•Lassa fever At least seven new suspected cases of Lassa fever have been recorded in Benue State as fear heightens over the possible spread of the viral disease across the state. The State Epidemiologist, Dr. Asema Msuega, who made the disclosure to journalists in Makurdi, noted that samples had already been collected from the affected [&helli...
•Aondoakaa, Trump and Tinubu Former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Michael Aondoakaa, has called on the United States government to extend its air strikes to Benue State to flush out terrorists and bandits operating in the area. Aondoakaa made the call during a consultation dinner with political stakeholders ...
•Benue State Police Public Relations Officer, Udeme Edet The Benue State Police Command successfully foiled a kidnap attempt on Christmas Day and rescued one Geoffrey Akume. The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Udeme Edet, disclosed in a statement released yesterday, made available to newsmen in Makurdi. Edet said the incident occurred in the early...
•Armed Fulani herdsmen At least four person have been reportedly killed, several women brutally tortured, and another declared missing following an attack by suspected armed Fulani herdsmen on Udei and Nzorov communities of Guma Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue State. The attacks reportedly occurred when a group of displaced persons went t...
•Aso Villa, Abuja President Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday held separate closed-door consultations with the governors of Kaduna, Benue, and Cross River states at the State House, Abuja, amid ongoing security and governance challenges in parts of the country. The governors, Uba Sani of Kaduna, Hyacinth Alia of Benue, and Bassey Otu of Cross River,...
•Photo (L-R): Tor Tiv, Prof James Ayatse; Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Makurdi, Bishop Wilfred Anagbe; Rep. Riley M. Moore and the Catholic Bishop of the Katsina-Ala Diocese, Isaac Dugu, during a visit to Benue State A delegation of United States lawmakers and diplomats visited Benue State on a fact-finding mission over the alleged [&hell...
•Armed Fulani herdsmen Three farmers have been gruesomely murdered in a fresh armed Fulani herdsmen attack on Gilim Ashi village, a settlement along the Naka–Agagbe road in Gwer West Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State. The attack has triggered heightened tension and fear in the community and nearby Naka, the headquarters of the LGA, [&...
•Catholic Bishops in Nigeria Catholic priests in Makurdi, Benue State, have distanced themselves from Governor Hyacinth Alia’s recent declaration that the insecurity in the state should not be classified as genocide. Alia, a Catholic priest turned politician, had on Wednesday stated that the security challenges facing Benue should not be descr...
•Armed Fulani herdsmen Four persons have been killed while many others sustained serious when suspected armed Fulani herdsmen attacked Anwule community in Oglewu, Ohimini Local Government Area of Benue State. It was gathered that many people have also been declared missing in the two days of attacks in the farming community, reports Vanguard. ...
Eight more corpses of policemen who were killed in a deadly attack on security operatives at Agu Centre, on the border of Katsina-Ala and Ukum LGAs of Benue State, have been recovered. The incident occurred on Friday when a team of security operatives encountered armed invaders, leaving an initial three personnel confirmed dead and eight [&hel...
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