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Suspected armed herdsmen killed about 18 people in another attack on the Iye community in Uvir Ward of Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, Nigeria. “The assailants have stormed the community when the residents were transacting business on the market day,” reports said. “Women and children were beheaded and  …

The brother of a raped victim stabbed a man accused of raping his sister to death in the North Bank suburb of Markudi, Benue State, Nigeria, reports said. “The events that claimed the life of the suspected rapist started when the victim, who was said to be from the Tiv …

A Magistrate’s Court in Makurdi, Benue State, has remanded a 40-year-old housewife and her son in custody for beating her brother-in-law to death in Nigeria, according to reports. “The woman and her son beat up her in-law living with her,” according to information. The woman claimed that her in-law stole …

Police in Benue State have arrested the leader of a nine-man gang that tortured an 89-year-old man in Gwer East Local Government Area of Nigeria. “The 89- year-old man was abducted by a nine-man gang for alleged witchcraft against a young man who had been sick in the area as …

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a Catholic priest of Otukpo Diocese, in Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue state, Nigeria. The abduction was confirmed by the diocese through a letter from the diocesan secretariat signed by the Chancellor, Rev. Fr. Joseph Itodo, and addressed to all priests, religious …

Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped Benue State Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development Ekpe Ogbu and two fellow passengers, police say. They had been travelling back from church when it happened, Benue state official Terver Akase tells BBC News Pidgin. According to local reports the kidnapping took place at the Adankari …

Youths in Nigerian Benue State mobbed to death two suspected witches to death for allegedly killing people by sorcery. They were reportedly dragged with a rope around the village and subsequently beaten to death. According to locals, who did not want to be mentioned, what sparked the accusation was the …