Nigeria’s largest Islamic organisation, Jama’atu Nasril Islam led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar lll, has berated Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom and former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode for alleged unbridled attacks against founder of the Sokoto caliphate, Usman…
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2019 Elections: Ortom gives condition to Buhari
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, yesterday during an interface with newsmen in Makurdi stated that President Muhammadu Buhari could get votes from the state if his campaign policy and programmes for his re-election are in tandem with the interest of…
26 KILLED AS GUNMEN IN ARMY UNIFORMS WENT BERSERK IN BENUE
Gunmen in the army uniforms yesterday went berserk, killing 26 people, following an attack on Jandeikyura, a border settlement between Taraba and Benue states. The incident occurred in the wee hours of Friday in Tiv dominated villages, bringing the total…
KOGI: HERDSMEN STRIKE AGAIN KILLING TRADITIONAL RULER AND 11 OTHERS
Barely five days after the killings in Dekina and Omala Local Government Areas, a traditional ruler and 11 other persons have again been reportedly killed and several houses razed in separate attacks by suspected herders of cattle on Agbenema, Aj’Ichekpa,…
BENUE HERDSMEN: KILLINGS OF INNOCENT SOULS ACROSS THE STATE MUST STOP, ADEBOYE PRAYS
General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye has visited Benue State where he prayed that God should bring an end to the continuous bloodshed occasioned by incessant attacks by herdsmen. He said the killings…
HERDSMEN KILLINGS: BUHARI VISITS BENUE, MET WITH EMPTY STREET PROTEST
President Muhammadu Buhari went to Benue state on Monday, March 12, to condole with the people over killings by herdsmen and reassure them that the administration shared in their grief. It was however, reported that the state was in no…