Some youths in Benue state on Wednesday killed seven persons in Gboko area. The Benue State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Owoseni Fatai who confirmed the incident while briefing newsmen in his office said the victims were reportedly travelling to either Okene in Kogi state or Taraba state when criminals attacked, killed and burnt them to ashes.

A Vigilante group in Okpe Community of Delta state on Wednesday apprehended and disarmed eight Fulani herdsmen allegedly attempting to invade the town. A member of the group told Vigil360 that they acted on intelligence that the herdsmen were coming to invade the town. He disclosed that following the information, they laid ambush for the herdsmen before apprehending them.

Suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber on Wednesday attacked an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Dalori, Borno State, Northeast Nigeria. The chairman of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Satomi Ahmad, confirmed this to newsmen in Maiduguri. According to him, five persons – including the assailant – while 39 others sustained various degrees of injuries”.

Amnesty International (AI) on Monday accused the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) of killing dozens of villagers in airstrikes on some villages rocked by communal clashes. It also accused Nigerian security agencies of failing to promptly respond to crisis situation, application of excessive force and engaging in extrajudicial killings.