Benue state
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...
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...
We feed on spilled grains we pick on market grounds, say Benue IDPs as hunger looms
Two years after they fled their ancestral homes, Mbadwem council ward, following brutal attacks by herdsmen on their villages which left scores...
13-year-old hawker fighting for dear life after brutal rape by neighbor
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A 13-year-old hawker has lost lots of blood and currently fighting for her life after she...
Abubakar Tsav, Ex- Police Commissioner, Social Critic is dead
Former Lagos State Commissioner of Police and former Public Complaints Commissioner in charge of Benue State, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav, is dead....
