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‘Sacked’ Benue APC state excos sue Ganduje for contempt

23 August 2024

A Benue state High Court had, stopped the Ganduje-led National Working Committee, NWC, from dissolving the state chapter executive led by Agada. But late on Wednesday, the NWC went ahead to dissolve the said state exco in disobedience of the court order. However, Agada, alongside eight others, approached a Benue State High Court to file […]

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Benue CP leads team to rescue abducted medical students

21 August 2024

The medical students were abducted last Thursday along the Otukpo/Otukpa/Enugu federal highway while they were travelling to Enugu State for the Federation of Catholic  Medical and Dental Students’ annual convention. The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, had at the weekend deployed a tactical team to ensure that the abducted students were rescued. It was learnt […]

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Gov fumes as 50 villagers killed in Benue mass murder

10 August 2024

The State Governor, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia who condemned the renewed killing lamented that the attack was coming despite a strong security presence in the area. The governor lamented that killing still continued in the council despite strong security presence and the regular dialogue sessions his administration had been holding with Stakeholders, and traditional rulers […]

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Gov Alia attributes success in Benue to Tinubu – ‘He has good intention’

22 June 2024

Alia disclosed this during his thank you tour to Makurdi/Guma Federal Constituency held in Makurdi the state capital. According to him,  every achievement he recorded was the handiwork of President Tinubu. He said both the construction of roads and underpass, payment of salaries, pensions and gratuities, remodeling of the Assembly Complex, State Secretariat, were possible […]

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Dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed on Benue community as cult war rages

17 May 2024

While justifying his action before announcing the imposition of the curfew  the chairman of the LGA, Henry Agba, said he was left with no other option but to impose the curfew to thwart further escalation of the bloody war.There was a clash between rival cultists in the local government during which two persons from both […]

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