•Armed Fulani herdsman Suspected Fulani herdsmen have abducted the wife and house help of former Chief of Staff to Benue Governor Terwase Orbunde. Hon.Orbunde was Chief of Staff to former Governor Samuel Ortom, reports The Nation. He later resigned to contest the PDP governorship primary. He later joined the All Progressive Congress (APC) but ...
•Bandits Bandits have killed two farmers in a fresh attack on the Umogidi community in the Entekpa Council ward of Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State. Two other community members were injured and another was abducted by the bandits in the renewed attack, said to be aimed at displacing the people from their ancestral […]
•Lassa fever Benue State has recorded an increase in the mortality rate of Lassa fever, as no fewer than 63 people have lost their lives. In a similar vein, the state is ranked the highest in tuberculosis within the North Central Zone and sixth across the country, reports Nigerian Tribune. The State Commissioner for Health […]
•INEC election The Benue State Independent Electoral Commission has fixed local government elections in the state for July 6, 2024. The commission’s chairman, John Chen, stated this today when he met with stakeholders where he unveiled the election timetable in Makurdi, the state capital, reports The PUNCH. He assured all that the commission w...
•Suswam Eight years after he was first arraigned for allegedly diverting about N3.1 billion belonging to Benue State, former Governor Gabriel Suswam yesterday faced a fresh trial before another judge of a Federal High Court in Abuja. Suswam was re-arraigned along with his eratwhile Commissioner of Finance, Omadachi Okolobia, before Justice Pet...
•Gunmen Once again, tragedy has struck Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue State, with reports indicating that at least 16 individuals have lost their lives. Suspected bandits, armed and dangerous, launched a brutal assault on several communities within the local government area last night, instilling fear and chaos, reports Nigerian Trib...
•Armed Fulani herdsman Suspected Fulani herdsmen yesterday afternoon killed no fewer than 10 persons in Azandeh, community, Mbasaa, Mbajiga, Ityulugh, Torov district in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue North senatorial zone. But residents of the area put the figures at 30 or more, reports The Nation. Among those who killed was a family of [...
The Benue State Police Command has sealed the All Progressives Congress, APC, State secretariat in Makurdi. The force also stopped the Mr. Austin Agada-led Executives from holding its scheduled political meeting slated for today, Friday March 1 and Sunday, March 3, 2024, reports Vanguard. The meeting was called by the Executives of the APC wit...
•Governor Alia A pro-democracy, anti-corrupÂtion and justice sector civil sociÂety organisation, Global IntegÂrity Crusade Network (GICN), has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)/to arrest, interrogate and prosecute the Special AdÂviser to Benue governor, HyaÂcinth Alia on Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy ...
•Former Governor Samuel Ortom The immediate past Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has welcomed the inauguration of two judicial commissions by his successor, Governor Hyacinth Alia, to probe the activities of his administration between 2015 and 2023. In a statement issued by his media aide, Terver Akase, today, Ortom expressed willingnes...
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