The overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly (LRA), Tunde Bakare, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari and his government of doing nothing about the genocide in Benue even though they were warned 18 months earlier. Mr. Bakare also added that the government has failed in what seem to be its area of strength — security, and […]
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At least 10 persons were killed when gunmen suspected to be herdsmen Dangaji and Ungwan Gajere villages in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna state, on Friday night. Apart from the fatalities, several persons reportedly sustained gunshot injuries during the attack. The villagers were said to have fled for safety as the gunmen razed […]
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The Benue State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) says it has registered about 80,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) after the recent clashes between herdsmen and farmers. Emmanuel Shior, executive secretary of SEMA, disclosed this in an interview with the NAN on Wednesday. He said the displaced people are in four camps located in Guma and Logo […]
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Akpenheen Amile, a livestock guard who is being treated for gunshots sustained in the January 2 attack on villages in Guma, Benue State, says he is yet to establish contact with his four wives and 18 children. “I am in physical pains from gunshot injuries, but such pains don’t hurt me like the inability to […]
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By Wole Soyinka It is happening all over again. History is repeating itself and, alas, within such an agonizingly short span of time. How often must we warn against the enervating lure of appeasement in face of aggression and will to dominate! I do not hesitate to draw attention to Volume III of my INTERVENTION […]
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NIGERIA – Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media, Garba Shehu, says it is unfair and unkind for anyone to say his boss is condoning the killings perpetrated by suspected herdsmen. President Muhammadu Buhari has been accused of not intervening directly in the clashes between farmers and herdsmen. In a statement on Tuesday, Shehu […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered Ibrahim Idris, the inspector-general of police, to move to Benue to restore law and order, prevent further loss of lives and forestall the crisis from escalating. Jimoh Moshood, polise spokesman, said the order followed the recent unfortunate killings of innocent people in Guma and Logo local government areas of the […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria, security agencies and states affected by violent clashes between herdsmen and farmers have agreed on strategies to check the menace. This is the outcome of a crucial security meeting convened by the Minister of Interior, retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, in Abuja on Monday. The closed-door meeting, which lasted for about […]
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Shehu Sani, senator representing Kaduna central, says there are vultures flying over the heads, villages and communities of our people and that attack carried out herdsmen erodes the credibility and integrity of the Buhari administration. The lawmaker said the mass murder in southern Kaduna, Taraba, Benue, Numan and other affected places are “unpardonable and despicable […]
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The Benue State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said over 40,000 persons had been displaced following the recent gunmen attack in Guma and Logo local government areas (LGAs) of the state. Emmanuel Shior, executive secretary of SEMA, told NAN in Makurdi, the state capital, that the agency had opened four camps for the displaced persons in the affected […]
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