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Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria have been in conflict with various farming communities across Nigeria for decades due to disputes over land use. The local government area in Agatu, Benue State is home to various different ethnic groups, and ethnic conflict between Fulani herdsmen and ethnic Agatu locals that broke out in early 2016 led to hundreds of civilians killed. [1]
April 11–12, 2022. Deaths. 25+. Injured. 10+. Perpetrator. Fulani herdsmen. On April 12, 2022, armed herdsmen attacked several villages in Benue State, Nigeria, killing over 25 people and injuring many more.
Date. February - March 2016 [1] [2] Attack type. Massacre [2] Deaths. 300-500. Victims. Several thousand (at least 7000 displaced) The Agatu attacks and massacres occurred in Agatu, Benue State, [3] [4] [5] began in late February 2016 and continued for several days into March.
In the last two weeks of August, more than 1.5 million people were displaced across 12 countries in West and Central Africa due to floods, and about 465 have been killed, according to the United ...
The Zaki-Biam massacre (also known as The Zaki-Biam Invasion or Operation No Living Thing) was a mass execution of hundreds of unarmed Tiv civilians by the Nigerian Army between 20 and 24 October 2001. The massacre was a surreptitious operation of the Nigerian army to avenge the killing of 19 soldiers, whose mutilated bodies were found on 12 ...
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Gana (outlaw) Gbeji, Katsina Ala, Benue State. Kumaor Fachii, [1] Aondehemba a.k.a. Major, and over 200 others. [2] Terwase Akwaza (c. 1970s – 8 September 2020) also known as Gana (sometimes spelt Ghana) was a most wanted criminal and head of a militia in Benue State, Nigeria, whose activities peaked between 2015 and 2020.
2018 massacres in Benue and Kogi States. In 2018, several massacres occurred in Benue and Kogi, in central Nigeria, supposedly by Fulani herdsmen gunmen. At least 50 were killed in all. [1] [2] [3]