…We now beg to eat, clothe ourselves — Displaced victims speak out from IDP camp By Marie-Therese Nanlong THOUSANDS  of people displaced in the recent attacks and sacking of several hamlets in Jebbu Miango, Irigwe chiefdoms of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State have appealed for help to enable them feed, clothe and provide […]

…We weren’t paid a dime but were told to leave the matter to God — victims’ families By Umar Yusuf AMINU Yar’Adua, son of late president of Nigeria, Umaru Yar’Adua, who was recently detained in Yola Correctional Centre on the orders of a Magistrate Court has reportedly been released from prison under questionable circumstances. A […]

Taraba Varsity: Hamatul Peter was forced to wear her worn-out secondary school sportswear to the class that early morning because that was the only thing available for her to use.

By Umar Yusuf THE courtroom of the Magistrate Court 4 in Yola was filled to the brim as the case was being called. Many in the small room surged forward and tried to take comfortable positions as three young children accused of witchcraft were being heralded into the room by officials of the Adamawa State Correctional […]

By Peter Duru IT has been tales of woes for commuters and motorists coming into Benue State from the southern parts of the country as the two major roads leading into the state have since become death traps due to their lingering poor state. The two major link roads – Makurdi-Aliade Otukpo and Makurdi-Naka-Otukpo – collapsed […]

THE Sultan of Sokoto, Mohammed Sa’ad Abubakar lll, has accused the elite and other influential individuals as those behind the problems of the country, stressing that they were responsible for the high rate of hatred among Nigerians. The royal father who spoke, yesterday, at the Da’awah Coordination Council of Nigeria’s third national summit on peaceful […]

Relentless and coordinated attacks on communities in Plateau State have since become ‘normal’ occurrences as the people of the state appear to have lost count of such onslaughts. While hundreds of lives have been lost in the nefarious attacks, a new dimension has now set in by way of crushing newly planted crops and setting […]

By Femi Bolaji NO fewer than 4000 persons have applied for about 2000 existing vacancies to be filled in Taraba State Civil Service. Chairman of the state Civil Service Commission, John Mamman, who disclosed this at a briefing in Jalingo, the state capital, yesterday, also declared that the recruitment process would be on merit. Mamman, […]

By Charly Agwam RESIDENTS of several villages in Bogoro Local Government Area of Bauchi State are counting their losses after a devastating flood washed away their cash crops and social amenities worth millions of naira. They were taken unawares when the ravaging flood swept through their domains leaving them with tears and sorrow. When it […]

By Wole Mosadomi FOLLOWING the incessant raid of many communities including boarding schools in Niger State, the government has shut down 10 out of its 56 existing boarding schools. It has consequently relocated those affected to safer schools to continue their education. Those given priority in the relocation are SSS 3 students who are currently […]