Nigeria, Jan. 23 -- Seven months after a gruesome attack, the Benue State Government has flagged off the construction of permanent resettlement housing for displaced families in Yelwata.

PREMIUM TIMES reported on 14 June 2025 how terrorists attacked the Yelwata community in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, leaving scores of residents dead, homes razed and thousands displaced.

More than 100 people were feared killed in the overnight terrorist attack, according to Amnesty International, which described the violence as part of the "almost daily bloodshed" in Benue State and called on the Nigerian government to do more to halt the killings and protect rural communities.

Governor Hyacinth Alia was represented by his deputy, Sam Od...