This is not the time for a national census but if we are to count in figures, over 100 Nigerians have been killed in the last one week in Nassarawa and Benue. Both states have literally been turned to an human abattoir flowing with blood of the young, old and the unborn. Our leaders have... Read More

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October 10, 2017

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[The Activism Blog] NGO to distribute sanitary pads to 330,000 girls in six states

In commemoration of the Annual International Day of girl-child, an NGO, Aids Healthcare Foundation (AHF) done in collaboration with the federal ministry of women affairs has concluded plans to distribute sanitary pads to 330,000 girls in six states. The beneficiary states are Benue, Kogi, Nassarawa, FCT, Cross River, and Anambra. According to Steve Aborisade, advocacy... Read More

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December 12, 2015

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Lawmaker abducted and killed in Jos

The newly appointed transition committee chairman of Jos East Local Government Area of Plateau State, Hosea Azi has been abducted and murdered by suspected kidnappers on Saturday abducted and killed. According to Premium Times, family sources on Saturday revealed that Azi was kidnapped on Friday evening along Miango road, in Kufang, near former NYSC Secretariat... Read More

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August 6, 2014

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Bunmi Olaniyan: The citizen activism we saw in Nasarawa (Y! FrontPage)

by Bunmi Olaniyan I realised that rather than celebrate and revel in that much touted political revival ushered in by social media as a new platform for political participation, we seem more invested even pathologically enmeshed in the malevolent side of social media. For those who have followed my consistent Political stance and train... Read More

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April 5, 2014

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Perry Brimah: Please do not celebrate my death

by Perry Brimah I scoured comments on the news sites and facebook pages and was delivered to a state of aggravated shock. People, mostly of a peculiar ethnicity were celebrating all these incidents of massacres of innocent Nigerians. I even had a conversation with a friend on the phone, who was likewise apathetic and joyous.... Read More

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January 30, 2014

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Opinion: How the Ombatse Cult killed my brother; I hope he died quickly…

by Nicholas Ibekwe Families who could recognize their loved ones were asked to pay for their embalmment. The authorities provided no support and didn’t bother to treat the corpses with dignity. I know a policeman who resigned after seeing pictures of the slain officers. My brother, Christian, was gruesomely killed alongside over 90 other policemen... Read More

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September 28, 2013

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Opinion: Looking back at Nigeria’s Independence… where we stated from

by Adisa Adeleye Many patriotic Nigerians are yet to be convinced that President Jonathan is a statesman and not one of those wily politicians who put party before the nation. They always believe, and perhaps justifiably so, that they owe their eminent positions to the party. The month of September which daily bears news of... Read More

Adisa Adeleye, cult, Edwin clarke, Goodluck Jonathan, nassarawa, ombatse, september

August 9, 2013

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Opinion: Nigeria’s glittering Almajiri plan

by Garba Shehu The Almajiri education policy of the Jonathan administration is important, not because it is a pioneering effort. In Kano, I know of the past efforts of the military administration of Governor Ndatsu Umaru who attempted, in a vigorous way, to merge the Arabic and Boko (western) schools complete with an edict to... Read More

Almajiri, Arabic, critics, Engllish, Garba Shehu, Governor Ndatsu Umaru, kano, nassarawa, north, opinon, President Goodluck Jonathan, ynaija

March 3, 2013

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Opinion: Why we must end extrajudicial murders

by Omozuwa Gabriel Osamwonyi Whose responsibility is it to maintain civil order and public peace when students are rioting? What is the rule of engagement governing the use of force in domestic operations? Should security operatives be allowed to use firearms on anyone who appears unarmed? The recent brutal extrajudicial murder of four students of... Read More

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September 30, 2012

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Ebuka Obi-Uchendu: My 18-year-old brother and an unforgettable journey (YNaija Frontpage)

He got to the airport and you and I know that in times like that, getting a ticket is more the preserve of the ‘big men’ who are able to part with wads of cash under the table to airline workers, or have the “do you know who I am?” statement written right across their... Read More

Abia, arik air, benue, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, independence, journey, Keffi, nassarawa

June 2, 2012

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Violence in Nassarawa: 20 killed, 6,000 displaced

by Tolu Orekoya On Friday and Saturday, violence flared in Assakio, a community in the Lafia East development area of Nasarawa state. The fighting started on Friday and 20 people have been recorded dead as a result, another 50 injured, and 6,000 have been sent fleeing from their homes. Nassarawa State Governor Umaru Al-Makura imposed a curfew on the community... Read More

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Benue, Nassarawa and a fumbling Presidency

[The Activism Blog] NGO to distribute sanitary pads to 330,000 girls in six states

Lawmaker abducted and killed in Jos

Bunmi Olaniyan: The citizen activism we saw in Nasarawa (Y! FrontPage)

Perry Brimah: Please do not celebrate my death

Opinion: How the Ombatse Cult killed my brother; I hope he died quickly…

Opinion: Looking back at Nigeria’s Independence… where we stated from

Opinion: Nigeria’s glittering Almajiri plan

Opinion: Why we must end extrajudicial murders

Ebuka Obi-Uchendu: My 18-year-old brother and an unforgettable journey (YNaija Frontpage)

Violence in Nassarawa: 20 killed, 6,000 displaced

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