Thursday, 10 May 2024, was a Red Letter Day for the Confluence University of Science and Technology, CUSTECH, Osara. The otherwise boisterous students' community was thrown into fierce malady and panic when unidentified gunmen invaded it, shooting sporadically in all directions. It was a night of great madness with the institution's gallant guards returning fire…
In spite of the extant law banning the operations of commercial motorcycles within the Jos and the Bukuru metropolis, operators have continued to defiantly contravene the law.
From a distance, the mining site in Weregn, a borderland between Jos South and Barkin Ladi local government areas, resembles a colony of bees on a honeycomb. A constant flow of miners enter and exit the site, carrying headpans, shovels, and old Bagco bags. They are mining for tin, and once in a while, the sounds of revving motorcycles are heard. If one moves closer, one sees the miners in clusters working on different mining shafts on a perforated ground.