Conflicting accounts have emerged following a recent bandit attack on Bargaja community in Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State, with residents disputing widespread reports that the town has been deserted due to insecurity.

“My child was told to write 1-1,000. A primary one pupil. The quantitative and verbal reasoning, English language, Tracing and painting”

For 22-year-old Saviour Aloho, what began as a promise of a sales job in Lagos spiralled into months of abuse, captivity and forced sex work in Burkina Faso.

By Dayo Johnson, Shina Abubakar, Deola Badru & Rotimi Ojomoyela The growing wave of insecurity across Nigeria’s South-West region has become a major source of concern for residents, community leaders and security experts. States such as Ondo, Oyo, Osun and Ekiti, once considered relatively peaceful compared to other parts of the country, are now witnessing a disturbing […]

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue State, Mr. Bemgba Iortyom, narrowly escaped death on Friday night after suspected hoodlums attacked him and set his car ablaze in Makurdi, the state capital.