The Nigeria Police Force have arrested three suspects in connection with the killings in Birane village in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara. The suspects are : Halilu Garba, 45, alias Mabushi, Zubairu Marafa, 45, alias Wakili and Nafi’u Badamasi, 40, alias Zakiru. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that bandits, suspected to be […]
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The inspector-general of police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, who appeared before the Senate committee on Friday over killings in the country, said anti-grazing law should be put on hold until ranches are established. Although the law which is in effect in Ekiti and Benue states was meant to check clashes between farmers and herdsmen, it has […]
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The Senate has given the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mr Ibrahim Idris 14 day ultimatum to arrest and investigate the perpetrators of Benue killings. This position was sequel to the consideration of a report of the Senate Ad Hoc Committee on the Review of the Current Security Infrastructure in Nigeria. The committee had on Friday […]
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The speaker of the house of representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has strongly condemned the killings in various parts of the country, stating that all is not well. Giving his address to lawmakers when they resumed from recess on Tuesday, Dogara frowned at the violence in Benue, Taraba, Kaduna, Rivers, Zamfara, and Adamawa states. “Indeed at no […]
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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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The Plateau State Police Command has confirmed 19 persons killed and five others injured in an attack on Ancha village, Bassa Local Government, on Friday. The Plateau police commissioner, Peter Ogunyanwo, who briefed journalists on Friday in Jos, said that preliminary investigation had indicated that the attack was carried out by Fulani gunmen. “We are […]
Continue ReadingThe Fulani community, accused of killing hundreds in Agatu in Benue State, on Thursday, gave its own side of the story, stating that the crisis started after 10,000 cattle belonging to its members were killed by Agatu natives. Speaking on behalf of the Fulani community, Ado Boderi, on Thursday, during a meeting between Agatu community, […]
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