Unidentified gunmen, Friday night, stormed Odu community, where they caused panic and shot the traditional ruler, Mr Amos Ewa Obere (ASP Rtd), to death. Odu community is in Udege Development Area of Nasarawa Local Government Council of Nasarawa State. The traditional leader, who sustained a serious injury in his... Read more
Civil rights group, the International Society for Civil Liberties & Rule of Law (Inter Society) has outlined eight major indicators linking the present Nigerian government to the murderous activities of Nigeria’s notorious Fulani herdsmen and violent jihadism. In a release issued by the group on Saturday, the stated: “there... Read more
Seven people are alleged to have been killed, while a post-graduate student of Mass Communication and about 26 others are being treated in various hospitals including the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) after suffering injuries from four mortar bombs said to have been fired by Boko Haram from... Read more
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) commends the Houthi authorities’ release of Religious Prisoner of Conscience Hamid bin Haydara along with five other detained members of the Baha’i community in Yemen. Charges against members of the Baha’i community remain in place despite their release. “Hamid... Read more
By Charles Ogbu (Twitter @RealCharlesOgbu) Just to put the record straight, some of the pictures being peddled online ARE NOT pictures of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport. The pictures below represent the true, factual and verified condition of the airport. The renovation of Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu... Read more
Nearly half of all the violence visited on African migrants during their journey to the Mediterranean coast is perpetrated by law enforcers, the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said on Wednesday. According to a report by UNHCR and the Danish Refugee Council’s Mixed Migration Centre (MMC), thousands of refugees and migrants... Read more
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump hopes to address the U.N. General Assembly in person in September, his U.N. envoy said on Thursday, while all other world leaders will send videos instead of traveling to New York amid the coronavirus pandemic. The annual high-level gathering had been... Read more
The Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum’s convoy was on Wednesday attacked by Boko Haram members on the Baga highway, it was learnt on Wednesday. A splinter of the Boko Haram sect, Islamic State of West Africa Province is believed to have strong hold in the area. It was... Read more
The night-time attack on Agbudu village in Koton-Karfe area also left six people seriously injured, said state police commissioner Ede Ayuba in a statement. “I was there and I was part of those who picked up some of the dead bodies we are talking about,” he said. He said... Read more
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today mourns the death of Tahir Ahmad Naseem, a U.S. citizen who was shot in a courtroom in Peshawar, Pakistan on July 29, 2020. The assailant claimed to have shot Naseem because he had belonged to the Ahmadiyya faith. “Pakistan’s blasphemy... Read more
