Every year, when the leaves begin to turn and the air grows crisp in Vermont, the same debate returns like a bad cold. Anti-hunting activists fill social media and letters to the editor with angry accusations about trapping, using words like “barbaric” and “cruel.” They post photos of animals in traps, they demand bans, and they speak as though trappers are heartless strangers. For Mike Covey, a trapper from Williamstown, this annual ritual is both exhausting and hurtful. He knows the activists are not describing his world. They are describing a world from decades ago, one that no longer reflects…

Amid the swirling controversy surrounding a $2.1 million civil suit brought against Jordan Nyesom Wike by Safwan Garba over an Abuja land transaction, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, James Onoja, has stepped forward with a firm and sobering warning. Onoja, who serves as lead counsel to Jordan Nyesom Wike, is pushing back against what he calls false narratives that have begun to take root in public discourse about the case. His message is clear: anyone who continues to spread untrue accounts of the court proceedings now underway in this matter may face serious legal consequences. This is not merely a…