Tag: Benue
13 Year Old Boy Commits Suicide In Benue
Tragedy struck in a home in Makurdi, the Benue state capital on Sunday, as a 13-year old was found dead…
Water Scarcity Hits Benue
Many residents of Makurdi and its environs have been experiencing acute water shortage, forcing them to resort to different measures…
LG Polls: Police Arrest Man With Pistol
The Benue Police Command on Saturday confirmed the arrest of one Kuma Tyosaar, who was found with a pistol, in…
Benue Gov To Implement School Feeding Scheme
The Benue Government says it is set to implement the school feeding scheme of the Social Investments Programme, an initiative…
LG polls: APC primaries spark off protests in Benue
The APC primary elections held on Thursday and Friday, ahead of the June 3 Local Government polls in Benue, have…
Herdsmen on the prowl again, kill one in Benue
A reprisal attack by suspected herdsmen on Tse Igba Uke and Aliade villages in Gwer Local Government Area of Benue…
Legislator offers scholarships to 1,000 students
One thousand secondary school students have been offered full scholarships by Mr Bem Mngutyo, a member of the Benue House…
Benue Govt Leases Land To Obasanjo Farms
The Benue Government says it has leased a total of 2,599 hectares of land to Obasanjo Farms for mango plantation…
DSS busts ISIS-linked Boko Haram ring in Benue, FCT
The Department of State Services (DSS) said it had busted a ring of ISIS-linked Boko Haram members based in Benue…
Benue electoral boss assures of credible LG polls “in spite of poor funding”
The Benue State Electoral Commission (BSIEC) says it will conduct credible and acceptable local government polls in spite of the…
Benue To Begin Exporting Yam In June
Benue will begin the processing, marketing and packaging of yam for export in June this year, the Nigerian Export Promotion…
6 Face Panel Over Invasion Of Prison’s Farm
Six officials of Nigerian Prisons Service have been questioned over herdsmen invasion of Jato Aka Prisons Farm Centre in Benue.
Hundreds of students protest killing of colleague in Benue
Benue State has been thrown into mourning following the killing of a final year Geography student from the State University…
BNHA To Begin Public Hearing
The Benue House of Assembly says it will begin public hearing on the Executive Bill seeking to outlaw open grazing…
Benue Reduces LGs Workforce, Saves Over N200m
Staff verification exercise has reduced the workforce in Benue’s 23 local governments from 29,000 to 22,501, Mr Titus Zam, an…
Woman commits suicide over MMM investment
A woman in Benue State, who invested borrowed money in the popular MMM scheme, lost the money, has committed suicide.…
Kidnapped radio journalist regains freedom
The Benue Police Command on Tuesday confirmed the release of a Radio Journalist, Mrs Iyuadoo Tor-Agbidye, who was kidnapped four…
Police arrest kidnappers of Indian expatriate in Benue
The Nigerian police have arrested four suspected kidnappers who abducted an Indian expatriate and others recently in Benue State. The…
Psychiatric nursing student dies in Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A nursing student of School of Psychiatry, Aro, Abeokuta, Victoria Agbulu, 28, has died in a ghastly motor…
Buhari mourns Tor Tiv, Inuwa
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness on the passing away of the Paramount Ruler of the Tiv people of Benue…
Buhari launches 260km Super Highway project, pledges speedy completion
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday launched the 260-kilometre Calabar-Kastina-Ala Super Highway road project at Obung, Cross River. The President expressed…
I’ll become a pastor soon, says Terry G
KAYODE APONMADE Eccentric singer cum music producer, Gabriel Oche-Amanyi, famously known as Terry G, has informed that his fans should…
Nigeria can generate 45,000 mw with coal – Gobir
A member of the National Assembly, Sen. Ibrahim Gobir (APC Sokoto East) on Sunday in Abuja, said the nation could…
Husband, wife sent to prison for human trafficking
Cyriacus Izuekwe The police at Ikotun division have rescued a 20-year-old youth, Godspower Otache, allegedly kept in captivity for several…
Governors promise to deliver North central states to Jonathan 100%
*Governors of Benue, Plateau, Niger made the pledge PDP North-Central Governors on Saturday promised to deliver 100 per cent votes…
Fresh massacres reported in 2 Nigerian states
It is still a story of bloodletting in Nigeria as fresh massacres have been reported in two states. Governor Gabriel…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
PDP wins Gombe and Benue
The PDP has won two more states, Benue and Gombe, according to the INEC. It was a closely fought race…
3 Feared Dead As ACN Youth Clash With Police
Three persons were feared dead and scores of others injured in Makurdi, Benue State capital when members of Action Congress…
Cop Faces Trial For Killing Youth
A police Corporal with the Benue State Police command, Emmanuel Arune faces dismissal for shooting to death yesterday a young…
Jonathan Aide Ask AGF To Investigate Alleged N3Billion Donation To Jonathan By Six Governors
Dr Akilu Sanni Indabawa, the Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan has written the Attorney General of the Federation and…