Benue State

The Benue State Security Council has advised the state government to make provision for satellite phones and Internet-based communication radios/gadgets, especially to the communities where there are no mobile communication networks to enhance quick transmission of information to security...

May 03, (THEWILL) – The Transition Committee of the Benue State Governor-elect, Revd Fr Hycinth Alia, has expressed concern over the delay in the release of handover reports by the Samuel Ortom-led State Government. A statement signed by the...

April 27, (THEWILL) - The 56-member transition committee, comprising members of the committee set up by Governor Samuel Ortom and that of the governor-elect, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, has expressed satisfaction with its inaugural meeting, which was held at...

April 26, (THEWILL) - Gunmen, suspected to be herdsmen militia, have attacked Opaha community, Edikwu Ward 2, in Apa Local Government Area of Benue State, killing at least 15 persons including a military officer. A native of the community told...

April 26, (THEWILL) - Operatives of Benue State Environmental Sanitation Authority (BENSESA), have arrested three teenage prostitutes, alongside a man, who was making love with one of their colleagues while they watched. The General Manager of the Authority, Mr Solomon...

April 26, (THEWILL) - Armed herdsmen have continued with their terrorist act, with two soldiers and fifteen villagers falling victim in Tuesday's assault on three communities in Apa Local Government Area of Benue State. THEWILL gathered that the coordinated attacks...

April 25, (THEWILL) - Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has charged the Governor-elect, Revd Fr Hycinth Alia, not to neglect the plight of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), but rather liaise with the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the...

April 25, (THEWILL) - The Benue State Coordinator of National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), Mr Iormough Daniel Iorzua, has confirmed the final sealing off of Ethanol Company facility in Makurdi metropolis, and not Senator Iyorchia Ayu's...

April 25, (THEWILL) - The Ward Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) in Edikwu Council Ward, Apa Local Government Area of Benue State, Nathaniel Ochoche, has been reported killed. Ochoche was killed in an ambush by suspected armed herdsmen militia...

April 24, (THEWILL) – Gunmen, suspected to be herdsmen militia, have killed four mourners at Ankpali village in Edikwu District of Apa Local Government Area of Benue State. A source in the community said the victims, who were natives...