Today is my birthday, but for the first time in decades, I am speechless. It is time to set aside speeches and celebrations and to mourn. I mourn for my Motherland, Nigeria. Yelewata is the tipping point. Yelewata is the watershed between peace and a war declared against the...
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JUNE 12: CELEBRATING REV. FR. M.O. ADASU @80 1. We make this Press Statement as Apostles of Very Reverend Father Doctor Moses Orshio Adasu as Nigeria marks Democracy Day on June 12 which coincides with Father Adasu’s Birthday which is June 12, 1945. Our duty is to highlight, acknowledge...
The Nigerian governance road show rolled into Benue state earlier this week. The president and a motley collection of officialdom rolled into the state to see why so many innocent people are dying unnecessary deaths in the hands of nameless killers. As it turns out, the president and his...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Police Command has denied claims of a herdsmen attack on Wannue Town in Tarka Local Government Area, describing the reports as “entirely false and misleading.” According to the police spokesperson, DSP Udeme Edet, the actual incident involved the killing of one person...
INTRODUCTION YELWATA in Benue state has been drenched in blood. Last October, I launched 50 books at the same time in Abuja to mark my birthday. One of the books is titled “Blood on the Niger and Benue: Nigeria’s Grim Insecurity Situation”. Everything said in that book has just...
By MIMI HEMBA, Makurdi – Chairman of the Benue State Traditional Council, Tor Tiv, Orchivirigh Prof. James Ayatse, declared on Wednesday that land grabbing was at the core of the decades-long conflict in the state. Speaking during a meeting between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Benue stakeholders at the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in very strong terms has condemned the gruesome massacre of over 200 Nigerians including children in Benue State, describing it as another horrifying chapter in the history of our nation under the unresponsive All Progressives Congress (APC) government. The party...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu on Monday commissioned the Greater Abuja Water Supply Network, Loops 1, 2, 5, and 6, pledging his administration’s commitment to sustainable infrastructure that directly improves citizens’ lives. During the commissioning ceremony on Airport Road, Abuja, President Tinubu led a moment of...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Tinubu has rescheduled his official visit to Kaduna State. Instead, he will travel to Benue State on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, as part of renewed efforts to foster peace and address the persistent conflict affecting communities in the state. The presidential spokesman, Bayo...
Mr President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu 1. If your security chiefs disobeyed your order to implement your earlier directive to bring peace to Benue, the solution is to sack them! A sergeant cannot ignore orders from even a 2nd Lt without suffering consequences. You make yourself look weak that...
Benue Police Command has confirmed that suspected killer herdsmen on Sunday night attacked communities in Gwer West and Apa Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Edit Udeme, made the confirmation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The All Progressives Congress (APC) Benue State Chapter has endorsed the Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia and his deputy, Dr. Sam Ode as sole candidate for the 2027 gubernatorial election in Benue State. Similarly, the party has also endorsed President Ahmed Bola Tinubu...
Police command in Benue has confirmed the killing of its personnel and three others in Gwer West Local Government of the state by suspected armed herdsmen. The State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Sewuese Anene told newsmen on Monday in Makurdi that the attack took place in Aondona Village...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says violence attacks on local communities and killings of farmers in Plateau, Benue and other parts of the country are mostly perpetrated by foreign herders. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Markus Kangye, stated this on Thursday while fielding questions from journalists on the identities...
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions has adjourned its hearing on the suspension of lawmakers from the Benue and Zamfara Houses of Assembly to May 14. Deputy Chairman of the committee, Rep. Mathew Nwogu (LP-Imo), gave the ruling on Thursday following the failure of the speakers and...
Benue State Police Command has confirmed the killing of four persons by suspected cultists at a beer parlour in Makurdi, the state capital. The command’s spokesperson, SP Sewuese Anene, confirmed the on Monday in a chat with journalists. Anene said the attack which took place on Sunday night at...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Tinubuhas directed an immediate overhaul of national security strategies, demanding urgent action to end the escalating violence in Borno, Benue, Plateau and Kwara. The President, who on Wednesday met with security chiefs at the State House, Abuja, for more than two hours, said...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) is currently holding a closed-door meeting with the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, to discuss the ongoing insecurity challenges in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting, presided over by the Chairman of the NGF, Gov....
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – As Christians all over the world celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), representing the 19 Northern States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Rev. John Joseph Hayaphas decried the persistent violence in parts of the North,...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Government is establishing a Judicial Commission of Inquiry to investigate the recent unrest in Naka, Gwer West Local Government Area of the state. Governor Hyacinth Alia disclosed this on Thursday in Naka, the headquarters of Gwer West LGA during his visit...