Insurgency destroyed over 5,000 Borno schools — Zulum
MAIDUGURI — Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has said the insurgency in the state destroyed more than 5,000 school structures and forced about 2.2 million children out of school at the peak of the crisis. Zulum stated this on Sunday in Maiduguri while inaugurating several completed projects across the state. The governor said the destruction […]
20 of us were sold for 1,000 dinars ($735) – Uwumarogie, Libya returnee
Again and again they tell the same story, of detainees horrifically abused by prison guards, starved, beaten, raped – and traded as slaves
BENUE: The killings foretold and the ‘above the law’ herdsmen
This is unfortunate, we are living in a country that is presumed to be our own. Security agencies in this country had been aware of the impending attacks and what you are seeing here is just a tip of the iceberg
I was called a mad man because poverty caused me to wear same shirt every day for months – Ibeleme, Amaechi’s aide
Mr Israel Chibueze Ibeleme is a media aide to the Minister of Transportation, Mr Chibuike Amaechi. Like any other young man in search of greener pastures, Ibeleme travelled from his Isiala-Oboro village in Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State to Port Harcourt in 2003 to live with a cousin but he became homeless two years after when he was driven out of by his relation. From 2005 to 2008, he slept on the street in Rivers State capital while a transformer served as his wardrobe before a ‘Good Samaritan’ picked him up and dropped him in the Government House Port Harcourt.
Those who massacred our people are walking the streets free – Orbunde, Chief of Staff to Gov Ortom
We are sad that the Federal Government failed to do the needful after the entire state cried for protection
Ethiopians, Russians set for their Christmas tomorrow
Christians in Nigeria may have forgotten Christmas festivities held on 25 December 2017, but in countries such as Ethiopia, Egypt, Syria, Russia, the gongs and cymbals of celebration are just being beaten. Adherents of the ancient Ethiopian Orthodox Church will be marking their Christmas tomorrow, simultaneously as it is observed by Orthodox Christians in Russia, […]
