Johnstone Kpilaakaa

1 week ago | humanglemedia.com | Johnstone Kpilaakaa

At least 40 people have been killed after armed men stormed Zike community in the Kwall district of Bassa Local Government Area, Plateau State, in North-central Nigeria. The brutal assault began shortly after midnight on Monday, 14 April, and lasted nearly two hours, leaving dozens dead, homes in ruins, and survivors in mourning. Joseph Chudu Yonkpa, National Publicity Secretary of the Irigwe Youth Movement (IYM), a local youth organisation, confirmed the incident to HumAngle.

2 weeks ago | joeyoffair.com | Johnstone Kpilaakaa

MIANGO, PLATEAU STATE—In 2014, Jeff Arnette, a US Army veteran, Christian missionary, and prosthetist, travelled to Nigeria with plans to establish a prosthetics programme through a missionary organisation he was consulting for. The goal was to serve vulnerable communities affected by conflict in the West African nation. However, a logistical setback delayed the mission. What was meant to be a brief shipping delay stretched into weeks. Arnette, however, viewed it as divine providence.

2 weeks ago | humanglemedia.com | Johnstone Kpilaakaa

The gunshots began without warning. Residents of several villages and hamlets in the Manguna and Daffo districts of Bokkos Local Government Area, Plateau State, North-central Nigeria, scrambled for cover as armed men stormed their villages, shooting indiscriminately. By the time the chaos subsided, many lay dead, others were wounded, and several had fled their homes.

3 weeks ago | humanglemedia.com | Johnstone Kpilaakaa

Several travellers were killed and many others injured in a mob attack by a local vigilante group and residents of Udune Efandion in Edo State, South-South Nigeria, on Friday, March 28. The vigilantes, profiling the northern Nigerian travellers as kidnappers or members of a violent group, intercepted and attacked them.

1 month ago | humanglemedia.com | Johnstone Kpilaakaa

When terrorists stormed Federal Government College (FGC) Birnin Yauri, North West Nigeria, on 17 June 2021 and kidnapped 89 students, Umar Aminu Yandaki‚ÄĒthen a reporter at HumAngle‚ÄĒwas among the few journalists who covered the crisis extensively. ‚ÄúThe Editor-in-Chief believed I was the best person to report the story,‚ÄĚ said Yandaki, who considers Birnin Yauri his second home. He travelled to the community, investigated the events in depth, and even spoke to some of the girls in captivity.