Jubilation greets killing of Benue crime kingpin, Gana
There were jubilation in several parts of Benue State following the reported killing of Terwase Akwaza known as Gana. Gana who terrorised several communities in Benue State was reported to have been killed by soldiers on Tuesday, September 8, three years after Governor Samuel Ortom-led government placed a N10 million bounty on information that could […]
Military kills two armed herdsmen in gun battle in Benue, recovers arms
…declare armed herdsmen terrorist group now – Ortom urges FG By Peter Duru – Makurdi Two members of a gang of suspected armed herdsmen were late Friday night killed in a gun battle with troops of the joint military spike operation code-named Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS, after they reportedly invaded Tse Chembe community in Logo […]
14 bodies now recovered from River Benue after boat mishap ― Police
By Peter Duru – Makurdi The Benue State Command has confirmed the recovery of a total of 14 bodies from River Benue following last Sunday’s tragic boat mishap that claimed the lives of 26 youths in Makurdi. The victims who were children and wards of Mobile Police personnel of the MOPOL 13 in Makurdi were […]
Police recover 14 bodies from Benue River boat mishap
Benue Police Command said it had recovered 14 bodies from the Benue Riverboat mishap which occurred on Sunday. Benue Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Catherine Anene, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Makurdi. The ill-fated boat had on board 23 members of Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in Adeke community, Makurdi, […]
Benue boat mishap: One family lost 5 children, another triplets
Five more bodies were yesterday, recovered from River Benue by local fishermen and the Police taking the number of victims of Sunday’s boat mishap on River Benue at Ijaha community, an outskirt of Makurdi Local Government Area, LGA, to 26.
21 feared dead in boat mishap in Benue
No fewer than 21 persons were feared dead Sunday after a canoe they were traveling in capsized in River Benue. Vanguard gathered that the ill fated locally made boat was conveying mainly members of the ECAN Church Ijaha in Makurdi Local Government Area to a meeting across the river when it sank at Kwaghtan Sule in Guma LGA
