Tag: Benue
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Ortom to Buhari: No grazing routes in Benue
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has debunked President Muhammadu Buhari’s statement asking his attorney general to reopen all grazing routes as gazetted in the past. But Ortom said there is no grazing reserves or cattle routes in Benue State to be opened. “Grazing reserves are not in the Constitution. There is anti-open grazing law in…
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#BenueUnderAttack: Nigerians blast FG, security operatives over continuous attacks, killings in Benue
The President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government on Friday came other serious bashing over the recent attacks on Benue communities leaving scores of people dead. According to reports, the violent attacks were masterminded by suspected herdsmen. Trending the hashtag #BenueUnderAttack on Friday, Nigerian Twitter users called the attention of authorities to gory images as evidence of…
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Nine shot dead in Benue community again
Gunmen attacked Agan community in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue on Friday. leaving nine persons dead. Terkimbi Shom, one of the locals, told the newsmen on Saturday that nobody knew where the attackers came from. Shom said: “These attacks are becoming too frequent. “This is the second time in less than three weeks that…
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Defend yourselves against armed invaders, Ortom tells benue people
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, on Monday, urged residents of the state to defend themselves against armed invaders who stormed their communities to kill people. Ortom, who made the remark while reacting to questions from journalists on his arrival in Makurdi from Oyo State where he attended the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ meeting,…
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Insecurity: Ortom attacks Buhari to hide his failure in Benue – El-Rufai
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, says his Benue State counterpart, Samuel Ortom, uses the insecurity in his state to attack the President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government in order to cover up his own failure. El-Rufai, therefore, stated that he no longer takes Ortom seriously. The Kaduna governor said this while responding to a video…
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Buhari reacts to fresh violence, killings in Benue, Anambra
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday called for an end to what he described as “the cycle of violence” in Benue and Anambra states. In a statement signed by spokesman Garba Shehu, the President said the inclination for people to take law into their hands “in the name of revenge” will lead to “no winners .…
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19 killed as gunmen storm Benue communities
The Benue State Police Command has confirmed attacks by some gunmen on communities in Gwer West Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Catherine Anene, confirmed the attack on Monday to newsmen. The police spokesperson, however, said the command was yet to receive full details of the incident.…
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SAD! Herdsmen kill man, wife in Benue
Suspected herdsmen have murdered a man and his wife in Udei, a community in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. Igba Faga and his wife were hacked to death on Tuesday evening on their way home from their farm. The attack came less than 24 hours after some armed herders invaded an Internally Displaced…
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Herdsmen kill couple returning from farm in Benue
Barely 24 Hours after the killing of seven people at an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in the Benue State by suspected Fulani herdsmen, a couple was reportedly hacked to death by suspected herdsmen. According to the report, the husband and wife were reported to be returning from the farm on Tuesday evening when they…
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Ortom in tears as herdsmen militiamen kill seven Internally Displaced Persons
No fewer than seven Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, were killed after suspected armed herdsmen militia attacked the Abagena IDPs camp on the outskirts of Makurdi, the Benue state capital. It was gathered that the unprovoked attack which took place around 2am on Tuesday left many IDPs with serious injuries Among the first callers to the…