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Killings, abductions resume after general elections

The development is brewing concerns and anxiety among citizens, setting up a big challenge for the incoming administration as at least 364 deaths resulting from no fewer than 97 violent attacks have been recorded across the country since the general elections was rounded up with the governorship and state assembly elections on March 18.
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Rimba, the FCT community on the brink of herders-farmers crisis escalation

Last year, 2022, holds terrifying memories for farmers in Rimba, a remote community in Abaji Area Council of the FCT, due to the incessant destruction of crops by cattle. In addition, Police efforts to charge a herder to court for the attempted murder of a farmer were frustrated by backdoor settlement, Sinafi Omanga of...
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Inside Oruku community, where endless crisis brings death, tears

Since 2020, Oruku has been engulfed by communal crisis that has claimed at least 10 lives and resulted in the wanton destruction of houses and property worth millions of naira. Now, the community has been deserted. Residents are finding refuge in neighbouring communities and towns, including Idodo, Akpoga, Onuogba and Emene. Only a few houses...
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How touts force illegal taxes on truckers at Lagos port roads

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) introduced the electronic call-up system, powered by the Eto App, to tackle the issue of truck congestion in Apapa ports and restore order to that economic gateway. However, indiscriminate extortion and touting by hoodlums and corrupt security agencies along ports’ corridors have continued to impede the efficiency of the...
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Supreme Court judges who may decide Nigeria’s next president

AS parties displeased with the outcomes of February 25, 2023, presidential election head for court, The ICIR reports that the cases will most likely get to the Supreme Court, given similar cases in the past. Following what many see as controversial pronouncements by the apex court in recent times, The ICIR’s Marcus Fatunmole and Theophilus Adedokun, in...