Gunmen kill young lawyer in Benue
A young lawyer, Mike Ofikwu, in Otukpo town of Benue state, has been reportedly shot dead by gunmen. A source…
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Benue: Police to collaborate, synergize with PCC
The Benue State Command has unveiled plans for its existing Police Complaints Response Unit (CRU) to collaborate with the Public…
Benue govt moves to enact electricity law
Benue State Government has said it is set to enact the enabling electricity law to regulate the energy sector in…
Soldiers, four others reportedly killed by suspected cultists in Benue
Gunmen suspected to be cultists have reportedly killed a soldier and four people at North Bank, a suburb of Makurdi,…
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NAFDAC seals warehouse with expired products in Benue [PHOTOS]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, said its operatives have sealed Purity Agro Chemical Centre…
Peace Mass Transit responds to viral video after bus breakdown in Benue
The attention of the management of Peace Mass Transit has been drawn to a viral video circulating on social media…
Court strikes out Ornguga’s suit against Benue APC
A Benue State High Court sitting in Makurdi on Wednesday struck out a suit instituted by former State Organizing secretary…
Benue govt moves to decongest Makurdi city, relocates illegal motor parks
The Benue State Government has constituted a committee to relocate illegal motor parks to decongest and boost the aesthetics of…
Food security: Benue Govt to establish strategic grain reserve centers
The Benue State government is set to establish strategic grain centers to purchase farm produce directly from farmers in the…
No parallel PDP state secretariat in Benue – Sen Moro
Senate Minority Leader, Senator Abba Moro has said there is no parallel State Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,…
Terrorists planning to attack FCT, Benue, Imo, 4 other Nigerian states – Primate Ayodele tells COAS
The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Friday warned the newly-appointed Chief of Army Staff, Lt.…
Benue: Alia asks court to dismiss Ortom’s appeal
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has asked the Makurdi division of the Court of Appeal to dismiss the appeal filed…
Benue family demands justice over extra- judicial killing of their son
The family of Peter Onminyi who was allegedly killed by men of the Operation Zenda Squad of the Benue State…
Angry mob beats suspected armed robber to death in Benue
A suspected armed robber was beaten to death by an angry mob while robbing the Redeemed Christian Church of God…
Herdsmen again invade Benue community, killing six persons, razing houses
Invaders have again struck in Benue State killing six persons in an attack suspected to be orchestrated by herdsmen in…
Negotiation ongoing with Benue Govt over new minimum wage – TUC
The chairman of the Benue State chapter of the Trade Union Congress, Gideon Akaa, has said the union is still…
Police arrest five suspected internet fraudsters in Benue
Benue State Police Command has arrested five suspects in connection with a case of impersonation and obtaining under false pretense…
Benue Govt relocates IDPs to mega camps
Benue State government in partnership with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), has commenced relocation of 171 households with over…
Suspected herders invade Sen Suswam’s village in Benue, many reportedly dead, others injured
Armed men, suspected to be herdsmen, have reportedly attacked Senator Gabriel Suswam’s hometown in Anyim in Logo Local Government Areas…
Jigawa, Benue withdraw from suit challenging legality of EFCC, ICPC, NFIU
Jigawa and Benue states have formally pulled out of a suit by 19 state governments challenging the constitutionality of the…
Benue: Concerns over safety of govt officials as 3 LG chairman fall off motorbikes
The failure of the Benue State government to provide newly-elected local government chairmen across the 23 council areas with official…
Cabinet reshuffle: Benue Caucus reacts as SGF Akume, Utsev survive Tinubu’s hammer
The Benue State National Assembly and Federal Appointees Caucus have reacted to the recent cabinet reshuffle by President Bola Tinubu.…
Benue withdraws from suit challenging EFCC legality
The Benue State Government has withdrawn from the suit challenging the constitutionality of the laws that established the Economic and…
NSCDC decorates 448 newly promoted officers in Benue
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Benue Command, on Thursday decorated 448 newly promoted officers in the command…
Benue: Gov Alia suspends Attorney General over suit challenging EFCC, ICPC
Benue State Governor, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, has suspended the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice and Public Order,…
Gunmen kill man, abduct daughter, two teenagers in Benue
Armed bandits have again attacked and killed a man, and abducted his daughter and two teenagers in Agatu Local Government…
Benue PDP crisis: Moro sues for peace, cautions against violent rhetorics
Senate Minority Leader Abba Moro has sued for peace over the festering crisis in the Benue State Peoples Democratic Party,…
Herdsmen: Zam condemns incessant killings in Benue
The senator representing Benue North West, Titus Zam, has condemned what appears to be deliberate and unprovoked killings and attacks…
FG begins construction of dam in Benue to combat flooding
The Federal Government has initiated the construction of a multi-purpose dam on the River Dura in Buruku Local Government Area…
Group decry incessant bandit attacks on Benue community
The Forum of Tyoshim Academics, FoTA, has decried the incessant bandit attacks on Tyoshim community of Gwer-West of Benue State…
Troops rescue eight kidnapped victims in Benue
The Nigerian Army said troops of 401 Special Forces Brigade have successfully rescued eight kidnapped passengers in Benue State. Captain…
Benue Govt rescues trafficked children from Edo
The Benue State Government has rescued two children from Ukum and one from Katsina-Ala local government areas who were trafficked…
Police take over Benue’s sealed school
The Police on Tuesday took over the Benedictine Order Academy, Nyiman, Makurdi that was recently sealed over poor standards. DAILY…
Benue Govt begins strict enforcement of sanitation laws
Benue State government has vowed to to begin strict enforcement of sanitation laws on serial defaulters in the state. The…
PDP inaugurates Benue exco members
Amid festering crisis, Benue State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Thursday swore-in newly-elected executives of the party.…
Benue: Gov Alia swears in 23 newly elected LG chairmen
Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue has sworn in the 23 newly elected local government council chairmen in the state. Alia,…
Army rescue kidnapped corps member, others in Benue
Troops of the 401 Special Forces Brigade, Nigerian Army in collaboration with Sector One have rescued a member of the…
LG poll: BSIEC distributes sensitive materials to 23 local government areas
Benue State Independent Electoral Commission, BSIEC, on Friday distributed sensitive materials to the 23 local government areas in the state.…
Benue LG polls litmus test for 2027 – Factional PDP Chairman
Benue State factional Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Ezekiel Adaji, has said the party would use Saturday’s…
Benue PDP elects new state executives as Adaji emerges chairman
Amidst the crisis in the Benue State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, a former member of the House of Representatives, Chief…
Benue government unveils plan to resettle IDPs
The Benue State Government on Thursday adopted a durable solutions action plan for the effective return of internally displaced persons,…
Two soldiers, 6 villagers killed as suspected herders attack Benue community
Six people including two soldiers have been confirmed killed during Tuesday’s attack on Egwuma community in Agatu Local Government Area…
LG Poll: Benue Govt declares Friday work-free day
Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has declared Friday, October 4th as a work-free day ahead of the October 5th…
Benue PDP set for hitch-free congress Thursday – Ortom
The Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Benue State, Chief Samuel Ortom says the party has concluded arrangements…
New Benue PCC Commissioner, James Oche assumes office
James Ogaba Oche has assumed office as the Benue State Commissioner for the Public Complaints Commission, PCC. President Bola Tinubu…
Suspected herdsmen attack Benue community, kill 2 soldiers, 7 villagers
Armed men suspected to be herdsmen on Tuesday killed two soldiers and seven villagers, including the head of Eguma community…
Benue: Panic as suspected cholera outbreak kills 11 in 4 days, others critically ill
Eleven persons have been confirmed dead with six others in critical condition following a cholera outbreak in Apaogbozu community of…
Gender-Based Violence: Benue govt moves to stem cases in state
Benue State Government has commenced training on the prevention of Gender Based Violence, GBV, for critical stakeholders including security agents…
17 years old housewife paraded for killing 3-year-old stepson in Benue
The Benue State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, has paraded a 17-year-old woman, identified as…
Lagdo Dam: Benue prepared to weather flooding challenges – Alia
Benue State Governor, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, has said the state is prepared to weather the potential risk of flooding…