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When military were useless By Abdulrazaq Hamzat

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The hate we instigate against each other will not consume the land we live on, the tribe we belong or the religion we practice, it would only  consume us, the people, irrespective of tribe, region or religion. Although, I may not be able to tell you how we could solve the herdsmen problem, but i know how we won’t ever solve it. Instigating hate against each other will never solve the problem. This is something we all know, yet we continue to do the same thing over and over again. That's bad. Some myopic people are quick to claim that division is a way out. But what do they know? I will only refer them to India and Pakistan. India and Pakistan have hated each other for more than 70years. Here is why. The British colonized Indian for more than 200 years and Indians weren’t happy about it. All the people’s rage were directed at the British and to put stop to such rage, British had an idea, ‘’divide and rule’’. What does that mean? Muslims against Hindu’s, against Sikhs, ag...

Preserving our joint humanity By Abdulrazaq O Hamzat

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Some years ago, when Boko Haram insurgency was at its peak in North East Nigeria, sacking villages, detonating bombs in markets, mosques and churches, killing children, women and elderly and forcefully conscripting innocent youths into its fold, many of our fellow citizens in the other parts of the country are feeling so unconcerned. The reason for their lack of concern is very clear; they thought the violence is a northern affair that would never get to their part of the country. To add salt to the injury, some unkind people, out of sheer carelessness went on social media to mock victims of the insurgency without feeling any sense of shame. In the most inhuman and demeaning manner, the whole world heard them saying; ‘’let the north continue to kill themselves’’. Nothing could be more shocking and heart breaking. These people made it clear to all that they do not care about the innocent lives being lost in North East. It doesn’t matter if more than 20,000 people are gruesomely ki...

Soldier escape death from Sambisa forest, murdered by herdsmen

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A soldier whose name was not mentioned have been murdered by herdsmen, after being redeployed out of sambisa forest in Borno state. A friend to the diseased, Ololu Idris Sadam‎ took to Kwara Must Change group on facebook to lament the passage of his friend. He wrote: Bros, am still shock over your death. You escape death in sambisa forest but unknowingly death awaits you in hands of herdsmen. What a black Saturday, RIP uzoo till we meet again