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Four killed as suspected herdsmen attack Benue community Four killed as suspected herdsmen attack Benue community Share Four people were reportedly killed at Yelwata community in the Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, on Saturday, when suspected herdsmen invaded and attacked people on the farm. Three teenagers were reportedly killed by the suspected herdsmen while the fourth person died when hit by a stray bullet of security operatives who had tried to disperse the youths protesting the killing of the three teenagers. Locals in Yelwata said that the suspected herdsmen had killed thre...

Police uncover shallow graves in Benue, exhume six bodies Police uncover shallow graves in Benue, exhume six bodies Share Two of the eight suspected kidnappers of Benue State origin arrested in Osun State last Friday for kidnapping have led police in Benue State to shallow graves where six dead bodies were buried. The remains discovered in graves were that of three males and three females including the kidnapped victim, Catherine Akishi. Others are the suspects’ wives and three other kidnapping victims. The suspects who led a team of police to the site in Katsina-Ala local government area ...

• Blocks terrorists’ attempt to enter Borno town Marauding herdsmen have killed 17 persons and injured several others in Gwer-West Local Council of Benue State. The Guardian gathered from anonymous sources in the affected communities that the Fulani herders attacked the settlement unprovoked, on Sunday and yesterday, while the residents were asleep. A survivor of yesterday’s attack, who gave her name as Mrs. Felicia Anor, told The Guardian on phone that the attackers came through Akpachi in Oturkpo Local Council and lunched attack on Tse Angbeghe about 5 am, killing 15 people, injuring ...

Ortom President Muhammadu Buhari has restated his administration’s commitment to free press, urging the professionals to wield freedom responsibly and without licentiousness. Speaking yesterday in Abuja at an event to mark this year’s World Press Freedom Day holding today, the Nigerian leader pointed out that freedom of the press was “an irreducible minimum in a democracy that would flourish, but must be used responsibly.” He went on: “That everything is permitted does not mean that there are no rules of correctness, particularly in a polity seriously challenged as ours now. “T...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 3 May 2021 Again, suspected Fulani herdsmen have attacked some communities in Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State and killed no fewer than 19 people, among them were children. Some of the communities attacked were; Tse Amgbem, Udam near Aondoana, and Agbanu Seghev/Ukuse all in Gwer West LGA area of Benue State. According to an indigene who claimed to have escaped the attack, Terna Abende, said that the attackers came through Akpachi in Otukpo Local Government Area to attack Tse Amgbem. Abenda said, “About 5am Monday the attackers stormed Tse Am...