I Never Believed I Would Live Again – Patricia

Only few people would go through her experience and still come out alive to tell their story. But that is what Patricia ….., a 22-year-old Polytechnic student from Abia State did. Perhaps more than any other person in Borno State, Patricia, an ND 2 Accountancy student at Ramat Polytechnic saw firsthand the indescribable atrocities the [...]

Boko Haram Leader Deserved Death – PFN Boss

Rev. Dr. Daniel Egboka, Assistant General Superintendent of the National Evangelical Mission and Chairman Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (Borno State Chapter) is the Pastor of the National Evangelical Mission Wukari Headquarters, Maiduguri. His church suffered most in the hands of the extremist sect. Not only was the entire church burnt down, his assistant Pastor, his [...]

Boko Haram Worse Than Maitasine – Gov Sheriff

 Perhaps, when the Islamic  religious sect, Boko Haram, led by late Mohammed Yusuf, driven by their misguided zealotry set Borno State ablaze, literally speaking, Governor Ali Modu Sheriff had no idea how easily a villain could become a hero in death.
But today, he is facing the most difficult time of his rather illustrious political [...]

Mohammed Yusuf Disgraced The State – Shehu Of Borno

When Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai El-Kanemi assumed office on May 31, 2009 as the new Shehu of Borno in a colourful ceremony in the historical city of Maiduguri, one prayer on his lips was that Allah should make his reign a peaceful one that will bring prosperity to his subjects. But barely two months [...]

World Cup Fever Grips South Africa

Ever imagined an experience that money can’t buy? Well, that is what South Africa is promising anyone who is privileged to be in Madiba’s country for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, writes Ikechukwu Amaechi, who just came back from Durban.
She is an ordinary working-class folk. When she spoke, it was apparent that she did not [...]

Boko Haram: The Road To Hell

 
Two women who watched as three men with them were slaughtered, literally, during the Boko Haram crisis that rocked Borno State recently tell their story to Ikechukwu Amaechi
 
As Patricia Ibe hunkered down in one corner of the room taking a call on telephone from a man she never met and may never meet, only one [...]