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tosin adesina April 26, 2018

Benue, Nassarawa and a fumbling Presidency

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…

Editor October 10, 2017

[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…

Janeth J December 12, 2015

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.…

Op-Ed Editor August 6, 2014

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…

April 5, 2014

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…

January 30, 2014

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…

September 28, 2013

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. …

August 9, 2013

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…

March 3, 2013

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…

September 30, 2012

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…

June 2, 2012

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…

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