•Aso Villa, Abuja President Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday held separate closed-door consultations with the governors of Kaduna, Benue, and Cross River states at the State House, Abuja, amid ongoing security and governance challenges in parts of the country. The governors, Uba Sani of Kaduna, Hyacinth Alia of Benue, and Bassey Otu of Cross River,...
•Photo (L-R): Tor Tiv, Prof James Ayatse; Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Makurdi, Bishop Wilfred Anagbe; Rep. Riley M. Moore and the Catholic Bishop of the Katsina-Ala Diocese, Isaac Dugu, during a visit to Benue State A delegation of United States lawmakers and diplomats visited Benue State on a fact-finding mission over the alleged [&hell...
•Armed Fulani herdsmen Three farmers have been gruesomely murdered in a fresh armed Fulani herdsmen attack on Gilim Ashi village, a settlement along the Naka–Agagbe road in Gwer West Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State. The attack has triggered heightened tension and fear in the community and nearby Naka, the headquarters of the LGA, [&...
•Catholic Bishops in Nigeria Catholic priests in Makurdi, Benue State, have distanced themselves from Governor Hyacinth Alia’s recent declaration that the insecurity in the state should not be classified as genocide. Alia, a Catholic priest turned politician, had on Wednesday stated that the security challenges facing Benue should not be descr...
•Armed Fulani herdsmen Four persons have been killed while many others sustained serious when suspected armed Fulani herdsmen attacked Anwule community in Oglewu, Ohimini Local Government Area of Benue State. It was gathered that many people have also been declared missing in the two days of attacks in the farming community, reports Vanguard. ...
Eight more corpses of policemen who were killed in a deadly attack on security operatives at Agu Centre, on the border of Katsina-Ala and Ukum LGAs of Benue State, have been recovered. The incident occurred on Friday when a team of security operatives encountered armed invaders, leaving an initial three personnel confirmed dead and eight [&hel...
•DSS operatives The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed charges before the Federal High Court in Abuja against nine suspects linked to the recent deadly attacks on Yelwata, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, as well as in parts of Plateau State. The charge sheet stated that one Haruna Adamu, Muhammad Abdullahi of […]
Six of the Nigerian Law School students who were abducted while travelling from Anambra State to Adamawa have regained freedom. The Benue Police Command confirmed this in a statement issued today. The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Udeme Edet, said the six law students were heading for the Yola Campus of the Nigerian Law School [&h...
•Gunmen A farmer, Gabriel Vandefan, was beheaded yesterday by armed attackers while working on his farm in Uikpam village, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. Locals said the community has recently come under threats from gunmen, forcing many residents to abandon their farms, reports Daily Trust. However, Vandefan reportedly risked retu...
•Armed Fulani herdsmen A village head and retired Headmaster, Zaki Aondohemba Isho and two others have been reportedly murdered by suspected armed Fulani herdsmen in a fresh attack on Ukohol community in Guma Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue State. Ukohol community is less than 10 10-minute’ drive from the Yelewata community, where over 20...
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