Benue Killings: Tinubu, Again Tasks Security Chiefs On Lasting Peace

…Charges Alia On Reconciliation President Bola Tinubu has again asked security chiefs to implement his earlier directive to bring lasting peace and security to Benue State. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy, in a press statement on Sunday, noted that the President Tinubu renewed his order in the wake of the latest round of reprisal attacks that led to the death of many people. “On the president’s directive, intelligence chiefs,...

Kogi State Government Warns Against Politicising Insecurity

The Kogi State Government has restated its commitment to combating insecurity, warning political actors, media, and other stakeholders to avoid spreading fear or politicising the state’s security challenges. The Commissioner for Information and Communications, Hon. Kingsley Femi Fanwo, in a press statement made available to journalists in Lokoja  on Tuesday, noted that the government is quietly but effectively recording progress in its fight against criminal elements, particularly kidnappers, within the state. “These gains are not...

Troops Kill Top ISWAP Commander Mallam Jidda in Yobe-Borno Raid

Troops fighting insurgency in the North-East have taken out a top commander of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), Mallam Jidda, in a major military operation across parts of Yobe and Borno states. The operation, which took place on Sunday, 9 June, targeted terrorist hideouts in Ngazalgana, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State, and the notorious Timbuktu Triangle in Borno. It involved a combination of ground troops and precise air strikes from the Nigerian...

Benue State: Governor Raises Alarm Over Insecurity In Benue

Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has raised alarm that the state is under siege from terrorists and bandits, noting that the recent attacks that have claimed several lives are beyond herders-farmers clashes. The governor, who stated this on Channels Television’s Politics Today, said that the attacks are well-planned and executed by terrorists. “We are under siege. “The way these attacks come and the intel we receive, it is a directed, calibrated plan and then executed....

ActionAid Describes Violence in Benue as ‘Sustained Terror’

…Calls for Urgent National Response The Country Director of ActionAid Nigeria, Andrew Mamedu, has described the ongoing violence in Benue State as “sustained terror,” warning that the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the state is no longer a case of isolated attacks but a reflection of deeper national failure. Speaking at a press conference in Makurdi on Thursday, Mamedu, who was represented by David Habba, the organisation’s Humanitarian and Resilience Programme Specialist, said the nature and...

Gov. Mbah Receives NIS Officer Who Nabbed the Notorious Ritualist

The Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, on Monday received Prince Orji Ugochukwu, the Nigerian Immigration Officer who apprehended the notorious native doctor and ritualist, Eze Levi Obieze aka Obu, at the Gbaji checkpoint along Badagry-Seme road while attempting to flee out of the country on a motorcycle. Praising the NIS officer for upholding integrity rather than self-gratification, Governor Mbah described Ugochukwu’s action as reflecting the very spirit of service needed in building our...

Benue Boils Again, 43 People Killed In Fresh Attacks

No fewer than 43 people have been killed in fresh attacks on communities in two Local Government Areas of Benue State. The bloody Sunday evening attacks on communities in Gwer West and Apa Local Government Areas of Benue State mark less than a week after over 40 people, including a police officer, were killed in similar attacks on villages within Gwer West. Traditional ruler of the area, Ter Nagi, Chief Daniel Abomtse, who confirmed the...

Two Local Security Chiefs Suspended Over Allegations of Aiding Criminality

Two chiefs of local security outfits, the Chairmen of Pulaku and Hunters groups in Njoboli of Yola South local government area of Adamawa State, Aminu Bigila and Kabiru Kawu, have been suspended following allegations of complicity in vandalizing an electricity transformer that powered the community. The Village Head of Njoboli, Alhaji Lawan Abubakar Bapetel, who announced the suspension of the two local security chiefs while addressing the community on the security situation in the community,...

Catholic Priests Decry ‘Coordinated Ethnic Cleansing’ as Herdsmen Kill 43 in Fresh Benue Attack

No fewer than 43 people have been killed in fresh attacks by armed herders on communities in Gwer West and Apa Local Government Areas of Benue State. The attacks, which occurred on Sunday evening, have thrown residents into mourning and renewed calls for urgent government action amid rising concerns of what church leaders now describe as a “calculated and coordinated effort to wipe out Tiv communities.” A local source in Apa, who gave his name...

Enugu Govt Commends NIS Over Arrest Of Suspected Ritualist, Obieze

The Enugu State Government has commended officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) over the arrest of the fleeing suspected ritualist and kidnap kingpin, Obi Levi Obieze. The government, which also disclosed that the suspect’s mansions at his Umumba Ndiagu country home in Ezeagu Local Government Area (LGA) of Enugu State have already been demolished by the authorities on Tuesday in line with extant laws of Enugu State regarding property linked to kidnapping. The Secretary...

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