Author: Muhammad Bello, fsi, fsdu

AS forecasted by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET), September 4, massive thunderstorms struck Maiduguri on Thursday 5th, pummeling Alau dam and bursting its banks. The following day,Friday 6th, as predicted by NIMET, unrelenting squall hit the area again in the morning hours, rolling over into the afternoon and evening hours. That was the beginning of the predicament that became uncontrollable by Monday night as the flood poured in torrents into Maiduguri metropolis ravaging substantial areas of the city and overwhelming it by Tuesday morning. There was reprieve in the city on Saturday 7th, as the rainstorms shifted, as expected to…

IT is clear for what: negative or positive reasons, why Russia’s influence in Nigeria is growing. Historically, Russia or the former USSR has had a rosy relationship with the country way back in the First Republic. In 1965 Russian language studies was introduced in the University of Ibadan. In October 2023, Russian education centers opened in Ivory Coast, Congo and Nigeria to provide students the opportunity to learn Russia and learn more about the country’s culture. Of recent this relationship has blossomed with the Russian Federation selling arms to Nigeria to combat Boko Haram insurgency and training Nigerian soldiers. It…

ON Saturday, as the #EndBadGovernance protest continued for the third day in parts of Nigeria, a group of the protesters were sighted in Kano waving Russia flag and calling for Putin’s intervention in the country. This is not the first time that Russia featured in the affairs of the country. Back during the Civil War, the obvious role of the then USSR was that of a protagonist that sold arms to the federal government. Before the #EndHunger protest started the DSS had disclosed that there was foreign influence behind what was going on and that what the protesters are trying…