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The big picture issues on the security crisis in Nigeria.

Herdsmen Militia

CDS Musa Alleges Locals Sheltered Killers in Yelwata Massacre, Blames Community Complicity

Jackson Kachi | Senior News Editor -
ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has alleged that armed criminals who carried out the recent massacre in Yelewata...
Government

Tinubu Forms Peace Committee to Tackle Recurring Violence in Benue

Jackson Kachi | Senior News Editor -
MAKURDI, Nigeria — President Bola Tinubu has announced the formation of a peace committee aimed at addressing the ongoing violence in Benue State, following...
Government

‘You Are Not Elected to Bury People’: Tinubu Urges Benue Governor to Restore Peace

Jackson Kachi | Senior News Editor -
MAKURDI, Nigeria — President Bola Tinubu has pledged to support Governor Hyacinth Alia in restoring peace to Benue State, following a wave of deadly...
Herdsmen Militia

Tor Tiv Says Benue Killings Are ‘Genocidal Invasion’, Not Communal Violence

Jackson Kachi | Senior News Editor -
MAKURDI, Nigeria — James Ayatse, the Tor Tiv and paramount ruler of the Tiv nation, has described the recent wave of killings in Benue...
Government

Governor Alia Declares Wednesday Public Holiday Ahead of President Tinubu’s Visit

Jackson Kachi | Senior News Editor -
MAKURDI, Nigeria — Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has declared Wednesday, 18 June 2025, a public holiday in honour of President Bola Tinubu’s...
News

UN Secretary-General Calls for Arrests After Benue Killing

Jackson Kachi | Senior News Editor -
NEW YORK, USA — United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned the recent killings in Benue State, North Central Nigeria, calling for the...
News

Chief of Defence Staff Raises Alarm Over Insider Complicity in Benue Killings

Jackson Kachi | Senior News Editor -
YELEWATA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, on Monday, June 16, 2025, warned of possible insider collaboration aiding the...
Celebrity

‘This Has to Stop’: 2Baba Decries Benue Killings, Urges National Action [WATCH]

Jackson Kachi | Senior News Editor -
LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigerian music icon Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2Baba, has described the spate of violence in Benue State as a “national...
News

Wanted Bandit Leader with ₦5m Bounty, Ado Aleru, Appears at Peace Meeting in Katsina [VIDEO]

Jackson Kachi | Senior News Editor -
KATSINA, Nigeria — Ado Aleru, a notorious bandit leader declared wanted by Nigerian police since 2020 and the subject of a ₦5 million bounty,...
Government

Governor Alia Confirms Killings in Benue Border Attack

Jackson Kachi | Senior News Editor -
MAKURDI, Nigeria — Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State on Sunday, June 15, 2025, confirmed that at least 59 people were killed in Yelwata,...
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