Tag: Benue
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Islamic State terrorists behind killings in Benue, others – DSS
Security agencies, including the Department of State Service (DSS), have identified an Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) network operating within some areas in North Central and South South geopolitical zones as mastermind of recent killings in the country. According to them, the ISWA terror group use foreign terrorists and recruit young men to fight…
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Presidency raises alarm over influx of foreign terrorists into Benue, other states
Security service organizations including the Department of State Service (DSS) have identified an Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) network operating within some North Central and South-South sections of the country. This information is contained in a security report submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari recently by the affected security service outfits. The report indicated that…
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Taraba, Benue governors dragged to ICC over killings
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State and his counterpart in Taraba, Achitect Darius Ishaku has been dragged to the International Criminal Court, ICC, over the spate of killings in the two states. A civil society organisation, Initiative for Civil Rights Advancement in Nigeria stated this in a petition dated January 16th, 2018 and signed by…
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We will defend ourselves, Benue indigenes tell Buhari
Benue State indigenes have said they will no longer fold their hands and watch their kinsmen being massacred every other day by suspected Fulani herdsmen, stressing that they would rise to defend themselves should the Federal Government continue to dilly-dally on their security. They also called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare herdsmen “a terrorist…
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Fatai Owoseni appointed new police commissioner for Benue State
The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Kpotum Idris, has appointed the former Lagos state commissioner of police, Fatai Owoseni, as the new commissioner of police, Benue state command. Fatai Owoseni will replace Bashir Makama as the new CP in the state. This is coming at a time the police is at the center of herdsmen attacks…
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Herdsmen crisis: Have Benue, Taraba now become ‘no-go areas’ for Buhari? – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has criticized the All Progressives Congress governors and some serving federal ministers following their silence on the failure of President Muhammadu Buhari to visit Benue State over the killings of scores of citizens in the state by herdsmen. The party said it was a tragic failure of character and an…
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Benue massacre: Seek justice and reparation for victims of attacks by herdsmen, SERAP tells Buhari
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure that “any efforts by his government to prevent and combat attacks by herdsmen across the country is grounded in the rights of victims of unlawful killings and their families. It’s important to ensure that any policy to tackle the problem is not…
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BREAKING: Six dead as herdsmen strike again in Benue
There was pandemonium in Benue State on Wednesday as some suspected Fulani herdsmen struck again in another set of renewed attacks on communities in Logo, Guma and Okpokwu Local Government Areas of state killing six people. Governor Samuel Ortom confirmed the attacks on Wednesday at the Government House in Makurdi, the state capital. He made…
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Benue massacre: Buhari’s silence encouraging herdsmen to wreak more havoc – Reps
Members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari’s indifference to the killings by Fulani herdsmen across the country is a booster to their (herdsmen) morale to wreak more havoc. The lawmakers said this when they reconvened in Abuja on Tuesday after their Christmas and New Year break. They debated extensively on…
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Benue massacre: Buhari violated no law, acting within ambit of Nigerian constitution – Presidency replies CAN
The Presidency on Tuesday insisted that President Muhammadu Buhari violated no law in handling the recent farmers/herdsmen clashes in Benue and other parts of the country which had led to loss of several lives and properties. Recall that the General Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Musa Asake, that President Muhammadu Buhari was…