LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen believed to be Fulani herdsmen early Tuesday attacked an internally displaced people’s camp in central Nigeria’s Benue state, killing seven and injuring nine others, the local state governor said. Benue is part of Nigeria’s Middle Belt region which has been troubled by deadly clashes between nomadic herders and local farmers over…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As insecurity worsens in the country, some students of the Federal University of Agriculture in Makurdi (FUAM) in Benue State were abducted by unknown gunmen on campus. The school authorities confirmed the incident, saying an unspecified number of students were taken away at gunpoint on Sunday night. The Director of Information, Protocol…
LAGOS APRIL 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many have been feared dead following a tanker explosion in Oshigbudu, Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State. According to an amateur video sent by an eyewitness on Sunday, many houses, shops and properties were also destroyed in the inferno. Agatu local government area is some four hours drive from Makurdi, the…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A stockpile of military hardware with about N28 million cash has been reportedly carted away by marauding bandits who ambushed a group of Nigerian troops on a reinforcement mission to quell pockets of communal clashes in Benue State, Peoples Gazette reports. Citing an internal army communication, the newspaper quoted a source as…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Soldiers of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have begun a manhunt for suspected attackers who ambushed fellow soldiers in a rural community in Konshisha council area of Benue. The attackers on Monday evening seized some soldiers deployed to maintain peace between two warring communities of Konshisha and Oju LGAs respectively. It was learnt…
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Special Investigation Task Force set up by the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Abubakar Adamu in continuation of ongoing investigation into the reported attack and attempted murder of the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has arrived Makurdi, the Benue State capital. A press statement signed by CP Frank Mba of Police…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Worshippers, who turned out for service, were stranded as the warring factions put the church under lock and key. According to a report by The Nation, a Nigerian pastor has been locked out of his own church in Benue. Members of Congregation of NKST Church Achusa gave their resident Pastor a shock…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mixed reactions greeted the sack of the Service Chiefs by President Muhammadu Buhari in Makurdi, the Benue state capital on Tuesday. While many people were visibly happy over the sack, some were indifferent to the removal of the Service Chiefs. Those that were indifferent argued that the sack was belated and as…