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Farmers in Benue State have lost about N25bn to herdsmen attacks within the last nine months. Chairman, Benue State All Farmers Association of Nigeria, Aondoana Hembe, stated this on Tuesday while speaking to our correspondent on the phone. Hembe said that the loss covered crops, farmlands and other property belonging to farmers. He further said that some of the farmers ...

Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, has stated that the state has lost over N400 billion worth of property to renewed militia herdsmen attacks on Benue communities. He stated this during an interactive session with newsmen where he spoke on his achievements and challenges of his administration in the past three years. The governor noted that the estimate was arrived at ...

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has requested the support of the Federal Government, corporate organisations and well-meaning individuals to tackle the devastations flood, erosion and herdsmen’s attacks have caused across the state. According to New Telegraph, the governor made the call yesterday when a delegation of the Indices and Disbursement Committee of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission, led by its Chairman, ...