A deep worry for the place I call home
By Terry Waya CFR This is a very painful time for all of us. What’s happening in Benue right now is not just a news headline. It’s the reality of people waking up to fear, mothers burying children, families sleeping in the open, unsure of what tomorrow will bring. And in the middle of all […]
PCNGI targets additional 200,000 CNG powered vehicles in 2025
The Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGI) has said it was targeting having an additional 125,000 to 200,000 vehicles powered by CNG on Nigerian roads before the end of the year. Programme Director and Chief Executive, PCNGI, Michael Oluwagbemi, who disclosed at the Mobility CNG Supply Framework Kick-Off event on Tuesday in Abuja, noted that […]
Benue Killings: This is not reprisal, its genocide
By Shaakaa Stephanie Sewuese They are killing us, and this is what the Presidency is saying? With due respect, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, this press release is an insult. It fails to match even a fraction of the horror unfolding in Benue State. Entire villages are being wiped out. Families butchered. Children buried in shallow graves, […]
Veritas University donates relief materials to Niger govt for Mokwa flood victims
The Veritas University, Abuja has donated some relief materials to Niger State government for the victims of Mokwa flood disaster. The delegation, led by Reverend Father Peter Bakwap, Dean of the Faculty of Education, visited the Deputy Governor’s office on Tuesday to commiserate with the government and people of Niger State over the recent flood […]
₦1.024 trillion revenue accrued to TETFund in five years NEITI reveals
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has revealed that the total revenue accrual to the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) from education taxes from the extractive sector, reached approximately ₦1.024 trillion in five years. Executive Secretary of NEITI, Orji Ogbonnaya Orji who made the revelation at the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing ceremony between […]
Court grants Emefiele N2 billion bail in fresh charges brought against him by EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arraigned the former governor Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele on fresh charges related to the unlawful acquisition of the recovered 753 housing units. In the new charges filed against Emefiele, the anti-corruption agency accused him of stealing, and forgery, among others, in the new […]
Breaking news: Tinubu to visit Benue on Wednesday
President Bola Tinubu has rescheduled his official visit to Kaduna State in order to travel to Benue State on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, as part of renewed efforts to foster peace and address the persistent conflict affecting communities in the state. A statement by Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu ‘s spokesman said the President’s visit “aims to […]
Benue killings: Open letter to Tinubu, Alia, others
An open letter to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Security Agencies, the National Assembly, And The Government of Benue State By Mabel Adinya Ade IN GOD’S NAME, STOP THE KILLINGS IN BENUE AND NIGERIA. With a broken heart and trembling hands, I write this letter not just as a mother, but as […]
Benue killings: Tinubu tells Alia to pursue reconciliation
President Bola Tinubu has tasked Governor Hyacinth Alia to pursue the path of reconciliation in order to end the killings in Benue state. Tinubu was reaction to the brutal killings of more than 200 people in Yelewata in Benue state. A statement issued by the president’s adviser on media, Bayo Onanuga said the President directed […]
Benue APC condemns Governor Alia’s “suppression” of peaceful protesters
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Benue State Chapter, under the leadership of Austin Agada, has expressed deep sympathy to the resilient people of Benue State who, faced with unrelenting violence and government silence, took to the streets in peaceful protest, only to be met with state-sponsored brutality. We are both heartbroken and outraged by credible […]
