Tag: #2025BenueAttack

Aug

01

2025

Breaking! Benue Residents desert homes, take cover, over fresh attack

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Breaking! Benue Residents desert homes, take cover, over fresh attack There is a sudden surge of terror in Tor-Donga, a community in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State, consequent on a deadly attack by suspected gunmen in the early hours of today, Friday, August 1. According to some eyewitnesses, the fierce looking fully armed attackers invaded the area, shooting intermittently, thus compelling residents to evade their homes in search of safety. The assault reportedly left several peopl0e injured, while many others remain missing as families scatter in the chaos. Local sources said the gunmen stormed the community on motorcycles…

NAOSNP Condemns Attacks, Benue Massacre, Insecurity

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NAOSNP Condemns Attacks, Benue Massacre, Insecurity The National Association of Online Security News Publishers (NAOSNP), a renowned association of Media practitioners has vehemently, condemned the increasing Security lapses in the country leading to unwholesome massacre of Nigerian citizens, some in their sleeps, with special emphasis to the Yelwata killings in Benue State. It would be recalled that in the early hours of Friday, June 13, 2025, more than 200 persons were slaughtered by alleged heavily armed herdsmen in Yelwata, a farming community in Guma County, Benue State. This mass killing is part of a disturbing wave of targeted violence that…

UN Condemns Benue Killing, Calls For Justice

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the attacks perpetrated over the weekend in Benue, North Central Nigeria, in which scores of civilians were killed. According to reports, dozens of people were killed while they slept, and several were displaced following brutal attacks on the village of Yelewata. Guterres, amidst dismay, called for the immediate arrest of the perpetrators of the violence. According to news reports, dozens of people were killed while they slept and several were displaced following brutal attacks on the village of Yelewata. Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, said, “We’re monitoring the situation. “The Secretary-General condemns the…