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The member representing Kwande/Ushongo Federal Constituency in the Federal House of Representatives, TERSEER UGBOR, says the communities in Benue state will have to come up with ways to defend themselves against their attackers. UGBOR, who stated this during an interview, said that Benue had for a long time not had a local security outfit that could serve as a defence mechanism against such attacks, adding that the military formations currently in Benue are for […]

President BOLA TINUBU has announced plans to clear his schedule in order to visit Benue State on Wednesday, June 18,  to commiserate with the people, following last Saturday’s deadly attack in Yelewata community that claimed many lives. TINUBU stated this yesterday when he inaugurated the Greater Abuja Water Supply Network in the nation’s capital, where he sympathized with the people of Benue State and those who lost their loved ones in the attacks, urging the […]

There seems to be a looming crisis in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, as the Governor of Borno State, BABAGANA ZULUM, yesterday, led a protest after the party’s leaders endorsed President BOLA TINUBU for reelection without including Vice President KASHIM SHETTIMA.  It all started when the APC National Chairman, ABDULLAHI GANDUJE, and National Vice Chairman (North-East), MUSTAPHA SALIHU, at a North-East stakeholders meeting in Gombe, endorsed TINUBU for a second term without acknowledging SHETTIMA. GANDUJE and SALIHU had to be escorted out […]

President BOLA TINUBU has issued a directive to Nigeria’s security chiefs, instructing them to implement his earlier orders to restore peace and order in violence-stricken areas, with particular emphasis on Benue State. In a statement released yesterday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, BAYO ONANUGA, the President also tasked the governor of Benue State, HYACINTH ALIA,with the urgent responsibility of convening reconciliation meetings among the conflicting groups within the state. He called on Governor ALIA to urgently initiate dialogue between warring parties, […]