•Nigerian Senate There was angst at the Senate yesterday over the reported killing of 113 people in four separate attacks on communities in Benue State, with the lawmakers demanding urgent security action to stop the bloodshed and prevent further loss of lives. They also expressed grave concern at the killing of six Mobile Police personnel [&h...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has asked the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to urgently investigate the killing of 113 persons, including six Mobile Police personnel, in Benue North-East Senatorial District. The resolution followed a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by Senator Emmanuel Memga Udende, APC, Benue North-East, ov...
•Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State A group under the aegis of National Intelligence Watch has urged security agencies to investigate allegations of a plot to recruit foreign fighters from Cameroon, Chad and Niger to destabilise Benue State ahead of the 2027 general elections. The group warned that, if substantiated, the alleged plan could ...
•Rev. Fr. John Otache The Benue State Police Command has rescued eight kidnap victims, including the Catholic priest of Otukpo Diocese, Rev. Fr. John Otache. The Command’s spokesperson, Peter Aondongu, stated this in a release issued today and made available to journalists in Makurdi, the state capital. According to the statement, two suspects...
•Abducted Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. John Otache The Benue State Police Command has confirmed the kidnapping of a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. John Otache of Otukpo Diocese. In a phone chat, the spokesperson of the Benue Police Command, Aondongu Peter, said the priest was abducted on Tuesday. He noted that the police are making frantic […]...
•Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State The Benue State government has commended the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and other partners for strengthening efforts to tackle flooding in the state. Governor Hyacinth Alia gave the commendation during a full-scale flood simulation exercise held at the BSEMA Secretariat in Makurdi, report...
The Nigerian Army has commenced renovation and development works at its 11 Brigade headquarters in Gboko area of Benue State, as part of efforts to strengthen its operational presence in the state. General Officer Commanding (GOC), 5 Division, Nigerian Army, Major General Moses Gara, disclosed this during an operational visit to the brigade, w...
•Troops Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), in collaboration with the police and local vigilantes, have rescued seven kidnapped victims from a suspected kidnappers’ enclave in Ohimini Local Government Area of Benue State. The victims were rescued on Monday during an intelligence-led operation around Amla-Icho, Ogobia in Otukpo LGA and Anp...
•Peter Obi, CP Nwadiogbu and Governor Alia The Commissioner of Police in Benue State, Cletus Nwadiogbu, has said the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) never asked him to transmit a letter notifying him of Peter Obi’s visit to the state to Governor Hyacinth Alia. Nwadiogbu said the letter was presented to him by members of the […]
•Peter Obi and scene of the incident The police have paraded 46 suspects in connection with Tuesday’s ‘attack’ on the convoy of the presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, along the Makurdi-Gboko federal highway. Addressing journalists in Makurdi, the Commissioner of police, Cletus Nwadiogbu, said the investigati...
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