A delegation of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, led by its Deputy National Chairman (South), Yemi Akinwunmi, yesterday, paid a condolence visit to the government and people of Benue State over the recent killings by herdsmen, which left hundreds of households in mourning. PDP donates relief...
Former Interim National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Bisi Akande has that President Muhammadu Buhari should not be blamed for the killings in Benue and Taraba States by Fulani herdsmen but the system of government being operated in the country. APC NEC Meeting : Interim …...
Sunday Weighing the gravity and international shame caused by the killings of over 72 innocent persons cum criticisms and condemnations of such act by Nigerians, stakeholders and some international persons, the senate on Tuesday ordered the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris to fish...
Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial district, Shehu Sani has lampooned Benue elders for visiting President Muhammadu Buhari at Aso Villa over herdsmen killings in Benue. In his contribution at the plenary on Tuesday, he blamed the elders saying, President Buhari ought to have visited...
Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has warned those raising false alarm and making inflammatory statements regarding the security situation in Makurdi, the State capital, to desist from such acts or face arrest. Governor Ortom, who described as ‘unfortunate’, the tendency of some...
Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, says his state does not have land for cattle colonies. Ortom said this on Monday while speaking with journalists after he and Benue leaders held a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa. The establishment cattle colonies has been seen...
The Igede people of Benue State in Anambra and Delta states have berated the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly shielding Fulani herdsmen from facing the wrath of the law over obvious terrorist activities. The ethnic group also faulted the government over its lack of...
The Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, His Lordship, Most Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor, has described the proposed setting up of grazing reserves and colonies for herdsmen as a time bomb waiting to explode. He emphasised that ranching remained the only solution to the Fulani herdsmen and farmers’...
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday passed a damning verdict on the perpetrators of killings in Benue State, saying the killer herdsmen will be made to face the wrath of the law. Declaring that the culprits of the massacre won’t escape justice, Buhari called on the …
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As reactions continue to trail the recent attack on Benue communities by suspected Fulani herdsmen were over 80 people were killed, a civil society group has slammed the state governor, Samuel Ortom for allegedly setting out to wipe out some ethnic group from the state. The group, under he …...
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday evening met behind close doors with the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki; and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara. The meeting which was held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja was called to discuss the...
…says I’m truly sorry for comment on anti-open grazing warning By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor Ortom and Lalong In a rare display of humility and statesmanship by a Nigerian politician, Plateau State Governor, Mr. Simon Lalong, Sunday, tendered an unreserved apology to his Benue state...
The Senate Ad hoc Committee on Security Infrastructure yesterday expressed shock that President Muhammadu Buhari, his deputy, Yemi Osinbajo, the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, and the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, all ignored several warnings of the planned attack on...
Popular musician-turned-activist, Chukwuemeka Charles Oputa, popularly known as CharlyBoy, has blasted President Muhammadu Buhari for not declaring Fulani herdsmen a terrorist group. Buhari was absent at the mass burial of 73 people killed by Fulani herdsmen in Logo and Guma LGAs of the state...
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The Benue state government has released the names of those killed in the recent attacks on two local government areas by suspected herdsmen. On January 1, Guma and Logo local governments came under siege from the rampaging herdsmen killing 73 people, while dozens of people were injured and still...
The Hausa community and some youth in the Wadata area of Makurdi, Benue state, clashed on Saturday.
An eyewitness told TheCable that “earlier today, a Fulani man was hit dead by a car in Wuruku market.
“Before we know it, hundreds of Hausa people all came out with their weapons and the whole...
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Former Plateau state governor, David Jonah Jang, has lambasted Governor, Simon Lalong, over his comments on killings in Benue state. Jang also condemned Lalong for attacking Governor Samuel Ortom over the anti-grazing law which became effective November 1, 2017. Comrade Clinton Garuba, Jang’s...
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday came under attack for over his failure to attend the mass burial for the victims of the Benue herdsmen killings. President Buhari on Thursday shared a post on his official twitter page congratulating the winner of his 2017 greeting card competition. Buhari...
Gov. Tanko Al-Makura and other stakeholders in Nasarawa State have denied the allegation by Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue that Nasarawa State is habouring killer herdsmen in Tunga, Awe local Government Area. Al-Makura, while making a presentation at a stakeholders’ meeting convened by the Inspector...
– Former President Goodluck Jonathan sends condolence message to five northern states over the clashes between farmers and herdsmen – Jonathan reveals how he ordered security agencies to tackle the menace when he became president – He also says denies not …
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