How fake news of poisoned cows rattled meat consumers in Kwara
Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin The fear of residents of Ilorin, Kwara State capital contacting life-threatening diseases heightened on Saturday when over 50 cows ate poisonous weeds while the owners were taking them around for feeding. Rumour quickly milled around that all the cows which eventually died had already been slaughtered by the owners for sale in order to […]
Turning adversity to fortune: Benue IDPs churn out pottery products for survival
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 […]
Raging storm over Gumi’s school for bandits
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 […]
Tension mounts in Benue over death of royal father’s brother, sister’s kidnap
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 […]
Sokoto massacre: Tambuwal confirms 43 deaths in Illela
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 […]
Kano govt budgets N6bn to tackle water shortage as public taps dry up
By Bashir Bello There seems to be no end in sight to the lingering acute shortage of potable public water in Kano as residents now wander about in search of water for their daily needs. Residents are unaware of reason for the sudden drying up of public water supply and they are concerned at the high […]
