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Nigeria: Tears As Benue Buries Slain 73 Citizens
Daily Trust, 12 January 2018
Tears flowed freely yesterday as 73 people killed by gunmen at their homes in several rural communities of two local government areas of Benue State were finally interred in a mass… Read more »
Nigeria Holds Mass Burial for Victims Killed in Communal Violence
A mass burial has held for 73 people killed in fighting between nomadic herdsmen and farmers in Benue State.The clash between the herders and the farmers happened on New Year's Day when the cattle herders, widely believed to be from the Fulani tribe, went on a rampage wielding machetes attacking people.
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Nigeria: Thousands Pay Last Respect As Benue Buries 73 Victims of New Year Day Attacks
This Day, 12 January 2018
It was a moment of agonising grief and heart-rending emotions Thursday in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, when the bodies of 73 persons killed by suspected herdsmen on new year… Read more »
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Nigeria: Benue Killings - Residents Mourn As Victims Given Mass Burial
Premium Times, 11 January 2018
Residents of Makurdi remained mournful on Thursday as bodies of the victims of the herdsmen attacks of January 1 and 2 on parts of Benue were given mass burial. Read more »
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Nigeria: Ex-Governors, Others Want Killer Herdsmen Declared 'Terrorists'
Premium Times, 11 January 2018
Delegates to a rare conference of South-east, Sout-west, South-south and North-central political leaders have demanded that the Federal Government declare the Miyetti Allah cattle… Read more »
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Nigeria: Benue Killers Could Be Boko Haram, Libyan Rebels - Senator
Premium Times, 12 January 2018
A lawmaker has said that suspected herdsmen responsible for the attacks in Benue state and other parts of the country could be defeated Boko Haram insurgents or displaced Libyan… Read more »
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Nigeria: Benue Killings - Senate Committee Urges Govt to Explore Libya, Boko Haram Link
This Day, 12 January 2018
The Senate Committee on Police Affairs has urged the federal government to investigate the possibility that those responsible for the killings in Benue State and other parts of the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Declare Miyetti Allah Terrorist Group, - Southern, M-Belt Leaders
Vanguard, 12 January 2018
Politicians, traditional rulers and other stakeholders from the South South, South West, Middle Belt and South East, yesterday, urged the Federal Government to declare Miyetti… Read more »
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Nigeria: Benue Killings - Nasarawa Governor, Monarchs Deny Harbouring Killer Herdsmen
Premium Times, 12 January 2018
Governor Tanko Al-Makura and other stakeholders in Nasarawa State have denied the allegation by Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue that Nasarawa State is harbouring killer herdsmen in… Read more »
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Nigeria: Benue Killings - Governor Announces Mass Burial for Victims
Premium Times, 10 January 2018
The Benue State Government says it will bury victims of the January 1 attacks on Thursday. Read more »
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The government has said that it will soon commence the establishment of cattle colonies in the states to check increasing cases of farmers-herdsmen clashes in the country. Read more »
