Benue State

April 24, (THEWILL) – The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in charge of Benue State, Professor Sam Egwu, has advocated institutional reforms, attitudinal change and key actors towards the conduct of general elections in Nigeria. Professor Egwu, who featured on...

April 23, (THEWILL) - Irates youths from Konshisha local Government area in Benue State have burried two persons alive for allegedly being behind the thunder strike that had affected one Henry Ihwakaa, wife and a two-week-old child. Ihwakaa, who is...

April 20, (THEWILL) - Benue State government has accused the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, of supporting killings and insecurity in the State, allegedly perpetrated by the “Fulani militia”. Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, made the accusation in a statement...

April 20, (THEWILL) – Benue State Governor-elect, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has released names of his Transition Committee with the former Head of Civil Service of the State, Chief Michael Iordye, as Chairman. The 27-member Committee has been directed to...

April 19, (THEWILL) - The Presidency has accused the outgoing governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, of frustrating all peaceful efforts made towards tackling the security problem in the state. A statement issued on Wednesday, by Senior Special Assistant to...

April 19, (THEWILL) - A wild Hippopotamus allegedly attacked and killed a pregnant woman, along the old bridge crossing point of River Benue, last Tuesday. An eye witness account had it that the said woman had gone that fateful Tuesday,...

April 17, (THEWILL) - Governor Samuel Ortom has expressed optimism that with the resumption of commercial flight operations to Makurdi, Benue State, will raise business and economic activities to the advantage of the state. The governor, who made the disclosure...

April 17, (THEWILL) - Governor Samuel Ortom has inaugurated a five-member committee to investigate the alleged dumping of waste material into River Benue by Pure Biotech Company Limited, Makurdi. Performing the ceremony at the Benue Peoples House, Makurdi, on Monday,...

April 13, (THEWILL) - The Chief Medical Director of First Fertility Hospital, Makurdi, Dr Stephen Hwande, has attributed the rising cases of infertility in the society to late marriage, high alcohol consumption and abortion practices. Hwande, who is a Consultant...

April 13, (THEWILL) - Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has asked the Federal Government to suspend the conduct of the National Population Census until all Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are returned to their ancestral homes. Playing host to a delegation...