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Gunmen broke into Ikpomolokpo palace in Gege ward of Ado Local Government Area in Benue State in the early hours of Monday, killing the son of the monarch while his daughter was whisked away.

NBC queries Channels TV over Governor Ortom’s interview

The Police in Benue on Sunday said a robbery suspect was set ablaze by an angry mob while attempting to steal a motorcycle in Makurdi.

An entire village was destroyed and burnt down as two communities, Mbamar and Ugambe, in Konshisha LGA of Benue State, fight over a piece of land.

The Nigerian Army claims to have arrested a suspected Boko Haram member said to have been the mastermind of “most of the recent attacks in Benue State.”

Unknown gunmen have again invaded a church in Benue, shooting seven people dead in Logo local government area (LGA) of the state on Thursday morning April 26th.

The House of Representatives on Wednesday summoned President Muhammadu Buhari to appear before it to explain the spate of killings in many parts of the country.

A mobile policeman has allegedly shot dead a pregnant woman at the camp for Internally Displaced Persons, IDP, at Daudu, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. Two others were said to be shot and in critical conditions. Tribune identified the pregnant woman as Queen Zoho and said she was killed during a protest by some youths on police manhandling …

The Benue State Police Command, on Wednesday rescued 23 victims of suspected human trafficking while they were being conveyed from Buruku Local Government Area of the state to an unknown destination. State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, disclosed this when he paraded one Prince Masenenger Tar as the suspected trafficker who was conveying the 23 people out of the state …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday during a meeting with some stakeholders at the Government House in Makurdi, the Benue State capital said he is not aware that the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, left Benue State for Nasarawa State after he was ordered to relocate to the state. President Buhari had on January 9, ordered the Inspector General …