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Vanguard News Translate Home » News » Over 3,000 Benue residents flee homes over armed herdsmen attack on neigbouring Ebonyi community Over 3,000 Benue residents flee homes over armed herdsmen attack on neigbouring Ebonyi community On By Peter Duru No fewer than 3,000 residents of Agila communities in Ado Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state have reportedly fled their homes and seeking refuge in other communities for fear of being attacked by Ngbo people of Ohaukwu ...

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has fingered his Kaduna state counterpart, Nasir el-Rufai as one of the real enemies of Nigeria

By Peter Duru, Makurdi It’s been three weeks of bloodbath in what seemed a coordinated attack on communities in neigbouring Makurdi, Guma and Gwer West Local Government Areas, LGAs, of Benue state where armed herdsmen mindlessly bared their fangs on helpless farmers leaving close to 70 people dead and more than double that figure injured. The marauders also razed houses, food barns, and farmlands in some of the besieged communities leaving in their wake trails of devastation that may take th...

Views: Visits 23 Governor Nasir El-Rufai By Peter Duru, Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has fingered his Kaduna state counterpart, Nasir el-Rufai as one of the real enemies of Nigeria and the very few persons misleading President Muhammadu Buhari. He maintained that the Kaduna state Governor was a sycophant, ethnic champion and religious bigot who hated anyone who did not share the same faith with him. The Benue state Governor who in a statement weekend in ...

Ortom commiserates with Pastor Adeboye over son’s demise On By Peter Duru, Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has expressed shock and sadness over the death of Pastor Dare Adeboye, son of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God Worldwide, Pastor Enoch Adeboye. The Governor in a statement issued Thursday in Makurdi by his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase lamented that the demise of the young and vibrant minister of the gospel was a huge loss, not only to the ...

Translate Home » News » Herdsmen killings: Benue leaders approve recruitment of ex-servicemen, others to commence Community Volunteer Guards Herdsmen killings: Benue leaders approve recruitment of ex-servicemen, others to commence Community Volunteer Guards On By Peter Duru, Makurdi Bothered by the spate of armed herdsmen attacks on Benue communities, leaders and stakeholders of the state have resolved to recruit ex-servicemen and able-bodied young men to form the new Ben...

Vanguard News Armed herdsmen sack home of Benue First Lady, kill 17 On By Peter Duru Now fewer than 17 persons including women and children have been reportedly killed by armed herdsmen in the home town of the Wife of the Benue state Governor, Mrs. Eunice Ortom, in separate attacks on two communities in Gwer West Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state Vanguard gathered that the communities affected in the fresh attacks were Agbanu, along Naka-Agagbe road, Saghev Council Ward and Tse Amgbem...

…Demands 10 motorbikes …Kogi council chairman abductors demand N100m ransom By Peter Duru, Boluwaji Obahopo  & Ibrahim Hassan Leader of the bandits who abducted students of Greenfield University, Kaduna, Sani Jalingo, yesterday threatened to kill the remaining students in his gang’s captivity, if a N100 million ransom was not paid latest today. He also demanded for an additional 10 motorbikes before the remaining students would be freed. This came as suspected herdsmen attacked some comm...

Now fewer than 17 persons have been reportedly killed by armed herdsmen in the home town of the Wife of the Benue state Governor, Mrs. Ortom

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