President Muhammadu Buhari was recently received in audience at the White House by American President Donald Trump. During the visit, the President had a golden opportunity to market Nigeria and the full potentials of this great nation. Whether or not this was successfully achieved is a matter for posterity. The highlights of the visit included…

A group, the Benue Valley Professional Network has urged the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to put an end to the incessant killings in Benue State and other Middle Belt region. The group accused terrorists of being responsible for the heinous act, which they claimed is responsible for the present deplorable state in Benue and…

Mr Labaran Maku, the former Minister of Information, has called on the Federal Government to assist the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), who were victims of the recent attacks by suspected herdsmen in Nasarawa State. Maku made this call on Monday while addressing newsmen at Wakama village in Nassarawa-Eggon Local Government Area of the state. He…

The Kaduna State chapter of the Benue Media Forum (BMF) Kaduna State has urged the National Assembly to suspend debating the Bill on hate speech pending the resolution of herdsmen killings in the country.  In a communiqué it issued at the weekend in Kaduna, the group resolved that although the bill before the National Assembly was…

State employees of the Democratic Republic of Congo helped organise the mission trip of two UN experts to the central Kasai region where they were killed, according to a Reuters and Radio France Internationale (RFI) report. The revelation that "four state agents and associates" may have been involved in the murders appears to contradict the…

The protesters carried placards with inscriptions: “We reject Islamisation under any guise. Allow us to live in peace in our land. No grazing Bill’ among others.

Incidentally, the Fulani herdsman used to be a romantic figure, gentle and charming in his rusticity, the type whose life inspired pastoral poetry.

In a Nation where hunger, poverty, unemployment, power failure, killings, kidnappings, accidents, and hardship, etc, have become the order of the day, it is pertinent for our leaders, both past and present......