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Fidela Anhwer, 60, is one of the physically challenged internally displaced persons at Nepal Quarters Camp, located in Makurdi, Northcentral Nigeria. She was shaking vigorously, trying to locate her walking stick when our reporter visited the camp. Anhwer clenched the stick as she took one step after the other. Her aim was to get to […]
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The heavy downpour between Oct. 21 and 22, 2021 in Makurdi, Benue State, North-central Nigeria, left the Wurukum market submerged. While some residents see it only as a natural disaster, some point at poor sanitation and indiscriminate refuse dumping. Seember, 32, who sits beside the entrance of Wurukum market, peels and roasts there almost daily. […]
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The displaced in the Tse-Yandev IDP camp in Benue, North-central Nigeria battle illnesses that remain unattended. Paulina Tyokuu, 48, a mother of seven, for example, now has bloodshot eyes that remain teary. Her temperature is also high. She has been this way for days. To regain her health, Tyokuu turns to local herbs. “I used […]
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The three graduates of the Benue State University, Makurdi in North-central Nigeria who were abducted in Tsafe Local government area of Zamfara State Northwest Nigeria while on their way to National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp have regained freedom. Jennifer Awashima Iorliam, Yiye Tarlumun, and Joseph Zakaa, were released around 6 p.m. WAT on […]
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At least two graduates of the Benue State University, Makurdi in North-central Nigeria have been abducted by suspected terrorists on their way to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp. Iorliam Jennifer Awershima, one of the victims was abducted along Zamfara-Sokoto road while on her way to the Kebbi State NYSC orientation camp, for […]
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Magdalene Kyado, 55, sat weakly and dejected in the dilapidated room given to her by the chief of Imyande Adamu, Zaki Udey. The last time she felt this way was when her husband was killed eight years ago. He had gone to the farm when he was intercepted and killed by unknown persons. Magdalene and […]
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When it rains, the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Tse-Yandev, Benue State, North-central Nigeria, shiver in trepidation. Their tents can protect them from the sun but not the rain. Gizan Toma, 84, sits in her tent, her eyes picking up objects around her. She is pale yet eager to light a stick of the cigarette […]
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Terrorists on Tuesday killed two persons in Ochoro community of Gwer Local government Area of Benue State, North-central Nigeria. The deceased, Emmanuel Aleje, a pastor of the Methodist Church Nigeria, and Ijuo Ijoko, his Personal Assistant, were reported to have been ambushed and killed on Tuesday, Aug. 17 by an armed gang believed to be […]
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Emmanuel, suspected to be a member of a cult group known as ‘The Black Squad,’ was killed in Agboughul community of Makurdi, Benue State, North-central Nigeria. He was at home with his siblings when a knock sounded on the gate. When he went to check, he was overpowered and killed on the spot, a source […]
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Moses Eje, a four-year-old kidnap victim has been offered a scholarship from nursery to university level by the Benue State Government in North-Central Nigeria. The minor was kidnapped alongside 12 others during a recent attack by Bonta boys on the Ochoro community in Gwer Local Government Area of the state where a traditional ruler was […]
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An attack on Tuesday evening, July 20, 2021 by an armed gang suspected to be members of the notorious Bonta Boys left a traditional ruler dead and 50 houses burnt in Ochoro community, Oju Local Government Area in Benue State, North-central Nigeria. During the attack, a yet to be ascertained number of villagers were also […]
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Nguser Charles Shitile, after staying for days without food, looked forward to her husband’s arrival. He had called her phone earlier with the good news that he had made some money. But Charles Shitile never made it home. He was intercepted by herders along with his friend half a kilometre away from Uikpan IDP camp […]
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