The Nigerian army on Tuesday began Operation Cat Race, an exercise aimed at ending conflicts and other criminal activities in the north central. Ahead of the formal inauguration of the operation, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, Read more
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has insinuated that President Muhammadu Buhari ignored his invitation to Benue after the killing of 73 people by suspected herdsmen in the state. Ortom said he had invited the president to come to Benue Read more
Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, one time Governor of Sokoto State, on Friday said that there would be no elections in Nigeria in 2019 if the Federal Government failed to restore peace to Benue State. Bafarawa made the statement during a condolence Read more
Benue State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, on Wednesday said that seven persons were killed by irate youths in Gboko. Owoseni who disclosed this while briefing newsmen in his office said the victims were said to be travelling either Read more
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has lashed at the Minister of Defence, Mansur Muhammad Dan-Ali, over his comments on the recent killings in the state, saying he was allegedly complicit against Benue. Ortom also stated that the statement credited Read more
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said he was outraged by reports in the media quoting Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, as saying that he was warned ahead of the January 1 killings in Logo and Guma Local Government areas of the Read more
Benue State Police command said it had arrested 59 persons in connection with the recent cult-related crises in some parts of Makurdi, the state capital. Several people were injured and property worth millions of Naira destroyed during the crisis. The Read more
Insinuations and allegations that the attacks and killings are happening because President Buhari is Fulani are both unkind and incorrect. These attacks long predated the Buhari Government. In 2013 no fewer than nine cases of herdsmen attacks were recorded in Read more
The Nigerian Military has deployed Special Forces to Benue, Taraba and Nasarawa states amid tensions of attacks on communities in the states. The Presidency announced this on Wednesday, hours after President Muhammadu Buhari presided over the Federal Executive Council meeting Read more
Following the killings of innocent people by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Guma and Logo Local Government Areas in Benue State, President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate relocation of the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris to the state. The Read more