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Benue Killings: PDP urges presidency to halt mindless killings

Ihesiulo Grace 26 April 2018 0

…Says the country is sliding dangerously under APC watch The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has charged the Presidency to halt the senseless killings going on in Benue state immediately before it degenerates into a national crisis. Prince Secondus, the party’s national chairman said

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Why I wept in Benue- Adeboye

Ihesiulo Grace 17 March 2018 0

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, visited Benue State on Friday to condole with the people over the deaths recorded during clashes between farmers and herdsmen. Over 100 people lost their lives this year alone. Speaking in Makurdi, the capital of the state, when he visited Governor […]

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Senate rejects bias report on Benue killings

Ihesiulo Grace 8 February 2018 0

The Senate on Wednesday turned down the report on Benue killings presented by his committee on Police Affairs, contending that it was ‘biased’ The report, presented by the Chairman of the Committee, Senator Abu Ibrahim (APC Katsina South), was rejected for not seeking the views of the Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom. The Benue state […]

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Buhari writes Senate, lists efforts to end killings in Benue

Ihesiulo Grace 1 February 2018 0

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday dismissed insinuation that his government was ambivalent about killings in Benue State and other parts of Nigeria as he listed efforts made to stem the tide. Buhari said it was not fair and incorrect for anyone to infer that he had not taken any concrete action on the killings in […]

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Grey areas in Anti-Grazing law responsible for Benue killings – Miyetti Allah

Ihesiulo Grace 29 January 2018 0

…Says until the legislation is revisited, it would be difficult to resolve herders, farmers’ crises Leadership of the Miyetti Allah has said that the grey areas in the enactment of the anti-grazing law by the Benue State government was responsible for the killings that greeted the state in December 2017. National Secretary, Miyetti Allah Cattle […]

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Farmers vs Herdsmen: Series III- In Benue, cows more important than human beings, citizens lament

Ihesiulo Grace 20 January 2018 0

In what appears to be a loss of faith in the government due to its reluctance to curtail the rampant killings of people by herdsmen in most parts of the country, some citizens of Benue State have raised the alarm over placement of priority on cattle at the expense of human beings, saying that “cows […]

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Benue killings: Senate gives IGP 14-day ultimatum to arrest perpetrators

Ihesiulo Grace 17 January 2018 0

* Reps okays panel to interface with stakeholders CAN wants Buhari to tag Myetti Allah terrorist group The tension in Benue State over the killing of 73 people in cold blood attracted the attention of the Senate on Tuesday as it directed Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, to arrest the perpetrators within 14 […]

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Perpetrators of Benue Killings will be prosecuted, Buhari vows

Ihesiulo Grace 15 January 2018 0

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday vowed to prosecute perpetrators of killings in Benue State in which 70 people were massacred by suspected Fulani herdsmen. The president, who met with leaders from Benue State at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday called on the government and people of Benue State to exercise restraint following the recent attacks […]

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Benue Killings: Bishop Ezeokafor Challenges Security Agents to Apply Don Waney’s Measures on Culprits

Ihesiulo Grace 14 January 2018 0

The Catholic bishop of Awka Diocese, His Lordship Most Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor has challenged the Nigeria security agents to apply similar measures used in unmasking those behind the killings of over twenty worshippers on the New Year’s Eve at Omoku, Rivers State in fishing out those behind the Benue massacre. Bishop Ezeokafor who stated this […]

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#BenueKillings: Makurdi boils again

Ihesiulo Grace 14 January 2018 0

…..We have to defend ourselves – Benue Youth …..Onaiyekan calls for divine intervention After the mass burial of the massacre in Benue by the suspected Fulani herdsmen, Makurdi the state capital boils again with clash between the Hausa community and some youth. The clash which started Saturday morning at about 9.35am between the Hausa community […]

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Fulani herdsmen killings: Nigeria needs rescue, Oyedepo cries out

Ihesiulo Grace 14 January 2018 0

Servant of God, presiding over the Living Faith Ministries, world wide, Bishop David Oyedepo has sent a wake up call to Nigeria, a nation he says is in a state of slumber. Bishop Oyedepo at 2018 January 14th Sunday service said Danger is looming in the country by insurgency in the guise of the Fulani […]

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Benue: A Satanic Affliction Upon A Race

Ihesiulo Grace 12 January 2018 0

BY AUDU ENTONU Certainly, these are not the best of times for Benue people. There is pain, sorrow and lamentations on the land. A land once purified by the blessings and peace of our ancestors has become a killing field. The bloodbath is abhorring and the cries so loud and trenchant. Everybody is feeling the […]

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Benue killings: Tears as 73 victims get mass burial

Ihesiulo Grace 12 January 2018 0

New Year killings most heartless – Gov. Ortom .Says action won’t stop anti-open grazing law .Rivers killings: Police arrest principal suspect Tears followed freely on Thursday as thousands of people in Benue State trooped to the IBB square, Makurdi, the state capital, to bid the 73 victims of the New Year attacks who were given […]

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Benue: Herdsmen kill 2 riot policemen

Ihesiulo Grace 10 January 2018 0

* As Buhari orders IGP to relocate to Benue Presidency to hold stakeholders conference on farmers, herdsmen conflict Death toll in Nasarawa killings rises to 25 Suspected herdsmen have killed two riot policemen during an ambush in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State on Monday. Confirming the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria […]

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IGP relocates to Benue state over killings

Ihesiulo Grace 9 January 2018 0

The Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris and five additional Units of Police Mobile Force (PMF) this morning relocated to Benue state to quell the festering killings by herdsmen in Guma and Logo Local Government Areas in Benue State. The relocation followed an order issued by President Muhammadu Buhari , few hours ago, “that the […]

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Benue killings: Sack IG, address Nigerians, Southern leaders tell Buhari

Ihesiulo Grace 9 January 2018 0

Southern and Middle Belt Forum (SMB) leaders on Monday charged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately affect the sack and replacement of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Kpotum Idris, for failure to stop the ongoing carnage by armed Fulani herdsmen against people of Benue. The report said a total of 49 victims of the […]

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Benue leaders ignore Buhari’s condolence message, say “he turned a deaf ear to our predicament”

Ihesiulo Grace 5 January 2018 0

The people of Benue State, including Tiv, Idoma and Igede tribe refuse to accept the condolence message sent to the state Governor Ortom and the people by President Buhari over the week’s massacre of more than 50 defenceless and innocent farmers by armed Fulani herdsmen. Addressing a press conference on Thursday in Abuja, the leaders […]