Benue State
Candidates of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination have been abducted by bandits on their way to the examination center in Otukpo, Benue State, on Wednesday night. The Benue Links bus carrying 18 young students was intercepted at about 8 PM as it was moving from Makurdi to Otukpo in order for the students to […]
Herders have injured two persons while trying to invade the Yelewata community in Benue State, a few months after causing a deadly attack in the town. The forced entry that was intercepted by security forces on the ground took place on Sunday afternoon as the herders were openly grazing towards the town. Soldiers fired […]
There is an ongoing protest in Benue State as youths in Agatu LGA marched to the council headquarters in Obagaji, demanding the eviction of Fulani herdsmen from the community in preparation for the farming season. The protesters, with various placards displaying that Fulani must go, may have clashed with them due to destruction caused […]
A young woman has been held by members of the Gboko community in Gboko Local Government Area, Benue State, for allegedly killing her newborn. According to sources, the woman gave birth to a baby boy in the early hours of Sunday behind the Government Secondary School but killed the baby immediately after delivery. The […]
The House of Assembly in Benue State has been plunged into crisis for a few months now, which has led to the resignation of the Speaker, Aondoana Dajoh. On Friday, Dajoh suspended four of the lawmakers from the assembly over an alleged impeachment plan against him. However, following the Speaker’s resignation, an emergency meeting […]
What could have turned into a national chaotic scene was averted by men of the Nigeria Police Force on Thursday at a Government Secondary School, Odugbo, in Benue State. Gunmen had invaded the public school at about 1:20 PM as the students were sitting for their Senior Secondary School West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) […]
One of the Local Government Chairman in Benue State has been arrested by the Nigeria Police Force alongside another suspect for alleged involvement in the assassination plot of Aondona Hycenth Dajoh, speaker of Benue State House of Assembly. In a preliminary investigation conducted, the Public Relations Officer in Abuja Command, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi […]
The election that brought Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State into power has been affirmed by the Court of Appeal in Abuja. Alia’s election was challenged in court in a petition filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Titus Uba following the judgment given by the tribunal. During the proceedings at […]
The Chairman of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria in Benue State, Mike Uba, on Thursday, said six communities in Kwande, Agatu, Gwer-West, Guma, Makurdi and Logo local government areas have been attacked by suspected herders in the state. Uba, while addressing journalists in Makurdi, said the attacks were carried out simultaneously in […]
The governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom, has disassociated himself from those calling for the removal of Iyorchia Ayu as the national chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The latest statement by Nathaniel Ikyur, governor Ortom’s chief press secretary contradicts that of Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, and his allies, of which he […]
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