Troops fom the Whirl Stroke (OPWS) Operation, on Monday killed 21 armed herdsmen and lost one soldier in Benue state, force commander, Adeyemi Yekini has said. Yekini told reporters at …
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Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom on Monday welcomed President Muhammadu Buhari to his territory for the first time since assuming power in 2015. Buhari commiserated with the people over recent …
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Gov Ortom Declares Curfew in Benue ‘until further notice’ after another round of Herdsmen killings
Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, on Wednesday approved the imposition of a dusk-to-dawn curfew on Gboko town from yesterday, January 31, 2018, until further notice to stop further killings in …
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Ekiti state Governor, Ayodele Fayose has reacted to the death of Babuga Dengi, a herdsman said to have been killed in a bush between Irele and Oke Ako in Ikole …
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The Catholic bishop of Gboko diocese, Williams Avenya, has said that the people of Benue state gave massive support to President Muhammadu Buhari but “received 73 corpses in return”. In …
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Africa’s first Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has described the current clash between herdsmen and farmers as history repeating itself. In 2018 alone, over 80 people have been killed across Benue …
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Troops of 93 battalion of the Nigerian army stationed in Takum, Taraba, have arrested nine alleged members of an armed militia known as civilian JTF. The alleged members of the …
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The Governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom is currently in a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari over the killings in Guma and Logo local government areas of his state. …
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Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has threatened to sue a chieftain of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Paul Unongo for allegedly making a false claim that he finances the Miyetti …
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A former Director of the Department of State Security Services, Mike Ejiofor has revealed those behind the recent Benue attack. Mike Ejiofor speaking with Channels said that the Benue killers …