Gov Hyacinth Alia will not honour the House of Representatives Committee invitation scheduled for Thursday, May 8. His Chief Press Secretary, Mr Tersoo Kula, confirmed this to journalists on Wednesday in Makurdi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the House had summoned the Governors of Benue and Zamfara, alongside their Assembly leadership. Kula…
The Benue Government says it will pay another five months salary arrears to civil servants in the state, adding that has already been captured in the 2025 budget. The state Commissioner for Finance, Mr Michael Oglegba disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Makurdi on Wednesday. Oglegba explained that the…
Mr Ifeanyi Emenari has assumed office as the new Commissioner of Police, Benue State Command. This is contained in a statement signed by SP Sewuese Anene, the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), and made available to newsmen on Monday in Makurdi. Anene in the statement, said the veteran officer who hails from Ekwulobia, Aguata…
The National Security Adviser (NSA) to the President, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, on Tuesday assured the people of Benue of the Federal Government’s determination to end insecurity.Ribadu gave the assurance during a stakeholders’ meeting in Makurdi, following the killing of over 72 persons in Ukum and Logo Local Government Areas on Good Friday. He stated that…
A palpable sense of fear has gripped the residents of Otobi-Akpa community in the Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State, who are fleeing in large numbers following a recent assault by armed men believed to be herdsmen. The attack occurred on Tuesday evening, resulting in the immediate deaths of seven farmers, while several others…
The Benue State Government says there is no reason for people to call for the declaration of emergency rule in the state. Mr Tersoo Kula, the Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Hyacinth Alia, said this in a statement, on Monday in Makurdi. Kula, who was reacting to the press briefing by the Centre for Judicial…
A member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Asema Achado (Gwer East/Gwer West Federal Constituency), has strongly condemned the killing of three of his constituents in Gwer West Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue by unknown assailants. Achado, in a statement signed by his Personal Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Mendah Manasseh, on Tuesday…
Palpable fear has gripped the people of Mbagena, Dikpo and Imande Gberihwa communities in the Mchihi council ward of Katsina/Ala Local Government Area of Benue State, who are fleeing in droves following the attack by armed men suspected to be herdsmen that led to the killing of 13 farmers. The Council Chairman Shaku Justin, who…
Gov Hyacinth Alia of Benue has banned protests and other activities within court premises with immediate effect. The governor announced the ban in a statement issued on Tuesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Tersoo Kula, and made available to newsmen in Makurdi. According to the statement, only local election petition tribunal sittings will be…
There has not been any record of ritual killing in Benue, the Police Command in the state has said. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Sewuese Anene, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) , on Sunday in Makurdi that there was no intelligence report to that effect. Anene, however, admitted that though…
