A new crisis is looming at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Benue State as victims of herdsmen attacks, who were currently taking refuge in...
An alarm has been raised by farmers in Guma, GwerWest and Logo Local Government Areas of Benue State after sighting armed herdsmen and their cows around...
A Benue State High Court sitting in Makurdi has granted an interim order restraining the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris and the Benue State Police...
The political rivalry between the Senator representing Benue North-West Senatorial District, George Akume, and Governor Samuel Ortom. Monday took another turn, as they both hurled abusive...
Fresh from a visit to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Benue state, Investigative journalist, Patrick Egwu tells the heart-wrenching stories of how children disappear at...
Militant herdsmen on Thursday engaged soldiers in a bloody six hour gun battle at Tse Chiata in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. The soldiers,...
The recurrent Fulani herdsmen attacks in Benue State has forced over 20,000 pupils out of school in the State, the chairman of Benue State Universal Basic...
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, has raised the alarm that Fulani herdsmen have concluded plans to kill him. The governor raised the alarm on Friday,...
The home town of Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom has been attacked by heavily armed herdsmen, killing a soldier and wounding two others. According to reports,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has unfrozen the bank accounts of the Benue State government. This was confirmed by the Chief Press Secretary to...
Troops of the Nigerian Army attached to the Operation Whirl Stroke have engaged militiamen in a camp discovered in the Akor community in the Guma Local...
The Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom has received the backing of Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka over his defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC)to the...
Seems the defection of Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State may have landed him more trouble than he envisaged. The governor recently announced that he had...
Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, have reacted to the political happenings in Benue State. They described as “a...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has again suffered the loss of a prominent member as Benue State’s Governor Samuel Ortom has officially dumped the ruling party...
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State day failed to honour the invitation by the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for a meeting to reconcile...
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state on Monday revealed that he has left the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). While he did not state categorically, which...
At least 51 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), who fled from herdsmen killings in Benue State, have died at the Abagena IDPs Camp, Makurdi. The Camp Commandant,...
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Gudu, has found Senator Joshua Dariye, ex-Plateau governor guilty of misappropriating N1.16bn Ecological Fund. The court presided over...
Drawingblood is a campaign by Nigerian cartoonists under the aegis of Cartoonists Association of Nigeria (CARTAN) who are pained by the wanton killings in Nigeria. Kindly...
MIYETTI Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, yesterday faulted the implementation of the anti-open grazing bill by the Benue State government on grounds that its...
A coalition of socio-cultural groups in Benue State, comprising Mdgzou U Tiv, Idoma National Forum and Omi’Ngede, have said they are set to drag the Federal...
On Monday, March 13, 2018, President Muhammadu Buhari, compelled by massive public outcry, reluctantly embarked on a long-awaited visit to Benue State which had been plagued...
Attacks and killings by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Benue State, which have heightened since the beginning of this year, is said to have led to the...
At the meeting with stakeholders in Makurdi, Benue State on Monday, leaders spoke their mind to President Muhammadu Buhari. Below are some of the comments from...
The ongoing onslaught of attacks by herdsmen on Benue State is yet to abate after no less than five farmers were killed and scores rendered homeless...
Suspected Fulani herdsmen in the early hours of Monday allegedly invaded Mbatoho community in Makurdi, the Benue State capital. Mbatoho community is a council ward located...
The police said Sunday that two of its four missing officers following ambush by suspected herdsmen in Bunue State, have been found unhurt. The officers were...
There is an influx of Tiv residents from Nasarawa State into Benue State, following sustained attacks by suspected Fulani militia, The Nation has learnt. Suspected Fulani...
A Senate committee report, has indicted Tiv ethnic group and Fulani herdsmen, over recent killings in some parts of Benue State. The report claimed that 21...
Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have reportedly intercepted a man transporting firearms to Benue state. Oko Micheal, deputy commander of Jigawa state...
Leaders of the All Progressives Congress in Benue State led by Governor Samuel Ortom are in search of a new political platform ahead of the 2019...
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State is under intense pressure to prevail on the state assembly to repeal the antigrazing law, which had become a sore...
Southern leaders and their Middle Belt counterparts on Wednesday threw their weight behind Governor Samuel Ortom prohibition of open grazing in Benue State. They also called...
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has said that despite the recent killings, the state would not send Fulani herdsmen or any other person away, but that...
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja assured prominent leaders from Benue State and the entire people of the state of his government’s determination to bring to...
Following the gruesome murder of several Innocent victims in Benue State, as a result of clashes between farmers and herdsmen, President Muhammadu Buhari has held meetings...
Tiv Youths Council (TYC) of Benue State has vowed to defend their land against marauding Fulani herdsmen, warning that their silence should not be taken for...
The presidency has disowned a tweet purportedly sent out by President Muhammadu Buhari justifying the recent killings in Benue State perpetrated by suspected Fulani herdsmen. The...
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has stated that no amount of intimidation would make him reverse his stance on open grazing, vowing to continue with...
The Federal Government says it is still undecided on whether or not to deploy troops to Benue State in response to the killings there. The Minister...
By Louis Odion… As the nation groped in fuel darkness during the Yuletide season, the Nobel laureate’s distraught words perhaps best described the shame and tragedy...
The umbrella body of cattle breeders in the country, the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, has said the anti-open grazing law in Benue State Government, aimed...
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently in a meeting with Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Though the agenda of the meeting is...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an appeal to the United Nations (UN) to intervene in the persistent killings in Benue State of...
Strong indications emerged last night that youths in Benue State in a bid to counter the recurring attacks by Fulani herdsmen in the state may have...
A site earmarked by the Benue State Government for the construction of cargo airport project, located along Makurdi-Lafia Expressway has been taken over by Fulani herdsmen...
The three major tribes in Benue State have given reasons to justify the enactment of an Open Grazing Prohibition Law by the state government. The leaders...
The Governor Samuel Ortom-led government of Benue State has denied rumours in some quarters that the state’s Anti-Open Grazing law which came into effect on November...
Barely 24 hours after the killing of a 40-year-old man, Ortse Kwaghdoo by herdsmen in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State, another attack has been...
