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We won’t submit to terrorists, Ortom vows Gunmen have again attacked Agbougul Community in Makurdi Council of Benue State, killing a lawyer, Moses Udam; his wife, and a blind septuagenarian, Nyikor Mazugu, in their homes. x When The Guardian, on the entourage of Governor Samuel Ortom, visited the scene of the incident yesterday morning, locals disclosed that the bandits also vandalised two vehicles belonging to the lawyer and his wife and left two sons of the septuagenarian with severe gunshot wounds. It was gathered that the tragedy occurred about 11.4...

Witnesses said the gunmen believed to be herders had struck the vicinity at 11:20pm and killed their victims whose homes were situated at the edge of the community bordering a vast swampy untilled field. Eldest son of the deceased octogenarian, Abraham, told our correspondent, that the gunmen first struck the house of the lawyer before invading his father’s thatched roof compound. “Immediately, they (gunmen) entered into my father’s compound, they went straight and shot my father in the chest, killing him instantly, then they shot two of my siblings who are now receiving treatment at Bi...

By Thu Dec 10 2020 A casual worker with Gwer East Local Government Council in Benue State has committed suicide by setting himself ablaze over alleged untold hardship. Daily Trust gathered that the deceased, Aondona Yaga, locked himself inside his house in Aliade, the headquarters of the local government, before setting the fire at about 8:00 am on Tuesday. The incident happened barely 24hours after a similar incident in which a lady set her boyfriend on fire in Gboko area of the state. It was learnt that the deceased had complained bitterly about his unpaid allowances, which, witnesses said,...