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At least 100 bodies were recovered from some villages, a witness from one of the affected villages said he counted 70 dead bodies, while another said over 150 people were killed in his locality.
These farmers have continued to lament their inability to go to their farms, especially at the onset of the rainy season. In Benue, most of the affected farmers in different local government areas of the state are worried about the situation, which they said might have repercussions on food production in the coming months. While those in places like Guma, Makurdi, Gwer West, Logo, amongst other areas are languishing at different displaced persons camps, others from the Sankera axis are facing difficult movement following certain measures put in place by the Governor Samuel Ortom-led governmen...
Education in Danger Monthly News Brief, March 2021 Format Safety, security and access incidents affecting the provision of education Insecurity Insight publishes data on incidents where teachers were killed, kidnapped or arrested (KKA) and incidents where schools were damaged or destroyed by a perpetrator including state and non-state actors, criminals, individuals, students and other staff members. Access the data via our website or on HDX. Past editions: February 2021; January 2021 Visit our website, join our mailing list, follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Get in touch to report an inciden...
Daily Post Nigeria Published Currently, Benue appears to be soaked in bloodbaths. It is equally enmeshed in the orgy of violence. It has become a killing field as the killing spree continues unabated. And it doesn’t look like there are concerted efforts aimed at stanching this unfortunate menace. From Zaki-biam to Agatu, Apa to Katsinala, Gwer to Konshisha, Ogbadibo to Makurdi and logo to Oju, there is free flow of blood everywhere. Benue State has been enveloped by wars. And the wars are from both within and without. It was like the late Reggae maestro, Bob Marley had Benue State in mind w...
Share Benue State Government on Monday said that 17 suspected criminals who kidnapped some youths along Wukari-Takum last Wednesday have been arrested. Governor Samuel Ortom’s Special Adviser on Security, Col. Paul Hemba (retd), said that those who abducted the youth were loyalists of the late terrorist, Terwase Akwaza aka Gana. Hemba who addressed journalists in his office in Makurdi said that the aim of the criminal elements was to trigger inter-communal crisis between the Tiv and Jukun. The security adviser said that all the kidnap victims are all Jukuns from Taraba, adding that the yout...