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Benue tribal leaders have urged the federal government to legalize the ownership of firearms in the country to enable Nigerians properly ...
…We’re unaware of our members being prosecuted — Miyetti Allah spokesman …No knowledge of FG prosecuting criminal herders — NEF …Publish names of herders being tried anywhere in Nigeria — Afenifere …We want action against herdsmen, not words — PANDEF …Try leaders of Miyetti Allah to start with — MBF, Benue tribal leaders tell FG By Kingsley Omonobi, Evelyn Usman, Peter Duru, Luminous Jannamike, Davies Iheamnachor, Henry Ojelu, Olayinka Ajayi & Ibrahim Hassan Following criticisms that President Muhammadu Buhari was taking a soft approach to the farmers/herders’ crisis i...
Benue closes school as 5 students suffer strange ailment On By Peter Duru Benue State Government has directed the immediate shutdown of Vaatia College, a Makurdi- based boarding Secondary School, following the outbreak of a strange disease in the institution. The directive came after five students of the school came down with the ailment and were hospitalized in public and private hospitals in Makurdi. Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr. Joseph Ngbea who confirmed the development to newsmen Monday in Makurdi said the effected five students were in stable condition while investiga...
By Peter Duru, Makurdi The National President of the Middle Belt Forum, MBF, Dr. Bitrus Pogu has said there no truth in the claim by the presidency that criminal herdsmen were being arrested and tried across the country. Speaking to Vanguard in Makurdi, Dr. Pogu said, “what we know is that there are some instances in Zanfara state where some of these people were apprehended as kidnappers. “It has been in the news. But beyond the Zamfara case which is about kidnappers, throughout the Middle Belt when they were massacring people in Benue, Niger and other places we do not have any record of ...
By Peter Duru THE Middle Belt Movement for Justice and Peace, MBMJP, yesterday, said Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State deserved commendation and not attack by pro-Buhari groups for his call on the president to take urgent steps to address the worsening insecurity in the country. The MBMJP cautioned that any attempt to vilify the Benue State governor who spoke the minds of Nigerians would further confirm the fears of most Nigerians that the presidency had taken sides with armed herders. Convener of MBMJP, Comrade Joe Bukka, in a statement in Makurdi, said those behind the media outing again...