Some gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, in the late hours of Friday and early hours of Saturday invaded six communities in Saghev council ward of Guma Local Government Area of Benue State where ten persons have been reportedly killed. The communities attacked, according to locals who spoke to our correspondent through the telephone include; […]
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Some aggrieved soldiers invaded Naka, administrative headquarters of Gwer west local government area of Benue state on Thursday, burning several houses and destroying properties in the process. According to Channels, some residents said the soldiers went to the community in search of one of their colleagues. They reportedly said trouble started on Wednesday when a […]
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At least four police officers have been killed and 11 others declared missing after some gunmen laid an ambush on a police team in Benue state. A vehicle belonging to the security personnel was reportedly set on fire while some houses were also burnt during the attack which occurred when the officers were on a […]
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Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have killed at least 10 people in two communities in Benue state. The communities are Gbeji in Ukum local government area and Tswarev district of Logo local government. Fatai Owoseni, commissioner of police in the state, confirmed the attacks, saying they happened on Tuesday night. Disclosing that some corpses had […]
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Not less than 24 persons have been reportedly killed in renewed attacks by suspected herdsmen in various communities in Benue state. The killings were said to have been perpetrated between April 2 and 4. Addressing journalists in Abuja, Members of the house of representatives from Benue said that killer herdsmen attacked seven communities in the […]
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The presidency on Tuesday summoned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, for questioning over why he breached President Muhammadu Buhari’s order to relocate to Benue following the January 1 killings in the state. President Buhari received Idris in a private audience. And Idris left about 30 minutes after without speaking to pressmen. President Buhari […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari Monday said he was quite surprised to learn the Inspector-General of Police Ibrahim Idris disregarded his instruction to relocate to Benue over multiple killings in the state. At a stakeholders meeting held during his condolence visit to the state, President Buhari was told the IGP did not spend 24 hours in Benue. […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday “claimed that the” crisis on the Mambilla Plateau in Taraba State had claimed more lives than that of the herdsmen killings in Benue and Zamfara states. The President stated this during a stakeholders’ meeting with representatives of ethnic groups and the Taraba State Government at the Taraba Government House in […]
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The Benue State Command of the Nigerian Police Force has discovered the lifeless remain of one of the two officers declared missing. Suspected herdsmen had attacked a police patrol team on Saturday after which four officers went missing. The officers were returning from an assignment from some villages in Logo local government area of the […]
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The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has addressed a bizarre report trending of a snake swallowing N36 million from the vault of one of its state branches. The board said the case was that of pure criminality and fraud on the part of one of its staff. According to a report in Sun news […]
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