DAKAR – The death toll from an attack by gunmen over the weekend in north-central Nigeria has climbed to 150, survivors said ...

The military and the police have launched a joint, cross-border manhunt for the gunmen who killed around 200 villagers in Yelewata, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, on the night of Friday, ...

The death toll from an attack by gunmen over the weekend in north-central Nigeria has climbed to 150, survivors said Monday ...

Benue State governor, Father Hyacinth Alia, has said that those who attacked killed several people in the Yelewata and Daudu ...

The ongoing attacks continue to raise serious concerns about religious persecution and government inaction in the West ...

In this screengrab made from video, a burned house following an attack by gunmen in Yelewata community north-central Nigeria, ...

The priest listed communities attacked in the past two weeks as Tse Orbiam, Ahume, Jimba, Nagi-Camp, Aondoana, Yelewata and Abegana, adding that over 50 people, including women and children ...

Other communities listed as victims of the violence include Tse Orbiam, Ahume, Jimba, Nagi-Camp, Aondoana, Yelewata, and Abegana -- all located within the Makurdi Diocese. According to the priests ...

All of these are in the Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State. “Attack on Yelewata community of Guma Local Government area by the Fulani herders, resulting in the death of three members ...

The priest who listed communities attacked in the past two weeks to include Tse Orbiam, Ahume, Jimba, Nagi-Camp, Aondoana, Yelewata, and Abegana, said that over 50 people, including women and ...

Upon interrogation, the herder allegedly confessed to using the motorcycle to carry out a recent attack that left several persons dead in Yelewata, also in Nyiev Council Ward. When the youth ...