The Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has deployed 23 Local Government coordinators to drive an aggressive grassroots mobilisation campaign across the state under the Renewed Hope Ambassadors initiative. The coordinators, …
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The Benue State Government has intensified efforts to curb rising maternal deaths and address gender-based vulnerabilities as it seeks expanded technical and programmatic support from the United Nations Population Fund …
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bemgba Iortyom, has formally joined the 2027 Benue governorship race with the backing of former governor Samuel Ortom. Iortyom, a long-standing …
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State has reaffirmed the Comrade Austin Agada-led State Executive Committee for another four-year term following the party’s state congress. The congress, which drew …
The Benue State government has said it disbursed N1.275 billion in donations towards the resettlement of victims of the Yelwata attack and other displaced communities, with implementation already 85 percent …
Two persons have been killed in renewed attacks on some communities in Apa Local Government Area of Benue State. The Chairman of Apa LGA, Adams Ocheiga, confirmed that the victims …
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has concluded its ward and local government congresses in Benue State, with the congress committee declaring the exercise peaceful, transparent and hitch-free. Chairman of the …
At least 70 percent of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Benue State lack access to safe water, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), as the Federal Government reaffirmed …
The Jos Electricity Distribution Plc (JED) has accused soldiers attached to the Nigerian Army School of Military Engineering (NASME) in Makurdi of assaulting one of its staff members at the …
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Army Deploys Special Forces to Boost Security in Benue, Others
by Winnie Onuby Winnie OnuThe Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Waidi Shuaibu, has deployed troops of the COAS Special Intervention Battalion XV to reinforce the Joint Task Force Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) in …