Nigerian lawmakers have condemned the recent killings by gunmen reported being herdsmen in Ebonyi State. The Senators also called on the Federal Government and authorities in the state to put appropriate measures in place to forestall the recurrence of such attacks. These are part of the resolutions of the lawmakers when the issue came up during a plenary on Wednesday at the Red Chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja. The Senators also resolved to...

The Ebonyi State Government has said that the Fulani herdsmen were not responsible for the fresh attack on Umuogudu Akpu-Ngbo Community in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the State as having been reported in some quarters. In a communiqué by the Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor, Dr. Monday Uzor, the government said the attack is associated with the age-long crisis between the community and their Agila neighbor of Benue State. The statement further...

BOKKOS (Plateau) — Police in Plateau on Tuesday, refuted rumours doing the rounds that three female students of Plateau State University, Bokkos, were kidnapped by bandits on Monday. A police spokesman in the state, ASP Gabriel Ubah, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that while it was true that bandits attacked the students’ village in Mbar community, in Bokkos, no student was kidnapped. “Some students lost their phones to the assailants, while a male...