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29 Dec
Mr. Emmanuel Agema is the Acting Chairman, Benue Internal Revenue Service (BIRS). In this interview with SAMSON KUKWA-YANOR, he talks about his efforts to improve on the state’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), his challenges and the renewed confidence of the people. As chairman, what is your vision for the board?  My vision here as acting…
20 Dec
The Government has confirmed understanding the severity of the security challenges besetting Nigeria. Consequently, it pledged to end insecurity before the end of next year.
18 Dec
The Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, has said that Police operatives have finally arrested four robbery kingpins who raided three new-generation banks in Otukpo, Benue State. The IGP disclosed this during his last press briefing for the year and meeting with senior field commanders at the police headquarters in Abuja. According to him,…
2 Dec
The Senate has urged the Federal Government to henceforth withhold statutory allocation to local councils without democratically elected leaders.
30 Nov
Benue State Government, yesterday, said the ongoing herders and farmers clash in the state has claimed property, including farmlands, worth more than N425 billion in eight local councils of the state.
20 Nov
The Independent Democratic Monitors (IDM) has welcomed the Appeal Court ruling affirming Hyacinth Alia's victory as the elected governor of Benue State. In a statement signed by Dr. James Bawa, its Executive Secretary, the group said the outcome has laid credence to the governorship tribunal which was also in the favour of Governor Alia and his deputy,…
20 Nov
The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Monday dismissed an appeal brought before it by the Governorship candidate of the People's Democratic Party PDP Titus Uba challenging the election of Hyacinth Alia as the elected Governor of Benue State. The Appellate Court in a unanimous judgment resolved all the three issues formulated for determination against…
14 Nov
Benue State has been ranked Nigeria’s epicentre of human trafficking between 2021 and 2022, with Ondo, Edo, Delta, Kano and Imo states following closely respectively in the infamous list. This was disclosed yesterday by the Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Prof. Fatima Waziri-Azi, in Abuja at the…
8 Nov
Special Adviser to the governor of Benue State on Security and Internal Affairs, Joseph Har, yesterday, ordered the immediate clearance of bushes and clumps along the Makurdi - Lafia road. The Guardian learnt that the Makurdi - Lafia road is notorious for bandits, kidnappers and herders’ attacks with most settlements and communities on the Benue side…
1 Nov
The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, Wednesday affirmed Emmanuel Udende of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the Benue North East Senatorial seat of Benue state. The Benue State National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal led by Justice Ori Zik-Ikeoha had earlier entered judgment in favour of Senator Gabriel Suswam. However,…
30 Oct
Dangote Cement, Gboko plant in Benue State has reached out to orphans, juvenile inmates, women and the aged during its sustainability week. During the week, the company visited the orphanage at Mkar in Gboko Local Council as well as the Juvenile Correctional Centre at Ubangaji, also in Gboko. The high point of the week-long event was…
26 Oct
Barely two weeks after a Benue Links bus was ambushed on the Makurdi-Naka road in Benue, another bus was ambushed in the late hours of Tuesday on the same route and spot.

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