Benue
Just in: Abducted 20 medical students rescued
The 20 medical students who were kidnapped in Benue State last week have been rescued, according to security sources. The operation was coordinated...
Breaking: Gunmen abduct over 20 medical students in Benue
Gunmen have abducted more than 20 medical students, including a house officer, in Benue State. The attack occurred at about 5:30 p.m. in...
Ex-governor’s house razed
The Gboko residence of former Benue Governor, the late Aper Aku, has been reportedly set ablaze. There were no casualties, as Miss Deborah...
Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Against Benue Gov. Alia
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed an appeal against the election of Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia as the Governor of Benue State. The...
7 people including policemen killed as gunmen rob three banks in Benue
Seven people have been killed by armed robbers, who attacked three banks in Otukpo, Benue State capital, on Friday. The affected banks include...
Just in: Ex-Benue Gov. Ortom lands in EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC) in Makurdi, the state capital, has busted the immediate past Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom. Ortom,...
Benue Gov. Alia nullifies appointments of newly employed workers, Perm. Secs
The Benue State Governor, Rev. Hyacinth Alia, has nullified all recent appointments into the State Civil Service made by the Samuel Ortom led-administration...
Tragedy as hippopotamus kills pregnant woman in Benue
A pregnant woman has been reportedly attacked and killed by a wild hippopotamus in Makurdi, Benue State capital. According to reports, the pregnant...
Benue State has been run aground, civil service in “intensive care unit”, Governor-elect, Alia
Benue State has been run aground with the current administration owing backlog of salaries, pensions and gratuities, Governor-elect, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has...
Catholic Priest, Fr Hyacinth Alia, emerges Benue Gov-Elect
The governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Benue State, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, is the winner of the March 18...
Benue gubernatorial hotly contested seat: Who will the cap fit?
In less than 24 hours, the race for the governorship position and state assemblies in Benue State and other states will be concluded...
Ortom, one of Wike’s G-5 Governors, loses Benue Senatorial election to APC
Another member of Rivers Gov. Nyesom Wike-led G-5 Governors, Benue Gov. Samuel Ortom has had his hope of going to the nation’s Upper...
In a renewed wave of kidnapping in Benue, Commissioner abducted
Some yet-to-be identified gunmen have seized Mr Ekpe Ogbu, the Benue State Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development in a renewed wave of...
Fayose warns crisis could set PDP on path to chaos, says ‘serious turbulence’ ahead
Signs of strain in the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, mounted Wednesday with less than 150 days left before the Presidential elections, former governor...
12-year-old girl married off to 50-year-old man in Benue as third wife rescued
The officials of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP) has rescued a 12-year-old-girl who was married off to a...
Factory where moldy, sticky, spoilt rice is repackaged, sold uncovered in Benue
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A rice mill that repackages and sells moldy, spoilt rice has been uncovered in Wadata area of Makurdi,...
