Grief and anger hung heavy in the air of Mbakyor in Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue State on Tuesday as the state government conducted a mass burial for 17 victims of a recent attack by armed Fulani herdsmen. The attack, which occurred on the night of 6th March, reportedly left 19 people dead, including a retired army officer and a young boy. Due to the gruesome nature of the killings, two of the...

Nigeria’s media landscape is in turmoil following the arrest of a prominent editor, Segun Olatunji from independent news outlet FirstNews. Olatunji was abducted from his Lagos residence on 15th March by unidentified armed men who identified themselves as officers of the Nigerian Army. He was flown from Lagos to Abuja in a blindfold and cuffs to be grilled on certain stories published by the online media as its editor. He was freed after two weeks....