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Easter, the most sacred celebration in the Christian calendar, a season of renewal, resurrection, and hope, was marked this year in Nigeria under a cloud of fear. By the time it ended, that fear had transformed into grief. While the federal government spent the holiday touting “Renewed Hope” and ₦3.3 trillion in power sector interventions, rural …

President Bola Tinubu has defended his engagement with victims of the Plateau crisis at the airport, amid outrage over the brief interaction with stakeholders and affected persons, saying logistical and security constraints made it impossible to travel into Jos town during the visit. In a statement on Thursday, the Special Adviser to the President on …

TINUBU IN JOS

Amnesty International has called on President Bola Tinubu to take urgent steps to halt the wave of killings across the country, warning that continued inaction is worsening insecurity. In a statement on the Palm Sunday attack in Angwan Rukuba, Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State, the organisation said authorities must probe what it …

By Rafiyat Sadiq Youths across Plateau State have raised alarm over the rising wave of deadly attacks in several communities, demanding urgent government intervention and justice for victims. In the past three months, over 300 people have died in coordinated assaults across Riyom, Bokkos, and Mangu local government areas. More than 50,000 residents have fled …

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