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Senate Directs Military Audit, Manhunt for Perpetrators of Killings in Borno, Benue

This Day 23 Apr 2026
Senate also mandated the CDS, Inspector-General of Police (IGP), and other security heads to coordinate efforts to track down and apprehend those responsible for deadly assaults on communities in Benue State.
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Benue: Security Rescues Kidnapped Passengers, JAMB Students

This Day 20 Apr 2026
‎Gunmen had on Wednesday night intercepted the state owned transport vehicle, Benue Links and abducted some of the passengers among them young men and women who were to sit for the ongoing ‎Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in Otukpo.
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Kidnapped Benue Travellers Were Not UTME Candidates, JAMB Clarifies, Releases First Batch of Results

This Day 19 Apr 2026
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has denied reports that the victims abducted while travelling from Makurdi to Otukpo in Benue State were candidates heading to sit for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) ... .
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Nigeria students abducted as gunmen attack passenger bus in Benue state

ABC News 18 Apr 2026
Gunmen have abducted students on their way to university examinations in Nigeria's Benue state ... .
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Tackle Insecurity Now, Mass Burial In Jos, Benue, Others Unacceptable, Group Tells Tinubu

This Day 18 Apr 2026
However, it stressed that the situation where innocent people are killed in Jos, Bokkos, Barkin Ladi, and Bassa in the Plateau, Benue, Niger, Kogi, Kwara, and other states of the country, is totally unacceptable and reprehensible.
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Gunmen in Nigeria attack a passenger bus and abduct students

Newsday 18 Apr 2026
ABUJA, Nigeria — Gunmen attacked a passenger bus in Nigeria 's Benue state, abducting some students on their way to university examinations, officials said ... the Otukpo-Makurdi highway, Benue Gov.
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Gunmen kidnap students heading to exams in Nigeria’s Benue state

Straits Times 17 Apr 2026
Local media reported that 17 students were missing ....
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Hombres armados secuestran a estudiantes en un autobús en Benue, Nigeria

Lancaster Online 17 Apr 2026
ABUYA, Nigeria (AP) — Hombres armados atacaron un autobús de pasajeros en el estado de Benue, en el centro-norte de Nigeria, el jueves y secuestraron a varios estudiantes que se dirigían a rendir exámenes universitarios, según funcionarios ... .
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Nigeria students abducted as gunmen attack pasenger bus in Benue state

TDT News 17 Apr 2026
... examinations in Nigeria's Benue state ... Benue Gov.
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Gunmen Kidnap Students Heading to Exams in Nigeria's Benue State

US News 17 Apr 2026
ABUJA, April 17 (Reuters) - Gunmen abducted ⁠secondary ⁠school students heading to ⁠university entrance examinations and other travellers in ​... .
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Students abducted as gunmen attack pasenger bus in Nigeria's Benue

San Francisco Chronicle 17 Apr 2026
Gunmen have abducted some students on their way to sit university examinations in Nigeria's Benue state ... expressway in Benue state.
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Nigeria: Nine Killed in Fresh Attack As Fear Grips Benue Communities

All Africa 15 Apr 2026
Nine residents were killed in Edikwu Ankpali, Apa LGA, as renewed attacks deepen insecurity in Benue, with residents naming victims and demanding urgent action ....
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Benue State strengthens Lassa fever response with WHO and partners' support, as focus shifts to protecting frontline workers (WHO - World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa)

Public Technologies 15 Apr 2026
) Benue State strengthens Lassa fever response with WHO and partners' support, as focus shifts to protecting frontline workers ... The response is led by the Benue State Ministry of Health, NCDC, and supported by WHO and partners.
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Herders on rampage in renewed Benue attack, kill widow, three children

Business Day Online 07 Apr 2026
read more Herders on rampage in renewed Benue attack, kill widow, three children ....
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Nigeria: Easter - 27 Killed in Kaduna, Benue, Katsina Attacks

All Africa 06 Apr 2026
BY AZA MSUE and NONYE EKWENUGO, GODWIN ENNA, Tarka -- About 25 people were on Sunday killed in Benue and Kaduna communities following attacks by bandits ....

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