A Left Note Analysis of Insecurity in Nigeria, by Adefolarin A. Olamilekan   The last couple of months have seen the emergence, intensive and destruction, of a whole dimension of insecurity in Nigeria. From the Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorist activities and the herders’ farmer crisis,...

Food shortage Imminent in Nigeria Over Benue Attacks Youth Groups, under the aegis of South-South, South-West and South-East, have warned against possible food insecurity in the country, if the herders’ attacks in Benue are not checked. The leader of the group, Mr Greig Oluchukwu, stated this...

Farmers/ Herdsmen Clash: What Went Amiss in Benue? By Kabir Tsakuwa It is a truism about the media that it can make or mar. It can aid in promoting the right things at the right time and it can be used to create a disturbing scenario....

Herdsmen Destroy UNILORIN Farm, Poison Dam The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem, has decried the destruction of the University’s multi-million naira research and training farms by herdsmen, who also poisoned the dam with chemicals. According to the University weekly Bulletin issued on...

Ahead of the full implementation of the law prohibiting open grazing in Taraba State, Governor Darius Ishaku, has reiterated that the law is not targeted at any group or section of the state as the law is colour-blind. In a statement signed by his Senior...

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has said that the violent herdsmen attacking some Nigerian communities may have links with the dreaded Boko Haram sect. Buratai, who dropped the hint in Abeokuta while fielding questions from reporters shortly after his courtesy visit to...