Some suspects arrested and linked to the killings in Yelwata, a town in Benue State, will be arraigned today, Monday, February 2. They will be arraigned before Justice Joyce Abdul-Malik of the Federal High Court, Abuja, reports Channels TV. In a statement yesterday, the office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of […...
•A scene of Benue attacks The joint security services in Benue State has announced the arrest of suspects linked to recent attack in the Yelwata area of the state where several persons were killed. The Commissioner of Police in Benue State, Emenari Ifeanyi, announced the arrest at a press briefing yesterday but didn’t disclose the […]...
•Tinunu and Alia A civil society organisation, the Concerned Awakened New Generation Youths (CANG-YOUTHS), has called for a re-evaluation of Nigeria’s existence and the relationship between its constituent nations. Speaking through a statement signed by its Convener, Eniola Ishadele, the group lamented the level of bloodletting in Benue State,...
•Territorial Commander, The Salvation Army, Commissioner Friday Ayanam The Territorial Commander (national leader) of The Salvation Army, Commissioner Friday Ayanam, has condemned in strong terms, the recent massive killings in Benue State of Nigeria. The Frontier reports that last Friday, scores of residents in the Yelwata area in Benue State...
•Tinubu in the hospital ward where Yelewata attack victims are being treated President Bola Tinubu has visited surviving victims of last Friday’s brutal attack in Yelewata community in the Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. Tinubu visited the North-Central state following the attack by suspected Fulani herdsmen which left over 59 peopl...
•Ribadu and Primate Ayodele The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has narrated how he called the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, several times to warn him before the attacks in Benue, but wasn’t given an audience. The cleric, in a statement, revealed that he had seen the ugly incident weeks earlier [&...
•Youths protesting killings in Benue The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP) have condemned the brutal attack on Yelewata community in Benue State on Friday which claimed several lives and left hundreds displaced. The opposition parties in separate statements released yesterday want President Bola Tinubu to take a decisive...
•Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa and vigilantes The Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has pushed forward the training of credible youths across Benue State as vigilantes working under the supervision of the military, as was done in Borno State, to defend local communities against terrorist attacks. The CD...
•Nenadi Usman The Labour Party has condemned the mass killings in Benue State and called for an urgent deployment of security forces to vulnerable communities across Nigeria’s North Central region. Describing the attacks as “a fresh wave of senseless killings,” the party’s National Caretaker Committee, led by Senator Nenadi Usman, demanded a f...
•Nigerian celebrities decry Benue renewed killings Nigerian celebrities, including actress Kate Henshaw, comedian AY, and rapper Olamide, have joined growing calls for an end to the renewed killings in Benue State, demanding urgent action from the government and stakeholders to halt the violence and restore peace. Innocent Idibia, known as 2Ba...
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