By Peter Duru Finally, gunshots, well coordinated assassinations and murders have given way for the return of peace! Skirmishes and bloody attacks which consumed 12 soldiers, a top traditional ruler and many others came to an end. Peace has finally prevailed over the bitter war between the neighbouring Tiv-speaking Bonta community in Konshisha and Igede-speaking […]

 Gov Fintiri orders contractors to return to site and complete vital route By Umar Yusuf INCESSANT attacks in Adamawa State and other parts of the North East has forced contractors to halt work on the Maiha-Fulbere-Zhedinyi-Pella Road, which would have provided a direct link between Nigeria and Cameroun. The work on the 86-kilometre road, […]

 Quack ‘doctors’ caught running ‘hospitals and clinics’ By Bashir Bello THE Kano State Government has shut no fewer than 1,581 premises being used as hospitals, clinics, pharmacies and patent medicine shops in 20 local government areas of the state. The state government embarked on the measures following the growing menace of quack doctors, pharmacists […]

By Wole Mosadomi & David Odama WITH states looking helpless in containing the spread of cholera, the ailment has claimed no fewer than 159 persons in Niger and Nasarawa states in the past few months. It is also threatening to kill more children, men and women as it ravages communities, especially those with poor water […]

 Bauchi gov wades in; says killing ‘dastardly and infamous act’ By Charly Agwam THE death of a 35-year-old woman, Rifkatu Yohanna, whose lifeless body was found on her farm last Monday in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State, is causing palpable tension in the state.  Although it is still not clear why […]

WORRIED by growing insecurity in the country, especially in the Northern region, the Kano State government has announced stringent measures to stem the tide of criminality and restore some sense of orderliness in the state. Among the new measures is the banning of movies at cinemas promoting kidnapping, hooliganism, drug abuse and phone-snatching. The Executive […]

By Marie-Therese Nanlong AFTER being delayed for months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, strike action and security breaches in parts of the state, students of the Plateau State Polytechnic, Barkin Ladi, were delighted when their second semester examinations was to resume on Monday this week. And, basking in the euphoria of writing the examination to […]

By Charly Agwam BAUCHI State governor, Bala Mohammed, has said that the Federal Ministry of Works has awarded the rehabilitation of 84 km Alkaleri-Futuk road (link road between Bauchi and Gombe states) for N32 billion.  The governor disclosed this, yesterday, during an inspection visit to Alkaleri-Futuk road, in the company of the Chairman and Chief […]

By Femi Bolaji CHANCHANJI, a settlement along Wukari-Takum road, in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State, was thrown into mourning mood penultimate Friday, after a heavy rainstorm brought down a church building in their domain. The structure was supposed to act as refuge for congregants at a time the skies let loose the rain […]

By Peter Duru BENUE State is currently facing the worst humanitarian crisis in recent time following the sharp rise in the number of Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, the state government is currently grappling with. Though official figures had it that over 1.5 million IDPs are taking refuge in several official and unofficial camps as well […]

•For how long can we continue like this — a worried farmer asks By Wole Mosadomi It sounds unbelievable but it is true. Farmers in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State are now more worried than their counterparts elsewhere in the state because they have reached the end of their wits regarding what to […]

By David Odama NASARAWA State Government, Thursday, confirmed the death of 59 people following Cholera outbreak in the state. Director of Public Health in the State Ministry of Health, Dr. Ibrahim Adamu Alhassan, who disclosed this in an interview with journalists in Lafia, explained that since the outbreak of cholera in the state about six […]

By Marie-Therese Nanlong RATTLED by the series of killings and violence that have rocked the state, resulting in wanton destruction of lives and property, many stakeholders in Plateau State have adopted various measures to assuage the contending forces and bring lasting peace to the troubled state and its natives. For instance, between January and July […]

Allege Taraba govt unwilling to support panel to tidy report Claims untrue; we are yet to receive report — Taraba Govt By Femi Bolaji AS many states in the country continue to turn in their reports on findings on police brutality arising from the EndSARS protests, no fewer than 47 families of the victims of brutality […]

Change name, pay compensation to landowners or face our wrath —Natives urge FG By Wole Mosadomi A MAJOR crisis capable of disrupting power generation to the national grid and throwing the nation into prolonged darkness appears to be brewing as no fewer than 30 communities in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State hosting the Federal […]