Herders kidnapped me, butchered my guard, destroyed my farm – Falae Abductors nearly raped my wife with her three months pregnancy – Ex-captive All my business money gone into ransom payment, market women leader laments Kidnapped student: How I escaped from human parts dealers We were told never to return to our farms — -Delta […]

Pope Francis has broken with Catholic tradition to appoint a woman as an undersecretary of the synod of bishops, the first to hold the post with voting rights in a body that studies major questions of doctrine. Frenchwoman Nathalie Becquart is one of the two new undersecretaries named Saturday to the synod, where she has […]

Says solution to crisis found in Kenya By Femi Bolaji, Jalingo Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku of Taraba State has been a proponent of ranching as a means to stop killings arising from the lingering conflict between farmers and herders across the country. In this interview, Ishaku speaks on how Nigeria can permanently stop herders’ crisis […]

A Benin presidential candidate was wounded after shots were fired at his car soon after he filed his papers for the April presidential election, family members and the government said on Saturday. Ganiou Soglo, a former minister and son of ex-president Nicephore Soglo, was wounded on Friday on the way to his farm in Zinvie, […]

Inside Danguje’s N2.5bn RUGA settlements in Danshoyia, Falgore forests Amid rising tension over herders/farmers clashes in Nigeria, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State recently proposed the stoppage of the movement of cattle from North to South, leading to an ongoing debate on whether the proposal is capable of ending the crisis. The message resonated so […]

Chad’s ruling party on Saturday endorsed President Idriss Deby Itno’s bid for a sixth term in an election later this year. Deby, a 68-year-old former army chief who has been in power for 30 years, is expected to face a joint opposition candidate in the April vote. Despite ruling with an iron fist, Deby largely […]

Contrary to reports, Nigeria has not been disqualified from accessing Covid-19 vaccines from the COVAX facility.

By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri Tension mounted in Umulowo, IMO State, yesterday, after gunmen suspected to be bandits attacked the police station in the town, killing some police officers and carting away arms. No fewer than two police officers were said to have lost their lives during the attack. The attack, which happened in the early […]

By Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja A suspected drug trafficker intercepted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport,   Abuja has excreted 86 wraps of cocaine. The suspect,   Oluchukwu Onu Friday,  39, was arrested during the outward clearance of India bound Ethiopian Airline ET910 en route Abuja-Addis Ababa-New Delhi. A native of […]

By Vincent Ujumadu, Awka IMO State Governor Hope Uzodinma at the weekend led ministers from the South East and the leadership of Ohaneze Ndigbo to inspect the Onitsha end of the 2ndNiger Bridge under construction as part of moves to woo Anambra voters for the November 6, 2021 governorship election. They described the project as […]

…Says latest 16m doses allocation of AstraZeneca type cancels initial promise of 100,000 doses By Sola Ogundipe, Chioma Obinna & Joseph Erunke THE World Health Organisation, WHO, has confirmed that Nigeria will receive 16 million doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccines out of the 88 million doses allocated to Africa by COVAX, even as it […]

By Kennedy Mbele There was drama at Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and Other Matters sitting yesterday, as panel members split in five for and four against on the panel order directing LCC to take possession of the Lekki Tollgate Plaza. While five  members of the panel sat […]

The Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona has denied a statement credited to him on social media, for declaring support for the war on Fulani-herders terrorising the Southwest region of the country.

Says he stumbled on secret document outside Nigeria On mercenaries: 2014 private military contractors’ advice to end insecurity not implemented ‘2 trillion arms industry creates wars to sell weapons’ By Chris Onuoha Professor Khalifa Dikwa is the Dean of the Borno Elders Forum. In this interview, Dikwa pointedly says moles in the military are working […]

THE World Health Organisation, WHO, had said a total of 16 million AstraZeneca doses of COVID-19 vaccines out of the 88 million allocated to. Africa has been received by Nigeria.