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When your government ‘disappears you’

For two long years, Mrs Toboulayefa Jones did not know where her husband was, or if he was alive or ‘swimming with the fishes’, as the mafia would say

The road to Yusufari

Sixteen years ago, many assumed that building a road from Gashua to Yusufari in northern Yobe State was an impossibility. There are 31 kilometres in b

Is democracy the answer?

Nigeria’s return to democratic rule in 1999 was greeted by an enthusiastic public fanfare with many believing that as it spelled the end of the succes

Please, pray for the Idoma Governor

As 2023 looms large, the agitation for an Idoma Governor in Benue State continues to grow strongly. Even during these days of the swift coronavirus, t

Biu, new face, signpost of peace

Time could significantly alter the sad fate of a people radically for the good. It was just yesterday that Biu LGA in Southern Borno State was under t