Benue Killings: 2Baba calls for urgent action, says ‘we can’t pretend anymore’
Nigerian music icon, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2Baba, has condemned the continued killings in Benue State, describing the attacks on communities in Otukpo Local Government Area as unacceptable. The Benue-born singer spoke on Wednesday during a visit to Otukpo-Nobi, one of the communities recently attacked by suspected armed herders. The visit came weeks after […]
R-E-V-E-A-L-E-D: How hawker set Ibadan market ablaze
The losses that traders of the Labaowo International Market, Ibadan suffered in an inferno that gutted the market on Wednesday cannot be forgotten in a hurry.
‘Four years of hell in the hands of a witch’
A 39-year-old teacher, Adams Ariyo, who was dragged before an Agege Customary Court for divorce over lack of care, has accused his wife, Ajoke, of being a witch, as according to him, the woman was responsible for his dwindling fortunes.
Benue, UNICEF move to save over two million children
Bothered by the rising wave of childhood killer diseases and avoidable deaths among infants and young children in parts of the country, the Benue State government in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has taken up the challenge of saving over two million infants and young children from avoidable death across the state.
Anguish of Abuja residents as fuel scarcity returns
RESIDENTS of Abuja,Nigeria’s federal capital are now asking what has become a familiar question all over again: When will the intermittent fuel scarcity and the resultant hardship end? The question is prompted by long queues witnessed at several filling station in the FCT as another round of fuel scarcity bites harder.
Two killed, four injured as ancient wall collapses
It was yet another day of mourning at Nassarawa Jahun ward of the Bauchi Metropolis when a part of the historic Bauchi wall, constructed in about 1804, collapsed on an adjacent building, killing two people and injuring four others.
