The Benue State House of Assembly has urged Gov. Hyacinth Alia to approve an upward review of the salaries and allowances of traditional rulers and ensure that none earn below the N75,000 minimum wage. The resolution followed a motion titled “Motion to Improve the Welfare of Traditional Rulers in Benue State in Line with the…
The Police Command in Benue says six persons were killed during a clash between two rival cult groups in Makurdi. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Edet Udeme, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview on Monday. Udeme said the incident occurred at about 2 a.m. Monday, along Aliade…
Chief Michael Aondoakaa, former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, has promised to improve the security situation of Benue if elected governor. Aondoakaa, who is the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) consensus governorship candidate for 2027, stated this Tuesday in Makurdi when he obtained the party’s governorship expression of interest and nomination forms….
Governorship aspirants in Benue under the platforms of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have entered into a strategic partnership to unseat the current occupant of the seat come 2027. The governorship aspirants in their goodwill messages at the Benue PDP Expanded Caucus Meeting held in Makurdi agreed to rescue the…
Gov. Agbu Kefas of Taraba and Gov. Hycienth Alia of Benue on Monday visited IDPs on the boarder communities of the two states, The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Speaking, Alia said the Benue government was committed to strengthening collaboration with Taraba in tackling insecurity. He stressed the need for coordinated action to secure…
Troops of Sector 1 under Operation Whirl Stroke during a combined confidence-building and fighting patrol along the Katsina-Ala–Zaki Biam Road in Benue State killed two terrorists and recovered an AK 47 rifle in Benue State. A statement by acting Media Information Officer HQ JTF Operation WHIRL STROKE Lt. Ahmad Zubairu said troops acting on credible…
Troops of the Joint Task Force Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), have dislodged suspected terrorists in a notorious terrorist hideout in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue. This is contained in a statement on Monday in Makurdi, by Lt. Ahmad Zubairu, the Acting Media Information Officer, Headquarters OPWS. Zubairu said the troops recovered a significant cache of…
Suspects accused of participating in the deadly attack on Yelwata community in Benue State have been remanded in custody by a Federal High Court in Abuja, pending the start of their trial. Justice Joyce Abdul-Malik made the order on Monday after the Federal Government, led by the Attorney-General of the Federation, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN,…
Former Executive Director of the Justice and Rights Initiative (JRI) and All Progressives Congress (APC) House of Assembly aspirant, Mr Justin Gbagir, has said that Benue State’s long-standing development challenges cannot be resolved within a single four-year tenure. Gbagir made the assertion on Monday in Makurdi while addressing journalists and announcing his resignation from his…
The Federal Government will arraign suspects accused of involvement in the recent Yelwata killings in Benue State before the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday. According to a statement by Kamarudeen Ogundele, Senior Assistant to the Minister of Justice, the case will be heard by Justice Joyce Abdul-Malik. Attorney-General Lateef Fagbemi said the arraignment…
