Pastor Ituah Ighodalo, General Overseer, Trinity House, Lagos, opined that although Nigeria is one of the countries with the highest number of churches and worshippers, there’s need to understand that both Christian and Islamic religions are still young in their existence.

Looking curiously as this reporter approached her make-shift restaurant around J4 , Aketegbo community in Seme Badagry area of Lagos two weeks ago, mama Rilwan as she is popularly called, stood up from her seat, apparently thinking the stranger had come to patronize her.’ ki lefe ra?(what do you want to buy ?) she asked.

In just four weeks, between May and June, 2014, 562 persons were systematically killed by Boko Haram sect – mind you, there were many more unrecorded deaths. The killings are outlined in the statement of some concerned leaders of ethnic nationalities of Borno South Senatorial District, made up of Dr. Pogu Bitrus (of Chibok), Rev. Ibrahim Dauwa (of Gwoza) and Rev. James Yaga, JP (of Gwoza)

MaiduguriChibok Local Government Area of Borno State, which is south and about 160 kilometres drive from Maiduguri, the capital city, has been in the news globally, especially on April 14, when some armed terrorists, suspected to be Boko Haram members, stormed Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok and abducted over 200 female students, after destroying classrooms and public structures.

Below is the academic proposition by some scholars in the US to the Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton.  The letter was copied to Ambassador Johnnie Carson, then Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs.  Their argument, put forward in strong terms, is that the Jamaatu Ahlil Sunna Lidawati wal Jihad, otherwise known as Boko […]