Benue

Gunmen kill six in Taraba highway attack

4 months ago1064 min

Gunmen on Monday morning killed six people, including the driver of a commuter vehicle along the Takum -Wukari highway in Taraba. It was gathered that the commuter vehicle departed Takum for Wukari around 6 a.m. and was ambushed at a village near Sai in neighbouring Benue state. The Chairman of Takum LGA, John Ali, confirmed the incident to newsmen on Monday. According to the Chairman, “I arrived in Jalingo yesterday for a meeting, but this...

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Gunmen kill humanitarian worker in Benue

5 months ago1013 min

Gunmen were reported to have killed an Executive Director of a non-governmental organisation known as Concerned Youth Development Initiative, Chris Terfa-Ikpu. Terfa-Ikpu was said to have been murdered by gunmen who traced him to his office located around the Logo area, Makurdi, Benue State capital, on Friday. The murdered humanitarian worker was said to have been out of town for a while but returned during the week and decided to go to his office on...

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Scores killed in Benue community

5 months ago804 min

No fewer than 30 people were reportedly killed in Ayati village in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State Thursday night. Sources told journalists in a telephone chat on Friday that local bandits ans suspected armed herders unleashed terror on the village. Ayati village is gradually becoming a slaughter slab in Ukum LGA. Recall that the violent protest that led to the destruction of personal and government properties in the council a few weeks ago...

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Benue widow, six children hospitalised after pap meal

5 months ago724 min

A widow, Amina Isah, alongside her children and grandchildren numbering six was reported to have fallen sick and rushed to the hospital after taking a pap at Egba in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State on Sunday. The children are identified as Benjamin, Piko, Esther, Hassan Emmanuel and one other A source from the community who identified himself as Adaji told our correspondent on Sunday that the widow and her six family members were...