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Vanguard News Translate Home » News » Over 3,000 Benue residents flee homes over armed herdsmen attack on neigbouring Ebonyi community Over 3,000 Benue residents flee homes over armed herdsmen attack on neigbouring Ebonyi community On By Peter Duru No fewer than 3,000 residents of Agila communities in Ado Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state have reportedly fled their homes and seeking refuge in other communities for fear of being attacked by Ngbo people of Ohaukwu LGA of Ebonyi state. Chairman of Ado LGA, Mr. James Oche who made this known yesterday in a statemen...

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has fingered his Kaduna state counterpart, Nasir el-Rufai as one of the real enemies of Nigeria

By Peter Duru, Makurdi It’s been three weeks of bloodbath in what seemed a coordinated attack on communities in neigbouring Makurdi, Guma and Gwer West Local Government Areas, LGAs, of Benue state where armed herdsmen mindlessly bared their fangs on helpless farmers leaving close to 70 people dead and more than double that figure injured. The marauders also razed houses, food barns, and farmlands in some of the besieged communities leaving in their wake trails of devastation that may take the communities several years to recover. Perhaps the period under review may best be described as one...

Views: Visits 23 Governor Nasir El-Rufai By Peter Duru, Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has fingered his Kaduna state counterpart, Nasir el-Rufai as one of the real enemies of Nigeria and the very few persons misleading President Muhammadu Buhari. He maintained that the Kaduna state Governor was a sycophant, ethnic champion and religious bigot who hated anyone who did not share the same faith with him. The Benue state Governor who in a statement weekend in Makurdi by his Chief Press Secretary, CPS, Terver Akase, was a reaction to a statement credited to t...

Ortom commiserates with Pastor Adeboye over son’s demise On By Peter Duru, Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has expressed shock and sadness over the death of Pastor Dare Adeboye, son of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God Worldwide, Pastor Enoch Adeboye. The Governor in a statement issued Thursday in Makurdi by his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase lamented that the demise of the young and vibrant minister of the gospel was a huge loss, not only to the Redeemed Christian Church of God but also to the entire Church in Nigeria. “On behalf of the Gover...