Gunmen, suspected to be armed herders, carried out coordinated attacks on communities in Ukum and Logo local government areas of Benue State on Thursday night, killing 17 people, the police have confirmed. The attacks in Benue occurred four days after suspected armed herders killed dozens of people in communities in neighbouring Plateau State. It is…
The New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) in Kano State has dismissed rumours on the impending defection of former Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The NNPP Chairman in the state, Alhaji Hashimu Dungurawa, made the clarification at a media briefing in Kano. .The APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, claimed during the week…
Suleiman Usman, popularly known as Sultan, a young man who was arrested and detained by the police over allegations of cyberbullying and defamation against the Executive Secretary of the Borno State Geographic Information Service (BOGIS), Engineer Adam Bababe, has been released. According to SaharaReporters, Suleiman regained his freedom after his father, Usman Ngari, was compelled…
A former Harvard Medical School morgue manager accused of stealing and selling human organs and other parts of cadavers donated to the school for medical research and education has agreed to plead guilty. Cedric Lodge, 57, of Goffstown, New Hampshire, was indicted in June 2023 and accused of stealing and selling heads, brains, skin and bones…
Image by Filip Bunkens. I’ve never really understood the psychology of nationalism. Even when I was in elementary school and we were supposed to pledge our allegiance to “the flag and the country (USA) for which it stands” I was skeptical. What exactly did this pledge entail, I wondered as my classmates and I stood…
