An aircraft of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Friday, in Makurdi, Benue State, crashed during training. Edward Gabkwet, the NAF spokesperson, in a statement, said that the trainer aircraft came down during routine training on Friday, adding no death was recorded but two pilots who were on board are currently receiving treatment at the…
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has ordered all government bank accounts frozen. Alia, while making the declaration at his inaugural speech shortly after taking the oath of office at the IBB Square on Monday, said that a ‘Post No Debit’ instruction shall remain in force until all signatories are changed. He said: “May I announce…
Suspected armed herdsmen have reportedly killed at least 18 persons including women and children in an attack on Iye community in Uvir Council Ward of Guma Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state. The Informant247 gathered that the gunmen were said to have beheaded some of the victims and also burnt the remains of several…
The chairman, Benue State Nigeria Labour Congress Terungwa Igbe, has asked the state government to settle all unpaid salaries arrears and pensions of workers. Igbe, who lamented the suffering of workers in the state, made the call at the state secretariat along Otukpo road instead of IBB square, the usual venue where workers celebrate May…
.…as INEC reschedules Kwande LG poll to Tuesday 21 Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), in Benue state has been declared the winner of last Saturday’s governorship elections in the state by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The APC candidate defeated his closest rival, Mr. Titus Uba…
The least of six persons lost their lives in renewed armed herdsmen attack on Umella village in Mbawa Council Ward of Guma Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state. Several persons have reportedly sustained various degrees of injuries, while those who survived the attack have run away from the affected scene, with their family members…
Samuel Ortom of Benue State has blamed the high rate of orphans in the state on incessant herdsmen attacks. Ortom, speaking at the Evangelical Church Winning All, English LCB, Makurdi, during a thanksgiving service by the family of Justice Polycarb Kwahar on Sunday, said orphanages across the state and Internally Displaced Persons’ camps were filled…
No fewer than 550 Pump Action gun cartridges were intercepted by the Joint Border Patrol Team Sector 3, North Central zone of the Nigeria Customs Service in Adikpo Junction, Benue State. The Coordinator of JBPT comprising of four states -Kwara, Niger, Benue and Kogi- Comptroller Olugboyega Peters, speaking at a press held at the Zonal…
Gunmen kidnap varsity students in Benue – The Informant247 Some gunmen have kidnapped some students of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi (FUAM) in Benue State. The school authorities confirmed the incident to Daily Trust, saying an unspecified number of students were taken away at gunpoint on Sunday night. The Director of Information, Protocol, and…
The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has ordered the closure of all boarding schools in the State. THE INFORMANT247 earlier reported a similar move by some states in North West in the wake of the abduction of 333 students from a secondary school in Katsina. Ortom, who announced the decision on Thursday when he…
Following the booing President Muhammadu Buhari received from disgruntled residents of Maiduguri Borno State, during his condolence visit to the city on Wednesday, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in a statement signed by its Spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan has knocked the president, saying such negative reception was a confirmation of the loss of confidence in his…
