Tag: Benue
Governor imposes 24-hr curfew in Benue LG over insecurity
Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia has imposed a 24-hour curfew in the Ukum Local Government Area of the state following serious security breaches in...
Angry youths raze INEC office in Benue
Some aggrieved youths protesting bandit attacks have set ablaze the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Sankara, the headquarters of Ukum...
Gunmen kidnap 2 Benue varsity students
Gunmen have abducted two female students of Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University in Makurdi, the Benue State capital.
It was gathered that one of the students...
Abducted ex-Benue Chief of Staff’s wife, maid regain freedom
The wife of Terwase Orbunde, the former Chief of Staff to the ex-governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, and her house help, who were...
Gunmen attack governorship aspirant, kidnap wife, maid
Gunmen have attacked one of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirants in the 2023 gubernatorial election in Benue State, Terwase Orbunde, and abducted...
Hoodlums raze ex-Benue governor’s house
Some hoodlums have set ablaze the house of the former governor of Benue State, late Aper Aku, in the Gboko area of the state.
Aku...
Benue governor sets up panels to probe Ortom
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has inaugurated two judicial commissions of inquiry to investigate the administration of his predecessor, Samuel Ortom.
The commissions are the...
Fraud: Benue Assembly approves 3 LG chairmen’s sack
The Benue State House of Assembly has approved the sack of three local government caretaker committee chairmen in the state over alleged financial misconduct.
The...
EFCC arrests 5 internet fraudsters in Benue
The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested no fewer than five suspected internet fraudsters in Benue State.
The suspected internet...
Benue varsity lecturers begin indefinite strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Benue State University (BSU) chapter, has begun an indefinite strike over the inability of the institution’s management...
