Benue State Emergency Management Agency, BSEMA, yesterday, said it had recorded additional 18,592 Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in Gwer West Local Government Area of the state.

The federal government, in collaboration with the Benue State government, is putting together a robust security architecture to end persistent herders’ attacks in the state.

…Gov. Alia says the attack was barbaric and backs the ‘quit notice’ issued to armed herders by Benue traditional rulers. …this is genocide – Gwer West LG Chairman By Peter Duru, Makurdi Over 42 persons, including a police officer, have been reportedly murdered by suspected armed herdsmen in a fresh attack on communities in the […]

Coalition of Former Nigerian Lawmakers (CoFoNiL), has described as “patriotic move to save democracy”, the protest by some Lawyers to National Assembly, Abuja, on Tuesday, calling on the House of Representatives to take-over Benue and Zamfara State Houses of Assembly.

Some families, who lost more than one person to the terror attack, confessed that the trauma was better imagined.

Governor Hyacinth Alia has declared that Benue state is currently under siege by armed herdsmen.

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By Bayo Wahab Amid the rising spate of killings in Plateau and Benue State, former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (retd.), has advised Nigerians to defend themselves. According to Danjuma, relying on the government for protection is no longer realistic.  Danjuma, who spoke at a public event in Takum, Taraba State, on Saturday, […]

The communities were attacked by suspected armed herdsmen.

Armed herders invaded communities in the two LGAs on Thursday and Friday, killing several persons, including a family of eight

We’re repelling them — Police By Peter Duru, Makurdi A family of eight and nine others have been reportedly killed in what appeared to be a coordinated attack by armed herdsmen on communities in Ukum and Logo Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Benue State. Several people also sustained severe injuries, while many have gone missing. […]

It has been all sorrows, tears and blood in parts of Benue state in the last few weeks, no thanks to marauding armed herdsmen who have turned communities in the state to theatres of war, where death and destruction have become the order of the day.

A family of eight and nine others have been reportedly killed in what appeared to be a coordinated attack by armed herdsmen on communities in Ukum and Logo Local Government Areas, LGAs, of Benue State.

The Concerned Christian Youth Forum has expressed deep concern over the persistent killings in Benue and Plateau states, lamenting the alarming rise in mass burials resulting from continued attacks by armed groups.

The governor also cautioned anyone planning to visit the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camps in the state to get prior approval from the Benue State Emergency Management Agency, BSEMA, before embarking on such visits.