“What used to be distant stories have now become our everyday life,” a local farmer lamented. “We cannot sleep peacefully anymore.”

For more than a decade, the North-Central region particularly Benue State has remained one of Nigeria’s worst-hit zones by violent attacks, mass displacement, and deepening humanitarian crises.

•Explains why he’s in politics •Say ‘election winners in Nigeria    will not win in their households     if elections were free and fair’ By Dickson Omobola Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, in the 2023 polls, Omoyele Sowore, in this monitored interview, spoke on his lawyer’s recent encounter with a judge in the court, where […]

•Says, it’s now a business venture •Recruitment into ‘Amotekun’ highly politicised •Why some govs, are against state police •Some politicians fuelling crisis among Yoruba monarchs By Dapo Akinrefon The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, in this interview, explains,  among other issues, why insecurity is creeping into the South West and how  ‘Amotekun’, the […]

…Say rape, molestation are crimes, not culture •Council chairman vows to fish out perpetrators By  Ochuko Akuopha & Gabriel Ewepu OZORO-OUTRAGE has continued to trail disturbing viral videos from Ozoro, headquarters of Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State, showing alleged harassment and sexual assault of women and girls during a recent cultural festival, as stakeholders […]

By Ugochukwu Alaribe, UMUAHIA A soldier, Amoke Gunshot Simeon, served in Abia state during the days of the terror kingpin, ‘Osisikankwu’. Osisikankwu’, whose real name is Obioma Nwankwo, was the leader of the kidnap gang that terrorised Aba and environs from 2008 to 2010. He held the town captive, kidnapping residents and visitors, leading to […]

Before the sun rises over the plains of Benue, the camps stir. Not with the rhythm of village life, but with the uneasy movement of people who have nowhere else to go.

“We are calling on the police and other security agencies to fish out the perpetrators of these heinous acts and bring them to justice. No individual or group should be allowed to hide under the guise of a festival to perpetrate criminal activities,” he said.

Nigerian transport magnates are diversifying into vehicle assembly as they look for new ways to sustain their businesses amidst a significant drop

In a statement jointly signed by Alhaji Rasaki Oladejo, President and Professor Wole Abbas, Executive Secretary, to commemorate the Eid-el-Fitri celebrations, MUSWEN