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Benue, Headlines, State News
Saturday, July 6th, 2013
By Peter Duru, Makurdi …As house of ex Benue Ho S razed… No fewer than 20 people were Friday feared dead in an outbreak of conflict between Tiv farmers and nomadic Fulani herdsmen at Nzorov ward, in Guma Local Government Area of Benue state. Sources told Saturday Vanguard hat the entire Nzorov ward in Iyordye […]
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Benue, Headlines, State News
Monday, May 13th, 2013
By Citizen Ochu James No fewer than 20 people Weekend lost their lives and several property destroyed in Okpancheni and Ekwo area of Agatu local government of Benue state when unknown gunmen numbering about 19 invaded the area. According to an eye witness, the incident occurred at about 6:00 am on sunday, when the hoodlums […]
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Akwa Ibom, Benue, Katsina, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Thursday, March 7th, 2013
…2015: We need prayers – Anenih From TAIWO AMODU, Abuja Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Board of Trustees, (BoT), Chief Tony Anenih, said yesterday that with prayers, the ruling party will survive its present challenges and retain its position in the polity. Anenih disclosed this to journalists shortly after a closed-door meeting with […]
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Benue, Headlines, State News
Saturday, January 26th, 2013

People of Tse-Alaaigyu, Ikyaghev district of Naka, Gwer West local government area of Benue State are yet to come out of the shock and unbelief that trailed the heinous killings of five of their kinsmen by a lunatic, Edwin Gyado, who suddenly ran amok and beheaded his unsuspecting victims. Edwin, a 27 year old graduate […]
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American Politics, Benue, Headlines, Raw Politics, State News
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013

By SaharaReporters, New York The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Benue State has vehemently denounced a foreign award conferred on the governor of Benue State, Mr. Gabriel Toruwa Suswam by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center in the United States. In a statement, the party advised the management of the Center, which is located […]
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Africa & World Politics, Bayelsa, Benue, Headlines, Kogi, State News
Sunday, January 13th, 2013
To build capacity in disaster management The Republic of Korea has donated 20 rice mills worth $200,000 to three flood affected states-Benue,Kogi and Bayelsa- to cushion the effect of the disaster. Ten of the mills are for Benue while five each go to Kogi and Bayelsa States. Each of the mills is capable of processing […]
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Benue, Headlines, State News
Friday, December 14th, 2012
Y PETER DURU MAKURDI — A 16-year-old boy, Terseer Iorparegh, was yesterday caught stuck in a high tension cable while attempting to vandalize the PHCN cable along Naka road in Makurdi. Vanguard gathered from the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Gabriel Suswam on Public Utilities, Mr. Gaddafi Asemanya who was at the scene said residents […]
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Benue, Headlines, State News
Thursday, October 18th, 2012
Nomadic Muslim herdsmen attacked a Christian village in central Nigeria over long-running land disputes, killing at least 30 people in their latest assault, police said Wednesday. The attack in Benue state comes as a bomb exploded Wednesday in northeast Nigeria, apparently killing a police officer and sparking reprisal attacks by the military in the region, […]
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Benue, State News
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
ABOUT 10 persons were feared dead,with property worth millions of naira destroyed in a renewed hostility between inhabitants of Ojantele and Ijegwu communities in Otukpo and Obi local government areas of Benue State. Nigerian Tribune learnt that fighting erup-ted between the border communities on Tuesday night, following a land dispute adjoining the warring neighbours. The […]
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Benue, Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), State News
Monday, July 30th, 2012
NO fewer than two ‘B’ National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members were confirmed dead and 11 others seriously injured in a ghastly motor accident on Tuesday in Gbor, Gwer-East Local Council of Benue State. The NYSC members who were travelling in a 14- seater bus belonging to Anglican Church, Diocese of Otukpo had just collected […]