•Kidnap victims Many families of kidnap victims are living in despair as their relatives, predominantly women and children, continue to languish in various terrorist dens after being held hostage for several weeks or months. From the forests of Kwara State to the insurgency-ravaged communities of Borno and the volatile hinterlands of Niger and...
•US Congress A lobbying firm in the United States, Von Batten-Montague-York, L.C., has stated that it will brief congressional leadership and senior members of the U.S. National Security Council on the alleged weaknesses displayed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in safeguarding free, fair, and credible elections. The fi...
“Don’t disturb my son. He is sleeping. I will wake him up.” Those were the words of Mrs. Rhoda Favour Ayuba-Okeke, a mother who lost her only son, Promise Ayuba, in last Sunday’s attack on Agwuan Rukuba, Jos, Plateau State capital. They were words laced with faith, love, courage and hope that her deceased son […]
•Notorious bandit leader, Bello Turji Some displaced residents of Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State have lamented increased banditry in the area, saying their family members are undertaking huge risks to move to Niger Republic. They told our correspondent that their relatives fled to the West African country following renewed threats a...
•Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State The Gombe State Government has presented N14 million to the families of seven journalists who died in a road crash in the state. The journalists died on Monday while returning from a colleague’s wedding in Kaltungo Local Government Area, reports The PUNCH. Governor Inuwa Yahaya, represented by the Secretar...
What began as a tragic fire on Christmas Eve has now escalated into a full-blown humanitarian crisis on Lagos Island, as families search desperately for missing loved ones, and traders count painful losses from the inferno that gutted the Great Nigeria Insurance (GNI) building, and spread to six surrounding structures at the Balogun Market, La...
•Bandits The gale of kidnapping that has been going on in the country has taken a new turn as the families of the victims at a village in Katsina went after the kidnapper’s family member and abducted them. The bandits had initially asked for a ransom of N100 million from the families, but in a […]
•Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians returned to a devastated Gaza City, after an Israel-Hamas ceasefire The families of Israeli hostages today demanded that the next steps in the US-brokered Gaza ceasefire be put on hold until Hamas returns the remaining bodies of dead captives. “Hamas knows exactly where every one of the deceased hostages ...
•Relatives mourn during a special prayer ceremony organised for victims of Air India Flight 171 crash Families of the victims of June’s deadly Air India crash demanded today the immediate release of the aircraft’s two flight recorders, saying delays were eroding their trust in the investigation. A total of 241 people on board the London-bound ...
Patients and their families were left stranded at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) today, as medical doctors employed by the Lagos State Government commenced a three-day warning strike over salary-related disputes. The strike, which began at 8:00 a.m., was declared by the Medical Guild following what it described as “illeg...

