbọ. ka m kọọrọ gị akụkọ ọzọ. I chetere Olajumoke na 'Taju ejee akwụkwọ' nke ọma? Ọ dị mma. Olajumoke bụụrụ onye wuru ewu site na mgbazi foto na ịdị ukwuu wee rue ya ahụ. Etu ọ dị, Olajumoke, agbanyeghị ịgba mbọ, enweghị ọnatarachi nke eji amara ya. Ọ na-eme nke ọma ma na-agba mbọ mana gịnị bụ ọnatarachi? gịnị ka ọ nwere iji jigide ịdị ukwu ahụ?


And you will notice that where Olamilekan was recognized, Olajumoke wasn’t. Olajumoke was popular on Nigerian social media and media stations but Olamilekan got a global recognition with top media stations. One of his videos has over 4.5 million views. I was elated. I was screaming and showing hubby the statistic.

Ị ga-ahụ na ebe ebuliri Olamilekan, ebulighị Olajumoke. Olajumoke bụ nke na-ewu ewu n'ọwa ozi ikuku nke Naịjirịa na ụlọ mgbasa ozi mana Olamilekan bụ nke nwetara mbuli nke mba ụwa site n'ụlọ mgbasa ozo. Otu n'ime onyoonyo ya bụ nke mmadụ karịrị nde anọ na puku narị ise kirila. Ọ nyere m obi aṅụrị. Ana m eti mkpu ma na-egosi nwunye m akara ahụ.


After the BBC Africa interview, BBC International showed him and Aljazeera, not wanting to duplicate BBC’s video, came to interview him too. You can imagine the role of talent. It’s like saying Olajumoke should come back and photo-bomb. It’s simply not achievable. But with talent, you can have a ‘come-back-to’ factor every time.

Mgbe ajụjụ ọnụ nke BBC Afịrịka, BBC nke mba ụwa gosiri ya ma Aljazeera nke achọghị igosi ihe nke BBC gosirila, bịara ịgba ya ajụjụ ọnụ nke ha. Ị ga-ahụ ihe ọnatarachi pụrụ ime. Ọ dịka ịsị Olajumoke laghachi azụ mewe mgbazi foto. Ọ gaghị ekwe omume. Mana site n'ọnatarachi, ị ga-enweta 'laghachite azụ n'ụlọ ọrụ oge niile'


The Bible says “a man’s gift makes way for him and makes him stand before Kings and not mere men”. And I always tell hubby that TALENT before HARD WORK. It’s when you understand the TALENT you have that you can now put in HARD WORK.

Akwụkwọ nsọ kwuru "onyinye mmadụ na-akwara ya ụzọ ma mee ka o guzuo n'ihu ndị eze ma ọ bụghị n'ihu mmadụ efu". Ana m agwakwa di m na ọnatarachi bu ụzọ tutu ịgba mbọ. Ọ bụ mgbe ị ghọtara ọnatarachi i nwere ka i ga-etinyezi ịgba mbọ na ya


Hard work has it reward and it sometimes comes late but TALENT is a show-stopper. TALENT catapults you into greatness. Talk about Ronaldo or Serana Williams and the many talents around us.

Ịgba mbọ nwere ụgbọ ọrụ ya ma ọtụtụ oge, ọ naghị abịa n'oge mana ọnatarachi bụ ụwa lelee. Ọnatarachi na-ebuli mmadụ elu. Kwuo maka Ronaldo maọbụ Serana Williams na ndị nwere ọnatarachi nọ gburugburu anyị


I keep screaming it, parents need to do more. Olamilekan may not be the most brilliant boy in his class. He may not even be going to a private school for all you know, but he has a mother who knows what greatness smells like and I tell you, greatness is not in wealth or in books but in the mental growth of everyone. The day we all realize that we need to first know the talent that God has given us and how to nurture it, that is the day we have stopped EXISTING and have started LIVING.

Aga m na-ekwusi ya ike, ndị nne na nna nwere ọrụ rinne. Olamilekan nwere ike ma ọ bụghị onye kacha mara akwụkwọ na klassị ya. O nwere ike ma ya adịghị eje ụlọ mmụta nke mmadụ nwe dịka anyị maara, ma o nwere nne nke maara ihe ịdị ukwu bụ, ma asị m gị, ịdị ukwu abụghị inwe ego maọbụ n'akwụkwọ kama n'otuto nke amamilhe nke onye ọbụla. Ụbọchị anyị chọpụtara na anyị ga-ebu ụzọ chọpụta ọnatarachi Chukwu nyere anyị na etu anyị ga-esi zụọ ya, ọ bụ mgbe ahụ ka anyị kwụsịrị ịnọ n'ụwa ma malite Ibi ndụ


Olamilekan’s story can never remain the same again. He said: “I want to be like Michelangelo. and I was like ‘Tosin, how did he know this guy?’ Looking at his background, who told him the story of the great artist?

Akụkọ Olamilekan agaghị adịzi etu ọ dị na mbụ. O kwuru, "Achọrọ m ịdị ka Michelangelo. m wee sị "Tosin, kedụ etu i siri mara nwa okorobịa a? I lee anya n'ebe o si, kedụ onye gwara ya banyere akụkọ nnukwu onye eserese a?


Who are the ones your kids want to be like? Who are the people your kids live up to? Who are they? What story are you relating to them? You think if his mother was telling him about Slay Queen, he will know Michelangelo? What are you saying around your kids?

Kedụ ndị ụmụ gị chọrọ ị dị ka? Kedụ ndị ụmụ na-ebi ndụ dịka? Kedụ ndị ha bụ? kedụ akụkọ ị na-akọrọ ha? I chere na ọ bụrụ na nne ya na-akọrọ ya banyere Eze nwaanyị Ogbugbu, ọ ga-amata Michelangelo? Gịnị ka ị na-ekwu na ntị ụmụ gị?


And summer break is coming, some people are thinking of enrolling their kids in school again. Some are thinking otherwise.

Oge ezumike na-abịa, ọtụtụ mmadụ na-eche itinye ụmụ ha n'ụlọ akwụkwọ ọzọ. Ọtụtụ na-eche ihe ọzọ.


What are you thinking? What on earth are you thinking?

Gịnị ka ị na-eche? gịnị n'ụwa ka ị na-eche?


I have said it million times, in 20 years, we are going to see the reward of our investments.

Ekwuola m nde ugboro, n'afọ iriabụọ, anyị ga-ahụ nkwụghachi ihe anyị kụrụ


Mide Ayeni is the Founder of Pearl Recycling, a sustainable eco-furniture company in Nigeria. She is a US Department of States Techwomen Fellow.

Mide Ayeni bụ onye chọpụtara Pearl Recycling, nchekwa ụlọ ọrụ osisi na Naịjirịa. Ọ bụ onye Ngalaba US nke Nkuzi Ụmụnwaanyị


The Teflon President With Nine Lives Is On His Way Out By Dr. Wumi Akintide

Onyeisi ala nke Teflon na ndụ iteghete nọ n'ụzọ ọpụpụ ya site n'aka Dr. Wumi Akintide


The Teflon outlaw with 9 lives came to town promising to undo everything Obama has done while promising to “make America great again,” as if America has ever at any time lost her greatness following the end of the Second World War.

Teflon nke dara iwu site na ndụ iteghete bịara n'obodo ma kwe nkwa imegharị ihe niile Obama meworo mgbe ọ na-ekwe nkwa "Ime Amerịka Ukwu Ọzọ" ka aga asị na Amerịka enweela mgbe ọ dapụrụ n'ịdị ukwu ya site n'agha mba ụwa nke abụọ.


You probably know who I am talking about. The Teflon President with nine lives I have in mind is nobody else but Donald J. Trump. Can any of you reading this write-up imagine Barack Obama, who twice won the popular vote and the Electoral College tallies and who spent 8 good years in the White House without a single scandal, being described as a cat with 9 lives?

Elelghị anya, Ị matara onye m na-ekwu maka ya. Onyeisi ala Teflon nke nwere ndụ iteghete m bu n'obi abụghị onye ọzọ ma ewepụ Donald J. Trump. Ọ nwere onye ọbụla n'ime unu na-agụ ihe ederede a ga-echeta Barack Obama, onye nwetara mmeri ugboro abụọ ma nọọ afọ asatọ n'Ụlọ Ọcha na-enweghị okwu mpụ ọbụla, ka ana akọwa dịka nwamba nwere ndụ iteghete?


Not by a long shot. The answer to the rhetorical question has to be a resounding no. Poor Obama as President of the United States would long have been skinned alive and sacrificed to the gods by the Republicans who obstructed him every step of the way during all of his 8 years in the White House all in the name of partisan politics.

Ọ bụghị site n'ogologo mgbọ. Azịza nyere ajụjụ enweghị azịza bụ nnukwu E-e. Ogbenye Obama dịka Onyeisi ala nke mba Amerịka nke agaara igbu ma were chụọ aja n'aka ndị ọ na-achị ndị busoro ya agha n'ụzọ dị iche iche n'oge ọ chịrị afọ asatọ n'Ụlọ Ọcha n'ihi ọchịchị obi sara sara.


You would have thought they would have left him off the hook the moment he left office, but Republicans and their Narcissist-in-Chief in the White House have not left Obama alone for one brief moment. In fact, the grossly ignorant and incompetent lunatic in the White House still finds some ways to blame Obama or Hillary even for some of his own insanity or foolishness while fraudulently claiming to be the smartest President America has ever put in office.

Ị gaara iche na ha gaara ịhapụ ya mgbe ọ rituru n'ọchịchị, mana ndị ọ chịrị na ndị Isi n'Ụlọ Ọcha ahapụghị ya bụ Obama ọbụladị nwa oge. N'ezie,iberibe ahụ na onye ahụ amaghị ihe ọbụla nọ n'Ụlọ Ọcha ka na achọ ụzọ ịta Obama maọbụ HIllary ụta ọbụladị site na nzuzu ya nke ọ chere na ọ bụ ya bụ Onyeisi ala nke Amerịka kacha mara ihe nọrọrịị n'ọchịchị


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.


The Inspector-General Ibrahim Idris, according to a report in Premium Times (December 28, 2018), ordered their dismissal. “The Police are very kind to their officers for dismissing them, we are not that lucky because after we attempted to escape, we were arrested and detained without trial for several months,” said a soldier detained in one of Special Task Force (STF) detention centers in Jos. He was arrested after he absconded along with scores of his colleagues from the warfront.

Onyeisi kpata kpata Ibrahim Idris, dịka ndị Premium TImes siri kwu n'ụbọchị nke iriabụọ na asatọ n'ọnwa DIsemba n'afọ 2018, kwuru maka mgbasa. "Ndị uweojii nwere obi ọma n'ebe ndị isi ha nọ maka ịchụla ha, anyị abụghị ndị chi ọma maka na mgbe anyị chọrọ izopụ, anwụchiri anyị na ekpeghị anyị ikpe ọtụtụ ọnwa," ka otu onye agha ejidere n'otu Special Task Force (STF) na Jos. Anwụchiri ya mgbe ya na ndị otu mịpụrụ n'ihu ọgụ