The intensity of attacks on Benue State communities by suspected herdsmen took a turn for the worse last Saturday with the killing of no fewer than 200 inhabitants of Yelewata, a community at the border between the and Nassarawa. The community is situated in Guma Local Government Area (LGA). Like other Tiv communities, the inhabitants of Yelewata are predominantly farmers. …

About 200 people, including Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), five security personnel, women, children, and community members, were killed in a fresh coordinated attack by suspected herdsmen on Yelewata and Daudu communities in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. The assailants struck late on Friday night, according to residents who said they had received advance warnings of impending attacks by …

Several persons have been feared killed and many houses set ablaze in Benue State following a fresh wave of violent attacks allegedly carried out by suspected armed herdsmen in the early hours of Saturday. It was gathered that several communities in Tombo Mbaya, located in Buruku Local Government Area, as well as neighboring Mbachoughu and Mbanyagber in Tarka LGA, came …

Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Iormem Alia has expressed deep sadness over the news of another unprovoked attack on Ayati settlement in Ukum Local Government Area where several people were reportedly killed. Over 30 persons were brutally murdered on Thursday in Ayati town, Ukum Local Government area by Local Tiv Militia. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sir Kulas …

Six persons sustained injuries as bandits attacked Antsa village in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State on Tuesday. Antsa village is the host community of the Joseph Saarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi, the state capital. It was gathered that the attackers stormed the community at about 1:00 am while some traders, who usually close late, were still at their shops. …