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Samuel Ortom has summoned the State Security Council to an emergency meeting following the gruesome assassination of Terkura Suswam

By Peter Duru, Makurdi Indications emerged at the weekend that over 800,000 persons who were rendered homeless in Benue communities by armed herdsmen are still trapped in Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camps in the state. National President of the Benue Alliance for Truth and Justice, BATJ, Mr. Peter Shande made the disclosure while briefing the press in Makurdi in reaction to the recent statement credited to Alhaji Salihu Mohammed, Chairman of Arewa Youths for Peace and Development, The Arewa youth Chairman had in his outing demanded an apology from Governor Samuel Ortom to his Bauchi s...

Vanguard News Middle aged man tortured to death over missing goat On By Peter Duru The Chairman of Ushongo Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state, Mr. Joseph Asawa has ordered an investigation into the alleged torture and death of a middle aged man, one Ordue Akume over a missing goat. According to a statement issued Tuesday by the Information Officer of the LGA, Mr. Edmund Igbawua, the Council Chairman gave the order Tuesday after visiting the scene of the incidence. Igbawua in the statement explained that a sibling of the deceased, had allegedly reported to the youths of the community ...

By Peter Duru – Makurdi All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, Wednesday expressed shocked at the recent claim by the Plateau State Governor, Mr. Simon Lalong that farmers in Nigeria like herders also bear AK47 riffles for self defense. The farmers who rejected the assertion described it as insulting and unacceptable. AFAN Benue State chapter in a statement in Makurdi by its chairman, Aondongu Saaku and Secretary, Anthony Onu Ogbole also rejected the claim in its entirety. Part of the statement read, “we watched with shock, Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong on Channels Television wh...

Bauchi gov part of terrorist groups terrorising Nigeria — Ortom On …Wants gov to be held responsible if anything happens to him By Peter Duru Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, yesterday hit back at his Bauchi State counterpart,  Senator Bala Mohammed, accusing him of being part of the terrorist groups unleashing mayhem in Nigeria. Governor Ortom also raised the alarm, accusing Governor Mohammed of profiling him for possible assassination by armed Fulani herders, contending that  by repeatedly accusing him (Ortom) of instigating hatred against armed herders in the country, the Bauch...