The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi has condemned the killing of Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in Benue State and the abduction of some residents in Wanzamai village in Zamfara State. Obi urged the government to take drastic action to stop the threat. He bemoaned the detrimental effects such acts were having on Nigeria. […]
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Nigeria Stands United Against Forces Of Terror – Buhari Reacts To Killing In Benue
President Muhammadu Buhari has denounced the recent killing spree in Benue State, in which tens of people were slaughtered in the Umogidi town of Entekpa-Adoka in the state’s Otukpo Local Government Area, and he has urged all measures to be made to put an end to the “extreme violence.” In a statement released on Saturday […]
JUST IN: Suspected Herders Kill 34 In Benue
In the Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, suspected herdsmen have massacred no less than 34 people who were seeking refuge at a primary school at Mgban in Nyiev council ward. Just two days have passed after the horrific murder of 46 people at Umogidi in the state’s Otukpo LGA. The incident was referred […]
BREAKING: Protest Rocks Apa As Youths Block Federal Road Over Killing In Benue Community
Residents of Apa, Benue State, have taken to the streets in protest over recent senseless killings in the region carried out by what are thought to be herdsmen militia. On Friday, a large group of adolescents converged on the Oweto-Loko/Abuja road. The demonstrators set up barriers on the roadway. For more than five hours, commuters […]