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Native doctor remanded for raping minor

      Iordye Edwin, 34, a native doctor and driver, who resides Behind Mobile Barracks, Makurdi, Benue State, was on Friday ordered to be remanded by a...

Gunmen kill female pupil sitting WASSCE

    Gunmen on Friday killed a female Senior Secondary School 3 student of St. Monica Girls Secondary School, Otukpo, Benue State. The student was reportedly...

PDP reschedules primary elections in Lagos, Imo, Benue and Katsina States

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved repeat primaries in Lagos, Imo, Benue and Katsina States. PDP, in a statement by its National Publicity...

2023 presidency: Let us get focused on destroying APC – Gov Ortom to Atiku, others

  Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has charged the former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and other leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to remain...

PDP replies APC, says Ortom not aware of hunters’ activities

  The Benue State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has berated the All Progressives Congress (APC) for falsely accusing the state Governor, Samuel...

Two arrested for forging signature of Gov’s wife

Two persons have been arrested by security agents for alleged impersonation and forgery of documents from the Office of the First Lady of Benue State. The persons...

Housewife, lover arraigned over adultery

    The Police Command in Benue, on Thursday, arraigned Terver Ukyagh, 35, and a housewife, Sewuese Peter, 35, before a Makurdi Upper Area Court over alleged...

Gov Ortom clears air on alleged rift with PDP National Chair, Iyorchia Ayu

  Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has clarified that he has no issue with the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr Iyorchia Ayu as has been...

2023: Ortom led PDP zoning throws Presidential ticket open

Ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential primary election slated for 28th May 2022, the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom led zoning committee have...

Akase reacts as Benue boils in renewed attacks

  Governorship aspirant in Benue State, on the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP platform, Mr Terver Akase has reacted to the renewed Fulani herdsmen attacks in many...

BREAKING: 2023 PDP ticket: Saraki, Tambuwal, Mohammed meet Ortom in Benue

  Some People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leaders are in Benue State as part of consultations ahead of the 2023 elections. They are ex-Senate President Bukola...

JUST IN: Actress found dead in hotel room

    Actress Takor Veronica has been found dead in a hotel room in Benue State. According to multiple reports, Veronica was found dead one week after...

Ortom debunks rumour of defecting to APC, blasts Philip Agbese

  Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has dismissed claims by one Philip Agbese that he would return to the All Progressives Congress (APC) soon, insisting that, “I...

Native doctor hangs self in Benue community

    A 42-year-old man Terhemen Iorbee has hung himself on a tree. The deceased was an indigene of Mbakuha Council ward of Ushongo Local Government in Benue...

Gunmen kill monarch, 21 others, kidnap scores

    No fewer than 22 persons were reported killed, weekend, in Kaduna, Benue and Niger states by gunmen.   In Kaduna, at least 10 persons were killed by...

One dead, houses razed as 2 communities clash

    One person was feared dead and scores sustained injuries following the renewed hostility between the people of Mbakume and Mbasombo at Ikayongo in Gwer...

Suspected Fulani Herders Kill Three Relatives Of Benue Governor, Ortom

    Three kinsmen of Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, have been killed by gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen.   Ortom is from Tse-Apera, Nzorov...

Man, son, 3 others killed, houses razed as herdsmen attack community

    Five persons, including a father and his son, have been reportedly killed by armed herdsmen in an attack on Tse Udeghe community, Mbakpa Council Ward and...

Court remands 4 brothers for allegedly killing man in police cell

    Four brothers in the Ushongo Local Government Area of Benue were on Thursday remanded in Makurdi for allegedly killing a 35-year-old man in a police cell....

Benue Governor, Ortom, Blasts Security Personnel At Air Force Base For Refusing His Convoy Access To Vice President Osinbajo

    Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has described as unacceptable the action of security personnel at the main entrance of Air Force Base, Makurdi, the...