Tag: Benue State
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Benue: Youths nab notorious criminal, Anini
Youths from the Yaikyo community in Makurdi, the capital of Benue State, have successfully apprehended a notorious criminal known simply as Anini at a local supermarket.
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DHQ denies victim blaming in tragic Yelwata attacks
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has clarified that the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, never blamed the victims of the recent Benue killings as being represented in sections of the media.
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Nigerian massacres: Treating ring worm while ignoring leprosy – By Owei Lakemfa
I was in Ndjamena, Chad in 2014 as the then Secretary General of the African Workers, to meet the labour leaders in that country. There was a major barracks on the road opposite the hotel I stayed.
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As Benue burns: ‘Enough not enough’, Mr President, do something! – By Ehichioya Ezomon
Once again, communities in Benue State – the acclaimed “Food Basket of the Nation – are under attack, with death and destruction everywhere.
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Benue: Nigerians don’t need peace without justice – By Ikeddy Isiguzo
WHAT informs the tardy, ticky-tacky, trite policies of governments when Nigerians are attacked, hundreds killed and their farms are devastated?
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Police break silence on claims of fresh attacks in Benue
The Police Command in Benue has dismissed claims of any attack on Wannue Town in Tarka Local Government Area on Friday night.
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Yelwata attack: Benue Govt. confirms arrest of infiltrators in IDP camp
The Benue State Government has confirmed arrest of 50 fake Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at the International Market located along George Akume way in Makurdi, the state capital.
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Benue: Human sacrifice and the nameless war – By Chidi Amuta
The Nigerian governance road show rolled into Benue state earlier this week. The president and a motley collection of officialdom rolled into the state to see why so many innocent people are dying unnecessary deaths in the hands of nameless killers.
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We will go after Benue killers – COAS reassures
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, says the Nigerian Army will bring to justice the perpetrators of the recent killings in Benue, Plateau and other parts of the country.
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Benue killings: NYSC evacuates corps members
Mrs Veronica Garba, the Benue State Coordinator of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), said that corps members in crisis areas have been evacuated into family houses in Makurdi.