The Zone 7 Police Headquarters in Abuja said it has arrested a suspect linked with the Aug. 2024 kidnap of 21 medical students in Benue. The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of zone 7, Mr. Benneth Igweh said this during a media briefing on Tuesday in Abuja. Igweh said the suspect and two…

The Benue Government says it would take over payment of tuition fees for all Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) studying in tertiary institutions. Mr James Iorpuu, the Permanent Secretary (PS), Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management/State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), made the disclosure on Tuesday in Makurdi. Iorpuu said the government was already collating data…

The Benue Government has confirmed the outbreak of rabies virus in Kwande and Gboko Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. Dr. Aondoakaa Asambe, Director General (DG), Benue Bureau of Livestock Development and Transboundary Animal Diseases Control, made the disclosure on Monday in Makurdi. Asambe said the bureau was alerted to suspected rabies cases following…

Gov. Hyacinth Alia of Benue has assured 2,200 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members deployed to the state for the 2024 Batch ‘C’ Stream II orientation course of adequate security. Alia gave the assurance on Friday during the swearing-in ceremony of the new corps held at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp at Wanune in the…

The Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has disbursed a total of N136 million in student loans to students of Joseph Sarwan Tarka University in Makurdi, Benue State. The latest disbursement will witness a total of 2,222 students of the institution receive financial support through the loan scheme. A statement by the media office of the…

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on January 12, 2025, carried out a successful raid on an illegal weapons manufacturing factory at Tse Akamabe Area of Kwande LGA, Benue State. According to a statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the operation led to the recovery of nine locally fabricated pistols, one…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Benue Command, on Wednesday, said that no fewer than 15 suspects, were arrested for various crimes during the yuletide. Mr. Michael Ejelikwu, the Public Relations Officer (PRO), for the command, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Makurdi. Ejelikwu who said that…

Benue Government has launched School Improvement Loans (SIL) scheme to support private school owners meet the set education standards in the state. Dr. Terna Francis, the Director-General, Bureau for Education Quality Assurance (BEQA), said at the launch of the scheme in Makurdi on Wednesday that the initiative is in partnership with NOVUS Microfinance Bank. He…

The Benue State Command of the Nigerian Police Force says it has uncovered two gun manufacturing factories in Guma and Kwande local government areas of the state. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Steve Yabanet, made the disclosure in a statement on Tuesday in Makurdi. Yabanet said that following the peaceful Christmas and New Year celebration,…

The Benue State Government has taken steps to address the incessant herders/farmers clashes and other challenges associated with livestock development. Dr. Aondoakaa Asambe, Director-General (D-G), Bureau of Livestock Development and Transboundary Animal Diseases Control, said on Tuesday in Makurdi that Gov. Hyacinth Alia is determined to ensure peaceful coexistence of farmers and herders. Asamabe said…

Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has assured stakeholders that farmers in the state are set to begin full-scale cultivation this year.

The Governor of Benue State, Hyacinth Alia, has signed the 2025 appropriation bill into law. The budget, tagged Human Capital Development, Food Security and the Digital Economy, is estimated to be N550,112,988,930.45. The signing, which coincided with the launching of the state’s much-anticipated 10-year Development Plan as well as the launch of the State Nutrition…