PRESIDENT BUHARI CONGRATULATES NEW TOR TIV

President Muhammadu Buhari congratulates Prof. James Ortese Ayatse, on his election as Tor Tiv, the paramount ruler of the Tiv people.

Prof. Ayatse, a former Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, is also the pioneer and immediate past Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State.

The President believes that Prof. Ayatse’s emergence as the paramount ruler of the Tiv people, is an affirmation of his strength of character, integrity, and moral authority, garnered over the years as a lecturer, erudite scholar and administrator.

I’ll enforce withdrawal of riot policemen as personal guards, place ban on road block, says IG

•’Sack of AIGs is mere speculation’

The Ag. Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris has vowed to enforce the withdrawal of riot policemen serving as personal guards.

He also said the ban on road block was a directive from the Federal Government and remains.

Idris, who also dismissed the rumour of the sack or forced retirement of some Assistant Inspectors General (AIGs) and other senior officers as mere speculation, spoke in Abuja during his maiden meeting with senior officers of the Force.

Some of the topics that were discussed include: Declaration of assets, withdrawal of Police Mobile Force,(PMF) personnel, restructuring of Special Anti Robbery Squad, PMF, Counter Terrorism Unit, formation of eminent persons forum in each state command, and establishment of joint operations centre in each state Command, among others.

Unknown Gunmen Assassinate Gov Ortom’s SSA On Security

Pandemonium broke out early morning on Friday in Makurdi when gunmen shot and killed the senior special assistant on security to Governor Samuel Ortom, Mr. Deneen Igbana in his private residence.

This came just as assailants has attacked the police C Division located in Northbank area of Makurdi and shot the Divisional police Officer (DPO) of the station and his orderly.

Igbana was assassinated right in his aboard located at Tionsha area, along Makurdi-Naka expressway, at about 12.32am. It was gathered that the ugly incident occurred when the SSA arrived home from close of work.

Attacks For Attacks: Benue indigenes in America vow to fund youths to defend themselves

As the persistent attacks and killings continues in some communities in Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba states by the suspected Fulani herdsmen, Tiv sons and daughters in America  became furious and have restated their resolute determinations to fund their communities to defend themselves if the Federal Government failed to intervene.

CONFIRMED: Fulani herdsmen kill 15 with ‘chemical weapons’ in Benue

Benue people have alleged that suspected Fulani mercenaries launched attacks on residents of a community  with chemical weapons, claiming that the fifteen persons that were killed in Shengev community, Gwer West local government area had no gun wounds on their bodies but foamed from their mouths.

Breaking: Benue state still under attacks, many fare dead in Agatu land

Reports from Benue state indicate that the state is still under severe attacks of the suspected herdsmen bandits  as more than a dozen were killed in Gwer-East, Agatu, Gwer-West, Makurdi today.

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