The Benue State Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase, on Sunday, said that the state will not welcome armed herdsmen that are fleeing from South-West. Akase state that the state Governor, Samuel Ortom, on several occasions, had said that any cattle owner who wanted to reside in the state must ranch his animals. A report had earlier quoted the Governor’s aide as saying that the herdsmen in the state must be ready to obey the...

Called on the people to consider the past and the peaceful coexistence that they have enjoyed for many decades. The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu on Sunday, visited the Shasha area, the scene of Yoruba and Hausa clash in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The Ondo State governor, who was led to the Shasha market by the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, appealed to the waring parties to embrace peace and dialogue. Akeredolu was in...

Authorities of the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) say bandits have killed some of its personnel in an ambush in Kaduna State. According to a statement by the NAF spokesman, AVM Ibikunle Daramola that the incident occurred, on Saturday, when the troops of the 271 NAF detachment foiled an ambush set up by a group of over 100 bandits at Ungwan Laya near Birnin Gwari. The statement read in part “the troops were able to fight...

Rev. Father Andrew Ihonda-Ovienloba of St. Andrew’s Catholic Church, Aruogba in Oredo Local Government area of Edo has disclosed that robbers broke into his office and stole a huge amount of money belonging to the church. Ihonda-Ovienloba made the disclosure during Sunday mass in the church. The parish priest said he woke up on Sunday morning to discover the robbery incident. He added that the robbers did a ‘very neat job’, indicating that they might...