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. …

The National/State Election Petition Tribunal in Makurdi on Thursday affirmed the election of the Deputy Speaker of Benue State House of Assembly, Mrs. Danladi Lami. Lami of the All Progressives Congress defeated her rival from the Peoples Democratic Party, Mrs Agnes Uloko, to represent Ado State Constituency. Dissatisfied with the outcome of the election, the latter petitioned at the tribunal …

Operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Sunday, arrested 23 suspected internet fraudsters in a sting operation in Makurdi, Benue State. In a statement on X (formerly known as Twitter), on Tuesday, the anti-graft agency said the items recovered from the suspects included mobile phones and one Toyota Corolla car. The statement …

The estimated number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Benue, Niger and Plateau States in 2023 alone has risen to about 548,751, figures collated on Sunday from various local and international organisations showed. It was also gathered, on Sunday, that the Federal Government, through its National Emergency Management Agency, has commenced the distribution of relief items under the Special National …

The Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, on Wednesday, said that his administration inherited 2,124,000 Internally Displaced Persons. The governor, who disclosed this while playing host to the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, also said that he inherited a dysfunctional civil service, youth unemployment, hunger and child malnutrition. Alia said: “Our administration on assumption …

Reprieve came the way of civil servants in Benue State as the Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, fulfilled his promise to commence payment of salary from 25th June 2023. Workers in the state last received salary in November 2022, while they were also owed arrears of five months in 2017 which the then governor, Samuel Ortom promised to pay but …

Three separate communal crises in Gwer and Oju Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Benue State have reportedly claimed the lives of three persons leading to the imposition of a curfew on Oju town. The warring parties also razed several houses and food barns in the affected communities leading to the injury and displacement of many. It was gathered that the …