Tag: Benue State
3 Benue farmers docked over death of 7-year-old girl
Uleru said that while the defendants were at the party, the house was razed by fire and Levi Ianna’s granddaughter…
NSCDC recovers 3 bodies from Benue river
Deputy Commander of the Corps, Ejelikwu Michael in a statement made available to newsmen in Makurdi on Thursday, said three…
Benue Gov, Ortom signs N155.6b 2022 budget into law
The governor assented the 2022 budget on Friday at the New Banquet Hall of Benue Peoples House Makurdi. He described…
Benue APC people are drunkards – Ortom
The governor in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Nathaniel Ikyur, said he was referring to some members of…
FG disburses N1.8B to vulnerable households in Benue
The scheme, one of the Federal Government’s National Social Investment Programme, seeks to lift vulnerable citizens out of the poverty…
APC will take over Benue in 2023- Akume
By Nicholas Dechi Sen. George Akume, the Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, says it is almost certain that…
#EndSARS: Benue judicial panel recommends N304.5m compensation
The panel also recommended that scores of police officers be investigated by the Attorney-General of the State with a view…
Not a life and death matter: Ortom says of political offices
Governor Samuel Ortom has advised his appointees vying for various political offices not to consider their ambitions as a matter…
Ortom: General Oneya’s death, great loss to Benue, Nigeria
Ortom says Oneya's footprints as administrator of Benue State have remained indelible, particularly as one who handed over power to…
Gunmen attack Benue’s Odugbeho community, police mum on casualties
The Benue State Police Command on Monday confirmed the attack on Odugbeho community in Agatu Local Government Area of the…
Panic as fleeing herdsmen invade Benue communities
Fulani herdsmen grazing in the South-Eastern part of Nigeria, have reportedly fled the zone and are now settling in some…
Ethanol factory springs up in Benue
An ethanol factory called Pure Biotech Company is springing up in Tyo-Mo, a suburb of Makurdi, the Benue state capital.
Man beaten to death after oracle declares him guilty of goat theft in Benue
The deceased was accused of stealing a goat by his brother, and was later reported to the youths in the…
Benue woman leads robbery operation with local pistol, knife
Benue woman, Mary Jeremiah, docked for robbing a provision store with a locally made pistol and knife, remanded in prison…
Why I joined APC – Ex NHRC boss, Prof Angwe
Prof. Bem Angwe, former Executive Secretary (ES), National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and his supporters were officially welcomed into the…