Benue

‎A legal practitioner and his wife have been killed by suspected gunmen at Agboughul, a community in Makurdi, Benue State. ‎A blind old man was also killed during the attack. The legal practitioner and his wife were…

‎The volume of crude oil discovered in Benue Trough was in commercial quantity, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation announced on Thursday. The NNPC, in a statement, said Nigerian geologists were spearheading efforts in…

‎The death toll from a disease suspected to be yellow fever has climbed to 20 at Okpeilo-Otukpa in Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State. ‎The development followed three new deaths in the community. The state…

Benue State government on Tuesday said 17 persons have reportedly died of a strange illness ravaging the Okpeilo-Otukpa area in the Ogbadibo Local Government Area of the state. . The statement issued by the Commissioner for…

‎A portion of COVID-19 palliatives meant for the Benue State were  diverted to Kano State by a market leader in Makurdi. The Benue State government disclosed in a press briefing on Wednesday that the Chairman of Wurukum Market…

The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has inaugurated 11 reactivated Aerospace ground equipment at the Tactical Air Command, Nigeria Air Force, Makurdi. Abubakar, at the ceremony on Wednesday, disclosed that the…

Hoodlums, suspected to be herdsmen have invaded Governor Samuel Ortom’s village, Tse-Apera, in Nzorov, in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State and killed five persons. Sources in the village disclosed that ‎several people…

‎ Benue State Government on Wednesday approved Monday, September 21, 2020, as reopening date for all primary, secondary and tertiary institutions in the state. Commissioner for Education, Prof. Dennis Ityavyar, who disclosed this in a…

About 72 hours after Terwase Akwaza aka Gana, notorious criminal who embraced the state government’s amnesty programme, was reportedly killed in a controversial circumstance by soldiers, the Benue state government on Friday…

‎Wife of murdered Benue militia leader, Terwase Akwaza AKA 'Gana', has demanded N5bn as compensation from the Federal Government over the killing of her husband by soldiers. ‎ Gana was shot dead by soldiers on Wednesday shortly…