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Professor Yemi Osinbajo in Benue State… wednesday “Let me assure you that under no circumstance whatsoever will I give up my faith or refuse to stand up for my faith. You can take that to the bank. Even the position that I … Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2rOfDyE Get More...

On his return from China after a two-week leave, Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, fielded questions from journalists, where he spoke on why he instituted criminal proceedings against the leadership of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore (MAKH) and the recent arrest of the Benue Livestock … Read...

The Defence Headquarters, Abuja, said on Thursday that the fresh rounds of killings in Benue State were being sponsored. It added that the military would, however, soon apprehend both the killer herdsmen and their sponsors. The Director, Defence Information, Brig. Gen. John Agim, stated...

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has demanded the resignation of President Muhammadu over rampant killings across the country. In a reaction to the recent killings in Benue state where suspected herdsmen attacked Saint Ignatius Catholic Church, and killed 19 people, including...

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A security consultant, Captain Aliyu Umar (Retired), has blamed the recent killings in Benue State on an alleged conspiracy by bandits. Umar stated this on Channels Television’s breakfast show, Sunrise Daily where he decried the continued bloodshed. He said, “A conspiracy of silence …...

National Chairman of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, has challenged the military to stop the seeming unending Benue killings with the same zeal they “danced” around in the South-south and South-east regions recently. He reminded the military in the words of the former US...

A group, the Unified Nigerian Youth Forum, UNYF, has pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to take proactive measures towards bringing an end to the incessant killings and destruction of property in Benue State and other parts of the country. The forum enjoined Buhari to, in the alternative...

Suspected herdsmen have killed 15 people in an early morning attack on a Catholic Church in Benue State, officials told PREMIUM TIMES on Tuesday. Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2JobBnR Get More Nigeria Metro News

Gunmen in the army uniforms yesterday went berserk, killing 26 people, following an attack on Jandeikyura, a border settlement between Taraba and Benue states. The incident occurred in the wee hours of Friday in Tiv dominated villages, bringing the total number of people murdered in the area to...

The Nigeria Police has reacted to report that President Muhammadu Buhari queried the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Ibrahim Idris for allegedly not obeying his order. The police said claims by Presidency officials that Buhari had queried Idris as a result of the matter was false. The …...

The Benue State Special Assistant on Herdsmen Matters, Alhaji Shehu Tambaya, has said sponsors of killings in parts of the state would soon be exposed. Tambaya in an interview with our correspondent in Makurdi on Friday said it was inhuman for some people with blood running through their veins …...

Residents of 16 out of 23 LGs now displaced, says Ortom Rose Ejembi, Makurdi General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye has visited Benue State where he prayed that God should bring an end to the continuous bloodshed occasioned by incessant … Read...

A top Presidency source revealed on Tuesday night that President Muhammadu Buhari summoned the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, to explain why he flouted the order to relocate to Benue State to stem the killings blamed on Fulani herdsmen. It was learnt that the police boss was...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday summoned the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Buhari seized the opportunity of the encounter to query Idris for flouting his directive that he should relocate to Benue State following the killings recorded in the...

A presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, on Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari did not know about the absence of the Inspector General of Police in Benue because he is "not omniscient". Mr. Adesina made this known while appearing on a RayPower FM public affairs programme, Political...

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Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday laid wreathe on the graves of the 73 victims of Fulani herdsmen attacks who were gruesomely murdered on New Year day and given mass burial by the Benue State government, stating that certain forces are behind the sustained killings. Chief...

THE Nigerian Army will commence the exercise it code-named, “Operation Cat Race” in the North Central zone of the country this week to tackle the issue of farmers/herdsmen crisis. Recruits undergo training at the headquaters of the Depot of the Nigerian Army in … Read more via Vanguard News –...

Says truth suppressed too long GOVERNOR Samuel Ortom of Benue State has vowed to protect the people of the state in line with the oath of office he swore to always tell the truth. The governor regretted that those who had the responsibility … Read more via Vanguard News –...