Nigeria’s future under attack as children hunted, schools turned into killing grounds

Admin User

Jun 09, 2026

Students meet in the classrooms, hostels, cafeteria and leisure areas of Delta State University, Abraka, every week to chat about lectures, assignments, relationships and the future. Yet one issue keeps coming up if it is not in the conversation in every lecture, in every faculty, in every department, it is in the conversation on leaving Nigeria

Uchechi Okporie

Jun 09, 2026

Nigeria is currently in the throes of kidnapping. In the villages, cities and suburbs, there's fear of kidnapping everywhere. There are many kidnap cases which are not known to the media. Friends and relations of kidnapped victims are daily weeping over their relations languishing in the dens of kidnappers. Many are being made to borrow huge money to pay for random which will take them years to pay back. How did we get here? What actually went wrong with Nigeria? Who did Nigeria offend? UCHE OKPORIE writes on the pains and challenges of kidnapping in Nigeria and what the government needs to do very urgently

Uchechi Okporie

Jun 08, 2026

Residents of Ishieke community in Ebonyi State, Nigeria have appealed to the government and electricity authorities to improve power supply in the area, saying the current situation is making life difficult for students, business owners, and families.

Uchechi Okporie

Jun 05, 2026

Nigeria is a country that has everything it takes to do well, but many things are not working the way they should. If you look at Nigerians, you'll see strong, hardworking and patient citizens.

Uchechi Okporie

Jun 04, 2026

Sometimes I wonder why every APC governorship candidate, senatorial candidate and others are campaigning only for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and not even for themselves. Or do they think that being APC candidates, they have automatically won their different seats in the national Assembly or govetnorship of their states?

Uchechi Okporie

Jun 04, 2026

There is a growing conversation in Nigeria that cannot be ignored anymore, and it is the place of young people in the political future of the country. For many years, Nigerian politics has been dominated by older generations who have stayed in power for decades.

Uchechi Okporie

Jun 01, 2026

The race for Delta North senatorial election is presently between Senator Ifeanyi Okowa and Rt. Hon. Victor Ochei, former speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly. Ochei defected from the APC to the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) a few days prior to the NDC senatorial primaries.

Uchechi Okporie

Jun 01, 2026

One of the most important questions emerging from conversations with ordinary Nigerians today is whether governance is keeping speed with the realities faced by citizens on daily basis.