Beheadings, Rape, and Fear grip Makurdi Area as Security Forces WithdrawPic 2: Locations in Guma County unders frequent Fulani terrorist AttacksCredit: Google mapBy Mike Odeh James and Ol| Truth Nigeria
Yoruba Union Mulls No Confidence Vote on Governor By Onibiyo Segun (Ilorin, Kwara state) – The Yoruba Union in Kwara group said it is furious over the worsening violence in Kwara State. The Union has given Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq seven days to act or face a public vote of no confidence. “We can no longer […]| Truth Nigeria
By Mike Odeh James and Segun Onibiyo The humid corridors of Abuja’s power centers echo with a desperate new refrain: If Colombia could claw its way back from hell, why can’t we? This summer, Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, signed a pact with Bogotá that would have been unthinkable a decade ago – a […]| Truth Nigeria
By Mike Odeh James (Kano) A long-running controversy over government handling of Christian orphans took a turn Aug. 13 for eight Christian children taken from an orphanage in Kano State in 2019. The eight were released to a Christian intermediary, ending almost six years of alleged forced conversion while in government custody The children were […]| Truth Nigeria
Yet No Prosecutions, No Convictions, No Justice, Protestors Cry Out By Ekani Olikita (Makurdi) Traumatized residents in Nyiev Council Ward, chiefly in Yelewata town, are crying out for justice against killers of 2000 of their neighbors and blood relatives since 2015. Yelewata, the central town of Nyiev Precinct in Guma county in the Central Nigeria […]| Truth Nigeria
By Mike Odeh Jame(Abuja) For Tazaar Aloysius Dende—a resident of Yelewata, a predominantly Christian farming village in Guma County, Benue State—June 13, 2025, is etched in horror. That night, more than 270 Christians were massacred in a coordinated attack by Fulani militias. “I lost over 30 relatives,” Dende told TruthNigeria. “My younger brother, his two wives, and […]| Truth Nigeria
Source: TruthNigeria Date: August 15, 2025 Time: 21:00 WAT Priority: Urgent After issuing a terror alert for residents of Bokkos at 4pm WAT, TruthNigeria has obtained further intelligence indicating that terrorists plan to escalate their attacks beyond the listed areas in Plateau State. TN sources reveal that villages in the Riyom Local Government Area are also at significant […]| Truth Nigeria
Source: TruthNigeriaDate: August 15, 2025Time: 16:30 (WAT)Target: Bokkos, Plateau State TruthNigeria has received credible intelligence indicating a high probability of escalated attacks 30-40miles south of Jos the Plateau State capital by terrorists in the coming days. Targeted areas include Butura and Mbar districts in Bokkos Local Government Area. The primary intent behind these attacks appears […]| Truth Nigeria
By Mike Odeh James(Houston, Texas – USA) Amid escalating killings, kidnappings, rapes, and arson in Nigeria’s Benue State and across the country’s central region known as the Middle Belt, the King of the Idoma people, Dr. John Elaigwu Odogbo, has warned that his people’s patience and hospitality are being exploited. The Idoma are a predominantly […]| Truth Nigeria
Battling Narratives Swirl Around Nigerian Army’s Performance in Combat Zone By Masara Kim Senators in Abuja are reaching out to TruthNigeria for advice following its investigative reports on the ongoing massacres of Christians in Nigeria, especially in the remote south of Plateau State. Meanwhile, the military is struggling to maintain its reputation by denying the existence of […]| Truth Nigeria
Slaughtered 3 Christians, Razed 27 Catholic Worship CentersBy Mike Odeh James and Olikita Ekani(Makurdi) It was one week of hell as Fulani terrorists burnt down Catholic Parish, 27 outstatio| Truth Nigeria
As Rep. Chris Smith Speaks at Truth-telling Event in WashingtonBy Masara Kim in Jos and Douglas Burton in Washington, D.C.(Jos) At least 14 Christians have been killed in an ongoing shooting| Truth Nigeria
By Luka Binniyat and Mike Odeh James(Abuja) - The body of former Nigerian President, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), was laid to rest in his hometown of Daura, Katsina State, North-West Nigeria, on| Truth Nigeria
By Segun OnibiyoNew Marte, Borno State – “It began in the dead of night. At exactly 1:35 a.m. on Tuesday, May 27, the silence around the Nigerian Army’s 50 Task Force Battalion base in| Truth Nigeria
Trauma Counseling for Ex-terrorists But Not for VictimsBy Segun Onibiyo(Abuja) – “We inherited a very difficult situation,” Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, said from| Truth Nigeria
Current Nigerian Army Strength No Match for Multiple ThreatsBy Segun Onibiyo and Mike Odeh James(Minna, Niger state) - “We are looking at a potential collapse of the Northwest and North-Cen| Truth Nigeria
800 Boots, One Mission: Can Nigeria’s Special Forces Turn Tide on Terror?| Truth Nigeria
‘Necessary But Incomplete Step’— ExpertBy Segun Onibiyo(Abuja, Nigeria) “We are no longer deploying soldiers in bits and pieces. These 800 special forces will be deployed as a cohesiv| Truth Nigeria
Warning Signs Ignored Before Benue's Deadliest MassacreYelwata signpost. Credit: Steven KefasBy TruthNigeria Staff(Makurdi, Benue State) The Nigerian Department of State Security (D| Truth Nigeria
Cholera and Typhoid Epidemic Feared for SurvivorsBy Mike Odeh James and Olikita Ekani(Makurdi, Nigeria) – In the early hours of Friday, June 13, 2025, more than 200 Christian villagers| Truth Nigeria
Truthnigeria correspondents interviews Felicia David.Felicia DavidCredit: Mike Odeh James.By Mike Odeh James and Olikita Ekani Makurdi(Yelewata) Felicia David gave a face to the suffe| Truth Nigeria
TruthNigeria has just received a Security Alert about a planned attack on some communities in Makurdi, the Benue State Capital.According to the alert, Fulani militia from Keana, Awe, Obi and Doma| Truth Nigeria
Eyewitnesses Contradict Narrative of Army Chief about Decoy AttackBy TruthNigeria Staff(Yelewata) Military and police in Yelewata did not leave their shelters to repulse radicalized Fulani mi| Truth Nigeria
Special Forces Deployments Needed: ExpertBy Segun OnibiyoZamfara, Nigeria - "We heard a thunderous blast and then gunfire soldiers were falling all around,” said Musa Ibrahim, a resident of| Truth Nigeria
Islamization the Result of Unstoppable Criminal Predation By TRUTHNIGERIA STAFF Displaced Christian members of the embattled Adara tribe in Kajuru County, Kaduna State, have accused so-called “repentant” bandits—largely from the Fulani Muslim tribe—of orchestrating a surge in violent attacks on their communities in recent months. This comes after Kaduna State Governor…| Truth Nigeria
Fulani Ethnic Militia Unleashed Terror on Kajuru, Killing 40, Displacing 7,000By Mike Odeh James(Kaduna) EXCLUSIVE TO TRUTHNIGERIAFulani ethnic militia (FEM) unleashed terror on comm| Truth Nigeria
By Segun Onibiyo(Otukpo, Nigeria) - "It started with a scream", Amirh Paula told TruthNigeria."At Ihotu Motor Park in Otukpo, the midday bustle was pierced by the shrill cry of a young woman| Truth Nigeria
Kidnapped, But Fearless: Young Woman Helped Nab Her Own Kidnappers| Truth Nigeria
By Ezinwanne Onwuka“Unknown now, but soon I will be unforgettable… I will persist until I succeed.”That was the tweet of a young athlete from Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, Nigeria on 8 Novembe| Truth Nigeria
8 Days After Yelewata Christian Massacre, 15 Suspects ArrestedBy Masara Kim(Jos) Nigeria is reeling after a mob attack on Muslim wedding guests in Plateau State, an incident that th| Truth Nigeria
TruthNigeria Reporters Interview Emmanuel OgebeBy Luka Binniyat and Mike Odeh JamesAccording to the Nigerian military, troops killed 6,260 terrorists across the entire country in a two-year| Truth Nigeria
‘We Prayed in Whispers, Hiding our Bibles’Joseph. Photo by Mike Odeh James. Gabriella. Photo by Mike Odeh James. Mike Odeh James and Luka Binniyat are conflict reporters for Truth| Truth Nigeria
By Segun Onibiyo(Makurdi) - “If Nigeria keeps refusing to name its internal enemies, it will wake up one day without a country to defend,” warned Dr. Abubakar Aldo,| Truth Nigeria
Yelewata Native Studying in U.S. Charges Nigerian Soldiers with ComplicityBy Ekani Olikita (Makurdi) President Bola Tinubu and the Benue State governor are scrambling to contain the publ| Truth Nigeria
The genocide against Christians in Nigeria took an egregious turn for the worse this weekend. CBN's Raj Nair is joined by Truth Nigeria’s Mike Odeh James for the breaking news. Video courtesy of CB| Truth Nigeria
Two Dead, Six Abducted as Majority-Christian Villages Abandon FarmsBy Mike Odeh James(Kaduna) Southern Kaduna is once again drenched in blood as Fulani ethnic militias launched coordinated at| Truth Nigeria
Survivors Accuse Government and Church of Silence as Massacres EscalateBy Segun OnibiyoMakurdi, Benue State – At dawn on June 14, the rural village of Iwili in Ukum LGA was ambushed. G| Truth Nigeria
Parents Decry Using Schoolchildren as Props in Drenching RainBy Mike Odeh James and Ekani Olikita(Makurdi) The paramount ruler of the Tiv tribe (titled the “Tor Tiv”), James Francis Ayats| Truth Nigeria