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How Benue government arrested, dethroned...

How Benue government arrested, dethroned Ali Obaje,...

Police investigate ‘killing’ of 400-level...

Police investigate 'killing' of 400-level student The Benue...

How Benue government arrested, dethroned Ali Obaje, the then Atta of Igala

How Benue government arrested, dethroned Ali Obaje, the then Atta of Igala On 8th August, 1977, at the peak of the crisis arising from insubordination to Atta of Igala by Ankpa elites, the government of Benue State invited Aliyu Obaje to Makurdi for a meeting. Upon arrival, Atta was immediately arrested and detained in an undisclosed facility. Later that evening, news broke of the possible arrest of Atta in faraway Makurdi. Idah was tensed, but the actors from Ankpa were not taken unaware as it was apparently a script being played out...
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Crime

Mob beats Benue...

Mob beats Benue pastor, usher to stupor over alleged genital disappearance A mob at the New Layout area of Kanshio in the outskirts of Makurdi town...
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Security

Insecurity: CBN directs...

Insecurity: CBN directs banks to open from 8am to 2pm in Benue State As a precautionary measure to curtail future attacks on commercial banks in...
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Accident

Airforce fighter jet...

Airforce fighter jet crashes in Makurdi during training A fighter jet belonging to the Nigerian Air Force on Friday crashed in Makurdi, Benue State capital. Details...
Salim Sani -
Crime

Police arrest man...

The Benue State Police Command has arraigned a 45-year-old man, Jeremiah Ode, at a Makurdi Magistrate Court for cannibalism. READ ALSO: Police bust ritualist den,...
Kenneth Afor -
Crime

Man bags 9...

Makurdi Magistrates’ Court on Thursday sentenced Igba Msughter, a widower, to nine months imprisonment for stealing 100 tubers of yam worth N80,000 and crates...
Salim Sani -
Crime

Court in Benue...

A Makurdi Magistrates’ Court yesterday ordered that the duo of  Samuel Odeh and Moses Ijuo, be remanded in a correctional centre over alleged attempt...
Aisha Auyo -
Crime

Court in Makurdi...

A Magistrate Court in Makurdi on Tuesday ordered that a teacher, Mernyi Christopher, who allegedly murdered three policemen, be remanded in a correctional centre...
Aisha Auyo -
Crime

Minor raped by...

Story from Kenneth AFOR, LAGOS A 13-year-old girl who sells local food snack, Awara, was on Sunday, October 4, 2020, reportedly raped, left almost lifeless...
Neptune Prime -
Law

Court ends 8-year-old...

An Upper Area Court in Makurdi on Wednesday dissolved the marriage between Jennifer Ojeka and Joseph, on grounds that he starves his wife of...
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