Two farmers who were displaced from their ancestral homes in the Umogidi community in the Entekpa Council ward in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State have been reportedly killed by bandits. Two others were said to have been injured, and another was abducted by the bandits in a renewed attack. Locals who spoke on condition of anonymity said the …

The Benue State Independent Electoral Commission BSIEC) has fixed local government elections in the state for 6th July 2024. The commission’s chairman, John Chen, stated this on Friday when he met with stakeholders where he unveiled the election timetable in Makurdi, the state capital. He assured all that the commission would conduct free, fair, and credible elections. Chen said the …

Ten people were reportedly kidnapped at the Taraba/Benue border community in Jootar, in the Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State on Friday. A source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, explained that the driver of the ill-fated vehicle who escaped being kidnapped narrated the attack. The source stated that the driver of the Sharon bus explained that he picked …

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has decried the state of insecurity and condemned the killings in Benue, as well as the abductions in Kaduna and Borno States. Bandits kidnapped more than 280 pupils and teachers from Government Secondary School and LEA Primary School in Kuriga, Kaduna State, last Thursday. This incident happened …

No fewer than nine people have died of Lassa fever in Benue State in the past two months. The State Epidemiologist, Dr. Sam Ngishe, disclosed this to journalists in a telephone chat on Thursday. This comes after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said it has recorded 2,621 suspected Lassa fever cases and 84 deaths with a case …

The National Agency For the Prohibition Of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Makurdi Zonal Command has rescued five victims and apprehended eight suspects. Among those arrested were an 80-year-old woman, Innocent Josephine, and a 56-year-old woman, Ude Rosaline, both identified as key players in the trafficking. Other members include; Samuel Takura (50), Williams Minde (35), Mrs. Celina Obiasogu (52), Virginia Okonkwo …

Daredevil armed robbers on Friday stormed three banks in the Otukpo area of Benue State and carted away money several millions of Naira. The suspected robbers were said to have driven into the town around 3:15 pm and used dynamites to force the door open. Seven people, including policemen and a former councillor transacting business in one of the affected …

Three people were reportedly killed by gunmen suspected to be armed herdsmen at Imatom village in Logo Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State. The incident, according to reports happened on Saturday. A community leader, Anawa Joseph said the killings of people in the local government area by suspected herders have assumed dangerous dimensions in the LGA. Anawa gave the …

Troops of Exercise Enduring Peace III have rescued seven kidnapped victims in Ogumula village in Ohimini Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State. This is coming in less than 24 hours, youths in Ohimini LGA blocked the Otukpo-Adoka-Owerto federal highway to protest incidences of kidnapping along the road. One of the protesting youths, Edache Ochojila, had told journalists on Friday …

A man said to be the pastor of Dunamis Church located at Mission Ward North Bank in Makurdi, Benue State capital was reported to have died on Monday when the church building collapsed. According to an eyewitness, four others said to be praying with the pastor in the church sustained varying degrees of injury after the building collapsed on them. …