Tag: BENUE STATE, DEATH, News, Nigeria, NNL
Six corpses burnt beyond recognition as morgue goes up in flame
The Benue State Police Command has confirmed that six corpses were burnt beyond recognition at a morgue located in Agagbe, Gwer West Local Government Area,...
Air Force security stops Ortom from receiving Osibanjo on transit
Security operatives on Saturday denied Benue Governor Sam Ortom access to the Air Force Base on his way to receive Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. The Vice...
How I spent N680m on treatment of snakebites – Gov Ortom
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom says he has spent the sum of N680 million treating victims of snakebite in the State, in the last 22 years. This...
Gunmen Kill Benue Commissioner’s Brother On Farm
Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have shot dead Christopher, elder brother of Benue State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Michael...
Hoodlums set fire on Obasanjo’s farm in Benue
Some yet-to-be identified arsonists have razed down 2,420 hectares of farmland belonging to a former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo. ...
Angry monarchs storm highway, chase away criminal elements, fake tax collectors
Traditional rulers of communities in Ushongo Local Government Area of Benue state yesterday personally storm the busy Gboko-Lessel-Ihugh-Tse-Mker highway...
BREAKING: Ortom suspends four Benue Traditional rulers for misconduct
Four traditional rulers in the Sankera axis of Benue state comprising, Ukum, Logo and Katsina-Ala Local Government Areas of the state have been suspended...
Government Slams N50,000 Fine On Each Animal Held For Flouting Open Grazing Law
Benue State Government has slammed N50,000 fine per animal for violation of the state’s anti-open grazing law. Governor Samuel Ortom, who made...
State Chairman-elect, two others drag APC to court as crisis worsen
The aggrieved Chairman-elect of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Benue state, Mr. Omale Omale and two others have applied for an Interlocutory...
Schoolteacher brutalises 10-year-old over pot of soup
Officials of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons have arrested a schoolteacher, Chioma Johnson, for allegedly brutalising a...
BREAKING: Governor Ortom Sacks 8 Commissioners
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has partially dissolved the State Executive Council with the sacking of about eight commissioners. A statement by...
Tension in Benue as suspected assassins gun down lecturer
Palpable tension has gripped Benue State Polytechnic Community in Ugbokolo, Okpokwu Local Government Area of the State as gunmen suspected to be assassins,...
Tension mounts over death of royal father’s brother, sister’s kidnap
A new wave of tension is rapidly mounting in Benue State following the invasion of the palace of the royal father of Ikpomilokpo and the killing of his...
Gunmen shoot village head’s son dead over mother’s whereabouts, kidnap sister
Gunmen on Monday invaded the residence of the clan head of Ikpomolokpo at Gege Ward in the Ado Local Government Area of Benue State, killing his son and...
1,773 killed by armed herdsmen in Benue, LG chiefs, tribal leaders cry out
Chairmen of 14 Local Government Areas in Benue State that have been ravaged by herdsmen attacks alongside leaders of the three main tribes in the state,...
28 die in Benue IDPs camp
No fewer than 28 inmates have reportedly died at Abagena Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camp located in the outskirts of Makurdi town. The Manager of...
3 farmers remanded for alleged armed robbery
Three farmers, Kofi James, Kofi Kenneth and Aondona Uzer, were on Monday in Makurdi remanded at the correctional service centre, over alleged robbery and...
Court urged to reject outcome of APC ward congress
The Federal High Court in Abuja has been urged to declare the outcome of the last ward congress held by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State...
Police rescue abducted varsity lecturer
The Police Command in Benue on Thursday rescued Dr Godwin Kwanga of Geography Department, Benue State University, who was kidnapped on Tuesday in Makurdi....
Insecurity: Ortom, APC chieftains clash over call for state of emergency
Influential members of Benue State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday, in Abuja weighed in on the security situation in the state and...
