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 …

The outgoing governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, on Sunday handed over to the incoming governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia. The event took place at the Old Banquet Hall of Government House, Makurdi. In his speech, Ortom said his administration was handing over N187 billion in debt which makes up of salary arrears, loans, contractual obligations and others. The outgoing …

The Managing Director of Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC), Alhaji Abubakar Yelwa has said that the dredging of River Niger, River Benue, and River Kaduna to check perennial flooding in affected areas will cost over $20 billion. He stated this on Thursday at the 2023 stakeholders meeting on flood mitigation and other related issues held in Ilorin, the …

The Benue State Police Command on Wednesday paraded nine suspected rustlers, who conspired with criminal herders to rustle cows and shared the proceeds. The state command spokesperson, Deputy Superintendent Catherine Anene, while parading the suspects, said they specialised in rustling of cattle that fuelled killings in the state. Anene said: “In recent times, the investigation into herder/farmer conflict in most …

Rampaging gunmen have thrown Benue State into fresh mourning after killing 38 people in their latest attack in the state. The Friday night attack on Mgbam community in Nyiev Ward of Guma Local Government Area took the death toll in 48 hours of blood shedding in the state to 89. President Muhammadu Buhari ordered an immediate review of the security …