Tinubu Confirms 'No Arrest Made' Over 100 Killed In Benue
Tinubu Confirms 'No Arrest Made' Over 100 Killed In Benue https://osazuwaakonedo.news/tinubu-confirms-no-arrest-made-over-100-killed-in-benue/19/06/2025/ #Issues #Benue #Dauda #Tinubu #Yelewata ©June 19th, 2025 ®June 19, 2025 8:11 pm Almost one week after gunmen locked people; including children, women and elderly inside their rooms, macheted them, poured petrol on them and set them ablaze at Yelewata community in Guma local government area of Benue State last Friday night, Nigeria President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday at a town hall meeting in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, confirmed that Nigeria security operatives have made no arrest since the incident occurred while apparently taking advantage of the ceremonial like town hall meeting to query the Inspector General of Nigeria Police Force, Kayode Egbetokun and the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa for not making arrest ever since the incident occurred, with the Presidency in a press statement on Wednesday confirming that 100 people were killed in the attack but local media and residents stated that more than 200 people were sent to their early grave during the attack, this, Sunday Dare, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communications after visiting the Yelewata community a day ahead of the president visit to Makurdi, was seen in one of the photographs with a caption “Wednesday: Yelewata Village Market that was attacked. A walk through. President Tinubu, Commander In Chief arrives Makurdi” posted on his personal verified X social media handle, apparently covering his nose with a thick handkerchief probably following the unpleasant condition of the environs that he could no longer endured the odours or stench emitting in the environment as a result of the mass murder, with the two time former governor of the state, and Senator that once represented Benue North West Senatorial District which Yelewata is inclusive, and the current Secretary to the Government of Federation in Nigeria, George Akume saying that on Tuesday when he visited the crime scene, the Benue State University Teaching Hospital, BSUTH and the camp where the Internally Displaced People are currently taking refuge, survivors from the attack spoke to him through tears and after watching some of them at the hospital beds battling for their lives, the SGF said “The Pain Is Raw”. #OsazuwaAkonedo Israel-Iran War - India Moves Citizens Out Of Tehran https://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-iran-war-india-moves-citizens-out-of-tehran/17/06/2025/ #Breaking News #Armenia #India #Iran #Israel ©June 17th, 2025 ®June 17, 2025 6:56 pm India Ministry of External Affairs in a statement issued on Tuesday, says the government of India has moved India students in Tehran out of the Iranian capital city due to safety concerns following the continuous exchange of air bombardments between Israel and Iran, while at the same time, the government of India advised other citizens in Tehran that can afford their own transport fare to leave the Iranian capital city immediately, adding that, some citizens of India have been evacuated out of Iran completely through the border with Armenia, this, the India Embassy in Israel had on Sunday advised persons of India origin not to move unnecessarily in Tel Aviv and they should obey safety instructions from the Israeli authorities and Home Front Command. #OsazuwaAkonedo Multiple Faulty India Flights Cancelled After Ahmedabad Crash Killing 274 https://osazuwaakonedo.news/multiple-faulty-india-flights-cancelled-after-ahmedabad-crash-killing-274/17/06/2025/ #World News #Ahmedabad #Aviation #India ©June 17th, 2025 ®June 17, 2025 1:28 pm There are strong indications that the Aviation situation in India may need world attention for the safety of global citizens who transit with aircraft within the India aviation authority as multiple reports indicated that some of the aircraft regulated by India authorities are probably more or less like a flying coffin always waiting to take passengers and crew members early to their makers, as it may be interesting to know that since the plane crashed in Ahmedabad on Thursday last week, there have been series of cancellations and returned flights managed by India airlines due to technical problems, with an helicopter carrying pilgrims from Kedarnath to Guptkashi crashing on Sunday near Gaurikund in the state of Uttarakhand, killing all 7 people onboard in India, this, according to residents in India, is the fifth helicopter crash in the country since May 8, 2025 when helicopter crashed near Gangnani, killing six persons and injuring one, on May 12, 2025, helicopter blade struck a nearby parked vehicle at Badrinath helipad while attempting to land back on the helipad, on May 17, 2025, an AIIMS Rishikesh Sanjeevani’ ambulance helicopter crash-landed in Kedarnath after the rear part of the helicopter was damaged, on June 7, 2025, an helicopter carrying five pilgrims crash-landed near Badas