Bandits have attacked Maraban Agyaro village of Kakangi Ward along Birnin Gwari -Kakanhi road, reportedly killing four local vigilantes. The bandits also reportedly burnt seven motorcycles and ran away with five after the operation. It was gathered that the attack happened Thursday afternoon, April 18, 2024, while the …
Read More »Beekeeping Offers Opportunity to Zimbabwean Farming Communities
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is training young beekeepers in Zimbabwe. Credit: Farai Shawn Matiashe/IPS by Farai Shawn Matiashe (chimanimani, zimbabwe) Friday, March 15, 2024 Inter Press Service CHIMANIMANI, Zimbabwe, Mar 15 (IPS) – Honeybees quickly react with a sharp and loud buzz sound as beekeeper Tanyaradzwa …
Read More »Police arrest four suspected cultists terrorising Imo communities
Operatives of the Imo State Police Command have arrested four members of Vikings Confraternity cult syndicates in Mbaitoli Local Government Council of the state. Spokesperson of the command, ASP Henry Okoye, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, February 14, 2024, said the suspected cultists have been terrorising …
Read More »Borno: Boko Haram kills 12, abducts woman in Chibok communities
Suspected Boko Haram terrorists in military uniform have killed 12 persons and abducted one in Gatamarwa and Tsiha communities in Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State. The latest attack came barely two weeks after the insurgents perpetrated a similar attack in Chibok, where they killed two persons and …
Read More »RCCG pastor, three others killed, 39 kidnapped as bandits invade communities in Abuja and Niger state
Four persons have been killed while 39 others were abducted when bandits invaded Kuduru, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and two communities Garam and Azu in Niger State. Garam community which is about five minute drive from Bwari was invaded on Saturday, December 23, by …
Read More »Gunmen kill over 60 in Plateau communities on Christmas eve
About 60 people have been killed in attacks carried out by gunmen in three communities in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi local government areas of Plateau state. The Nation reported that Berom Youth Moulders-Association, led by Solomon Mwantiri, has officially confirmed and strongly denounced the tragic events that happened in Ruku, …
Read More »Borno Governor, Zulum, excludes Christians and their communities from Nigerian government?s N3billion palliatives ? Centre for Justice claims
The Center for Justice on Religious And Ethnicity in Nigeria (CJREN) has accused Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, of deliberately excluding Christians in the state from benefitting from the Federal Government palliatives given to the citizens and residents of the state. The CJREN Director-General, Reverend Kallamu Dikwa, also alleged that …
Read More »IFAD’s Record-Breaking Pledges: Lifeline for Rural Communities Cornered by Climate, Hunger
Research associate, Tania Eulalia Martínez Cruz from Oaxaca, Mexico shows how intercropping assists communities remain self-sufficient. Credit: Conrado Perez/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Friday, December 15, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Dec 15 (IPS) – The world is not on track to end hunger and poverty as a future of growing …
Read More »Charting Out a Sustainable Path for Island, Coastal Communities Facing Climate Crisis
On Arborek Island, Indonesia, shrubs and coral blocks are planted to prevent erosion of the beach. Credit: Alain Schroeder/Climate Visuals by Umar Manzoor Shah (dubai) Monday, December 11, 2023 Inter Press Service DUBAI, Dec 11 (IPS) – There is an irreparable connection between culture and the seas: loss of land due …
Read More »Seven killed, many abducted as bandits attack Sokoto communities
No fewer than seven persons were killed when suspected bandits attacked two communities in Goronyo and Wurno Local Government Areas of Sokoto State. The incident occurred in Kojiyo community in Goronyo LGA as well as Gwamatase village in Wurno LGA, both in the Eastern senatorial district of the state …
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