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Forensic team exhumes 105 bodies from Yelwata mass graves

Nigeria, Feb. 27 -- A federal team of forensic pathologists has exhumed 105 bodies from mass graves in the Yelwata community, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, as part of an ongoing investiga... Read More


SSS arrests suspect in Kogi church abduction

Nigeria, Feb. 27 -- The State Security Service has taken into custody a man accused of coordinating the 14 December 2025 abduction of worshippers at First ECWA Church in Ayetoro-Kiri, Kabba/Bunu Local... Read More


Niger to donate 1,000 hectares to Nigerian Army for veterans' housing

Nigeria, Feb. 25 -- The Niger State Government has pledged to allocate 1,000 hectares of land to the Nigerian Army for a post-service housing development scheme for retired personnel. The Chief Press... Read More


Yahaya Bello, on trial for alleged N80bn fraud, attends APC Summit at Presidential Villa

Nigeria, Feb. 25 -- Yahaya Bello, the former governor of Kogi State standing trial for alleged multi-billion naira fraud, on Tuesday attended the Progressives Governors Forum-Renewed Hope Strategic Su... Read More


Benue launches people-centred security model amid lingering challenges

Nigeria, Feb. 24 -- The Benue State Government on Monday launched a People-Centred Public Safety Programme and adopted it as a statewide security framework, positioning the state as the first in Niger... Read More


Nigerian government begins forensic probe of Yelwata killings

Nigeria, Feb. 24 -- Forensic pathologists from the Federal Ministry of Justice have arrived in Benue State to investigate the June 13, 2025, attack on Yelwata, a community in the Guma Local Government... Read More


Gunmen ambush, kill three herders in Plateau community

Nigeria, Feb. 21 -- Three cattle herders were killed on Thursday night along the Dorowa-Jong road in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, in what community leaders described as a brutal... Read More


Experts say carbon monoxide likely cause of Plateau miners' deaths

Nigeria, Feb. 19 -- Medical and environmental experts have said carbon monoxide exposure is the most probable cause of Tuesday's death of 38 miners at a mining site in Kampani Zurak community in the W... Read More


Gunmen kidnap six travellers near Makurdi, demand N100m

Nigeria, Feb. 19 -- Six travellers were kidnapped in the early hours of Tuesday along the Naka-Makurdi road in Benue State, in the latest security breach on a highway that had recently recorded fewer ... Read More


Police rescue abducted Benue worshippers, arrest four suspects

Nigeria, Feb. 15 -- The Benue State Police Command says it has secured the release of nine worshippers abducted during a night vigil at St John's Catholic Church in Ojije, Ado Local Government Area, a... Read More