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Benue Digital Infrastructure Company Wins Best State ICT Agency Award, Showcases Digital Transformation Leadership

Dooyum Naadzenga 12 October 2025 0

The Benue Digital Infrastructure Company (BDIC) PLC has been nationally recognized as the “Best State ICT Agency” at the Nigeria GovTech Public Service Awards 2025, held October 9-10 at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The award celebrates BDIC’s outstanding role in driving digital governance

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Violence threatens Benue’s role as Nigeria’s food basket – SBM Report

Awwal Owolabi 17 September 2025 0

Benue state’s status as Nigeria’s food basket is under threat due to unending violence that has killed thousands and forced farmers off their land, according to a new report by SBM Intelligence, a geopolitical research and consulting firm. The report, A Cycle of Carnage: Displacement, Insecurity, and the Failure of Governance in Benue State, says […]

Crime

DSS arraigns nine suspects over Benue, Plateau killings

Andrew Orolua 4 September 2025 0

The Department of State Services (DSS) on Wednesday arraigned nine suspects before a federal high court in Abuja over their alleged involvement in recent killings in Benue and Plateau states. The suspects face charges ranging from murder to unlawful possession of firearms and reprisal attacks. Two men, Haruna Adamu and Muhammad Abdullahi from Awe LGA, […]

Politics

Alia dissolves Benue executive council, appoints Moses Atagher as chief of staff

Vincent Afolabi 31 July 2025 0

Hyacinth Alia, governor of Benue, has dissolved the state’s executive council, relieving all commissioners of their appointments. The announcement was made on Wednesday after the 12th executive council meeting. In a statement issued in Makurdi, Tersoo Kula, chief press secretary to the governor, confirmed the dissolution. In a related development, Moses Atagher, former

Opinion

We are not refugees, we are forgotten: Benue’s IDPs cry out amid endless violence, squalor, and broken promises

Dooyum Naadzenga 30 July 2025 0

In Makurdi’s International Market Camp, suffering hangs thick in the air, as evident as the dust layered on the makeshift beds where Benue’s internally displaced people attempt to rest. Children dart barefoot across refuse-strewn yards, their joyless laughter quickly muted by the cries of new mothers and the weary groans of the ill. These camps, […]

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Unpaid Arrears: Benue doctors, dentists set to embark on indefinite strike

Ihesiulo Grace 7 December 2021 0

By Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja Medical doctors and dentists under the aegis of National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners (NAGGMDP) in Benue State have threatened an indefinite strike in Benue State over unpaid arrears. In a letter addressed to the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, the group listed six issues its members have […]

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We’ll no longer keep quiet over Ortoms’ misrule in Benue State – APC

Ihesiulo Grace 2 December 2021 0

Tom Okpe, Abuja The Benue State branch of the All Progressives’ Congress, (APC) has said it will not afford to keep quiet over Governor Samuel Ortoms’ misrule in the state saying it will continue to lend its voice on current state of affairs especially as it concerns state governance. In a statement, made available to […]

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Unpaid AMCON loan: Court orders Benue workers’ salary accounts to be unfrozen

Ihesiulo Grace 5 November 2021 0

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered that the salary accounts of Benue State workers be unfrozen, following a plea by the state government over inability to pay workers’ salaries. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order after the application for lease of salary accounts and verifying affidavit was moved by counsel to the state […]

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Benue 2022 appropriation bill of N155.61bn passes 2nd reading

Ihesiulo Grace 4 November 2021 0

Benue Financing , Recurrent and Capital Expenditure Appropriation Bill of N155,611,390,265 for the 2022 fiscal year, on Thursday passed the second reading on the floor of the Benue State House of Assembly, in Makurdi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the recurrent expenditure of the bill is N98,792,082,431.34, while capital expenditure stands at […]

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4 banks complied with order on freezing Benue govt accounts -AMCON tells court

Ihesiulo Grace 2 November 2021 0

Four commercial banks in the country have complied with the order of a Federal Hig Court, Abuja, directing the freezing of all bank accounts of Benue Government. The four banks include First City Monument Bank Plc, Standard Charterred Bank Ngeria, Suntrust Bank Nigeria Ltd, and Wema Bank Plc. Counsel to the Asset Management Corporation of […]

Politics

Benue: Over 500 killed in Zaki-biam during Akume’s regime as gov – Group alleges

Ihesiulo Grace 6 September 2021 0

Kingsley Chukwuka A Spokesman for a group known as Jemgba Peace Advocate, Mr Tyohemba Lorsue, has alleged that over 500 people were killed in the community of Zaki-biam in Benue State, during the regime of George Akume as governor. Our correspondent recalled that a face-off with locals and the Army in Zaki-biam led to the […]

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GOV ORTOM TO PRESIDENCY: Focus on ending insecurity, fix economy instead of attacking me

Ihesiulo Grace 27 August 2021 0

*You, not Benue gov spreading division, hate, PDP replies Presidency By Kajo Martins, Makurdi Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Thursday, asked the Presidency to focus on ending the killings of innocent Nigerians as well as fix the nation’s economy instead of attacking him. Governor Ortom said this in reaction to the Presidency’s response on […]

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Grazing reserves: Ortom, Afenifere slam Buhari

Ihesiulo Grace 21 August 2021 0

*President turning Nigeria to cow republic, says Benue gov *Approval a waste of taxpayers’ money, sweet pipe dream — Afenifere Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom and the Pan Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Friday, berated President Muhammadu Buhari over his swift approval of recommendations of a committee to review 368 grazing sites across 25 states […]

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Benue security council warns criminals against instigating crisis in Bonta, Ukpute communities

Ihesiulo Grace 28 July 2021 0

Kajo Martins, Makurdi The efforts of the Benue State Security Council to ensure sustainable peace between the Bonta and Ukpute communities living at the border areas of Konshisha and Oju Local Government Areas has ended with a warning to criminals against instigating crisis in the two communities. The security meeting was attended by members of […]

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20 slain, many injured in Benue attack

Ihesiulo Grace 8 June 2021 0

Twenty persons were confirmed killed and many others wounded after marauders attacked Odugbeho village in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State. Confirming the attack, a witness from Odugbeho identified as Isaac Oche said: “the suspected herdsmen invaded our village around 5:45 pm and started shooting sporadically, killing anyone on sight and disappeared around 6:40

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About 100 killed in Benue villages

Ihesiulo Grace 25 May 2021 0

No fewer than 100 persons have been reported killed in four council wards of Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State at the weekend after gunmen unleashed terror on communities. It was gathered that over 100 dead bodies have been recovered from many villages in the four wards which the gunmen attacked simultaneously between Saturday […]

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Ortom disbands vigilante group, as volunteer guards take off in Benue

Ihesiulo Grace 24 May 2021 0

KAJO MARTINS, MAKURDI Benue state Governor Samuel Ortom has proscribed Vigilante groups illegally operating in the state and directed that anyone seen wearing uniform be arrested and prosecuted with immediate effect. The Governor said the Benue State Volunteer Guards, which law was enacted in the year 2000 and was recently adopted for full enforcement by […]

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Buhari condemns killings in Benue, Anambra, cautions against reprisal

Ihesiulo Grace 5 May 2021 0

Kamarudeen Ogundele, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has strongly condemns the killing of 11 people in Gwer West Local Government of Benue State and the reprisals on innocent people by mobs that blocked roads to unleash terror and violence. “I totally condemn this latest unprovoked violence and counter-attacks on innocent people that had nothing to do […]

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BREAKING: Benue IDPs’ Camp Attacked,7 Killed

Ihesiulo Grace 27 April 2021 0

On Tuesday, gunmen attacked Abagena community housing Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Makurdi local government area of Benue State, killing seven people and injuring several more. On Tuesday morning, enraged young people protested on the Makurdi-Lafia route, blocking the roads with the bodies of those who had died. According to a statement released on […]

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BREAKING: Unknown Gunmen Abduct Benue University Students

Ihesiulo Grace 26 April 2021 0

Some students from the Federal University of Agriculture in Makurdi (FUAM) in Benue State have been kidnapped by gunmen. The school authority announced on Monday that an unspecified number of students from the institution were taken away at gunpoint on Sunday. Mrs Rosemary Waku, Director of the Information, Protocol and Public Relations Unit (IPPR), made […]