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Benue Assembly seeks judicial panel on police brutality

Nigeria, Oct. 3 -- The Benue State House of Assembly has urged Governor Hyacinth Alia to establish a judicial panel of inquiry into cases of police brutality and extra-judicial killings in the state. ... Read More


Insecurity: Kwara govt to recruit 2,600 forest guards

Nigeria, Oct. 3 -- The Kwara State Government has approved the recruitment of 2,600 additional forest guards to boost the fight against insecurity in parts of the state. The new operatives will join ... Read More


Security forces kill notorious kidnap suspect in Kwara operation

Nigeria, Oct. 2 -- A suspected kidnapper, Maidawa, and several of his fighters have been eliminated in an encounter with joint security forces around Isanlu-Isin in the Isin Local Government Area of K... Read More


Kwara governor seeks more troops after Oke Ode attacks

Nigeria, Sept. 30 -- Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has appealed for increased military deployments to the state following Sunday's deadly attacks on forest guards and residents in Oke Od... Read More


Nigerian military strikes bandits' hideouts in Kwara

Nigeria, Sept. 30 -- Nigeria security forces have stepped up operations in Kwara State with multiple raids and interceptions against suspected kidnappers across Ifelodun Local Government Area. On Thu... Read More


Bandits kill police officer, woman, abduct six residents in Kwara

Nigeria, Sept. 25 -- Armed bandits on Tuesday attacked Motokun and Agboro communities in the Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State, killing two persons, including a police officer, and abducting... Read More


Benue govt launches mechanised farming pilot scheme, supports 10 clusters

Nigeria, Sept. 25 -- The Benue State Government has launched a pilot programme to empower 10 farm clusters across the state with tractors, improved seeds, inputs, and access to markets. The initiativ... Read More


Three police officers dead, seven missing as suspected herders ambush tactical team

Nigeria, Sept. 23 -- Ninety-four days after President Bola Tinubu visited Benue State and ordered security chiefs to "get those criminals out" following the Yelewata massacre, suspected cattle herders... Read More


Makurdi-Naka road in ruins as residents lament insecurity, poor state of route

Nigeria, Sept. 17 -- Residents of communities along the Makurdi-Naka federal road in Benue State have raised alarm over the deplorable state of the road and persistent insecurity, which they say has m... Read More


Niger govt pledges N5 billion for aviation college mini campus in Minna

Nigeria, Sept. 16 -- The Niger State Government has announced a N5 billion seed fund for the reactivation of the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) mini campus at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Int... Read More