Zaki Biam | Intervention

11 Feared Dead in Herder-Farmer Clash @ Abande, Nigeria – Cameroon Border Town

Posted By: adminon: January 02, 2025In: De-EscalationTags: 'Operation Whirl Stroke', Agatu, Banditry, Cameroons, Commander-in-Chief, Herder – Farmer violence, Katsina Ala, Kwande, National security establishment, NIGERIA, Rural areas, Strategies of containment, Zaki BiamNo CommentsViews:

The spectre of violence haunting Benue State in central Nigeria since January 2016 is far from receding as eleven new persons have been reported killed in a new year onslaught. The site of v... Read more

Waiting for Obasanjo’s Apology

Posted By: adminon: April 19, 2024In: FlashbackTags: #EndSARS, 'Ali Must Go', Apology, Bakalori, buhari, FESTAC, Healing, IMF/World Bank, NANS, NUNS, OBASANJO, Odi, Shagari, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Zaki BiamNo CommentsViews:

By Ahmed Aminu-Ramatu YUSUF The “Ali-Must-Go” protest, organised by the National Union of Nigerian Students (NUNS) and led by Segun Okeowo, is as important today as it was in 1978. But it... Read more

CDD-West Africa Calls for Independent, Exhaustive Investigation Of Okuama, Igbomotoru Violence

Posted By: adminon: March 21, 2024In: De-EscalationTags: Bayelsa State, Delta State, Igbomotoru, Military high command, Odi, Okuama, Zaki BiamNo CommentsViews:

Amidst disorienting violence against troops and gory stories of reprisal attacks on communities in Okuama and Igbomotoru communities in Delta and Bayelsa States in Nigeria, the Center for De... Read more

Makurdi FMC Boss, Dr Etito Obediah, 9 Others Rescued From Benue Den of Kidnappers

Posted By: adminon: May 22, 2023In: SpectacleTags: Katsina Ala, Operation ZENDA, Ransom, Zaki BiamNo CommentsViews:

Dr Etito Obediah, the kidnapped Chief Medical Officer of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Makurdi in Benue State of Nigeria is out of harm. Operation ZENDA, a special crime intelligence ou... Read more

The National Question and the Road to Bonta

Posted By: adminon: April 18, 2021In: De-EscalationTags: Bonta, Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Odi, Zaki Biam, ZariaNo CommentsViews:

By Zacharys Anger Gundu Nigeria has degenerated into a contested consensus and even subjects hitherto thought to be settled are back as subjects of new narratives. This piece offers its own... Read more

Military Heading for Reprisal in Benue State?

Posted By: adminon: April 17, 2021In: De-EscalationTags: Ayatutu Lawyers Forum, Collective punishment, Zaki BiamNo CommentsViews:

Is it possible that the Nigerian Army might be heading for a revenge mission for recent violence against troops in Benue State in central Nigeria? Well, this is what the Ayatutu Lawyers Foru... Read more

Socialist Congress of Nigeria, Northern Elders Disagree With Buhari on #EndSARS Shooting

Posted By: adminon: October 21, 2020In: De-EscalationTags: Aba riots, Bakalori, Crocodile smile, Odi, Southern Kaduna, Zaki BiamNo CommentsViews:

There is still no certainty about the number of deaths from the shooting of protesters at Lekki Tollgate yesterday evening but popular groups are already in sharp disagreement with that appr... Read more