Easter: Tinubu urges Nigerians to remain hopeful amidst mass killings in Benue, Plateau
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called on Nigerians to remain hopeful and united despite widespread attacks on villages in Benue and Plateau states. In his 2025 Easter message released from the State House, the President admitted the security and economic challenges in the country. However, he said that Easter is a reminder of the triumph […]
Benue APC Condemns Killings in Ukum, K/Ala Logo, Otukpo LGAs
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Benue State Chapter has condemned the wave of killings and destruction in Tyuluv, Saror, and Mbawar communities in Ukum, Une in Katsina-ala, Gondozua in Logo Local Government Areas, as well as the brutal murder of over 17 individuals in Akpa-Otobi Community, Otukpo Local Government Area by Fulani herdsmen. In a […]
If Mohammed Bouzizi was a Nigerian
By Emeka Blaise Okpera What is today known as the “Arab spring” started with the singular action of one man – Mohammed Bouazizi, the young Tunisian fruit seller who set himself ablaze as a result of constant harassment from the authorities. If anyone had told Mohammed Bouazizi that morning before leaving his house for his […]
Insecurity: Atiku slams Tinubu over France trip
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticised President Bola Tinubu for remaining in France at a time when Nigeria is grappling with worsening insecurity In a statement issued on Wednesday by his media office, Abubakar said the country “is in a full-blown state of emergency,” citing the killings in Plateau and Benue states and the […]
Otukpo Massacre: David Mark condemns attack
Former President of the Senate, Senator David Mark has condemned another attack on Otobi-Akpa, Emichi in Otukpo Local Government Area and Utonkon in Ado Local Government Area in Benue state by armed men suspected to be Fulani herdsmen. No fewer than 15 persons were reported killed during the invasion by the armed men on Tuesday […]
FG launches programme to create 2.5 million jobs within two years
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday declared that Nigeria was prepared to meet the labour demands of the changing world. Tinubu stated this while officially unveiling the Labour, Employment and Empowerment Programme (LEEP), designed to create 2.5 million jobs and opportunities within two years for unemployed Nigerians. The programme under the flagship of the Ministry of […]
Lassa fever claims 127 lives as NCDC warns against poor sanitation, others
No fewer than 127 persons have lost their lives to Lassa fever in 2025, as at the end of the 14th epidemiological week data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed. According to the Agency’s latest situation report, a total of 674 cases have been confirmed from 4,025 suspected cases […]
An anatomy of parliamentary sexploits
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu 2025 has not been easy on Nigerians. The economy has looked far from bright; the weather has been suffocating; and cost of living has been stubbornly oppressive. With rising massacres in the Middle Belt, and Borno State in the north-east apparently losing ground to the nihilism of Boko Haram terror, violence […]
US Tariff: Retaliatory tariff’ll be disastrous to African economy AfDB warns
President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwummi Adesina, has warned African countries not to impose retaliatory tariffs against the United States’ Government, as such an action could only bring disaster to their economy. Adesina issued the warning on Friday while delivering a convocation lecture at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) in […]
Fr. Hyacinth Alia, you are decidedly wrong!
By Sebastine Hon, SAN I personally refused to watch your media chat on Thursday, April 10, 2025. The reason was plain enough: I was strongly persuaded in my spirit that you would not raise the hope of, let alone console, your subjects on the security situation in the State you are governing. My suspicion and […]