Benue State

November 19, (THEWILL) - Assailants suspected to be loyalists of late Gana’s second-in-command, Azonto, have attacked a Community Volunteer Guards checkpoint in Tor-Donga, Katsina-Ala local government area of Benue State, killing seven people and injuring five others. Among those...

November 13, (THEWILL) - Heavily armed men have reportedly attacked Mbayatyo Mbater council world of Logo Local Government Area of Benue State during a wake-keep, killing an unspecified number of mourners and leaving several others injured. The incident occurred Saturday...

November 03, (THEWILL) - Four deposit money banks - First City Monument Bank Plc, (FCMB)  and Wema Bank - have complied with the court order to freeze all accounts of  the Benue state government over indebtedness to the Asset...

September 30, (THEWILL) - The chief of staff to Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state, Tewase Orbunde, on Thursday tendered his resignation to enable him vie for the governorship of the state in 2023. THEWILL  gathered that his resignation is...

"2023 is a different election season. Don't jump in because you want power. Benue must be your passion. If you can't say 'no' to the killings, withdraw NOW!" -Peters Ichull In April this year, I published an opinion in a...

September 19, (THEWILL) - Dr Mathias Byuan is a business man, politician and philanthropist who owns Byuan Resources, a conglomorate with its headquarters In Abuja. Byuan ran for the Benue North-East Senatorial election in 2011 on the platform of the...

August 29, (THEWILL) - Prof Terhemba Shija is a governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State. In this interview with AUSTINE JOR, he speaks on his ambition to govern the state. Excerpts: You are aspiring to...

July 30, (THEWILL) - Some armed men suspected to be kidnappers, have abducted Mrs. Ann Unenge, wife of Benue Commissioner for Lands and Survey, in Makurdi, the  state capital. A relation of the commissioner told newsmen that Ann Unenge  was ...

July 21, (THEWILL) - A 36-year-old lady, Chioma Afam, who uses multiple identities and wears the hijab to evade security scrutiny, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Benue State. Chioma was arrested along...

June 20, (THEWILL)- Police authorities in Benue State say 14 bandits were killed following an attempted attack on a police station on Sunday morning. A spokesperson for Benue police, Catherine Anene, said in a statement that the gunmen numbering about...