Johnstone Kpilaakaa

Johnstone Kpilaakaa is a journalist reporting from the front lines of conflict, displacement, and humanitarian crises across Nigeria’s Middle Belt region. His work centres on people caught in cycles of violence and neglect, while holding institutions to account. He is a 2024 MTN Media Innovation Programme Fellow at the School of Media and Communication, Pan-Atlantic University, Nigeria.

Armed Violence

Johnstone KpilaakaaOctober 30, 2025
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What’s Left of Benue State’s Deserted Communities?

The paths that lead home are now silent. But it wasn’t always like that. Years ago, weekdays in Tse Torkula…
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Features

Johnstone KpilaakaaAugust 29, 2025
3,399

Plateau Farmers Turn to Land Documents to Reclaim Their Fields Amid Violence

Sarah Ishaya doesn’t seem to remember the day the attackers came in 2021, but what she cannot forget is how…
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Analyses

Johnstone KpilaakaaSalim YunusaJune 25, 2025
3,933

Plateau Mob Action: When Identity Becomes a Death Sentence in Nigeria

Bashar Abubakar embarked on a journey with his relatives and family friends from Basawa, a community in Zaria, northwestern Nigeria,…
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Features

Johnstone KpilaakaaJune 17, 2025
19,117

Massacres in Border Communities Ignite New Terror Wave in Benue State

Doowuese Kohol*, a woman in her 70s, was fast asleep on the night of Saturday, June 13, after what she…
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Features

Johnstone KpilaakaaJune 9, 2025
4,891

Displaced Families in Benue Risk Everything to Bury Their Loved Ones

At dawn, a small convoy snakes through Kwande, Benue State’s dusty backroads in North-central Nigeria. A police siren pierces the…
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Featured

Johnstone KpilaakaaMay 14, 2025
5,992

What Life Could Have Been for Leah Sharibu at 22

It’s May 14, so she posts a birthday photo on Instagram: a selfie in scrubs after a long hospital shift,…
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Features

Johnstone KpilaakaaApril 20, 2025
4,674

Zike Tragedy: Survivors Mourn, Counting Lives Lost in Plateau Attack

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… It was a calm night until just before midnight. And when Mary…
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News

Johnstone KpilaakaaApril 14, 2025
8,264

Over 40 Killed in Overnight Attack on Plateau Community

At least 40 people have been killed after armed men stormed Zike community in the Kwall district of Bassa Local…
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News

Johnstone KpilaakaaApril 4, 2025
15,119

Many Killed in Renewed Attacks in Nigeria’s Plateau State

The gunshots began without warning. Residents of several villages and hamlets in the Manguna and Daffo districts of Bokkos Local…
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Analyses

Johnstone KpilaakaaMarch 29, 2025
8,729

Mob Violence Soars in Nigeria as Northern Travellers are Killed in South-South

Several travellers were killed and many others injured in a mob attack by a local vigilante group and residents of…
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