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News Nigeria » Benue » Places: Alia under fire as new governance ranking places Benue amongst Nigeria’s worst-performing states

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/alia-under-fire-as-new-governance-ranking-places-benue-amongst-nigeria-s-worst-performing-states/ar-AA24Jx9S

Published on: Wednesday 03 June 2026

Governor Hyacinth Alia has come under renewed criticism following the release of a new national governance ranking that placed Benue State among the worst-performing states in Nigeria, with critics ...

News Nigeria » Benue » Places: Gunmen kill at least 100 people in Nigeria's Benue state, Amnesty International says

News channel or source: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/gunmen-kill-least-100-people-nigerias-benue-state-amnesty-international-says-2025-06-14/

Published on: Saturday 14 June 2025

June 14 (Reuters) - At least 100 people have been killed in an attack by gunmen on a village in Nigeria's central Benue state, Amnesty International Nigeria said Saturday. The attack took place from ...

News Nigeria » Benue » Places: Nigeria: Benue State and Cattle - From Conflict to Shared Prosperity

News channel or source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202608280024.html

Published on: Thursday 27 August 2026

"When brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits their father's estate." This African proverb warns of the peril facing farmers and pastoralists in Benue state. There was a time when the ...

News Nigeria » Benue » Places: Benue Governor Alia Wins 2026 Digital Governor of the Year Award

News channel or source: https://zalebs.com/business/benue-governor-alia-wins-2026-digital-governor-of-the-year-award/

Published on: Wednesday 14 October 2026

Nigeria’s Bureau of Public Service Reforms honours Hyacinth Alia for Benue’s technology-driven push to modernise public administration statewide.

News Nigeria » Benue » Places: Suspended Priest Takes Charge of Nigeria’s Strife-Torn Benue State

News channel or source: https://www.ncregister.com/cna/suspended-priest-takes-charge-of-nigeria-s-strife-torn-benue-state

Published on: Sunday 02 July 2023

Before his run for governor, Father Alia was best known for his healing ministry. The campaign poster for Father Hyacinth Iormen Alia alluded to his well-known healing ministry. (Photo: Courtesy photo ...

News Nigeria » Benue » Places: Precolonial trade links between southeastern Nigeria and the Benue Valley

News channel or source: https://www.si.edu/object/siris_sil_914498

Published on: Thursday 29 December 2022

Little is known about the precolonial trade links between southeastern Nigeria and the Benue Valley, the histories of the ethnic groups (Igbo, Igala, Idoma especially), and their interrelationships ...