On the night of Monday, October 12, armed Fulani attackers invaded Nchiya community in Mangu Local Government Area (LGA), Plateau State. They attacked two men at a local vigilance point with gunfire and machetes, killing 65-year-old Dauda Shamaki. The second man escaped. Two of the attackers wore military uniforms, according to a statement by the Mwaghavul Youth Movement (MYM).

Earlier that day, near Aloghom community, Fulani attackers shot and injured a security operative after cattle were driven onto farmland, destroying crops, the movement said.

The statement, issued on October 13, was signed by Director of Public Affairs Tubwot Joël Sunday on behalf of MYM President Comr. Jonathan Kyesmang Yusuf. It said, “While there is no concrete evidence yet that the military as an institution provided cover for the attackers, the presence of individuals in military uniform among the attackers is highly suspicious and must be thoroughly investigated.”

The movement called on the military high command, the Plateau State Government and security agencies to investigate the attacks and prosecute those responsible. It also said Fulani residents “must also be subjected to collective blame because of their continued conspiracy of silence.”

The Nchiya killing was among a series of attacks between October 2 and 13 in Plateau State, including communities in Barkin Ladi, Bokkos and Mangu LGAs, 30 to 40 miles south of the state capital, Jos. On October 2, two people were killed in Jenta community, Jos South LGA. On October 4, two people were killed in Matan Kubet, Bokkos LGA. That night, Fulani herdsmen killed two Christians and injured three others in Mangor village, according to Bokkos youth leader Bwefang Sunday.

In Barkin Ladi LGA, attackers injured Bulus Chun Pam of Gwom Ajang, Foron District, on October 7. He died two days later at Jos University Teaching Hospital.

At about 7 p.m. on October 8, gunmen ambushed and killed a police officer riding to his duty post along the Kwi-Beco road in the Chit area of Heipang District. Plateau State Police Command spokesperson DSP Alabo Alfred did not respond to inquiries.

In neighboring Riyom LGA, attackers killed 42-year-old David Danjuma and rustled 114 cattle in Wereng between October 6 and 12, according to the BYM.

At about 3 p.m. on October 9, attackers killed John Mafulul, 53, and Ezekiel Yohanna, 50, at a mining site in the Jamus area of Kazok villages, Gashish District, according to the Berom Youth Moulders Association (BYM). The association blamed “Radical Islamic Fulani Militias.”

On October 11, two people were killed in the Mai Katako area of Bokkos LGA. On October 13, James Joro Dung, 48, was killed in Tafan, Barkin Ladi LGA, according to the BYM.

Also on the night of October 13, gunmen shot Mishkaham Yohanna Jatau Samkwar, a traditional leader of the Mwaghavul people, in the leg at his home in Daffo, Bokkos LGA. He later died at a cottage hospital in Mangu.

Kidnappers had abducted his son, Zuhumnan Nanle, in Daffo on October 3 and released him on October 12. Bulus Dabit, national president of the Mwaghavul Development Association (MDA), said, “It is very clear that the recent attackers are the kidnappers.”

The attacks continued despite a curfew. On September 21, the Plateau State Government imposed a 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew on Barkin Ladi, Bokkos and Mangu LGAs and banned motorcycles in those areas, Commissioner for Information and Communication Joyce Ramnap announced.

The following night, at about 7:49 p.m., gunmen killed three vigilantes on the Kyikyau–Gyambwas boundary in Mangu Halle District during curfew hours. The victims were Samson Dachet, 45, Gambo Fwangyil, 50, and Zughumnan Bamaiyi, 35.

MYM Director of Public Affairs Tubwot Joël Sunday asked, “Who is the curfew ultimately protecting?” Dabit said, “The curfew is not working with lawless persons.” Operation Enduring Peace spokesperson Capt. Polycarp Oteh declined to comment.

The October attacks followed the killing of about 70 Christians across Plateau State in September. In Mangu LGA alone, 76 churches and worship centers have been destroyed since 2023, according to a list compiled by community leaders. Of these, 57 belonged to the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN). The remainder served Baptist, Catholic, Anglican, ECWA, Deeper Life, Living Faith, Assembly of God and independent congregations. Ten of the 76 were still under construction when they were destroyed.

In September, the MDA said that “more than 750 members of Mwaghavul communities have been killed in recurring violence since 2023.”

No response from the military, the police or the Plateau State Government to the Mwaghavul Youth Movement’s call to investigate the attackers in military uniforms could be found. No arrests have been announced in the killings of Dauda Shamaki, the Kazok miners, the police officer on the Kwi-Beco road or Mishkaham Yohanna Jatau Samkwar.

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Elon Musk just dropped a bombshell that will put a real ownership stake in the hands of tens of millions of American kids.

On Monday, the SpaceX and Tesla CEO posted on X: “Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America. This will be the first of many.”

Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America.

This will be the first of many.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 19, 2026

The announcement comes roughly four months after SpaceX went public on the Nasdaq under the ticker $SPCX in one of the largest IPOs in history.

Shares recently traded near $146, and with roughly 72–73 million children under 18 in the United States, the gift is valued in the neighborhood of $10.5 billion based on recent prices.

Musk did not spell out the exact mechanism, eligibility rules, or timeline beyond “next year,” but the scale is unmistakable. He is transferring ownership from his own holdings directly to the next generation.

This builds on earlier action from SpaceX itself. Earlier this year, SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell and her husband personally gifted one SpaceX share each to more than two million American children ages 11–17 in lower-income areas (with extra emphasis near their central Texas home) through the Trump Accounts program. That pledge was valued at roughly $325 million at the time.

As The Gateway Pundit has reported extensively, Trump Accounts, launched on July 4, 2026, as part of the broader effort to give every American child a stake in the economy, provide tax-advantaged investment accounts seeded with federal contributions for newborns and open to private donations.

Recent Treasury rules have cleared the way for direct stock donations into these accounts, and automatic enrollment has created accounts for tens of millions of children.

Private philanthropists, including Michael and Susan Dell with their multi-billion-dollar commitment, have already supercharged the program.

While Democrats and their media allies push more government dependency, redistribution schemes, and lectures about “equity,” Musk is handing American children actual equity in one of the most ambitious American companies on the planet.

SpaceX is building the future of space travel, satellite internet via Starlink, and reusable rockets that have already returned the United States to independent human spaceflight. Every kid receiving a share now has skin in that game.

President Trump recently awarded Musk the National Medal of Science and called him a modern-day Thomas Edison for engineering achievements that have renewed American technological leadership.

Musk’s latest move fits the pattern: massive private action that expands ownership rather than expanding bureaucracy.

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Suspected Boko Haram fighters attacked Dzangola Kilba, a farming village in Gombi Local Government Area (LGA) of Adamawa State, at about 9 p.m. on Thursday, October 15. The attack continued until 5 a.m. the following morning. The attackers locked David Barnabas, an evangelist with the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (EYN), inside his house and set it on fire, according to an eyewitness cited by TruthNigeria. Local residents posting on Facebook put the death toll at 30, but police and government officials have not confirmed that figure.

This was at least the third attack on Dzangola Kilba in recent months. On Sunday, September 6, suspected Boko Haram insurgents killed at least 12 people, injured two, burned a church, and looted three shops, Gombi LGA Chairman Mark Ishaya told The Sun. The newspaper described that raid as the second attack on the community within a couple of months. Reports of the September death toll varied: Adamawa State Assembly Speaker Bathliya Wesley put it at 11, while TruthNigeria later reported 13 people killed and homes burned.

The village is predominantly Christian. During the October raid, the attackers stole food, domestic animals, and cooking utensils and took them to a stronghold a few miles away. TruthNigeria had warned of attacks in the area on October 15, hours before the raid began.

More than 4,000 residents of Gunyaku, Tela-Bala, Sabon-Gari, and Nzangula have been displaced and are sleeping in Yola and Gombi town. Shehu Inuwa, who fled with six family members, said, “Fulani people grazed on my farm, I have nothing left to feed my displaced family.”

Inuwa said about 50 soldiers and forest guards had been deployed after the September killings but left at nightfall on Friday, October 9. “We watched their trucks go,” he said.

No statement on the October 15–16 attack could be found from the Adamawa State Police Command, the state government, or the military’s Operation Hadin Kai.

At about 11:20 p.m. on Saturday, October 17, insurgents on foot attacked Tela-Bala and Guyaku, also in Gombi LGA, Daily Trust reported. Rufa’i Umar Gombi, who represents Gombi Constituency, said he had received reports that four soldiers and one forest guard were killed, but noted that the figures had not been officially confirmed.

The attackers tried to advance on Gombi town early Sunday but were repelled by reinforced troops. At a checkpoint in Guyaku, they tried to seize a military armored personnel carrier. After failing to burn it, they fired at it at close range. Operation Hadin Kai did not comment, and Ishaya responded to a text message with one word: “Later.”

In Benue State, kidnappers abducted Rev. Fr. John Inalegwu Otache on Tuesday, October 13, along the Otobi Amejo–Ajegbe Road in Ohimini LGA. Otache, the parish priest of St. Margaret’s Parish, Ajegbe-Awume, in the Catholic Diocese of Otukpo, was returning home from Otukpo.

Benue State Police Command spokesperson Aondongu Peter confirmed the kidnapping and said police were making “frantic efforts to rescue the priest.” Otache is the second priest from St. Margaret’s Parish to be kidnapped.

At about 4 p.m. on Sunday, October 18, police and local vigilantes rescued Otache and three other people who had been abducted along the same route. All four were taken to a hospital. No ransom payment or arrests were reported.

In Plateau State, gunmen killed four vigilantes on duty in Shurum village, Dorowa Babuje District, Barkin Ladi LGA, at about 11:56 p.m. on October 16, Premium Times reported. “They were watching over our community when the gunmen struck and killed them,” said resident Bulus Bature.

Rwang Tengwong Gyang, national publicity secretary of the Berom Youth Moulders Association, confirmed the deaths and called on security agencies to investigate and prosecute the perpetrators.

The association also reported that two men in their mid-20s, Goodluck Bulus and Emmanuel Monday, were killed that day at a mining site in Burdinga, Gashish District, also in Barkin Ladi LGA, according to Sahara Reporters. It blamed both attacks on “Radical Islamic Fulani Militias.” Police could not be reached for comment.

The October 17 attack struck two communities already hit earlier this year. In February, attacks on Guyaku and Tela-Bala killed 29 people, and ISWAP claimed responsibility, according to TruthNigeria. Residents told Daily Trust that the communities lie close to the Sambisa Forest in neighboring Borno State. The U.S. State Department designated Boko Haram a Foreign Terrorist Organization on November 14, 2013, and ISIS-West Africa on February 28, 2018.

Barnabas served the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (EYN), which its president, Rev. Daniel Mbaya, has described as the Nigerian church hardest hit by the insurgency. Speaking at EYN’s General Church Council in late March, Mbaya said, “Over 700,000 members are displaced, and about 25,000 are currently taking refuge in the Cameroon and Chad Republics,” TruthNigeria reported. Church leaders said about 300 of EYN’s 586 churches have been destroyed by fire.

Mbafe Manasseh, secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria’s Hong chapter, said, “Eight Christian communities have already been completely displaced,” adding, “Our communities that are being erased are 100 percent Christian.”

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LinkedIn co-founder and Democrat megadonor Reid Hoffman, the same billionaire who visited Jeffrey Epstein’s private island, stayed at his Manhattan townhouse, and once sent the convicted pedophile ice cream “for the girls,” just poured $500,000 into a super PAC backing Kentucky Democrat Zach Dembo.

The cash went to Kentuckians Not Corruption on September 24, according to WEKU’s October 16 investigation into Federal Election Commission records.

The group is running heavy television ads supporting Dembo and attacking his Republican opponent, former state Sen. Ralph Alvarado, in Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District.

Advertising records show the PAC’s weekly TV buys on Lexington’s WLEX-TV exploded after the money arrived, jumping from roughly $14,650 in mid-September to nearly $110,000 the week of October 6. By mid-October the group had already spent about $1.6 million on the race.

“This is really, it’s dirty Epstein class money fueling Zach Dembo’s campaign. It’s offensive,” Alvaro told Fox News.

He added that Hoffman “was one of his best friends,” citing the island visits, townhouse stays, and the infamous Christmas Eve ice cream shipment with the note that it was “either for yourself or for the girls.”

The Gateway Pundit has previously reported extensively on Hoffman’s deep and longstanding ties to Epstein. In February, we covered Elon Musk publicly confronting Hoffman over the “ice cream for the girls” remark and the volume of their communications.

Earlier reporting detailed Hoffman’s island visit, his role in helping rehabilitate Epstein’s reputation through MIT fundraising, and his continued contacts years after Epstein’s 2008 conviction.

Hoffman has repeatedly claimed the relationship was limited and strictly for fundraising purposes, claims that keep collapsing under the weight of the documents.

Dembo, a former federal prosecutor and Navy JAG officer who worked as an aide to Gov. Andy Beshear, has built his entire campaign around fighting “corruption” and the influence of “big business and the ultra-wealthy.”

His website declares that the ultra-wealthy “shouldn’t be able to buy influence in Washington” and calls for getting rid of dark money. He has attacked tax breaks for “billionaires and coastal elites” and promised to fight for working families instead of the donor class.

Yet when the biggest single check to the super PAC boosting him came from one of the most notorious Epstein-linked billionaires in Democratic politics, Dembo’s campaign has stayed silent. Fox News said it repeatedly sought comment and received none.

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Gov. Kotek Praised “Everytown Data” Before the Bend, Oregon, Mass Shooting; CNN Cited Its Data Day of Killings

Republished with permission from AbleChild.

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek had a confident message when she celebrated the Community Safety Firearms Act in November 2025: “You all know that the data backs us up.” She also thanked Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action for their “fierce advocacy.”

Nearly eleven months later, with the Democratic governor campaigning for reelection, three children and a teacher were killed at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend. CNN placed the attack within a national school-shooting tally, drawing on Everytown, Education Week and the Gun Violence Archive the day of the killings.

The connection raises an accountability question: When an advocacy organization statistics help frame legislative messaging and news coverage, is the public receiving an explanation of violence or a numerical backdrop for a gun-control argument?

Counting shootings is not the same as identifying what would prevent them.

At the October 16 news conference, Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz said he would name the attacker only once!  Early coverage nevertheless carried conflicting versions of the name before subsequent reports identified him as Griffin J. John II, 16, a former Silver Rail student.

An inaccurate identification creates an obstacle for journalists researching an attacker’s history. Limiting repetition makes a clear written identification more important, not less.

Another significant disclosure came from Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Steven Cook: the attacker had previously been a special-education student at Silver Rail. Officials also confirmed that the shooting occurred in a special-education classroom.

A 2025 education-journal article cites research finding that students in special education were four times more likely to be prescribed psychotropic medication than students in general education.

That supports not only asking about medication history but also systematically recording verified exposure, treatment changes and toxicology findings to help established motives. FDA antidepressant warnings identify an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior in some young people, and medication guides flag new aggression or violent behavior as symptoms requiring immediate attention. These warnings warrant investigation and accurate data collection.

The chief should have explained whether investigators were obtaining and preserving relevant mental-health and prescription records, including any documented medication changes, and examining them alongside the physical evidence.

Krantz acknowledged the uncertainty surrounding the attack: “Everyone wants to know why, including us.… We may never get that full answer, but we want it.” Investigators continued examining motive and how the teenager obtained the weapon.

Krantz sounded defeated when the investigation had barely begun. He limited the naming of the attacker while basic identification became confused, and he left unanswered whether investigators were obtaining mental-health records, prescription histories and toxicology evidence. Before the public even knew what investigators had examined, the chief was already warning that the motive might never be understood. That was a staggering admission at a briefing that should have laid out how police intended to find answers.

News organizations reported that the shotgun used in the attack had been purchased by the teenager’s mother. NBC News, citing two senior law-enforcement officials, reported that she bought it around his birthday in August.

Reporters approached his mother, identified as Shauntai May Nickerson, at her apartment on Friday. She expressed sorrow and declined to explain how her son obtained the weapon. Police said they were still investigating his access to it.

CNN described Nickerson as a health aide at a local nursing home. A LinkedIn profile bearing her name lists her as a “Med Aide” at Touchmark Living Centers, Inc., in Bend, Oregon. The employment information is self-reported on the profile.

Police should have addressed the leaked information about the mother’s reported shotgun purchase at the briefing by confirming what investigators knew and correcting anything inaccurate.  The misleading data on mass murders pushed on the day of the killings doesn’t help stop or prevent violence.

CNN’s tally measured shootings on school grounds, including parking lots, buses and accidental discharges that injured someone other than the shooter not just classroom massacres and mass killings.  It is way to broad and completely lack mental health drugs.

Presented beside the Bend attack, that broad count pushes a guns-only explanation without examining psychiatric-drug exposure or treatment changes, variables Everytown’s public dataset does not systematically record. The tally counts gunfire; it cannot establish what caused it.

Everytown began tracking school gunfire in 2013, before Mayors Against Illegal Guns and Moms Demand Action combined under the Everytown banner in 2014, with Michael Bloomberg’s financial backing. Its database sits within an advocacy network that promotes gun restrictions and participates in political campaigns. It is not an independent government statistics agency.

In 2024, its charitable Support Fund, which maintains the database, reported $37.35 million in revenue, including $35.80 million in contributions. Its separate Action Fund reported $57.12 million. Those figures fund the organizations broadly; they do not establish the database’s cost or identify its specific donors.

CNN’s audience deserves to know that its statistical source belongs to a well-funded political advocacy network. Using a massacre to amplify Everytown’s statistics without explaining the limits of its data is unethical and risks obstructing prevention by directing attention away from factors the database does not examine.

“Today, we’re not just signing a bill. We’re saving lives,” Governor Kotek declared. But a shooting tally cannot substantiate that promise. Presenting incomplete incident data as proof of causes or solutions is misleading and risks leaving preventable dangers unexamined while the death toll continues. Cover Story Photo Credit.

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