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Following an upsurge in motorcycle theft at gunpoint and other crimes in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, Northcentral Nigeria, the residents are resorting to jungle justice as a way of containing the menace. A young man of about 30 years old was nearly lynched on Friday for allegedly attempting to dispossess a motorcycle rider of […]
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In the wake of the COVID – 19 pandemic, medical teams have been fundamental to community and healthcare response efforts. However, increased stressors from both within and outside the work place have generated unprecedented challenges for medical teams across the globe. Reports show that the pandemic has stretched healthcare systems globally with medical teams facing […]
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Chidima Omna, a patent medicine store owner in the Wadata area of Makurdi, Benue State, North Central Nigeria, died at the Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi, on Tuesday morning following an alleged fire attack on him by his girlfriend, Esther. Neighbours said that Omna’s room was set on fire at about 11p.m. on Sunday. A neighbour, […]
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Following the recent ban on commercial motorcycles in Ukum and Katsina-Ala Local Government Areas of Benue State, North Central Nigeria as part of measures to address insecurity challenges, soldiers deployed to the area have allegedly set seven motorcycles ablaze. Their action is already generating public outcry as well as brewing tension in the area. HumAngle […]
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Every year, as the holidays of Christmas, New Year, and everything in between approach, Nigeria’s inter-state roads become busier as people rush home to spend time with families and friends. But, lately, many who wished to travel could not do so. One, highways have become unsafe in some parts of the country. And then, air […]
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Some of the residents of communities surrounding Uttu forest in Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Northcentral Nigeria, who fled their homes due to the presence of terror group, Darul Salam have started returning, HumAngle can report. This comes three months after troops of the Nigerian Army neutralized the terror cells in the forest. […]
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The remains of the slain chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nasarawa, Philip Shewko, have been buried in his home in Yelwa, Toto Local Government Area of the state, amidst protest by the youths in the area. Shewko had been assassinated by suspected kidnappers in Lafia, the state capital, and his body found […]
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Police in Makurdi, the capital city of Benue State, Northcentral Nigeria have arrested two suspects over the alleged murder of Karl Kwagher, an Associate Professor, at the Department of the Mechanical Engineering, University of Agriculture, Makurdi. HumAngle gathered that the suspects were arrested while trying to dispose of the lecturer’s car at Karu, Nasarawa State, […]
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Three communities in Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State, North Central Nigeria, are currently battling with a yellow fever outbreak which has so far claimed 25 lives, an official said in Makurdi. Dr Godwin Oyiwona, the Commissioner overseeing the Ministry of Health and Human Services, made the development known during a meeting with members […]
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More than 500,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Benue State are still in camps and unable to return home because of insecurity two years after their communities were attacked by herdsmen, HumAngle has learnt. During the attacks, the attackers killed and maimed their victims and in addition burnt their houses and other properties and so […]
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The family of late Ochanya Elizabeth Ogbanje, the 13-year-old girl who died in 2018 after being allegedly abused by a father and his son for five years while she lived with them has asked Mohammed Adamu, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to order the arrest of the son who has been on the run. […]
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The Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up by Nasarawa State Government, Northcentral Nigeria to investigate cases of police brutality strikes out a petition filed by Professor Amos Awodiya, a human rights activist over the alleged extra-judicial killing of one Murtala Abdullahi by one of the operatives of the now-disbanded Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) in […]
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