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    Politics Benue killings: Rep blasts Femi Adesina over Jonathan – Daily Post Nigeria

    A member of the House of Representatives, Samson Okwu, has criticized President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman, Femi Adesina, over his comments on the Benue killings. Okwu labelled it a “statement of failure”. On Wednesday, Adesina said between 2013 and May 2015 when Goodluck Jonathan was...
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    Metro Benue killings: We may raise our own Army if…, says Unongo – The Sun News

    Rose Ejembi, Makurdi Ancestral leader of the Tiv nation, Wantaregh Paul Unongo, has said that if President Muhammadu Buhari has refused to fulfill his mandate of protecting lives and properties of Benue people, the people of the state may be left with no option than to train their own … via...
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    Politics Saraki: Benue killings show faults in our security system, says Senate President

    I believe the sad situation in Benue state shows some fundamental faults in our security system; Saraki said. President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki has reacted to the recent killing of Nigerians in Benue state by suspected Fulani herdsmen. In a statement by his … via pulse.ng – Nigeria’s...
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    Metro Benue attacks: My four wives, 18 children still missing, Livestock guard cries – Vanguard News

    Makurdi – Mr Akpenheen Amile, a Livestock Guard, who is being treated of gunshots sustained in the Jan. 2 attack on villages in Guma, Benue State, says he is yet to establish contact with his four wives and 18 children. From left, Benue state Commission of Police, AIG Zone 4, … via Vanguard...
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    Metro Mass burial for victims of Benue Massacre set for January 11 – The Sun News

    The Benue Government says it will bury victims of the January 1 attacks on Thursday, January 11. 73 persons were gunned down by unknown assailants who invaded five villages in Guma and Logo Local Governments on new year’s day. Several others were injured while 50,000 persons were displaced. …...
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    Herdsmen Attacks: You Will Get Zero Votes From Us In 2019 - Benue Leaders Warn Buhari

    The Tiv Area Traditional Council (TATC) on Tuesday, January 9 said it had concluded plans to report to the global community and International Criminal Court, the atrocities of Fulani herdsmen, including the recent killing of natives in Benue state. The TATC also predicted that President...
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    Politics Benue Mayhem: ‘Use Your Constitutional Powers To Arrest Herdsmen Instead Of Begging Abuja’,...

    Lawyer and social critic, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has advised Mr. Sam Ortom, governor of Benue State, to use his constitutional powers instead of begging the federal government to order the arrest Fulani herdsmen killing people in the state. … via All Content – http://ift.tt/2ALlGGs -- Get...
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    Benue Killings: Ortom Goes Tough, Rejects FG's Proposal - Guardian Nigeria

    Apparently faulting the Federal Government’s solution to the ceaseless killings by heardsmen nationwide, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has insisted that ranching rather than colonies was the sustainable solution to the menace. The governor, who dissociated himself from the suggestion for...
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    Politics Benue killings: Atiku threatens to file libel suit, demands N200bn in damages from Unongo –...

    Ade Adesomoju, Abuja A former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar on Monday threanted to sue a leader of the Northern Elders Forum, Paul Unongo, for accusing him of being a financier of the Miyetti Allah, an association of cattle breeders. Atiku issued this threat in a letter by his lawyer, Mahmud …...
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    Benue Killings: Otorm Declares 3-day Mourning For The Dead – The Sun News

    Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has declared three days of mourning for dead victims of herdsmen attacks on communities in Logo and Guma Local Government Areas of the state. In a state signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase and made available to Daily Sun, the governor disclosed...
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    Politics Fulani Herdsmen Are Far More Important To Buhari Than Benue – Fani-Kayode Tells Ortom

    Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has alleged that Fulani herdsmen are far ore important to President Muhammadu Buhari than the Benue people. The former Minister and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stated this on Monday in response to Governor Samuel Ortom outcry on...
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    Metro Benue Killings: Buhari Has Abandoned Us, I Am Losing Control - Gov Ortom Cries Out

    Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of abandoning him and the people of the state. Ortom said that the cabal around the president have been deliberately frustrating the attempt by the state government to present the true picture of what is happening in...
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    Moves To Make Fulani Herdsmen Kogi Indigenes Begin – Nairaland

    In compliance to Governor Yahaya Bello’s directive that traditional rulers in Kogi state should accommodate Fulani men in their councils and communities as indigenes, the Obadofin of Kabba, Oba Michael Yusuf has inaugurated a 13-man committee to be in charge of the implementation of the...
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    Don’t Retaliate Fulani Herdsmen Killings, Pray For Them Instead – Osinbajo – The Sun News

    Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said as dangerous, deadly and heartless as killings by Fulani herdsmen in Adamawa, Benue and Jos and that of Badoo in Lagos and Ogun states were, retaliation was not the answer. This was even as he has warned that the danger of allowing politics to play a part...
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    Politics Buhari sleeping on duty, herdsmen will cause war – Middle Belt youths lament ‘genocide’ – Daily Post

    The Middle Belt Forum on Thursday condemned recurring killings in northern parts of the country. Comrade Emma Zopmal, National Youth Leader of the forum, in a statement, called the situation “genocide”. He lamented the inability of the Nigerian government to stop the attacks on innocent...
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    Politics Benue Governor, Ortom, escapes death as Benue killings continue

    Benue state Governor, Samuel Ortom, escaped death by the whiskers in a peaceful protest that turned violent staged by the National Union of Benue State Students, NUBESS, in protest against the killing of 50 innocent people of the state by armed Fulani herdsmen. The protest which was later...
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    Metro Benue Killings: Police Arrest 8 Herdsmen

    The Police in Benue say they have arrested eight herdsmen over the death of 10 persons and seven livestock guards in Guma and Logo Local Governments of the state on Monday. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Moses Yamu, announced this in a statement made available to the News...
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    Metro Gov. Ortom Names Former Aide as Mastermind of Benue Killings

    Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has accused his estranged Senior Special Assitant on Security, Terwase Akwaza, otherwise known as Ghana as the mastermind of the recent attack on Zaki Biam, which left scores dead. The governor vowed that he would make sure Ghana is arrested and brought...
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    Metro ‘Even Churches Are No Longer Safe for Us’ - Mark Raises Alarm Over Killings in Benue

    Former President of the Senate, Senator David Mark has raised alarm over the spate of murders, kidnappings and gang-related activities in parts of Benue State that have claimed scores of lives and properties in recent times. Reacting to the death of a Catholic Priest, Reverend Father John...
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