The Benue State Police Command has arrested 176 suspects for various criminal offences committed in the month of July. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ifeanyi Emenari, made this known during a press briefing on Wednesday in Makurdi. Emenari disclosed that the suspects were arrested for crimes ranging from cultism, armed robbery, banditry, theft, to culpable…
The Tor Tiv, His Royal Majesty Prof. James Ayatse, has acknowledged an improvement in the security situation in Benue State following the visit of President Bola Tinubu on June 18, 2025. Speaking at his palace in Makurdi during a condolence visit by First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, the paramount ruler said although the killings have…
Six students of the Nigerian Law School have been abducted by gunmen suspected to be bandits in Benue State while travelling to resume academic activities at the institution’s Yola Campus in Adamawa State. The incident, reported by NewsPointNigeria, occurred on the evening of Saturday, July 26, along the volatile Wukari-Benue border axis, a route notorious…
The Benue State House of Assembly has recalled seven members who were suspended earlier in February. This followed the reading of a joint letter by the suspended members, presented by the Majority Leader, Mr Saater Tiseer, during plenary on Tuesday in Makurdi. After reading the letter, Mr Tiseer moved a motion for their recall, noting…
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Lagos State Chapter, has donated relief materials worth N42.6 million to the survivors of the June 2025 Benue killings to alleviate their sufferings. The Chairman of the chapter, Pastor Yemi Davids, made the disclosure on Tuesday in a statement signed by the chapter’s Publicity Secretary and Director of Digital…
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has provided healthcare and other humanitarian services to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Benue. The agency has so far supported 10 safe deliveries at the International Market IDP Camp in Makurdi, Benue, and attended to more than 368 pregnant women who came for antenatal care visits. UNFPA Humanitarian/Sexual and…
Gov Hyacinth Alia of Benue has assured of adequate security for National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members posted to the state. Alia gave the assurance on Tuesday during the closing ceremony of 2025 Batch A Stream II NYSC members’ orientation camp in Wannune, Tarka Local Government Area of the state. The governor said the state…
The management of Benue Links Nigeria Limited has confirmed the safe release of 10 abducted passengers and their driver. The company made the disclosure in a statement signed by its spokesman, Mr Johnson Ehi, and made available to newsmen on Sunday in Makurdi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 10 passengers and…
Nigerian police have arrested 26 individuals suspected of carrying out a deadly assault in Yelewata, a village in Benue State, where 47 people were killed in a coordinated attack last week, according to the country’s Inspector General of Police. The police chief, Kayode Egbetokun, made the announcement during a press briefing held in Abuja on…
The Benue State Emergency Management Agency (BSEMA) has reported 15 live births and 122 pregnant women at an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp recently established in Yelwata, Guma LGA, following renewed violence in the region. BSEMA’s Head of Administration, Mr Donald Komgbenda, said on Monday that 4,685 people had been registered at the camp, with…
