Tag: Nigerians

Fears of Popular Coup as Terrorist Alliance Has Nigerian Capital Under Siege

JOS, Nigeria—Traumatized citizens in Nigeria’s sprawling capital of Abuja are on the verge of a citizens’ revolt, according to a defense consultant who has worked for the  Nigerian military. David Otto, a London-based military expert tells The Epoch Times that a series of stunning hammer blows by a coalition of jihadist insurgents and radicalized bandits…


Desperate Nigerians Sell Homes and Land to Free Kidnapped Children

TEGINA, Nigeria—After armed men snatched seven of Abubakar Adam’s 11 children in northwestern Nigeria, he sold his car and a parcel of land and cleaned out his savings to raise a ransom to free them. He sent his 3 million naira ($7,300) into the bush, together with payments from other families in his town of…