By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Barely one week after the Benue State Police Command said it had arrested gun manufacturers in Kwande Local Government Area of the state, another set of gun manufacturers have been apprehended by the state police command. Briefing journalists, Wednesday in his office...
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By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Worried by the activities of some perpetrators of crisis in Benue State, the Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia has said the perpetrators would be brought to book to serve as deterrent to others. Governor Alia who stated this in a statement expressed...
Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have killed three suspected armed herdsmen who attacked troops deployed in Apa Local Government Area of Benue State. The Force Commander of the OPWS, Gen Sunday Igbinomwanhia, made the disclosure on Monday in Makurdi while briefing journalists on the attack. The News Agency...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Three years after the panel set up by the Benue State Government to look into cases of police brutality and extra judicial killings had submitted its report, the federal government was yet to pay compensation to the affected people in Benue State....
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – There was tension in Makurdi Benue State capital as the scheduled meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) could not get any place to hold their meeting scheduled and announced the previous day. The meeting was originally scheduled to hold at the...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi -. Armed to the teeth police personnel have taken over the Benue State secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Makurdi. The Benue State chapter of the APC had scheduled a meeting at the secretariat for Friday, 1st March by 10...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Benue Command, says it has trained 104 officers on Internal Security and Counter-Terrorism/Insurgency. In his address during the Passing Out Parade of the officers on Friday in Makurdi, the Commandant, Mr Yakubu Ibrahim, said the training would enable the corps...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Benue State Police Command has uncovered a gun factory in Kwande Local Government Area of the state and arrested some suspects, who specialized in the manufacturing of guns. The state Commissioner of Police, Emmanuel Adesina, disclosed this while addressing journalists, Wednesday...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The immediate past Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has expressed his willingness to cooperate with the probe panels as long as the investigation is carried out in line with the law as he claimed that his administration was built on transparency,...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Benue State chapter has risen from an expanded caucus meeting with the readiness to reclaim power from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Speaking during the meeting, the immediate past Governor of the state, Samuel Ortom said...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – As days continue to pass and the ultimatum given to the Fulani herdsmen to leave Benue lasts. the violent herdsmen have also continued to attack and kill the innocent Benue people without any form of provocation. Few days ago, the Benue State...
Troops of Sector 1, Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have rescued 12 kidnapped victims at Jootar village in Ukum LGA of Benue State. The Force Commander (FC), OPWS, Maj. -Gen. Sunday Igbinomwanhia told newsmen on Friday in Makurdi that the victims were rescued on Feb. 21, following credible intelligence....
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Worried by the influx of herdsmen to Benue State, Governor Hyacinth Alia has given two weeks ultimatum to herders to leave the state or comply with the Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law. Addressing journalists after the state security council meeting...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State socio-cultural organisations comprising Tiv, Idoma and Igede have rejected Pulaku initiative as a measure to end the herders/farmers crisis in Nigeria, particularly in the affected parts of the country. The Chairman of the Benue State socio-cultural organisations, Mr. CP Iorbee Ihagh...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi -. Benue State Chairman, Mineral Resources and Environmental Management Committee (MIREMCO) Barr Fidelis Mnyim has assured that the committee would take deliberate steps to ensure the improvement in the state Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), through activities of the minerals explorers for the benefit...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – President General, Tiv Youths Organisation (TYO), Mr. Aondongu Anza has called for adequate measures to check the influx of violent herdsmen and other criminals and how to stop them from causing mayhem on the Tiv communities in Benue State. Mr. Anza, who...
The Benue State Government has said no fewer than 34 solid minerals out of the 44 in the country are found in the state. The state Chairman, Mineral Resources and Environment Management Committee (MIREMCO), Mr Fidelis Mnyim, disclosed this at a news conference on Friday in...
The family of Pa Isaac Girgih Koodar of Vandeikya Local government Area in Benue State has announced the programme for the burial of their wife, aunt, mother, grand mother and great-grand mother, Mama Monica Mbatem Girgih, who passed away on February 4, 2024 at the age of 103. ...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, February 14, 2024, arrested 14 (fourteen) suspected internet fraudsters in a training center of potential internet fraudsters in Makurdi, Benue State. The anti-graft agency in a tweet...
End users of cement in Benue, have decried the sudden increase in the price of the product from N5,500 to N8,000. They made their feelings known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Wednesday in Makurdi. According to Mr James Toryila, the astronomical increase...