{"id":165915,"date":"2025-06-06T23:11:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T22:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/suspected-herdsmen-launch-fresh-attack-on-makurdi-naka-road"},"modified":"2025-06-07T00:19:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T23:19:58","slug":"suspected-herdsmen-launch-fresh-attack-on-makurdi-naka-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/suspected-herdsmen-launch-fresh-attack-on-makurdi-naka-road","title":{"rendered":"Suspected herdsmen launch fresh attack on Makurdi\u2013Naka Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Several persons are feared dead and many others injured after suspected armed herdsmen launched a fresh attack on the Makurdi\u2013Naka road.<\/p>\n<p>Sources informed our reporter that the attackers struck on Friday evening along the troubled axis, leaving commuters stranded.<\/p>\n<p>The Makurdi\u2013Naka road has remained under the control of armed Fulani militia groups for weeks, despite repeated assurances of military intervention.<\/p>\n<p>This latest attack comes just days after Nigeria\u2019s Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede, relocated to Benue in response to escalating violence across the state.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Several persons are feared dead and many others injured after suspected armed herdsmen launched a fresh attack on the Makurdi\u2013Naka road. Sources informed our reporter that the attackers struck on Friday evening along the troubled axis, leaving commuters stranded. 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