By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Sankera Peace and Development Forum (SAPEDEF) has attributed the escalating insecurity in Benue State to the alleged inaction of the governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, who is serving his first term in office on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). According...
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Police Command in Benue has said suspected armed herders attacked and killed 17 persons and injured many in Logo and Ukum Local Government Areas of the state. This was contained in press statement on Friday signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Sewuese Anene and made available to...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Barely twenty four hours after the herdsmen had attacked Otobi in Otukpo local government area of Benue state, about three communities in the same local government were again attacked by suspected armed herdsmen. The affected communities include: Emichi, Okpomaju and Odudaje in Otukpo...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Former President of the Senate, Senator David Mark has condemned in strong terms another attack on Otobi-Akpa, Emichi in Otukpo Local Government Area and Utonkon in Ado Local Government Area in Benue state by armed men suspected to be Fulani herdsmen. No fewer than...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – A group under the auspices of One Benue has called for unity, progress and peace of the Benue people and shun all tendencies capable of dividing them Addressing journalists on Wednesday at the NUJ House in Makurdi, the convener of the One Benue,...
The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has raised concerns over what he described as a deliberate attempt by the Benue Government to frustrate his humanitarian mission to the state. Obi, who had planned to visit internally displaced persons (IDP) camps and health institutions...
Governor Alia’s efforts to address farmer-herder conflicts deserve objective appraisal—not insults, not dismissals The recent article by Dr. Mkor Aondona, “The Letter of Mr. Sebastian T. Hon to Governor Alia is Nothing But the Routine Political Exercise by Busy Body Opposition Agents, Ignore It”, may have sought to defend...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Executive Secretary, Benue State Emergency Management Agency (BSEMA), Sir James Iorpuu has assured that the Benue State Government was maintaining strong collaboration with the Federal Government through the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, as well as with other critical stakeholders...
The Benue Investment and Property Ltd (BIPC) has received 20 electric/solar cars to launch its modern taxi service in Makurdi, Gboko and Otukpo towns. The Managing Director of BIPC, Mr Raymond Asemakaha, while receiving the cars, said the development would reduce costs and allow citizens of the state to...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A senior aide to the Governor of Benue State, Mr. Moses Ternenge, is facing scrutiny over allegations of purchasing two luxury blocks of flats valued at over N200 million in Abuja’s exclusive Three Arms Zone. The properties, located at Suleiman Barau Crescent, Aso Villa,...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Director General, Benue State Public Procurement Commission (BSPPC), Akwonya Adadu, has denied allegation bothering on inflated contract sum for the Wurukum-Airforce base road dualization project. Addressing the legislators during plenary at the Benue State House of Assembly, Adadu said the contract was...
Former President of the Senate, David Mark has condemned the recent attacks on several communities in Benue State by suspected armed herdsmen. This is contained in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Paul Mumeh in Kano on Monday. Mark said that the attacks had led to...
PART ONE: EDUCATION With less than 8 weeks to May 29, 2025 today, I have undertaken an altruistic and apolitical assessment of the midterm performance of the administration of Governor Hyacinth Iormem Alia of Benue State. It is about halftime! Every week from Sunday, April 6 until Sunday, May...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Benue State Police Command has revealed that the abducted passengers of Benue Links company who were kidnapped at Burnt Bricks Otukpo have regained their freedom. A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Benue State Command, Sewuese Catherine Anene revealed that...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Agatu Youth Development Initiative (AYDI) has condemned the recent killing of a herder and rustling of cows in some communities by those it described as “perpetrators of violent crimes” and enemies of the good people of Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State....
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Government has expressed readiness and commitment to collaborate with federal authorities and international partners to advance the livestock sector so as to align with the vision of past administrations that were dedicated to genuine development of the livestock sector. Already the...
Police Command in Benue, on Friday rescued 14 passengers of Benue Links, kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Thursday evening in Otukpo LGA of the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Sewuese Anene, made this known in a statement, in Makurdi. Anene said that the bus was attacked on...
Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Jumoke Oduwole, has described Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) as the backbone of the Nigerian economy. Oduwole stated this on Wednesday in Makurdi at the opening of a 2-day Benue Inventors and Entrepreneurs Exhibition 2025. The minister stated that MSMEs contribute...
Rep. Blessing Onuh, representing Otukpo-Ohimini Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, has urged the Federal Government to curb the escalating insecurity and incessant killings in Benue. Speaking with journalists on Tuesday in Abuja, Onuh, of the All Progressives Congress, lamented the incessant attacks and killings in Otukpo in...