It is common knowledge that the coming of the Benue state Open Grazing Prohibition Law of May 2017 and the enforcement of same which commenced in November of that year, the state has enjoyed some amount of relative peace from persistent attacks by armed herders when compared to what transpired before the coming of the law.

By Peter Duru – Makurdi A housewife, Mrs Roseline Aondona was Wednesday arraigned by the Police before a Makurdi Chief Magistrate Court for allegedly violating the Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law of Benue State. The Prosecuting Police Officer, Inspector Gabriel Agbadu had in his First Information Report, FIR, informed the court that one […]

There is utter outrage and disquiet in Benue state at the moment over the spate of communal crisis and herdsmen attacks in parts of the state in the last few weeks amid the scourge of the novel Coronavirus pandemic that has precipitated a sharp downturn in the economic fortunes of the ordinary man.

The Police Command in Benue on Wednesday confirmed an attack on Tse-Haaga village, Mbabai in Guma Local Government area of the state by unknown gunmen.

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State says he has no regrets revealing the identity of the state’s COVID-19 index case, Mrs. Susan Okpe, despite the uproar the issue has generated.