The Benue police command says it has uncovered an illegal firearms factory in the state.Fatai Owoseni, Benue commissioner of police, said on Tuesday that the factory is located at Amyuwogbu-Ibilla in Oju local government area.Parading some suspects arrested at the factory, Owoseni said the place was discovered in the course of an investigation into an abduction and rape incident.He gave [...]
The defence headquarters says 35 armed herdsmen were killed in Gwer, Logo and Guma local government areas of Benue state on Saturday.The armed herdsmen were said to have been killed by the air force’s Mi-35 attack helicopter during a clash with Nigerian troops.John Agim, director of information, said the military was on operation Whirl Stroke in Benue, Nasarawa, Taraba and [...]
Vice-President Yemi Osibajo has dismissed the religious colourations attached to the killings in Benue state.Osibajo, who is Benue on a two-day working visit, said this on Tuesday during a stakeholders meeting in Makurdi, the state capital."Persecutions have always been with Christians and it is the duty of Christians to stop it," NAN quoted him as saying."The gospel of Jesus cannot be [...]
Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue state, says he has no plan to leave the All Progressives Congress (APC).Ortom said this in Sunday while reacting to a report naming him as among APC leaders planning to defect to another political party.Benue has witnessed several killings in 2018, with some accusing the APC-led federal government of failing to make adequate efforts to [...]
Many people have been killed and displaced in a reprisal attack on the Hausa community in Makurdi, Benue state capital.The attack is believed to be carried out by Tiv youth protesting the killings of some priests and worshippers at a Catholic church in Gwer east local government area of the state.Daily Trust quoted Bello Abdurrahamn, sarkin Hausawa of Makurdi, as [...]
The two priests and worshipers murdered at St. Ignatius’ Catholic Church, Ayar, Benue, were praying for a solution to the killings in the state when suspected herdsmen struck on Tuesday.Jude Ortese, a reverend father and chancellor of the Catholic diocese of Makurdi, made this known on Wednesday.He said the 19 victims will be buried at Susugh Maria Pilgrimage Centre, Ayati, [...]
At least 22 persons have reportedly been killed by suspected herdsmen in Benue.The attackers were said to have struck a community in Guma around 6am on Wednesday.Dickson Taki, a member of the house of representatives from Benue state, disclosed this while speaking on the floor of the house.He said many were injured in the attack which happened barely 24 hours after 19 [...]
Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have killed two priests at St. Ignatius’ Catholic Church, Ayar, Gwer east local government area of Benue state.Moses Iorapuu, director of the Catholic archdiocese of Makurdi, confirmed the attack, blaming it on "Jihadists".The gunmen were said to have opened fire on the worshipers after invading the church around 5am on Tuesday.Some worshipers were also killed [...]
Aggrieved soldiers invaded Naka, administrative headquarters of Gwer west local government area of Benue state on Thursday, burning several houses and destroying properties worth millions.Channels quoted some residents as saying the soldiers went to the community in search of one of their colleagues.They reportedly said trouble started on Wednesday when a man in military uniform came into the town and [...]
Four police officers were killed and at least 11 declared missing after some gunmen laid an ambush on a police team in Benue state.A vehicle belonging to the security personnel was reportedly set on fire while some houses were also burnt during the attack which occurred when the officers were on a patrol from Anyibe to Ayilamo in Logo local [...]
Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have killed at least 10 people in two communities in Benue state.The communities are Gbeji in Ukum local government area and Tswarev district of Logo local government.Fatai Owoseni, commissioner of police in the state, confirmed the attacks, saying they happened on Tuesday night.Disclosing that some corpses had been recovered, he said security personnel had been [...]
At least 24 persons have been reportedly killed in renewed attacks by suspected herdsmen in various communities in Benue state.Members of the house of representatives from Benue disclosed this on Thursday.The killings were said to have been perpetrated between April 2 and 4.Addressing journalists in Abuja, the lawmakers alleged that killer herdsmen attacked seven communities in the state, and are [...]
Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue state, says the activities of “killer herdsmen” have led to too much blood shed in the state.He said this on Thursday at St. Bernard Primary School Ugwu-Okpoga in Okpokwu local government area (LGA) of the state where a funeral service held in honour of 26 victims of herdsmen attacks in Omusu and Okana communities.The service [...]
Akpen Leva, chairman of the Benue chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), says herdsmen have destroyed over 500 churches in the state.Speaking with journalists on Tuesday, Leva described the destruction as "worrisome" and asked the federal government to compensate the affected churches.The chairman said majority of those affected by the attacks are Christians and this has made the [...]
Olusegun Obasanjo, former President, on Saturday laid a wreath at the graveyard of 73 victims of herdsmen attack in Benue state.Guma and Logo local government areas of the state came under attack by herders in January, with 73 persons massacred.Obasanjo was at Genabe village, in the outskirt of Makurdi town to pay his respect to the victims.See pictures below:Photo credit: Vanguard [...]
The house of representatives has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to compel the nation's security agencies to enforce the law banning open grazing in Benue state.The lawmakers also asked the president to direct the security agencies to tackle the incessant killings in various parts of the country.The resolutions were sequel to a motion raised during plenary on Thursday by Hassan Saleh, [...]
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