Tag: Killings
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Benue: Buhari reveals those behind killings, warns against reprisal attacks
President Muhammadu Buhari has said those behind incessant attacks in Benue State and some other parts of the country are ‘evil people’ bent on bringing the country to a sorry point. Recall that there have been repeated killings in Benue by suspected herdsmen with the latest being the killing of two priests and some worshipers.…
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BREAKING: Senate summons Buhari over killings in Benue, Taraba others
The Senate on Thursday resolved to invite President Muhammadu Buhari to address a joint session of the National Assembly over the rising level of killings in the country. The resolution followed a motion by Chairman, Senate Committee on Navy, Sen. George Akume at plenary. Presenting the motion titled: “Continued Killings in Benue State”, Akume expressed…
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Killings: Herdsmen holding Nigeria to ransom, tame them now, PDP tells Buhari
Nigeria’s main opposition political party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday charged the President Muhammadu Buhari led federal government to tame the herdsmen who have embarked on a killing spree in Nigeria since January. The party’s stance was made known by its chairman, Prince Uche Secondus in a reaction to the latest killings of…
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BREAKING: Reps summon Buhari over incessant killings in Benue
…suspends plenary for three days to commiserate with victims The House of Representatives on Wednesday resolved to summon President Muhammadu Buhari over the incessant killings by suspected herdsmen in Benue state and other parts of the country. The unprecedented decision was unanimously welcomed by an overwhelming majority of members after a Kano lawmaker, Baballe Bashir…
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Benue: CAN frowns at incessant killings, urges Christians to protest across Nigeria
Sequel to Tuesday’s killing of two serving priests and 13 worshippers of the Catholic Church in Benue State, the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has urged Christians to protest across Nigeria. In a statement by Adebayo Oladeji, the special assistant on media and communication to the CAN President, Samson Ayokunle, the association…
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Labour party condemns Senate invasion, incessant killings across Nigeria
One of the opposition party in the country; Labour Party (LP) has expressed concern over the incessant killings in some part of the country. This was contained in press statement signed by the National Chairman of the party Alhaji Abdulkadir Abdulsalam. “The Leadership of our party expressed serious worries over the continued killings of Nigerians…
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‘Herdsmen attacks will plunge Nigeria into major food crisis’ Soyinka warns
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka on Friday expressed grave concern over the continued displacement of the nation’s farming population in various parts of the country by rampaging violent herdsmen. Soyinka warned that if nothing was done urgently to stem the tide of killings and sacking of farmers by herdsmen, the dark cloud of violence could…
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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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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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Killings: What we recover from criminals, bandits in Kaduna – Police
The Police in Kaduna state on Friday said it had recovered 84 arms and 120 live ammunition in the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Austin Iwar, stated this at a media briefing in Kaduna. Iwar said that the recovered arms comprised 20 AK-47 rifles, 42 dane guns, 15 pump action guns,…