Tag Archives: Benue

A 72-year-old retired soldier identified as Francis Dooga, has allegedly committed suicide in Makurdi, the Benue State capital.   The deceased allegedly hanged himself on a tree in his residence opposite St. Joseph Catholic Church in Iniongun, a suburb of Makurdi at about 6:00pm on Sunday, January 28, 2024.    …

Troops of 72 Special Force Battalion under 401 Special Brigage commanded by Brig. Gen. A . Rabiu, has rescued the kidnapped Ukum local government caretaker chairman, Rev. Gideon Haanongon Bagu.    The council boss and three other victims were abducted along Anyagba, Tongov, in Katsina-Ala LGA around 6:30 am on …

Operatives of Benue State Police Command have killed two bandits and repelled an attack on Tse Gaagum village in Ukemberegya council ward, Logo Local Government Area of Benue State.      It was gathered that the armed bandits invaded the village in the early hours of Wednesday, January 17, 2024 …

Gunmen suspected to be armed herders invaded communities in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State on Sunday, January 7, and killed seven people.   The gunmen were said to have launched an attack twice in the council area on Sunday, January 7, 2024.   They first attacked a commercial …

A Nigerian man couldn’t marry his girlfriend in Tombu village, Buruku Local Government Area of Benue State because her family insisted on a marriage list with items totaling N1.2m.    The man’s friend, Udam Samuel Aseer, disclosed this in a Facebook post on Friday, January 5, 2024.    

The Idoma Area Traditional Council of Benue State has announced N50,000 as the unified traditional bride price to be paid by a man taking a wife from the tribe.   The paramount ruler of the Idoma nation, the Ochidoma, His Royal Majesty Elaigwu John, who unveiled the decision in his …

The Benue State Police Command has arraigned two brothers Terver Agwa and Terna Agwa, before a Makurdi chief magistrate court for allegedly killing a Gboko-based businesswoman and robbing her of over N490,000.     The suspects, both from Mbapen in Kendev, Tombo community, Buruku Local Government Area of the state, …

An engineer, Martha Kwaghdoo Anderson was brutally killed by armed bandits on the Makurdi-Naka Road in Benue State.   It was gathered that the woman was shot dead by the gunmen while trying to escape a kidnap on Thursday evening, December 28, 2023.  The Naka/Makurdi Road has become notorious for kidnapping.   Some motorists said …

A hit-and-run driver has crushed a woman and her two children to death in the Gboko area of Benue State.   Witnesses said that the incident happened on Wednesday evening, December 27, 2023, while the mother, her children and two other women stood along Old Ban Street, New Road in …

A man has been nabbed for allegedly stealing a goat in Benue State.       One Orturan Zaki-Felix shared photos of the suspect in a Facebook post on Thursday, November 23, 2023.   “Things dey happen! Na person boyfriend be dis. Anyhow e red, no go steal goat to …