Benue State

May 30, (THEWILL) – The Benue State House of Assembly has directed the Ministry of Land and Survey to revoke the adverse title to Revd Fr Moses Orshio Adasu University, Makurdi, for overriding public interest. The House equally directed...

May 29, (THEWILL) – A motion to adopt Governor Hyacinth Alia as the sole governorship candidate in the 2027 general election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress was adopted at the Ibrahim Babangida Square, Makurdi, on Thursday. This...

May 23, (THEWILL) – A cross-section of farmers in Benue State has expressed support for the Tiv Traditional Council’s directive ordering herders to vacate farmlands across the Tiv Kingdom, to allow for full-scale resumption of farming activities. Speaking to...

May 22, (THEWILL) – The Code of Conduct Bureau has expressed deep concern that about ninety percent of political appointees in Benue State have defaulted in the declaration of their assets. The State Director of the Code of Conduct...

May 20, (THEWILL) – Benue State governor, Revd Fr Hyacinth Alia, has expressed deep sadness over the death of Chief Senator Joseph Akaagerger, who died at the age of 69. The Governor described the Retired Lieutenant Colonel Akaagerger, who...

May 16, (THEWILL) – There is a growing tension in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, following the killing of a female student of the Federal University, Wukari, Taraba state, Miss Emmanuela Ahenjir, at the early hours of Friday,...

May 15, (THEWILL) – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, on his 59th birthday, urging him to continue leading the state on the path of healing, progress, and purposeful governance. In a birthday message to...

May 14, (THEWILL) – The District Head of Odugbeho, in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State, Chief Tony Adejo, has been killed by suspected armed herders. The lawmaker, representing Apa/Agatu constituency of Benue state in the House of Representatives,...

May 13, (THEWILL) – The Benue State government says the statement being circulated under the title “Benue Killings: Fulanis, Governor Alia raises N300 Billion to launder image Abroad”, is not only false, but malicious and irresponsible. The allegations were raised...

May 12, (THEWILL) – Governor Hyacinth Alia has identified internal wranglings among political actors as one of the key factors fuelling insecurity in Benue State, even as he called for unity among the people to overcome the crisis. Speaking on...