The National Council of Tiv Youths has faulted the setting up of a committee by the Presidency to meet with the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria. The council claimed the committee had been designed “to dance on the tombs of the slaughtered Nigerians for no sin of theirs other than not belonging to […]

Benue killings: Gen. Gowon Faults Security Agents, Calls for investigation of Miyetti Allah   Former Nigerian Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon on Saturday visited Benue state Governor Samuel Ortom in Makurdi, the State capital. The Elder Statesman visited the state to commiserate with the government and people of the Benue over the killings […]

Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong,  has tendered his unreserved apologies to the people of Benue State and Nigerians over the comments he made following the murder of over 60 people by herdsmen in two local government areas. Lalong had told newsmen that he warned Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue against passing the anti-grazing law which […]

The Benue State Police Command have confirmed the arrest of eight herders in connection with the fresh killings of some rural residents of Guma and Logo Local Government Areas in the state. Police Public Relations Officer for the command, ASP. Moses Joel Yamu, made the disclosure last night in a statement he signed and made available […]

….as NACEST holds 20th Matriculation ceremony The Benue State Commissioner for Education and Knowledge Management, Reverend Dr. Frederick Ikyaan, on Saturday, May 3, 2025, commended the Acting Rector of the Nigerian Army College of Environmental Sciences and Technology , Makurdi, Brigadier General Solomon Inuwa, for his unwavering dedication to promoting professionalism and moral development among […]

BENUE, TARABA DEEPEN PARTNERSHIP ON SECURITY By Terna Injua Benue and Taraba States Government have resolved to forge a common front against the reported plot by Fulani pastoralists to takeover lands belonging to indigenous people of the two states. Governors Samuel Ortom of Benue and Architect Darius Ishaku of Taraba gave the assurance today in […]

Eighty people have been killed in Benue State since December 31 following clashes between cattle herders and farmers that have forced tens of thousands from their homes, an emergency official said on Tuesday. The violence between mostly Muslim herders and Christian farmers intensified over the New Year, fuelled by a new law banning the nomadic […]