Politics
Nigeria's North grapples with insurgency, a 'dreaded disease' ravaging the nation
Major Gideon Orkar's forgotten decree to redefine Nigeria has morphed into a deadly reality. Insurgency now grips the North, a 'dreaded disease' seeping into the nation's core. The region, once vibrant, faces an existential threat, demanding urgent, decisive action.
Tribune Online·June 27, 2026AI-curated
The South African poet, Oswald Mtshali, did not have Nigeria’s North in mind when he wrote that “Nightfall comes like/ a dreaded disease/Seeping through the pores/Of a healthy body/And ravaging it beyond repair.” But certain coup plotters did. During the aborted April 1990 milita
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