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. …

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has rallied stakeholders in Benue, calling for collaboration to stem the renewed spate of killings in the food-producing state. ‘The Armed Forces are with you. We are pained about what’s happening. For me, it’s a personal thing. I don’t want to be the chief of defense of our Armed Forces when …

The Nasarawa State Government has directed residents of flood-prone communities to relocate to higher grounds to avoid any loss of lives during the rainy season. Addressing newsmen after monitoring this month’s edition of the monthly clean up exercise in Lafia, the state capital, on Saturday, Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Princess Margaret Elayo said that such step became imperative because …

Several areas in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, have been thrown into darkness for days. The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), confirmed this in three separate outage statements released on its X handle on Thursday and Friday. The disco blamed the blackout on technical fault affecting the feeders serving the concerned locations. ‘We regret to inform you that the …

At least three communities in Otukpo Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State are currently under attacks by armed invaders. The attacks are happening simultaneously in Emichi, Okpomaju and Odudaje communities, forcing residents to flee. A resident said those who sustained gunshots were taken to the hospital for medical attention while people in the affected communities have fled to the …

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 …

The Police Command in Anambra has commended residents for resisting the Monday sit-at-home order orchestrated by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra in the South East. In a statement released on Wednesday in Awka, the command’s Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Tochukwu Ikenga, lauded the people’s resilience. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the illegal sit-at-home has severely disrupted socioeconomic …

Commuters and residents of Jos and Miango communities in Plateau State have expressed excitement and relief as construction work finally commenced on the long-abandoned Jos-Miango road. The road, which connects the two major towns in Plateau State, has been in a deplorable state for over 15 years, causing untold hardship and frustration to commuters. With the mobilisation of construction equipment …

No fewer than 334 Certificates of Occupancy (C of O) were signed by Governor AbdulRaman AbdulRazaq for building owners in the state in the last quarter of last year. The chairman of Kwara State Geographic Information Service, ESV Abdulkareem Sulyman disclosed this during the quarterly inter-ministerial press briefing organised by the Ministry of Communications. Sulyman said 178 Certificates of Occupancy …

Residents of Obudu LGA of Cross River State have expressed outrage against one Mathias Amunde, who alongside his friend, murdered his own mother on Christmas Day last year. Police personnel in the Obudu divisional command trailed and arrested Mathias and his friend whose name was given as Marcus. Mathias, 29, confessed that he and Marcus used hammer and planks to …