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Oyetola inaugurates committee to resolve Benue community crisis
Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has inaugurated a committee to resolve the leadership tussle in Benue community in the state. Oyetola, inaugurating...
22 govs apply as FG begins model ranch fund’s disbursement next week
No fewer than 22 states have written to the Federal Government to indicate interest in the National Livestock Transformation Programme. The Senior Special...
JUST IN: 30 houses razed in communal clash
About 30 houses have been razed in a communal clash between Ipav and Yandev communities in Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State. It was assembled the...
Tension as EFCC officials beat NBA chairman to pulp
There was tension in Makurdi, Benue State capital, following reported manhandling of the Chairman of Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Justin Gbagir Esq, by...
How fiancé killed NSCDC officer for ritual, offered N5m to silence me – Herbalist
A native doctor, Rafiu Afolabi, has narrated how Christopher Akpan, the fiancé of an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps,...
Fresh crisis hits APC, faction expel Akume’s loyalists
A fresh crisis has hit the Benue State chapter of the All Progressives Congress. This followed a series of suspensions and counter suspension of members by...
Family in distress as businessman goes missing for two years
The wife of a businessman, Monica Mnyim, is still in distress following the disappearance of her husband, Simon, two years ago. She said her husband came...
Govt to recruit 3,172 academic, non-academic staff for tertiary institutions, SUBEB
Benue state government has approved the employment of over 3,172 teaching and non-teaching staff for tertiary institutions as well as teachers for the...
Missing NSCDC officer found buried in shallow grave for ritual by prospective husband
The remains of a female officer of Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, Josephine Onche, who went missing in 2019 have been found in a shallow...
Gunmen attack Benue monarch
Gunmen have attacked the palace of Kindred head of Jor Fada, Chief Terhile Atser, in Gboko. They destroyed property worth millions during the attack at the...
Suspects arrested in Osun reveal Benue shallow graves containing wives, four others
The police in Benue State have uncovered mass graves in the Katsina Ala Local Government Area of the state. The discovery was made possible by two of the eight...
Suspected Benue serial kidnappers arrested in Osun
An eight-man gang of suspected serial kidnappers comprising four male and four female were on Friday arrested in Osun State. The suspects who were...
Outrage as Benue herders murder 19, bandits vow to kill 17 varsity students
• Bandits threaten to kill 17 abducted Kaduna undergraduates today after collecting N55m ransom, demand N100m Kidnappers of the students of Greenfield...
Three Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi students kidnapped by gunmen
No fewer than three students of the Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi, FUAM, have been reportedly kidnapped from the institution by unknown gunmen. ...
Troops raid monarch’s palace, chief escapes
TROOPS of Operation Whirl Stroke have reportedly uncovered arms and ammunition at the palaces of district heads of Cha (Mue Ter Cha), His Royal Highness, Chief...
15-year-old student electrocuted
A 15-year-old Junior Secondary School student of the Benue State University Technical College, identified simply as Emmanuel, has been electrocuted in Makurdi,...
Aggrieved pregnant lady sets lover’s room ablaze
A pregnant lady has allegedly set her boyfriend’s room ablaze in Achussa, a suburb of Makurdi, the Benue State capital. Recall that a 17-year-old girl had in...
Scores killed, over 100 houses razed in Agatu petrol tanker explosion in Benue
Over 100 houses have been razed, scores killed and many declared missing after a tanker conveying petroleum product exploded at Oshigbudu in Agatu Local...
We’re hunting for killers of 11 soldiers in Benue – Army
The Nigerian Army has said the ongoing operation in Mbator in Shangev-Tiev of Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue where over 70 civilians have been allegedly...
Just In: 11 PDP governors hit Makurdi for Forum’s meeting
All is now set for the meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Governors’ Forum’s meeting in Makurdi,the Benue state capital. Host governor, Dr....
