No fewer than 18 prison inmates at the Makurdi Medium Correctional Centre have been granted pardon while 15 others were given bail without strigent conditions by Justice Maurice Ikpambese-led Administration of Criminal Justice Monitoring Committee in Benue state.

The caretaker chairman of Gwer West Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue State, Henry Agba, has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on the LGA following the bloody clashes of rival cult gangs that have claimed two lives in the area. 

Suspected armed herdsmen have reportedly hacked three farmers to death at Ogbaulu community in Agatu Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue State. 

Gunmen who kidnapped Mrs Abigail Orbunde, the wife of Terwase Orbunde, a former Chief of Staff to the immediate past governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, along with their housemaid, Patience Ogute, have requested a ransom of N100 million for their release.

Rev Father Hyacinth Iormem Alia, born May 15, 1966, has been the governor of Benue State since 29 May 2023.

No fewer than 10 occupants of a commercial bus travelling from Wukari in Taraba State to Gboko in Benue State have been ambushed and kidnapped by unknown armed men in Jootar, Ukum, Local Government Area, LGA, of the state.

Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has ordered the immediate suspension of all mining activities in the state pending the compilation of the data of miners operating in the state.

Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has condemned the politicisation of the security crisis in the state and urged those behind the practice, both within and outside the state, to desist. 

The invaders were also reported to have razed over 50 houses, huts, farmlands, and food barns in 11 settlements in the attack. 

The military has vowed to clamp down on herdsmen who are violating the Benue State Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranch Establishment Law.