…The second lady is also a physiotherapist, seconded also to our Ministry...She is from Benue state, When you use the de@th of people to create content and deceive people, it means your time is up.I have ordered that there must be an autopsy'''Watch a video of him speaking below... View this post on Instagram A post sha…

…Corps official, Augustine Ikwue, who died in Lokoja and was being conveyed to Otukpo, Benue State, for burial. ASP Oyiza, while responding to an enquiry from our correspondent, confirmed the incident, adding that the corpse had been recovered and deposited at the Elemona Mortuary, Ejule. “The Command confirms that an a…

…ABUJA: A group of political heavyweights within the All Progressives Congress APC in Benue State, including former loyalists of the state Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has pledged loyalty to the leadership of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, Senator George Akume, as the 2027 general elections…

…her for rejecting his sexual advances. The lady who identified herself as an indigene of Benue State and resides in Lagos, revealed that she had been communicating with the suspect on the TikTok. The online acquaintance reportedly culminated in her traveling from Lagos to Otukpo, Benue State, to meet him in person. Acc…

…arrest 80-year-old man and 7 other suspects over k!lling of Benue MACBAN chairman The Benue State Police Command has announced the arrest of seven more suspects, including an 80-year-old man, in connection with the k!lling of the Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Benue Sta…

…Augustine O. Ikwue, and the mourners accompanying his body to his hometown at Otukpo, Benue State. The vehicle conveying the corpse ran into ambush along Ochadamu-Ejule road in Ofu local government of Kogi state around 6pm, on Thursday, July 9, 2026. The officer reportedly d!ed in Osogbo, capital of Osun state, after a…

…arrest 23-year-old man over m8rder of varsity professor and his brother in Benue The Benue State Police Command has arrested a 23-year-old man, identified as Abdullahi Usman, in connection with the m8rder of a lecturer at Moses Orshio Adasu University, Makurdi (formerly Benue State University), Professor Gabriel Nyityo…

…details surrounding the incident and motive behind the attack remain unknown. The Benue State Police Command and the university management are yet to issue an official statement. The reported k!lling has sparked grief and concern among members of the university community and residents of Makurdi, with many calling for…

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA — THE Benue State Governor Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia on Monday reassured President Bola Tinubu that the All Progressives Congress (APC) remains united in the State despite recent internal disagreements. Governor Alia said he was confident the APC would emerge stronger and deliver greater elect…

Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, on Monday pledged to deliver at least 620,000 votes for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general election, double the 310,468 votes the President garnered in the state during the 2023 presidential election. Alia made the declaration while addressing journalists after meeting Tinubu…

…consultation. Agbese, who represents Ado/Okpokwu/Ogbadibo Federal Constituency of Benue State, made the appeal in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja. A member of the House Committees on Youth and Defence, the lawmaker described the NYSC as a strategic national institution whose founding objectives should be preserve…

…defence policy. Agbese, who represents Ado/Okpokwu/Ogbadibo Federal Constituency in Benue State and is the leader of the Labour Party in the state, called on President Bola Tinubu to suspend implementation of the reforms and instead, constitute a broader committee to review them. The lawmaker made the call in a stateme…

…APC made sweeping changes to its list of National Assembly candidates, replacing former Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam, former House of Representatives member, Gbenga Elegbeleye, and several others following the outcome of appeals arising from the party's primaries. The changes were conveyed to INEC in a letter j…

…Land Development Authority. One of the biggest casualties of the review was former Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam, whose earlier victory in the Benue North-East primary was nullified in favour of the incumbent senator, Emmanuel Udende. The development comes weeks after Senate President Godswill Akpabio assured sen…

…including Sa'adu Zungur University, Ekiti State University, Osun State University, Benue State University, Sokoto State University and Shehu Shagari University of Education, had already adopted and implemented the agreement. "We therefore urge the governments of Kano, Kaduna and Jigawa states to immediately domesticate…

…pastor, Rev. Dr Samuel Gbinde, and two members of his congregation from his residence in Benue State. The incident was disclosed in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Executive Committee of the Nongo u Kristu u i Ser u sha Tar Church. 9. The Defence Headquarters says troops of Operation Delta Safe neutralised six cri…

…pastor, Rev. Dr Samuel Gbinde, and two members of his congregation from his residence in Benue State. The incident was disclosed in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Executive Committee of the Nongo u Kristu u i Ser u sha Tar Church. According to the church, the victims were abducted in the early hours of Tuesday fr…

…Working Committee NWC of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has dropped former Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam, former Ondo State House of Representatives member Gbenga Elegbeleye, and five other senatorial candidates from the party’s final lists of candidates forwarded to the Independent National Electoral C…

He noted that the Benue State Government has no justification for failing the people on security, especially given that unprecedented funds have been accruing to it following the removal of fuel subsidy by President Bola Tinubu, to enable states to have the necessary support and resources to confront security challenge…

The Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, in Benue State, Ardo Muhammad and another man identified as Yakubu Isah have been killed by gunmen in Otukpo Local Government Area of the state.The attack, which occurred on Friday, has reportedly heightened tension in parts of Otukpo and…

…that swept through Odoba Ogaje community in Otukpa, Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State, after a heavy rainfall on the night of June 21, 2026. The flood, which residents believe was worsened by drainage challenges associated with the ongoing dualization of the Makurdi-Enugu Expressway passing through the comm…

The Benue State Government has criticised former Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Emmanuel Jime, over his recent remarks describing Governor Hyacinth Alia as "this thing terrorising us," describing his subsequent apology as "perfunctory" and insufficient. In a statement issued on Monday by the Chi…

…they projected military invincibility. Operations in Odi (Bayelsa State) and Zaki Biam (Benue State) remain stark reminders of how the military once responded decisively to attacks on its personnel. The same force helped restore order in Liberia and Sierra Leone. Today, that sting appears missing. Although the military…

..says alleged unaccounted N139.8bn baseless By Peter Duru, Makurdi Former Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has rejected the report of the Benue State Income and Expenditure Commission of Inquiry, describing the exercise as a politically motivated witch-hunt orchestrated by the administration of Governor Hyacinth Alia…

…for nearly 40% of the conflict-driven movements. Simultaneously, communal clashes in Benue State triggered almost 59,000 additional displacements. The country's displacement crisis is also deeply protracted; nearly half of Nigeria's 3.5 million total internally displaced people remain concentrated in Borno State, highl…