A 32-year-old man, Justine Yongu, has been arraigned in a Makurdi Chief Magistrate Court and remanded in custody over the attempted murder of the Benue Commissioner for Power and Transport, Barr.Omale Omale. Yongu, who resides behind Mobile Barracks, Makurdi, was…
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Benue Command, on Monday, sent back home 18 Cameroonian irregular immigrants residing in Makurdi.The State Comptroller, Mr Jerry Omezi, disclosed this while addressing journalists in Makurdi.Omezi said the Command got intelligence report that a residence…
By Titus Atondu, Makurdi Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia has promised to fight and address all the ills faced by the educational system in the State. Alia also noted the significant role played by the State-owned university in…
A Makurdi Upper Area Court on Thursday, ordered the remand of 15 persons in a correction centre for allegedly kidnapping four persons and killing one. The suspects who reside at various addresses in Utonkon in Ado Local Government Area of…
Troops of the Operation Whirl Stroke in collaboration with the police and other security agencies have rescued nine kidnap victims and arrested two suspects in Benue State. The Force Commander, OPWS, Maj. Gen. Sunday Igbinomwanhia, disclosed this to journalists on…
By Titus Atondu, Makurdi Security operatives in a joint operation comprising of 401 Special Forces Brigade, Operation Whirl Stroke and the Benue State Community Volunteer Guards have rescued unhurt 9 commuters who were kidnapped along Oukpa — Enugu road on…
Troops from Operation Whirl Stroke have rescued nine kidnap victims in the Owukpa forest, located in Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State. The victims, who were abducted in a commercial vehicle along the Otukpa/Enugu Highway on January 11,…
Gov. Hyacinth Alia of Benue has congratulated the Benue people on their victory at the Supreme Court. This is contained in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Tersoo Kula on Monday in Makurdi. Mr Titus Uba and…
The Benue State Police Command has arraigned Terver Agwa and Terna Agwa, all of Mbapen in Kendev, Tombo community of Buruku Local Government Area, before a Makurdi chief magistrate court for allegedly killing a Gboko-based businesswoman and robbing her of…
Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), says Benue will always remain the home of the party. Ganduje said this when he inaugurated the newly renovated state Secretariat of the APC in Makurdi on Wednesday. “I…
