Tension in Makurdi as factional crisis grips APC following court ruling By Henry Iyorkase, Makurdi Tension rose in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, as over 100 youths, suspected to be political thugs, blocked the area near Zenith Bank, opposite the state headquarters of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The situation follows a legal development involving […]
By Henry Iyorkase, Makurdi Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Tuesday visited Benue State to commiserate with the government and people of the state over the death of Wanteregh Paul Iorpuu Unongo, the former minister of Steel Development in Nigeria’s Second Republic. During his visit to the Presidential Lodge at the Benue Government House in Makurdi, […]
By Henry Iyorkase, Makurdi No fewer than 15 persons have been reportedly killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen in a renewed attack in Logo Local Government area of Benue State. The incident occurred on Sunday night in Ayilamo, a community within the Logo Local Government area. This comes just weeks after a similar attack in the […]
By Henry Iyorkase, Makurdi The Benue State government has distributed six truckloads of relief materials to flood victims across the state. The State government through its agency, State Emergency Management Agency (BSEMA), distributed the relief materials on Saturday in Makurdi. Speaking at the event, the Executive Secretary of BSEMA, Mr James Iorpuu, explained that the […]
Gunmen have reportedly killed a lawyer, Mike Ofikwu, at Otukpo in the Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State. It was gathered that the lawyer who was shot outside his home on Otukpa Street at about 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 20, gave up the ghost today (Thursday),November 21. An eyewitness disclosed that Ofikwu was […]
