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Over 20 Killed As Fulani Herdsmen Allegedly Attack Benue Villages - Photo

How many more lives are to be lost before the government and security agencies rise up to the task at hand...According to reliable online reports, over 20 people were killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Buruku Local Government Area of Benue state yesterday with over a hundred still uncounted for.... Something need to be done to curtail the ince

Man Gets 2yrs Imprisonment For Impersonating Ex- Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswan

A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja on Wednesday convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment an impersonator of a former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswan.The convict, Joseph Onoja, was arraigned on an initial 4-count charge bordering on conspiracy to defraud, impersonation, forgery and using false document. Onoja pleaded not guilty to
Careless Driver Crushes Benue Student To Death In Gboko - Photos

There's currently tension in Gboko, a major town in Benue State following the death of a student of Mkar University by a trailer. The student, whose identity was given as Mbachirin was reportedly crushed to death by the careless driver of the trailer while trying to cross the road on Tuesday morning.The development sparked protest

Checkout How A Local Fowl Thief Was Paraded By Vigilante In Benue State

This picture has been trending on Facebook showing the manner a local petty thief was paraded recently by Benue State vigilante, Kwande chapter. The teenager was caught by local security men after rampant theft in the region, his clothes were stripped off as he was paraded unclad with the items he stole....
Patience Paul, The Abducted 15yrs Old Girl Taken From Benue To Sokoto Heroically Rescued

Patience Paul, the alleged schoolgirl abducted in Sokoto state and converted to Islam, has been rescued and will be reunited with her parents on Saturday. Patience's case generated national interest after that of Ese Oruru, the Bayelsa teenager who was taken to Kano by her “lover” without her parents’ consent. Patience’s parents had r

Man Chops Off step-Mother's Head For Ritual In Benue

Obaganya community, a suburb in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State, was thrown into deep mourning yesterday after a middle-aged man, Echeno Adakole, beheaded his 50-year-old step-mother, Titi Enokela, allegedly for ritual purpose. Vanguard learned that the suspect allegedly ambushed the victim at a family farm settlement, hit her with a p
Another 15 Years Old Girl, Patience Paul Abducted From Benue State and Taken To Sokoto

In another case of forceful abduction, a 15-year-old girl identified as Patience Paul from ohimini LGA of Benue State was allegedly taken by two men in gidan kukah, Runji sambo area of Sokoto State with the intention of converting her to Islam. Below is what her brother wrote as shared by Tsembelee Daniel Sorkaa on Facebook. "BENUE people le

Daniel Onjeh APC Senatorial Candidate in Benue Hailed by Local Hunters (PHOTOS)

Benue South Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress -Daniel Onjeh, being greeted by local hunters and vigilante members on his way back from Akpoge Ogbilolo, Ado LG in Benue -ahead of the February 20th rerun election.
Benue/Ebonyi Boundary Dispute: One Beheaded, Another Kidnapped in brutal attack

A boundary dispute between the Ukwuagba- Ngbo community in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State and Agila in Ado Local Government Area of Benue State at the weekend, turned bloody as an indigene of Ojiogu village, Ebonyi state, one Eze Stephen was reportedly beheaded. Unknown gunmen allegedly from Agila community were said to have invaded

22-Year-Old Nursing Mother Stabs Man To Death In Benue

Benue State Police Command Tuesday confirmed the arrest of a 22-year-old nursing mother, Mrs. Mwuese Ayom, for allegedly stabbing her neighbour, Tererse Ayua, to death in Gboko town.Mrs. Ayom’s case came just as angry youths in Aliade town also committed jungle justice by setting ablaze a suspected notorious criminal after beating him to a pulp.
Villagers Burn Suspected Robber To Death In Benue - Graphic Photos

From A Gist Narrator who said the Following I was in a class teaching, my principal informed of an barbaric incidence in Aliade Local Government of Benue State. Some Gangs of thieves of (Motor Cycle snatchers) that have been operating for long attacked a guy riding Okada to survive his day to day life activities, coincidentally the thieves go afte

Benue Governor, Ortom Provides Assistance at the Scene of a Motor Accident (PHOTOS)

Governor Samuel Ortom stopped-by and offered assistance at the scene of a ghastly motor accident at Ahoko on Lokoja-Abuja road. The accident caused the death of some passengers, while a few others were terribly injured. It was also gathered that Ortom reportedly donated money for the immediate treatment of the injured victims.
See How Much Food Materials Cost In Benue State, Nigeria!

This is so saddening. I feel like we are being robbed blind in the so-called urban centers. Mound of 10 yams cost N2000 naira in Kadarko, Benue state, middle belt Nigeria. (about $9 dollars or £6) This bucket of oranges cost N150 (About 50cent or 20 pence)

Awoof! Free Heavy Drinking Commenced After Truck Conveying Beer Falls in Benue (PHOTOS)

It was a moment of celebration in the Gboko area of Benue when a truck conveying Hero beer brand encountered a ghastly accident that fell the truck and let to the destruction of some of the goods in transit. The number of casualties seems unknown but the youths stormed the scene to scoop and retrieve unbroken beer bottles as they drank freely.
Sad! See The Poor State of Classrooms Children Do Their Learning in Benue State

This is sad picture of a school in Benue state, called Fate Favour School. At the Fate Favour School in Benue State, pupils are being taught in a crowded makeshift thatched classroom with no walls, doors and windows. In the picture, one can see that there are no desks and chair so the pupils have to made do with planks and wooden benches.

Graphic Photo: 5 People Crushed To Death In A Grisly Motor Accident In Benue State

Five people died and several seriously injured in a fatal car accident yesterday, January 1, in Tarka Local Government Area of Benue state.According to Idoma Voice, the accident involved a lorry conveying more than 50 members of the Universal Reformed Christian Church, URCC (NKST) who were on their way to the annual NKST Conference in Gboko local
Graphic Photos: Three Young Men And A Woman Crushed To Death In Ghastly Motor Accident In Benue

Three young men and a woman were crushed to death in a fatal motor accident on Christmas morning along Makurdi-Lafia road, Benue State. According to Idoma Voice, the accident involved a Honda Sedan car and a motorbike conveying the three young men and woman to church. The driver of the Honda reportedly lost control and crushed the men and woman.&q

How Ex-Benue Governor, Gabriel Suswan Hijacked N3.1bn Proceeds Of Benue Shares – Witness

The trial of former Benue State governor, Gabriel Suswan, and his Commissioner for Finance, Omodachi Okolobia, commenced today before Justice A. R. Mohammad of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama Abuja, with a prosecution witness telling the court how Suswan ordered the sale of Benue State-owned shares through Elixir Investment Partners Limi
Murdered Two-week Old Baby’s Corpse Found Inside Well In Benue

A two-week old baby girl who was stolen from her mother on November 18 in Makurdi, Benue State by yet-to-beidentified person, was found dead and dumped inside a well with her legs tied on November 19. Speaking in an interview with Saturday Telegraph, father of the victim, Mr. Julius Deor, said he was in the farm on Thursday when his wife, Sewuese

Camp Commandant Decamped For Harassing Female NYSC Corp Members In Benue State

A camp commandant of the Benue State, National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Captain Abalaba has been decamped for harassing a Muslim corps member, just before the end of the recently concluded Batch B Stream I Orientation exercise. According to a report from the scheme’s leading site, the corps member, who is the Amira (female head) of the Muslim
Federal Government Cancels University Of Agriculture Approved By GEJ In Benue State

Dangote Truck Causes Collapse Of Link Bridge To Enugu, Ebonyi, Benue - Photos
WOW! Check Out This Amazing Duplex Spotted In Benue State

Wife of Ex Benue Governor, Suswam Escapes Mob Attack in Abuja

This is coming barely one week after the ex-governor was quizzed for over nine hours by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for alleged misappropriation of State funds while he was in office. Gabriel Suswam's wife, Yemisi was saved by a contingent of fierce-looking police officers from the FCT Police Command on Saturday. Aggrieved tr
Breaking News: Former Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswan Arrested By EFCC [Details Inside]

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Monday, arrested a former Benue state governor, Gabriel Suswan, over alleged corruption during his tenure as governor.Mr. Suswam governed Benue state between 2007 and May 2015.He was being quizzed at the EFCC office in Abuja over alleged graft in his state, at the time of this report. “He

Daylight Robbery In Makurdi, Benue State, Residents Terrified .

Residents of Makurdi, the Benue state capital were left in shock yesterday , when armed robbers stormed the town in broad daylight.At about 2:50pm, a gang of about five robbers who used a Toyota Camry Sedan snatched a bag containing a huge sum of money belonging of a first bank customer, in north bank area of the town.As they made away with the ca
GRAPHIC PHOTOS: Okada-Man, Student Crushed By Trailer To Death In Benue

A motorcycle rider also known as Okada and a student were crushed to death this morning by a trailer along University of Agriculture road, North Bank, Makurdi.According to eyewitnesses, as the motorcycle tried to overtake the trailer, the latter lost control and crushed the okada man and a female passenger, later found to be an accounting student
Police Arrest Two Women For Publishing False Obituary In Benue
Benue Assembly Demand That Killers Of Murdered Ex-lawmaker Must Be Apprehended

The Benue House of Assembly says it is prepared to assist the Government to tackle the spate of assassinations in the State.The Speaker of the House, Mr Terkimbi Ikyange, made the remark during Valedictory Session in honour of former legislator, Mr Atoza Hindan, in Makurdi on Friday.Hindan, who was murdered in his home in Katsina-Ala Local Governm
Meet Rosemary Sugh, The 23yr Old First Female Pilot In Benue State

Rosemary Sugh, a 23-year old graduate of Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, Zaria, was born on November 14, 1992…and according to an interview she granted last year, she has flown three planes so far, a TD9, a TD20, and a Multi Engine, B68. Speaking about why she became a pilot, Rosemary, who is from Kwande local government area of Benue s