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Tragedy in Uromi: Tears and Anguish as 16 Lynching Victims Are Laid to Rest

Global UpfrontMar 29, 2025March 29, 20250

By: Zagazola Makama The air in Udune Efandion community, Uromi, was heavy with sorrow. Grief-stricken families stood in silence, their faces etched with pain, as

On the Etymology of ‘Yoruba’ By Northerners

Global UpfrontJan 11, 2025January 11, 20250

By Yushau A. Shuaib Let me start by acknowledging that storytellers increasingly seek to replace historians in shaping narratives. While anyone can become a storyteller,

IPOB: Food Traders Boycott South East As Northerners Flee

Global UpfrontDec 16, 2022December 16, 20220

Leadership of some northern groups involved in commercial activities between the North and South East zone have directed commodity traders and truck drivers to shun

IPOB Stokes Ethnic War, Kills Woman, 4 Kids, 6 Other Northerners In Isulo, Anambra State

Global UpfrontMay 24, 2022May 24, 20220

Militants of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Sunday killed a woman, her four children and six others, all of them of northern