Friday Musa was determined to survive that attack by all means. As soon as it started, his father told him to run for safety. In the process of running, he was shot in his left hand, forcing him to hit the red earth.bit.ly/3iwVO7l#ConflictInPandemic#SouthKadunaChildren
As he crashed to the ground, his attacker proceeded to machete him on his back and head. Hellbent on surviving, he gathered the strength to stand up and continue running until the coast was clear. bit.ly/3iwVO7l
Friday, a JSS1 student, is now disabled, with only one arm fully functional. With his father dead, his elder brother has assumed breadwinner-ship of the family. bit.ly/3iwVO7l
All the money that accrued from farm produce after the last harvest was spent on hospital bills. As schools prepare to reopen nationwide, returning to the classroom is the last thing on Friday’s mind — survival is chief and feeding is king.#ConflictInPandemic#SouthKadunaChildren
TALE OF TWO AISHAS
Aisha Alhassan and Aisha Hassan may have a name in common but the scale of their respective losses is by no means alike. While the former lost one son, the latter saw her three sons killed during an attack on Sagwoza. #ConflictInPandemic#SouthKadunaChildren
Hassan doesn’t like to talk about her bereavement. She has suppressed the events of that deadly night in June. Seeing as she wishes not to remember the killing of Abdul, Yusuf and Habu, it takes a great deal of prodding before she manages to divulge little. #ConflictInPandemic
After her sons were killed, Hassan went into a state of shock. She was stunned and numb. The 51-year-old said she doesn’t know how she was able to muster the strength to run into the bush with her remaining three children. Read more bit.ly/3iwVO7l
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Abandoned homes, deserted compounds and desolate communities are, nowadays, common scenes in parts of southern Kaduna. Insecurity-fuelled fear has forced many residents — mostly women and children — to find abodes in saner climes. bit.ly/2GHHJXa
In many of the attacked communities, only courageous men dare stay back and spend the night. Every man has now become a vigilante while their wives and children are scattered across the safe(r) parts of Kaduna. bit.ly/2GHHJXa
OPINION BY FREDRICK NWABUFO: The cure for the SARS affliction is SARS | TheCable bit.ly/34pOmFY
.@FredrickNwabufo: It is clear as we advocate the amputation of the gangrenous SARS, we must push our luck further by insisting on a purge of the entire police. Our police force is in dire need of vacuuming. thecable.ng/the-cure-for-t…
.@FredrickNwabufo: The septic characters in the security agency are a bigger problem than the unit upon which they traffic in perfidy. So, if we eliminate SARS without expelling the rotten eggs, we are only deodorising a ghastly matter. thecable.ng/the-cure-for-t…
.@simonkolawole: Unfortunately, we cannot build a “new” Nigeria with “old” Nigerians — particularly those who have made up their minds to see nothing but gloom and doom for the country. bit.ly/3jsPr64
.@simonkolawole: To them, Nigeria is finished and beyond redemption. To build a “new” Nigeria, therefore, we need “new” Nigerians — those whose passion is fuelled by a desire for the development of the country, those who look around and see massive opportunities for greatness...
OPINION BY SIMON KOLAWOLE: To keep Nigeria one | TheCable bit.ly/2MDqqGK
.@simonkolawole: How time flies. When Major Abubakar Umar was appointed military governor of Kaduna state by Gen Ibrahim Babangida in 1985, he was just approaching his 36th birthday.
He was fresh-faced and handsome, with the trademark well-arranged moustache — the trend at the time. Beyond his looks, Umar came across as a progressive, one who cared about the ordinary people, one who viewed society with a pair of liberal eyes despite having royal blood.
Twenty-four hours to the trip, Otos, a worker at one of the bus terminals in the Jibowu area of Yaba, Lagos, had given all the assurances that there is commercial transportation to Abuja, and, in fact, to any part of the south-east. thecable.ng/undercover-inv…#BreachOfTravelBan
With a giggle, and then a long hiss, he dismissed the directive banning interstate travel. As soon as we settled to talk, he reached for his chest pocket and brought out a bunch of tickets, assuming that his next passenger had arrived. thecable.ng/undercover-inv…#NairaForAccess
The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), on Tuesday, approved Nigeria’s request for financial assistance to the tune of $3.4 billion. The disbursement is the highest so far given to any African country during the COVID-19 pandemic. thecable.ng/breaking-imf-a…