Benue killings

Vice President Yemi Osibajo has denied claims that the killings in Benue were the outcome of a planned agenda to eliminate the people.Osibajo, who is Benue on a two-day working visit, made the denial on Tuesday during a stakeholders…

The Metropolitan Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, has explained how Pope Francis heard of the killing of two priests and 15 parishioners in Gwer East LGA of Benue State in April.He gave the explanation in an…

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has hailed the decision of the Senate to summon President Muhammadu Buhari over rising spate of insecurity in the country.The party said in a Thursday statement by its National Publicity…

The long arms of the law have caught up with a suspected mastermind of the New Year's Day attacks that left 73 people dead in Guma and Logo LGAs of Benue state.The 40-year-old man, identified as Alhaji Laggi, was arrested in Tunga,…

The Inspector-General of Police,Ibrahim Idris, has deployed 15 additional police units,special forces, technical and intelligence teams to contain further attacks in Benue.Mr Fatai Owoseni,the Commissioner of Police in the state,…

Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has called on the people to set aside their political differences and support the government in tackling insecurity in the state.Ortom made the call when he received Mr Joseph Tondo, the state Chairman,…

Sen. Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, has said that while the Federal Government is determined to address the issues of farmers herdsmen clashes in Benue, it is constrained by the…

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on Gboko town in Gboko LGA, where seven men believed to be herdsmen were set ablaze.The governor's spokesman, Tahav Agerzua, said Ortom directed security agencies to…

President Muhammadu Buhari has described as untrue the insinuation that he has not done anything about killings in Benue state.The president disclosed in a letter addressed to Senate President Bukola Saraki and read on the floor of the…

The resolve by stakeholders to resolve the Fulani Herders imbroglio is a panacea to end the increasing deaths experienced in parts of the country. Applying the best strategy under the present circumstance where all the sides of the feuding…

The Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Operations, DIG Joshak Habila has said it was too early to conclude that the Islamic State in West Africa group was responsible for the killings in Benue and other northern states in…

The Department of State Services (DSS) and sister security agencies have sent an intelligence report to President Muhammadu Buhari in which they claimed that the Islamic State in West Africa terror group was chiefly responsible for the…

On Wednesday the 17th of January, 2018, an Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and Arabic at the Northwest University, Kano, Umar Labdo Muhammad, claimed that Benue state belongs to the Fulani ethnic nationality by right of conquest.…

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was…

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State has led a delegation of Northern Governors Forum to persuade Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue not to quit the forum over recent killings in his state.Suspected Fulani herdsmen murdered 73 persons in…

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar has condemned the killings in Benue, adding that God is angry with the killers.He made this known at the 1st General Assembly of Inter-faith Dialogue Forum held in Abuja on Thursday.According…

A Northern thinker, Umar Labdo Muhammad has described Benue as an extension of the Fulani emirate, and warned against any attempt to dislodge them from the state.In a viral Facebook post, he said:Benue State belongs to the Fulani people…

The Nigerian Senate has ordered the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to produce the herdsmen who killed over 70 persons in Benue recently within 14 days.The order followed an extended plenary on Tuesday where senators debated…

The Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu has condemned recent herdsmen killings across the country, saying the Senate was tired of observing "one-minute silence" for victims.Ekweremadu who spoke at plenary on Tuesday harped on the…

A group, the Gan Allah Fulani Development Association of Nigeria (GAFDAN) has described recent crises between herdsmen and farmers across the country as the Fulani herdsmen's way of pushing back against prolonged neglect and injustice.…

The Nigerian Army has deployed a special forces team to Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba states.The team would help prevent the increasing cases of herdsmen attacks and secure vulnerable communities in the three states.A late-night tweet from…

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has described as an act of war against Nigeria the killing of innocent souls by herdsmen across the country.The outspoken octogenarian made this known in a statement he issued on Wednesday.Soyinka…

The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has arrived in Benue State as directed by President Muhammadu Buhari.According to a terse statement by Force PRO, Jimoh Moshood, the police boss arrived the state on Wednesday."He was…

Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri has lambasted the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, for failing to take definitive steps to protect his people against marauding Fulani herdsmen.Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen wreaked havoc…

The 59 victims of recent killings by Fulani herdsmen in Guma and Logo LGAs of Benue State will be given mass burial on Thursday.According to The Punch, quoting Terver Akase, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue,…

President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, over the New Year's Day killing of over 50 people in Benue State by men suspected to be Fulani herdsmen.The police boss appeared before the president…

No fewer than 3,000 protesters in Benue State took to the streets to protest Tuesday killings in some parts of the state by suspected Fulani herdsmen.At least 50 persons are believed to be dead, according to reports.The protestors who…

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, says the Army will adjust deployment of troops as part of measures to end the killings in Agatu communities in Benue.Buratai, who said this during his visit to a military tactical…

Former Senate President, David Mark (PDP – Benue South) has decried the killing of residents of Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State by Fulani herdsmen.The senator, who was recently sworn into the Senate for a sixth term after a…