In this powerful episode, Rimamnde Shawulu Kwewum speaks with Mercy and Prof Solomon Tarfa about the long and painful struggle to secure the release of children taken from their orphanage in Kano, Nigeria. They reveal disturbing allegations of: • Children being forced into conversions and given new identities. • Orphans taken from Asaba and transported…
Bandits have abducted 87 people in Tantatu community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna state. The attack occurred barely 48 hours after 14 people were abducted in a similar attack on Dogon Noma community also in Kajuru LGA. The bandits who were said to be in large number invaded the community at about 10pm…
Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo A former speaker of Taraba State House of Assembly, Prof. Joseph Kunini, has urged Governor Ogbu Kefas to avoid the mistakes of the past and carry every section of the state along in his administration. He also urged the people of the state to support the governor to move Taraba state…
We are here at last in the decisive year before the 2027 General election; and under a political sky shaped by cooptation, consolidation, realignment and fatigue. The governing order described in the first part of this essay has narrowed the arena of contest and redrawn the boundaries of participation. Power has been personalised through coordination…
Seven people have been reportedly killed following attacks on Puka and Pinper communities in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. It was learnt that the attacks happened in the early hours of Thursday. The seven persons were said to have been killed in Puka community, while in Pinper community, the bandits were said to…
Troops of the Nigerian Army (NA) have arrested two suspected terrorists with weapons hidden under the seat of a motorcycle in Taraba state. Maj. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu,army spokesperson, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. He said the troops apprehended the suspects during a routine patrol at the Miyande village in Takum Local Government Area…
