Benue state

Benue Assembly Elects New Speaker After Incumbent’s Resignation

In a dramatic turn of events, the Benue State House of Assembly has elected a new speaker, Alfred Emberger, following the resignation of...

Benue Gov. Alia Fires All Commissioners, Chief of Staff in Shake-Up

In a major shake-up of the state’s government, Benue Governor Hyacinth Alia has dissolved the State Executive Council and dismissed his Chief of...

EU Provides N800m Support to Displaced Benue Residents Amid Attacks

Following increased deadly attacks and a deepening humanitarian crisis, the European Union has committed €500,000 (approximately N886 million) to deliver urgent humanitarian aid...

Benue Special Adviser Suspended Over Sextortion, Cyberbullying allegations

Following the arrest of Dr. Aondona Mkor, Benue State’s Special Adviser on Documentation, Research, and Planning, Gov. Hyacinth Alia has suspended him, effective...

Zamfara and Benue Governors Defy House of Reps over Assembly Crisis, Challenge “Summons”

Mr. Dauda Lawal, the governor of Zamfara State, and Rev. Hyacinth Alia, the governor of Benue State, are contesting the legitimacy of the...

Tragedy as Benue boat mishap claims 20 lives, 11 rescued

A boat mishap on River Benue has claimed 20 lives in the Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State with11 passengers rescued. Persecondnews...

Just in: Appeal Court affirms APC’s Benue Gov. Hyacinth Alia’s victory at the poll

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Monday affirmed the election of Mr Hyacinth Alia of the All Progressives Party (APC) as...

Just in: Benue Information Commissioner kidnapped

Benue Commissioner for Information, Culture, and Tourism, Mr Matthew Abo, has been abducted by some yet-to-be identified gunmen. Persecondnews gathered that the gunmen...

Just In: Tribunal sacks APC’s Udende, declares PDP’s Suswam winner of Benue Senatorial poll

The Benue State Elections Tribunal on Friday declared Sen. Gabriel Suswam of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the Benue...

Police bust child trafficking in IDPs camp, recruitment of pregnant girls in Benue

A child trafficking syndicate at Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps and recruitment of pregnant girls has been smashed in Benue State. Already, four...

Wave of murders after presidential elections forces Catholic diocese staff to evacuate Benue State

Dozens of people reportedly were killed in post-election attacks on villages in Benue State Wednesday, according to a diocesan official. “We keep wondering...

Benue people now endangered species, says Gov. Ortom, as Fulani herdsmen kill 23

Grief-stricken Benue Gov. Samuel Ortom has lamented that the people of the state have become endangered species. Orton’s statement came against the backdrop...

Fulani herdsmen on a farmland

Bloodbath as herdsmen attack IDP camp

Angry youths of Abagena community in Benue State on Tuesday morning blocked the Makurdi-Lafia road with dead bodies to protest the attack on...

Again, another varsity invaded by gunmen, abduct undergraduates

  With a renewed gush of kidnapping and killings across the country, again gunmen have struck at the Federal University of Agriculture in...

Just in: Benue Gov. escapes assassination in fresh bandits’ attack

  Few weeks after Benue Governor Samuel Ortom raised an alarm that Fulani herdsmen were plotting to kill him, the state chief executive...

Ex-Benue military administrator, Kontagora, is dead

  A one-time military administrator of Benue State from 1996 and 1998, retired Col. Aminu Isa Kontagora, is dead. Aged 65, Kontagora passed on...