By Femi Bolaji RELATIVES of victims of policebrutality in Taraba State are now becoming more apprehensive over the inexplicable delay in the release of the report of the panel which sat over petitions tabled against police and army brutality in the state. The fear of the victims has heightened following the continued silence over recommendations […]

By wole mosadomi In a major policy decision that is bound to increase food production and end food shortages, hunger and starvation, the Niger State Government has given its nod to workers to engage in more aggressive farming and food production while still working for it. The measure is to stave off the negative effect […]

Many down with severe illness without medical attention We’re unaware of situation in camp – Nasarawa official By David Odama THESE are indeed tough times for internally-displaced persons in Nasarawa State following reports of several severe challenges confronting them. Apart from not having a comfortable place of abode, the unfortunate persons numbering over 12,000 in […]

By Femi Bolaji THE colourful “Jibu Culture”, which is held in high esteem by the natives of the area, became the cynosure of this week’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration in Taraba State, bringing the rich cultural heritage of the people into limelight and giving the people something to cheer about. The 200-year-old festival, which is a source […]

By Marie-Therese Nanlong AS the problem of drug abuse escalates across the country, a group, Young African Leaders Initiative, YALI, has taken a campaign to dissuade children from consuming illicit drugs to schools in Jos, the Plateau State capital. YALI, an association of the Mandela Washington Fellowship Alumni in Nigeria, working in collaboration with the […]

By Peter Duru After many years of suffering, succour has finally come the way of no fewer than 120 physically-challenged men and women with the donation of wheelchairs by the wife of the Governor of Benue State, Dr. Eunice Ortom and a Jos-based non-governmental organisaton, Beautiful Gate Handicapped People’s Centre. Mrs. Ortom procured the items […]

We need govt’s urgent intervention to arrest situation —lawmaker cries out We’ve swung into action —Kano Govt By Bashir Bello THE fortunes of farmers in two Kano local government areas of Doguwa and Tudun Wada have been reversed by an invading army of locusts simply identified as ‘’Lopidster pest”. The tiny enemies do not only […]

Killings fuelled by land dispute, not Boko Haram — Gov Fintiri AGF visits, doles out palliatives to victims By Umar Yusuf THE brutal murder of no fewer than 23 innocent persons in Dabna community in Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State early this week has continued to trigger fear, controversy and disbelief in the […]

By Bashir Bello & Abdulmumin Murtala THE Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, Thursday told President Muhammadu Buhari to improve the economic situation of the country to ameliorate the sufferings and hardship faced by Nigerians, especially the high cost of food items across the country. The monarch equally implored the President to improve the security […]

BEGGING has been part and parcel of human existence and assumes a bigger dimension in Nigeria where most religions do not frown at the practice at all. In fact, giving alms to the less-privileged is considered an act of worship by many religions in Nigeria. For this reason, it is considered uncharitable for Christians and […]

Barely six months after the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Minister ordered clearance of an illegal market at the entrance of Karsana District, which hosts many housing estates, the Abuja Area Municipal Council, AMAC, has re-allocated the cleared portion for the construction of a ‘temporary market’, thereby rendering the minister’s work ineffective. Arewa Voice recalls that […]

I was deeply touched by her gift and visit when robbers attacked me last year — Priest By Peter Duru AT over 85, Mama Agatha Awua continued to squat in a decrepit home that was unbefitting for a human being to reside in. Where the woman, who lost her husband many years ago, used as […]

Fresh facts have emerged over the whereabouts of Rev. Fr. Elijah Juma Wada, who was reported to have been abducted by suspected members of Boko Haram sect.

*Gov’s convoy attacked, lawmaker killed on same road By Musa Na Annabi It used to be the preferred road to travel by many. But not anymore. The once peaceful and safe Sokoto/Gusau Road, which was the major route for motorists travelling to Sokoto, Katsina, Zamfara and the North-western zone of Nigeria, has now become a […]

By Victor Ahiuma-Young The Niger State Council of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Thursday, dismissed reports credited to the Chairman of Niger State Civil Service Commission, CSC, Alhaji Shehu Galadima, claiming that no fewer than 754 civil servants have been sacked by the state government. NLC contended that the misgiving in civil service and the public […]