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Vanguard News Benue first lady decries incessant armed herders attacks on communities On By Peter Duru First Lady of Benue State, Dr. Eunice Ortom has expressed deep worry over the recurring attacks on the defenseless rural dwellers in the state, pointing out that the crisis and killings have created sleepless nights for the Ortom’s administration. Mrs. Ortom stated this yesterday when she led officials of the State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, and stakeholders to distribute relief materials to over 24,000 of her kinsmen who were sacked from their homes by armed herders. The victims ...

Views: Visits 9 By Peter Duru, Makurdi As Muslims celebrate this year’s Eid-el-Fitr, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has called for sustained prayers to end the worsening insecurity in the country. The Governor stated that he believed that with prayers and commitment on the part of government and the people, the challenge posed by the wave of killings, kidnappings, herdsmen attacks, and banditry would be surmounted. The Governor in a statement issued yesterday in Makurdi by his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase stated that the peace, security, and unity of the country m...

Eid: Ortom calls for sustained prayers to end worsening insecurity On By Peter Duru, Makurdi As Muslims celebrate this year’s Eid-el-Fitr, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has called for sustained prayers to end the worsening insecurity in the country. The Governor stated that he believed that with prayers and commitment on the part of government and the people, the challenge posed by the wave of killings, kidnappings, herdsmen attacks, and banditry would be surmounted. The Governor in a statement issued yesterday in Makurdi by his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase stated that the pe...

Troops storm Benue, Nasarawa, Taraba forests, to flush out killer herders, bandits On …As gunmen kill community leader, wife, daughter-in-law in Kaduna …Emir of Daura suspends Sallah activities By Peter Duru A joint military operation covering Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba states, codenamed ‘Operation Whirl Stroke’, OPWS, has commenced a 7-day operation in the three states to clear bandits and killer herders in forests and communities located in the states. This came as bandits, Saturday, killed 11 persons at Tsatstkiya in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State, even as gunmen ki...

Translate Troops commence 7-day special operation to clear forests, communities in Benue, Nasarawa, Taraba On By Peter Duru, Makurdi The joint military operation covering Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba states, codenamed Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS, has commenced a 7-day operation in the three states to clear bandits and armed herders in forests and communities located in the states. Though no formal statement has been issued to that effect by the Commander of the OPWS, Brig. Gen. Clement Apere, a military source told reporters yesterday in Makurdi that the operation became n...