Benue Archives - Security Digest https://securitydigestng.com/tag/benue/ Reporting Nigeria security Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:03:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://securitydigestng.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cropped-Security-Digest-Favicon-32x32.png Benue Archives - Security Digest https://securitydigestng.com/tag/benue/ 32 32 Benue Carnage, Gen Oluyede’s Visit and Matters Arising, by Chidi Omeje https://securitydigestng.com/2025/06/05/benue-carnage-gen-oluyedes-visit-and-matters-arising-by-chidi-omeje/ Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:03:04 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=20596 Benue Carnage, Gen Oluyede’s Visit and Matters Arising By Chidi Omeje The operational visit embarked upon by the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede, to Benue State is both timely and commendable. It demonstrates a much-needed show of leadership, empathy, and resolve in the face of the recurring violence that continues to […]

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]]> Gana Killing: We’ll not join issues with Gov Ortom, Suswan – Defence Headquarters https://securitydigestng.com/2020/09/10/gana-killing-well-not-join-issues-with-gov-ortom-suswan-defence-headquarters/ https://securitydigestng.com/2020/09/10/gana-killing-well-not-join-issues-with-gov-ortom-suswan-defence-headquarters/#respond Thu, 10 Sep 2020 19:45:16 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=15701 Gana Killing: We’ll not join issues with Gov Ortom, Suswan – Defence Headquarters The Nigerian Military on Thursday refrained from responding to claims by Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State that soldiers killed Terwase Agwaza alias Gana extra-judicially (illegally), saying that they did not want to join issues with political leaders. Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, […]

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]]> https://securitydigestng.com/2020/09/10/gana-killing-well-not-join-issues-with-gov-ortom-suswan-defence-headquarters/feed/ 0 Panic As Gunmen Kill Many In Fresh Benue Attack https://securitydigestng.com/2018/08/11/panic-as-gunmen-kill-many-in-fresh-benue-attack/ https://securitydigestng.com/2018/08/11/panic-as-gunmen-kill-many-in-fresh-benue-attack/#respond Sat, 11 Aug 2018 18:55:09 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=14244 Many feared dead as gunmen launched fresh attack on villages in Katsina-Ala Local Government area in Benue state, on Friday. Unconfirmed reports put the number of people killed at more than 11. The attacks, said to have started in the morning, occurred in Tse-Ujoh- Tiev inside Katsina-Ala local government area. Governor Samuel Ortom described the […]

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]]> https://securitydigestng.com/2018/08/11/panic-as-gunmen-kill-many-in-fresh-benue-attack/feed/ 0 Benue Killings: The Issue is deeper than what many thinks – Bem India Garba https://securitydigestng.com/2018/07/05/benue-killings-the-issue-is-deeper-than-what-many-thinks/ https://securitydigestng.com/2018/07/05/benue-killings-the-issue-is-deeper-than-what-many-thinks/#respond Thu, 05 Jul 2018 16:49:42 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=14159 Benue Killings: The Issue is deeper than what many thinks  Bem India Garba, a defence industry expert, businessman and politician believes that the underlying causes of the recurrent bloody herdsmen attacks in different parts Benue State is deeper than what many would think. In an interview with Defence correspondents, he spoke on sundry defence and […]

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]]> https://securitydigestng.com/2018/07/05/benue-killings-the-issue-is-deeper-than-what-many-thinks/feed/ 0 Troops, Helicopter Eliminate 35 Armed Herdsmen in Benue https://securitydigestng.com/2018/05/22/troops-helicopter-eliminate-35-armed-herdsmen-in-benue/ https://securitydigestng.com/2018/05/22/troops-helicopter-eliminate-35-armed-herdsmen-in-benue/#respond Tue, 22 May 2018 15:14:56 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=13973 Troops, Helicopter Eliminate 35 Armed Herdsmen in Benue Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) operating in Benue, Nasarawa, Taraba and Zamfara states conducted a four prong clearance operations during the weekend. At Umaisha and Toto Villages troops ambushed the militia following a tip off of a planned attack on the two villages. On the ensuing […]

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]]> https://securitydigestng.com/2018/05/22/troops-helicopter-eliminate-35-armed-herdsmen-in-benue/feed/ 0 Operation Cat Race: Military Arrests 183 Criminals, Loses 13 soldiers–DHQ https://securitydigestng.com/2018/04/19/operation-cat-race-military-arrests-183-criminals-loses-13-soldiers-dhq/ https://securitydigestng.com/2018/04/19/operation-cat-race-military-arrests-183-criminals-loses-13-soldiers-dhq/#respond Thu, 19 Apr 2018 10:00:14 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=13837 The Defence Headquarters has said that the Nigerian Military arrested 183 criminals while 13 soldiers were killed in Nasarawa, Benue, Kogi, Taraba and Kaduna during the Operation Ayem Akpatuma (Operation Cat Race) which began on Feb. 15 and ended on April 5, 2018. However, the exercise was extended in Taraba till May 14, 2018 in […]

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