The police in Benue State have apprehended the suspected leader of a nine-man gang that allegedly tortured an 89-year-old man, Kyado Justin. The octogenarian was accused of using witchcraft to inflict sickness on a youth, Terzunge Agena, at Tse Agena-Gbamacha, in the Gwer East Local Government Area of the …
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A middle aged man, Bemdoo Atoba has been apprehended by the Benue State Police Commmand for allegedly razing and looting a block of classrooms at the RCM Primary School, Moi-Igbo, Mbalom, Gwer East Local Government Area, LGA, of the state. It was gathered that the suspect had earlier in the …
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Women in Internally Displaced Persons camps in Benue delivered 200 babies in 2022. Executive Secretary of Benue Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Dr Emmanuel Shior, made the declaration on Wednesday in Makurdi during the agency’s monthly distribution of relief materials to the IDPs. “We have more than 200 births known to …
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The Benue state Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Chief Ekpe Ogbu, was Sunday night reportedly kidnapped by unknown gunmen. It was gathered that Chief Ogbu, a former Special Adviser and Local Government Council Chairman was abducted with two others at about 6pm along Ado-Otukpo road in the South Senatorial …
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Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to make adequate provisions for the over two million Internally Displaced Persons in the state ahead of 2023 general elections. He made the call at a roundtable discussion tagged, “Contemporary Security Challenges and their Effects …
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A toyota Hiace bus conveying members of Catholic Women Organization had a ghastly motor accident in Benue. Newsextra24 gathered that the accident claimed unspecified number of lives while many others were injured. It was learnt that the accident happened along Gboko to Makurdi road on Thursday, April 7. An eyewitness …
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By Tony Ademiluyi Before the famous 1804 Jihad by Uthman Dan Fodio, the Fulanis were a band of herdsmen scattered across Africa with no cohesive leadership. They were a band of nomads known with their cattle and could trek for kilometers unending in search of pasture and water for them. …
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Alhaji Abubakar Tsav, the Commissioner in charge of the Public Complaints Commission (PCC) in Benue, says he will not retract his alleged damaging comments about Governor Samuel Ortom as requested by the Tiv Traditional Council. Tsav told newsmen on Wednesday in Makurdi that he stood by his letter where he …
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The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says plans are underway to set up an energy renewable plant that will use agro products to generate energy. Its Group General Manager in charge of Renewable Energy Division, Mr Rabiu Suleiman, stated this on Tuesday in Makurdi during a courtesy call on Gov. …
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No fewer than 10 persons were reportedly killed in clashes between suspected Fulani herdsmen and farmers in two communities in Niger State. It was learnt that the clashes happened at Bokuta village, Bosso Local Government Area and Tungan Malam village in the Paikoro LGA. While six were killed in the …
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