The Benue State Police Command has deployed officers to strategic locations across the state to ensure a peaceful Eid-el-Fitr celebration. In a statement issued on Sunday in Makurdi, the command’s spokesperson, SP Sewuese Anene announced that the Commissioner of Police (CP),… Security tightened in Benue as police deploy officers for Eid celebration …C0NTINUE READING HERE … Read more
Teachers and pupils of the Local Government Education Authority, LGEA, Primary School, Ididiloko Adum Otukpa, Ogbadibo LGA, Benue State, are facing dire learning conditions, with classrooms in disrepair and a lack of basic furniture. With no desks, pupils are forced to sit on… Benue: Pupils, teachers in Otukpa forced to sit on floors, windowsills despite … Read more
Governor Hyacinth Alia expressed on Saturday that the government and people of Benue State would forever be grateful and proud of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration. In a statement released by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Tersoo Kula, to mark President Tinubu’s 73rd… Tinubu has shown Benue great love – Governor Alia …C0NTINUE READING HERE … Read more
The Taskforce on Illegal Levies and Criminal Activities in Makurdi has arrested three suspected gang members for extorting money from a borehole drilling operation in the Nyoogyungu area of Makurdi, Benue State. The suspects, identified as Anyakpa Aondoaver, Sende Stephen, and… Benue Taskforce nabs three for N350,000 ‘marching ground’ extortion …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>>
No fewer than 300,000 people have been forced into makeshift camps following the devastating impact of herders’ attacks on Nigerian communities, particularly in Benue State, a recent report by SB Morgen Intelligence has revealed. The report, titled “Terror In The Food… Terror in the Food Basket: Herders’ attacks leave 300,000 people homeless in Benue – … Read more
The Vice-Chancellor of Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University Makurdi (JOSTUM), Prof. Isaac Itodo, has raised concerns over major security challenges facing the institution, including herdsmen invasions, kidnapping, and the rampant theft of school property, particularly armored… VC raises alarm as herders take over Benue varsity campus, kidnap students …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>>
The House of Representatives has been urged to intervene legislatively to restore constitutional order in Benue and Zamfara states. This was contained in a petition signed by over 200 lawyers and submitted to the House by the lawmaker representing Ado, Okpokwu, and Ogbadigbo… Lawyers urge National Assembly to take over state assemblies of Benue, Zamfara … Read more
Persons living with disabilities in Benue State have voiced their outrage over their exclusion from the 2023 general elections, despite substantial federal government investments aimed at ensuring their participation. Speaking at a town hall meeting on electoral reforms… ‘We were abandoned’ — Benue disability community accuses INEC of voting barriers …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>>
A socio- cultural group, Masev Development Association, MDA, of Gwer-East local government area of Benue State has condemned the proposed takeover of Rava Cattle Ranch by the Federal Ministry of Livestock for ranching purposes. The MDA categorically rejected the planned move… Group opposes takeover of community land for ranching in Benue …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>>
A Federal High Court in Makurdi presided over by Justice Raphael Egbe has signaled its readiness to impose sanctions on the Benue State Local Government Election Petition Tribunal if it is found to have violated a court injunction barring it from sitting outside the state to… Benue election tribunal faces sanctions over court order violation … Read more