Benue State

The government of Benue State has approved Friday as a workfree day. This is one of the measures aimed at cushioning the effect of COVID-19 in the state. However, the measure is to run for three months only, from 6thNovember, 2020 to 29th…

Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has commended the Federal Government for the relative peace the people of the state are currently enjoying.Ortom made this known in Abuja while receiving an award for “Courage in Leadership” presented to him…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has arrested a bank guard and two others who allegedly specialised in defrauding bank customers through Automated Teller Machines (ATM) in Benue.Mr Dele Oyewale, the Head,…

Daniel Ukpera, Benue state politician has stirred angry Reactions from Nigerians after photos of him emerged online donating ropes to members of his community. Ukpera who contested under  Labour Party for Guma State Constituency seat in…

Gov Samuel Ortom of  Benue has confirmed a fresh case of Covid-19 infection in the state. SEE ALSO: Alleged rape, assault: NAWOJ urges fast, unbiased probe of Kogi commissioner Ortom, who made the confirmation on Tuesday in Makurdi while…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it is aware of the strange illness in Benue and it is currently investigating to effectively manage the situation. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director General, NCDC, told News Agency of…

Emerging reports claim that Peter Unogwu, a retired senior official of the Department of State Services (DSS), has  been kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Benue state.The Herald gathered that Unogwu was abducted while travelling on the…

The governor of Nasarawa state, Abdullahi Sule and his Benue state counterpart, Samuel Ortom, on Sunday, January 12, met at the Government House in Lafia over insecurity in both states.The Herald gathered that Sule recently visited…

Femi Fani-Kayode, former minister of aviation,  has claimed that suspected Fulani herdsmen killed five policemen and burnt two of their vehicles in Benue state.Fani-Kayode who made this known on Wednesday, December 4, said despite the…

President Muhammodu Buhari flagged off the drilling of Kolmani River II Well was flagged-off in a rather colourful affair on February 2, 2019.After just seven months of drilling activities, NNPC has announced the discovery of…

The Conference of Benue Journalists (CBJ) on Sunday expressed satisfaction on President Muhammadu Buhari’s timely intervention to provide lasting solution to the age long communal violent clashes between the Jukun and Tiv people of Taraba.…

The Police in Benue have confirmed the death of Mr Terhemen Tyavbi during a scuffle between its Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and motorcyclists in Kwande Local Government Area.The spokesperson of Police Command in Benue, DSP…

Some unidentified hoodlums on Sunday attacked the All Progressives Congress (APC) secretariat in Benue State.Herald Nigeria learnt that the hoodlums destroyed some valuables, including documents, computers, windows and doors.The…

Ebonyi government has urged residents  not to panic over the reported yellow fever outbreak in the state.Dr Daniel Umezurike, State Commissioner for Health,  gave the assurance on Monday in Abakaliki while addressing newsmen, urging the…

The Benue Police Command said on Monday that gunmen have kidnapped the Provost, College of Education, Katsina Ala, Mr Tsavwua Gborigyo.The State Police Public Relations Office, DSP Catherine Anene, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…

Terna Taga, the eighteen-year-old man who raped and impregnated a 10-year-old internally displaced person, Masenengen Targba, has said he he did not meet the girl a virgin.Targba was on Sunday bandoned at a hospital but later rushed to…

Police in Benue State has apprehended one Terna Taga, an 18-year-old man,  who allegedly defiled and impregnated a 10-year-old girl.Herald Nigeria learnt that the victim was raped at an Internally Displaced Persons’ camp in the state.…

Residents of the Konsisha Local Government Area in Benue State got the shock of their lives on Tuesday, after they found a fairly young man, Kula Adasu, hanging from a tree in their community.Kula is said to have been married with two…

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has said the state government will only accept the National Livestock Transformation Plan of the Federal government if it goes with the state’s Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law.…

People from Tiv ethnic group in Benue now live in apprehension following resumed ethnic attacks by bandits, which led to 12 deaths within three days at Byepi village near Wukari.One of the survivors of the recent onslaught, Mr Ezekiel…

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has debunked rumours that he is plotting to return to the All Progressives Congress (APC).This was disclosed in a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday by his Chief Press Secretary,…

Members of the  National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM)  in Benue State are now living in apprehension following the abduction of four members of the union, with one of them killed.The state's chairman of NANNM,…

Gov Samuel Ortom of Benue on Thursday warned government officials and  traditional ruler against shielding criminals, and vowed to deal with anyone found to be doing that.Ortom, who briefed newsmen at the end of the State Security…

Gov Samuel Ortom on Wednesday at about 7:30pm filed his defence before the Governorship, National and State Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Makurdi, with his attorney general hopeful of victory.Commissioner for Justice…

One Solomon, a father in Benue state, has been remanded in prison for alleged culpable homicide and attempt to commit suicide.He was arraigned before a Magistrate, Mrs. J.O Ayia, who ordered his remand at the Federal Prisons, Makurdi…

Nigerian soldiers invaded an unauthorized gun factory in the Logo Local Government Area of Benue State yesterday and nabbed two suspected manufacturers in the process.While reporting the incidence, the commander of Operation Whirl…

The Benue chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has rejected the outcome of the Governorship election declared on Sunday, in favour of Gov Samuel Ortom of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).The party said in a statement on…

Some political thugs have set fire on all electoral materials, including ballot boxes and card readers on fire, at Mbalom ward in Gwer east local government area of Benue state.The hoodlums were said to have broken into RCM Primary…

Police officers in Benue have successfully retrieved different ranges of ammunition as well as charms from some notorious group of kidnappers around Katsina-Ala Local Government in the state.According to the police spokesperson, DSP…

A lawmaker in Benue, Mr Joseph Boko, representing Kwande West state constituency, who completed his defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at a grand rally in Adikpo, on Thursday said he…