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Suspected Herdsmen Kill 2 Soldiers, Village Head, 4 Others in Benue Attack

MAKURDI, Nigeria — Nine people, including two soldiers and the village head of Eguma, were killed on Tuesday, October 1, 2024 when suspected herdsmen...

6 Farmers Remanded in Connection with Homicide and Terrorism in Benue

MAKURDI, Nigeria - A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Makurdi, Benue State, has ordered the remand of six farmers implicated in a brutal attack that...

2,484 Sacked Benue Civil Servants Issue 30-Day Ultimatum for Reinstatement

MAKURDI, Nigeria — About 2,484 civil servants who were abruptly terminated by Benue Governor Hyacinth Alia in June have issued a 30-day ultimatum for...

Resident Doctors Begin Indefinite Strike Protesting Rising Abductions in Benue

MAKURDI, Nigeria — Doctors across Benue State have declared an indefinite strike to protest the kidnapping of their colleague, Asema Msuega, who has been...

‘I only honoured an invitation, never arrested by EFCC’ – Benue’s Former Governor Ortom

MAKURDI, Nigeria - The immediate past governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has debunked allegations that he was arrested by the Economic and Financial...

Benue’s Governor Hyacinth Alia Alleges Ortom Handed Over ‘Empty Treasury’

MAKURDI, Nigeria - Hyacinth Alia, the newly sworn-in Governor of Benue State, has bemoaned the alleged looting of the Government House in Makurdi and...

Leo Igwe: Okinibi And Witch-Hunting In Central Nigeria [MUST READ]

I just returned from a short visit to Idoma land in Benue State in Central Nigeria. A medical doctor whom I met at a...

Federal Court Awards N100 Million Damages To Benue Government Over EFCC Action

A Federal High Court sitting in Makurdi has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, United Bank of Africa, UBA, and Fidelity Bank...

EFCC Freezes Benue Government Bank Accounts As State Heads To Court

The Benue State Government has described as political witch-hunt the freezing of the accounts of the state by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,...

Governor Ortom Welcomes Sack Of DSS Boss, Calls For Review Of Other Security Agencies

Samuel Ortom, the governor of Benue State, has reacted to the sack of the director-general of the State Security Services, SSS, also known as...

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