Tag: Benue
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BREAKING: Herdsmen invade Catholic Church in Benue, kill 15
There was pandemonium again in Benue as suspected herdsmen stormed a Catholic Church in Benue on Tuesday morning killing at least 15 people. The attack occurred in Ayar-Mbalom, a community in Gwer East Local Government Area. TheNewsGuru.com reports that two reverend fathers were murdered in the attack. Spokesperson to Governor Samuel Ortom, Terver Akase, while…
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300,000 Benue Students out of School over herdsmen attacks
No fewer than 300,000 children in Benue state are out of school due to incessant attacks by herdsmen, says Secretary of the Benue State Teaching Service Board, Prof. Wilfred Uji. Uji, who decried the persistent killings in the state during a press briefing on Tuesday in Makurdi, said the crisis had seriously affected the educational…
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Troops neutralise 4 militia in Benue
The Army says its troops have neutralised four of the 20 militia they encountered at Teguma village in Guma Local Government Area of Benue on Monday during patrol, while others fled. A statement by Brig.-Gen Texas Chukwu, the Director of Army Public Relations, issued on Tuesday said items recovered from the militia were four AK…
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Gunmen ambush police team in Benue, one officer dead, several missing
There was pandemonium on Sunday night as gunmen opened fire on a police team patrol in Benue. One officer was killed while eleven others were declared missing. According to a report by Premium Times, the slain officer was riding with his colleague from Anyibe to Ayilamo, both in Logo Local Government Area, when gunmen cornered…
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Benue killings: We’ve recovered 26 more bodies, say locals
There was a new twist to the killings in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State on Friday as some locals said farmers in Akaanya, Tse Gbum, Kpete and Ulam communities in the local government recovered 26 more bodies. They said the victims were killed by people in military uniform, who were allegedly looking for…
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Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal golfers storm Benue for Mark @ 70
…As Otukpo agog for former Senate President About 300 golfers from Nigeria, Ghana and Senegal are competing for honours at the Otukpo Golf and Country club, Benue state in the Pro Am golf championship organized by the Nigerian Golf Federation(NGF)to commemorate the 70th birthday of the immediate past President of the Senate, Senator David Mark.…
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Bandits attack: Police recover 10 corpses in Benue communities
The Benue Police Command says it has recovered 10 corpses of villagers killed by suspected armed bandits in Tse-Audu and Enger villages in Gwer West Local Government Area of the state. In a statement on Friday in Makurdi, the command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Moses Yamu said the corpses were victims of the Thursday…
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Again, herdsmen kill five in renewed attacks in Benue
Suspected Fulani herdsmen have again killed five people in a renewed attack in different parts of Benue State. Four persons were reportedly killed by herdsmen at the Guma and Agatu local government areas of the state on Sunday, while one herdsman was reported killed at Lower Benue, a suburb of Makurdi, on Saturday. The incident…
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2019 presidential aspirant, Kingsley Moghalu pays condolence visit to Benue
Professor Kingsley Moghalu, former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and an aspirant in the 2019 Presidential race paid a two-day visit to Benue following the recent attacks and unjust killings visited upon residents in the State. He was accompanied on this condolence visit by his wife, Mrs Maryanne Moghalu and key members…
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Benue killings: We are tired of burying our people – Ortom cries out
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has said the state cannot continue to bury her citizens as a result of ceaseless attacks on them by suspected herdsmen. The Governor while speaking at St. Bernard’s Primary School, Ugwu-Okpoga, assured that killing of Benue people had come to an end. Governor Ortom, who consoled the bereaved families, as…