Benue state

Pope Leo prayed on Sunday for the victims of the “terrible massacre” in Yelwata, Benue State, Nigeria. The new Pope, while speaking today, June 15, just before…

The Benue State Security Council has handed a 14-day ultimatum to herders violating the state’s anti-open grazing law. The council asked the herders to stop rearing…

Many persons are feared dead after armed robbers attacked Otukpo, Benue State, and raided some banks. According to reports, the armed men stormed different banks in the…

Four persons have been confirmed dead after gunmen attacked a funeral ceremony at Imande Abur village, Mbategh council ward in Logo, Benue state on Saturday, November…

Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has said that the Federal Government’s decision to ban Twitter operations in the country is an ill-advised diversion from the core…

The remains of Captain Adeolu Adedayo and eleven other soldiers killed by bandits in Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue State last week have been laid to rest…

One Army officer and ten soldiers have been killed in an attack that occurred in Benue state. The military officers were killed after been ambushed by unidentified…

Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen attacked the convoy of the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom today March 20. Governor Ortom's convoy was moving at Tyo Mu along…

The Benue state government has released 210 cows seized from herdsmen at Mbala, Makurdi, and Gbajimba in Guma Local Government Area of the state. The cows were arrested…

The Benue State government has shut down a secondary school in the state, Vaatia College in Makurdi, the state capital following the outbreak of a strange illness that…

Unknown gunmen have killed the chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) ward chairman of Gboko south, Tersoo Ahu today Sunday, February 7. Ahu and other APC ward…

Worried by the increasing spate of insecurity in the country, the Taraba State governor, Darius Ishaku has asked the Federal government to allow Nigerians to carry…

A Catholic Priest died from COVID19 complications at the Benue state teaching hospital today January 18. The deputy governor of the state and chairman of the state's…

The Nigeria Police Force has arrested a 31-year-old staff of the National Open University of Nigeria NOUN in Benue state, Ikon Danasabe, for allegedly employing the…

Nigerians are reacting to the news of Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, reconciling Channels TV reporter based in the state, Pius Anglo, with his wife, Ifeyinwa, who…

A 34-year-old man, Terfa Gundu, on Monday November 16, recounted to the Benue state Judicial Panel of Inquiry how members of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad…

A 26-year-old man, Patrick Onoja Igah, has been arrested for allegedly raping a 7-year-old girl inside the 7th wonder church premises in Owukpa area of Benue state over…

Susan Idoko, the Benue state COVID-19 index case, has threatened to sue the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC if she is not released from the Abuja isolation…

Susan Okpe Idoko, the Index case of COVID19 in Benue state says she wants to go home as she is not sick. Few days ago, Idoko posted a video online in which she accused…

Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, on April 2, took the coronavirus (COVID-19) test in order to ascertain his status. Ortom whose state has just one confirmed case of…

A LIB reader sent this photo showing how a couple and their guests observed social distancing during the couple's church wedding in Benue state today, March 28th. Benue…

Benue state government has confirmed its first case of COVID-19. The governor, Samuel Ortom, who confirmed this to newsmen today March 28, said the index case is a…

In a bid to discourage the possible contamination of the dreaded Coronavirus among residents in the state, the Benue state government has announced the closure of all…

Suspected gunmen have abducted a Catholic priest, Reverend Father David Echioda, in Otukpo area of Benue State. According to reports, Reverend Echioda was kidnapped…