Israel has pounded Gaza with air strikes and put the enclave's 2.3 million people under a total siege, banning shipments even of food, fuel and medical supplies.
"What I see in the IDP camps in Benue is worse than what I saw in Borno," said a UN resident/humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria, Dr Mathias Schmale during his visit to the state in July, 2023.
A resident in the area, simply named Austin, said, "We have not been sleeping with our eyes closed. Everyone is afraid. We urgently need the help of the police to protect us.
However, the pastor, unknown to him, was traced and caught red-handed with some fetish stuff at a shrine in the Itigidi area of the village in Ugeb after a resident of the community saw him planting the said charm in the land.
He then insisted on negotiating price and stressed that the price for a kidney was now N2m. "The boys no dey gree for N1m again o, na even N2m them dey collect now," he insisted in pidgin English.
It earned me great respect in my village and honour amongst the elders. *** Trikytee Timmy Sinclair is a 35-year-old creative artist and Lagos resident who hails from Bayelsa State, Nigeria.
In the intervening years, luxury hotels have sprouted like kudzu so now visitors have a wide choice - from uber luxury through to down-to-earth budget.