Fifteen people who were abducted in Ibagwa-Agu community, Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, have regained their freedom after spending five days in captivity. The victims were released early Thursday morning, April 17, 2025. The group was reportedly returning from a burial ceremony when they were ambushed within a farm settlement by suspected…
April 18, 2025 CounterPunch Radio On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg talks to Jeanne Theoharis about her new book, King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South, in which Theoharis argues that King’s time in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago—outside Dixie—was at the heart of…
The body of a 24-year-old woman was found in the mountains of Bizen City, Okayama Prefecture, on Thursday, police said, adding that a male acquaintance of the woman… © Japan Today
The Plateau State Government has ordered an investigation into the alleged poisoning of 36 cows at Zanwar, a community in the troubled Bassa Local Government Area of the state. The Chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), a Fulani socio-cultural organisation, in Bassa, Ya’u Idris, said the incident occurred on Wednesday while…
Prominent human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) has called on President Bola Tinubu to immediately remove Vice Admiral Ibok-ete Ibas (rtd.) as Sole Administrator of Rivers State, accusing him of flouting presidential orders. Falana’s demand follows alleged violations of the Official Gazette dated March 18, 2025, which established the State of Emergency in Rivers State….
