Tag Archives: State Department
US EMBASSY EVACUATION, A YEAR AFTER CPC REMOVAL, REPRESENTS ANOTHER FAILED POLICY CALL
Dear Ambassador MBL, US EMBASSY EVACUATION, A YEAR AFTER CPC REMOVAL, REPRESENTS ANOTHER FAILED POLICY CALL I trust you are well as you gallantly hold the fort in Nigeria at a tense time. I am writing to elaborate on the … Continue reading
Royal rumble: Hearing on Boko Haram in US Congress at 1pm 11/13/13
Join us on livestream for a house hearing with the state department and Jubilee Campaign on Nigeria. http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/joint-subcommittee-hearing-continuing-threat-boko-haram
Media Malpractice: news wires campaign of disinformation – AP strikes again
The article below is a horrid example of how the international media by biased writing are conjuring the notion that somehow the “Christian government” is behind the killings of Muslims. You will see that there is no mention of Christians … Continue reading
Terrorists designate the US an FTO – a Foreign Target Objective
J.C. Derrick Nigerian terrorists target the U.S. Terrorism Associated Press/Photo by Abdulkareem HarunaA deserted mosque attacked by Boko Haram gunmen in Konduga, Maiduguri, Nigeria. Islamic terrorists in Nigeria crossed a new line on Sunday. After carrying out hundreds of attacks … Continue reading
$23 million terror lottery: Sound and the fury
The decision by the US to name a reward for the capture of Boko Haram’s leader is no doubt an indication of the strong pressure on the Obama administration to rethink its policy in the wake of the … Continue reading
A simple misunderstanding…
A day after the Jihadi butchers struck in London, one is reminded of an intriguing comment posted online by someone. It was in response to a critique of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom’s report on Nigeria: Nigeria: what … Continue reading
Wanted: kinder, gentler counterterrorism with low carbon emissions
President Jonathan has finally realized that Boko Haram are not his “younger siblings” after all and that they will wipe him out and never have an “amnesty” committee to show mercy upon him if they get the opportunity. The US … Continue reading
The hands behind the curtain
Media reports are awash with the latest instalment in the Benghazi cover up fiasco. “In one email, then-State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland worried about the effect of openly discussing earlier warnings about the dangers of Islamic extremists in Benghazi. Nuland’s … Continue reading
An Easter Miracle
In my last blog I ended with a prayer for an Easter miracle that the new Kerry-led State Department would be less dismissive of the suffering of northern Nigeria’s Christians. Well that prayer, as unlikely as it seemed, was answered … Continue reading
When blood and oil don’t mix: Holy week reflection on Nigeria’s Spiralling Pre-genocide
Over 1200 people were killed in 2012 simply on account of their Christian faith. What is more startling is that one country accounted for more deaths than the rest of the world put together. In Nigeria, the equivalent of about … Continue reading
Justice for Jos 