Education minister calls for safe return of 287 students, principal abducted in Kaduna

Rampaging gunmen, suspected to be armed herders, have killed four persons, including two soldiers, in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State. The armed men were said to have carried out the attack after invading some communities, including Abugbe, Okokolo, Ugboju, Odugbeho, and Olegobidu. City Round learnt that the two soldiers stationed at the council…

President Daniel Ortega introduced the bill that was unanimously approved on August 20 by the Asamblea Nacional. Ortega’s party, the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, which started in the 1970s as a guerrilla group, controls the legislature. The changes in the law will favor “the development of projects of interest to families and communities within…

Over the past few decades in Nigeria, many millions of people have joined Pentecostal churches, and the most popular brand in recent years is known as the ‘prosperity gospel’. But while these hugely popular churches promise economic as well as spiritual rewards, they are also controversial. Even as their leaders condemn corruption, critics see these…

In Nigeria alone, one must distinguish between three types of incidents. 1. The conflict over land between nomadic herders and farmers. However, if the Fulani’s cattle destroyed farmland, this would usually be resolved locally. 2 Gang Criminality. There is also the possibility of gang criminality. “This is a crime, which must be regarded as such,”…