By Charly Agwam TROUBLE is brewing between the Nigerian Army and some communities situated around the Shadawanka Army Barracks in Bauchi Metropolitan area over a quit notice issued by the army to them to vacate the land for its operations. The quit notice issued by the army to the local dwellers has not gone down […]

By Peter Duru UNDAUNTED by the fate that befell them about two years ago when armed herdsmen sacked them from their ancestral homes in Umenge, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, two very close friends, Mercy Tyolumun and Mercy Tuam both inmates of the Uikpam Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camp have taken their destinies […]

By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo  SHEIKH Ahmad Abubakar Mahmud Gumi, a prominent Fulani Muslim leader from Kaduna State is a man of strong conviction and appears to have his own position on every government policy and programme and feels proud about that. He is not given to any pretence and prefers to shoot directly at any form of […]

A  new wave of tension is rapidly mounting in Benue State following the invasion of the palace of the royal father of Ikpomilokpo and the killing of his brother, and abduction of his sister by yet-to-be- identified gunmen, but suspected to be armed herdsmen. The brutal attack, believed to have been spearheaded by a community member, who […]

GOVERNOR Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, yesterday, confirmed the killing of 43 persons in Monday’s bandits attack on Illela Local Government Area, LGA, of the state. Governor Tambuwal confirmation came as his Benue State counterpart, Samuel Ortom, warned that terrorists were threatening the unity of the country.  A statement by his Special Adviser on Media […]