{"id":23311,"date":"2026-07-29T02:53:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T02:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=23311"},"modified":"2026-07-29T02:53:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T02:53:02","slug":"at-least-14-killed-in-fresh-violence-in-nigerias-benue-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/07\/29\/at-least-14-killed-in-fresh-violence-in-nigerias-benue-state\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 14 killed in fresh violence in Nigeria\u2019s Benue State"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: At least 14 civilians were killed and several others injured in an armed attack in Nigeria\u2019s central Benue State, local officials said.<br>The violence occurred in Efeyi village in the Otukpo area and is linked to longstanding disputes over land and natural resources.<br>Benue State has long been a major hotspot for conflict between farmers and nomadic herders, with disputes often arising over access to farmland, grazing areas, and other natural resources.<br>Hundreds of people have been killed in similar clashes in recent years.<br>Farmers have accused herders of allowing livestock to destroy crops, while herding communities have also carried out retaliatory attacks on villages, contributing to a continuing cycle of violence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: At least 14 civilians were killed and several others injured in an armed attack in Nigeria\u2019s central Benue State, local officials said.The violence occurred in Efeyi village in the Otukpo area and is linked to longstanding disputes over land and natural resources.Benue State has long been a major hotspot for conflict between farmers and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23311"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23313,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23311\/revisions\/23313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}