Benue State

Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has come out to blast the Federal and Benue State Governments for failing to prosecute suspects arrested in connection with ongoing violent attacks across Benue State. He recently shared that despite several suspects getting arrested over the years for different crimes, most of them are ...

Popular socialite Cubana Chief Priest has come out to react to the tragic bloodshed in Benue State. He recently advocated for the end of public grazing in the region, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to him, President Bola Tinubu should take immediate action by outlawing open grazing throughout the ...

President Bola Tinubu has ordered the security chief to arrest perpetrators of last Friday’s massacre in Yelewata community in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. He recently gave the directive to the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, during a town hall meeting with political leaders in Benue ...

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has come out to deny any involvement of military personnel in the massacre of Nigerians in Benue State. This is coming after the Nigerian army was accused of conniving with suspected armed herders to launch the heartless attack. According to Brigadier General Tukur Gusau, Director of ...

Popular singer 2Face Idibia has come out to react to the alarming rate of insecurity in his home state, Benue. He recently shared that his heart is heavy over the repeated killings in his state. According to him, he is sad and angry, and he needs the whole of Nigeria ...

Benue State Government has come out to place an embargo on mid-term breaks and visiting days for students of all boarding schools in the state. The Commissioner for Education, Prof. Dennis Ityavyar recently revealed this in Makurdi, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to him, the decision is part of ...

The Police Command in Benue has come out to say that no flag of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) was hoisted in Ado Local Government Area of Benue. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Catherine Anene revealed this recently via an SMS to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). According ...

Benue State Government has come out to say that schools will be reopened on August 4, 2020, for final year classes. The government recently revealed that this has been decided in compliance with the recent directive of the Federal Government. According to the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Dennis Ityavyar, a ...

Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom has issued an order that no corpse should be brought into the state, henceforth, from anywhere across Nigeria to curb the spread of coronavirus. Ortom revealed this at a meeting held with two warring communities, Mbagwaza in Ushongo and Tsambe in Vandeikya Local Government Areas ...

Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom is not happy with the increased influx of armed herdsmen into the state. He revealed this briefly after receiving the leaders of Civil Society Organizations, CSOs, in his office in Makurdi. According to him, the state is currently under the siege of armed herdsmen and ...

There is an influx of Tiv residents from Nasarawa State into Benue State, following sustained attacks by suspected Fulani militia. Suspected Fulani herdsmen are said to have launched attacks on Tiv indigenes in Nasarawa State. The busy Lafia/Makurdi road has been overtaken by victims of Fulani attacks who are heading ...

The former senate president, Chief Sen. David Mark, has come out to support the victims of benue flood by donating 5 trailer of relief materials to affected communities. the Senator who empathized with the submerged communities on the lost of lives and valuables, called on the government to act rapidly ...

They say this happened on Thursday 19th September at Orokam, Obadigbo Local Government area of Benue State. According to the story, the woman is said to be the wife of a popular school proprietor in the area who was caught cheating days after he died . She lost her husband ...

Wedding can not be sweeter than this for Peter Peter Anyiman an indigene of Benue State as he got more than what he could ever wish for as his State Governor, Gabriel Suswam served as his best man on his wedding day. Peter has served as the cook for Catholic ...