By Umoh Umoh Following the introduction of affordable train service under the leadership of former President Muhammadu Buhari, led by...
Benue Farmers Seek Government, Security Intervention as They Lose Farmlands, Loved Ones to Herders Invasion
The conflict between farmers and pastoralists in Nigeria has led to loss of livelihood for farmers in affected communities. This conflict has intensified over the past decade, with Benue state becoming one of the hardest hit in the country. Amnesty International recorded that over 2,600 people died from the humanitarian crises in the state between January 2023 and February 2024. The same report notes that 18 out of the 23 Local Government Areas in the state are affected, stressing that this has fuelled displacement, kidnapping and rape.
Investigation: How Kwara Govt Spent over N1.8bn on N755m Approved Ilorin Visual Arts Centre
In this investigation, The Informant247’s Yemi Sodeeq reveals how the Kwara State government spent nearly N2 billion on a project...
How Solid Mineral Miners Are Recruiting, Exploiting Minors In Kano Community
On May 1, 2014, the former governor of Kano State, Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, signed the child labour prohibition bill...
Security Officers Extort Herders, Increasing Farmer-Herder Tensions in Bauchi
For several years, communities around Bauchi State’s Galambi Cattle Ranch have been a place where herders and farmers co-existed unlike...
In Kwara Riverine Communities, Boat Owners are Selling Govt-issued Life Jackets, Endangering Passengers’ Lives
By Sukari Mohammed and Adisa-Jaji Azeez In 2023, a tragic boat accident in Pategi Local Government Area of Kwara State...
How 500 Bags of Rice Handed over to SSA to the President to Distribute to Persons with Disabilities Went Missing
By Chidi Matthew Nwachukwu “We did our findings and discovered that truly, it is an established fact yet to be...
Ticket Racketeering by Nigerian Railway Officials and Security Personnel Fuels Frustration and Insecurity
At Itakpe-Uvjewu route, travelers do not need tickets to get on the train, as security personnel and NRC crew members...
How Hunger, Insecurity Push Underage Children in Niger State Communities to Abandon Schools, Embrace Illegal Mining
Twelve-year-old Abdulrasheed Awal and his father Awal Dapkai make between N45,000 and N50,000 each day through illegal mining, a hazardous...
Nsukka Community in Ecological Trauma
By Ben Aroh The gloomy countenance of the natives of Achom in Alor-Uno, Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State...