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A House representative for the Barkin Ladi and Riyom areas has revealed that the bodies of victims murdered in Saturday’s violent raids still litter the deserted streets of Plateau state. Both local government areas came under attack over the weekend when a slew of heavily armed assailants, suspected Fulani herdsmen, swept into villages, killing innocent civilians and destroying property. Further ...

By SaharaReporters, New York The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to wake up from slumber and end the perennial killings going on in Plateau State. “If the government wants peace to reign in this country, then it must go beyond the usual condemnation and rhetoric by exposing the sponsors of these so called Fulani Herds ...

SENATOR Gyang Dantong might have died of exhaustion, a survivor of Sunday’s attack on participants at a mass burial in Matse, Jos, Mr. Simon Mwadkon, said on Monday. Mwadkon, a member of the House of Representatives, who narrated how the Senator died to Governor Jonah Jang in Jos, said gunmen, suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, “started shooting, (at the burial), ...

By NEWS-ONE Popular Ghanaian actress Yvonne Nelson was on Sunday crowned the Face of Ghana Best Actress 2011/2012 at a red-carpet ceremony held at the JFK International Hilton Hotel in the United State of America. The actress made a stunning appearance at the event and her award makes her a monumental figure of the current generation. She was honored for ...

Dancing and singing, South Sudanese on Monday put aside dire warnings over the stability and economic viability of their fledgling nation, the world’s newest, to celebrate its first year of independence. Celebrations began at midnight as crowds took to the streets of the capital Juba, with people crammed into cars driving around the city and honking horns to mark the ...