•Gunmen The management of Benue State Transport Company, popularly known as Benue Links Nigeria Limited, has confirmed that one of its buses travelling from Abeokuta to Makurdi was intercepted by gunmen yesterday evening in Benue State. In a statement issued today by the company’s Information Officer, Johnson Daniel, the company said the attac...
•Protesting Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Over 3,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Yelewata community in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State today staged a peaceful protest in Makurdi over alleged food shortages at their temporary shelter. The displaced persons, who are currently taking refuge at the Makurdi Internationa...
•Gunmen Gunmen at the weekend attacked the Makurdi residence of the lawmaker representing Logo- Ukum -Katsina Ala in the House of Representatives, Solomon Wombo. It was gathered that about four gunmen stormed the house about 11.30pm on April 6 by scaling the fence, reports The Nation. While trying to cut through the barbwire, the noise [&helli...
•The suspects Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Wednesday, arrested 14 individuals suspected of internet fraud at a “Yahoo Academy” in Makurdi. According to a statement on the agency’s X account, acting on intelligence, operatives from the Makurdi Zonal Command raided a three-bedroom apartment along Achusa Road, Be...
Scarcity of cash witnessed by some states last week has also hit Makurdi, the capital of Benue state. Investigation revealed that most of the Money Deposit Banks, MDBs, Automated Teller Machines, ATMs, failed to dispense cash over the weekend, reports The Nation. Many customers were seen milling around ATMs at GT Bank along Otukpo Road, [&hell...
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