Last Tuesday in Makurdi, the Benue state capital, there was a gathering at the state house of assembly. It was an inquisition into an issue that should ordinarily not throw up any dust.

The Benue State government, Wednesday confirmed that armed herdsmen had sacked close to 5,000 residents of Mbatoho Island, at Mbalagh council ward of Makurdi local government and occupied the vast land.

A coalition of Civil Society Organizations under the aegis of Gender Advocacy for Justice Initiative, GAJI, has attributed the cause of insecurity in Benue State and other parts of the country to long years of poor governance and structural imbalances.

The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr. Ibrahim Idris has called on Benue and Nasarawa state indigenes to forgive herdsmen and live in peace and tranquility.

Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris on Tuesday disclosed that after the period of skirmishes and confrontation between herdsmen and farmers over grazing activities as well as that of border communities in Nasarawa and Benue States, the security situation has returned to normal.

The Traditional ruler of Ugboju district in Otukpo local government area, Chief Solomon Apochi, and his counterpart in Onyagede in Ohimini local government area, Chief Ogili Adamu have appealed the Federal government to effect urgent repairs on the Otukpo-Ugboju-Onyagede-Ankpa federal road in order to check the security and economic challenges confronting their subjects.

Worried by the plight of internally displaced persons in different parts of Benue State, the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, South South zone, under the leadership of Archbishop God-Dowell Avwomakpa, yesterday, visited the IDP camp at Gbajimbato in Benue State.

The umbrella body of Benue ethnic leaders including the Mdzough U Tiv, Idoma National Forum and Omi Ny’Igede have condemned the call for the declaration of a state of emergency in Benue state, by the Northern Coalition over the recurrent herdsmen killings in the state describing it as irresponsible and unacceptable

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari Monday said that his government has the grasp of the security challenges in the country and was determined to implement solutions that would stand the test of time.

The Benue state Police Command has confirmed that four if its personnel had gone missing and unaccounted for after they came under heavy attack by suspected herdsmen at Ayilamo in Logo local government area of the state.

Three persons were Thursday night reportedly shot dead by unknown gunmen in Anyiin in Logo local government area of Benue state.

The Federal Government, yesterday, ordered immediate deployment of troops to Benue, Taraba, Nasarawa, Kogi, Niger and Kaduna states to contain insecurity in the six states.

GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike yesterday donated N200Million to persons displaced by herdsmen attacks in Benue state with a call for lasting measures to resolve the killings by Fulani herdsmen across Nigeria.

Worried by the unending killings in Benue villages by suspected herdsmen, leaders of 12 ethnic groups from across the country have  demanded for the immediate restructuring of Nigeria to accommodate the creation of state Police and ensure true federalism in the country.

DISTURBED by the recurring attacks on Benue communities and the attendant large death tolls, leaders of the state have mandated the state government to cut socio-political alignment with the North, if the killings continued.