No fewer than 30 people have been killed in several communities across two Local Government Areas of Benue State. It was gathered that many rural communities of Kastina-Ala and Logo LGAs respectively came under invasion on Sunday and in the early hours of Monday. Locals said already 10 corpses were recovered in the Kastina-Ala while … Read more
Gunmen suspected to be cultists have reportedly killed a soldier and four people at North Bank, a suburb of Makurdi, Benue state capital. This dastardly act occured on Friday night. In the past few weeks the North Bank area of Makurdi has been embroiled with rival cult clashes that has claimed several lives and properties. … Read more
Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have killed no fewer than six people and left several others injured on the Iwari and Olegagbane communities in Agatu Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State. According to a local source who spoke on condition of anonymity, the incidents occurred on Friday evening. The source explained that the … Read more
Five days after the abduction of 20 medical students from the University of Maiduguri and the University of Jos, security forces are still searching the forest to rescue them. The students were en route to the Federation of Catholic Medical and Dental Students annual convention in Enugu last Thursday when they were kidnapped along the … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that communities in Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue State were invaded by gunmen suspected to be bandits on Thursday, resulting in the loss of 16 lives. This online media platform reports that this development occurred just within the past 24 hours following attacks by rival militia groups on the Gbagir … Read more
A middle-aged man and casual staff of Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue state, Aondona Yaga has reportedly committed suicide by setting himself ablaze in his Aliade town residence. It was gathered from an eyewitness who spoke on condition of anonymity that Aondona until his death worked as a cleaner at the Gwer East … Read more