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Nigeria is ranked third on the Global Terrorism Index, behind Iraq and Afghanistan - The Verdict was released on Jan 16, 2020: 1. "...whereas Nigeria ranks third out of 163 countries on the Global Terrorism Index behind Iraq and Afghanistan, making it the third in the list of countries most affected by terrorism;...." 2. "whereas although President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the killings and urged the population not to become divided along religious lines, these attacks have been carried out with total impunity, with perpetrators rarely being held to account; .." 3. Willful NEGLIGENCE on the path of security agencies - yet Buhari has not sacked his incompetent service chiefs, something is fishy, READ "...whereas an Amnesty International report has demonstrated wilful negligence by the Nigerian Security Forces concerning the deadly attacks against farmers’ communities;" 4. Over 6,000 Christians have perished i

The reaction you will hear when you talk to Americans and Iranians about the killing of Quassem Solemani is mixed, and I reason with both sides even though I tend toward one side than the other. There are those who accept that the man was evil and had killed both his own people and other citizens, but questioned why Trump took out the man now. They alleged that he did it for political reasons. Unfortunately, he received widespread criticism for it except in his base - 55% of Americans disapproved and only 43% approved the killing. We were all saved from World War III if not that the Iranians exercised caution, they posited. Some argued that this has changed the rule of engagement for wars where the US has been an advocate of civility since WW II. That the killing of the second most powerful person in a country like Iran has created a bad precedent for rogues leaders like Putin who could, for example, take out the president of Ukraine in the name of him being a terror

Many Nigerians were waiting for the bombshell that will be thrown when Pastor Tunde Bakare of Latter Rain Assembly reveal the purported list of enemies of Nigeria - many were disappointed, he did not mention anybody's name. Instead, he told us what we (well-meaning Nigerians whose hears are not blocked by ethnic or religious sentiment) already knew. He classified those standing in the way of progress as follows: 1. Those who sell their votes 2. Legislators who rob the nation under the guise of constituency projects and those who use state machinery against hapless citizens were parts of the problem. 3. Those who use bullion van to distribute money directly or indirectly during the election period to convince poverty-stricken poor Nigerians to path with their democratic power - their vote. 4. Those who loot our commonwealth in whatever form or shape - collect bribe to give a contract, pad budget, misallocate money (money meant to build the health and education sector that w