Nigeria News » Benue News Nigeria » Benue » Social: ‘I’ve intercepted 573 Benue girls from traffickers, returned over 103 from outside Nigeria since March’ — Acrivist Yaaya
When I asked her to send the remaining girl back home, she went and wrote a petition against me at Zone 2 in Lagos. In Nigeria, if you have money, you can do almost anything ...
News Nigeria » Benue » Social: Benue Secures Federal Approval For Four Snakebite Treatment Centres
Benue State has secured federal approval for four health facilities across its three senatorial districts to serve as Snakebite Treatment Centres, a move expected to improve access to life-saving ...
News Nigeria » Benue » Social: Nigeria: Benue Ranches - Lawyers Alert Threatens Legal Battle Against FG
Lawyers Alert, a legal and human rights organisation, has resolved to institute a legal action against the Federal Government of Nigeria over its reported plan to establish ranches in Benue State as ...
News Nigeria » Benue » Social: Benue 2027: Tinubu, Alia, And the Promise of One Million Votes
From a revived brewery and moribund factories to new bridges, modern healthcare facilities and township roads, a three-day media tour of Benue State has showcased Governor Hyacinth Alia’s development ...
News Nigeria » Benue » Social: Gunmen kill at least 100 people in Nigeria's Benue state, Amnesty International says
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 » Social: Nigeria: Gunmen kill at least 100 in Benue state
Abuja: Gunmen killed at least 100 people in the Yelewata village in Nigeria's Benue state late on Friday, Amnesty International Nigeria said. "Many people are still missing...dozens injured and left ...
News Nigeria » Benue » Social: Nigeria: EU provides additional €250,000 in Humanitarian Aid to displaced populations in Benue and Plateau States
In response to the mass displacement caused by a series of violent attacks by armed groups across Benue and Plateau States of Nigeria, the European Union is releasing an additional €250,000 (over N450 ...
News Nigeria » Benue » Social: EU, UNICEF, ILO, FG launch pound 13m social protection project in Benue
The European Union (EU), in collaboration with UNICEF and the International Labour Organisation (ILO), on Tuesday launched the Supporting Sustainable Social Protection System in Nigeria (SUSI) project ...
News Nigeria » Benue » Social: Nigeria: Benue State and Cattle - From Conflict to Shared Prosperity
"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 » Social: Nigeria: Violence and Widespread Displacement Leave Benue Facing a Humanitarian Disaster
The Nigerian authorities must take urgent steps to avert a humanitarian catastrophe in the central state of Benue where attacks by gunmen have displaced at least 500,000 people, many of whom are ...
News Nigeria » Benue » Social: Benue Governor Hyacinth Alia Meets UK Defence Secretary Wes Streeting at Westminster Parliament
Benue State Governor, His Excellency Rev. Fr. Dr. Hyacinth Iormem Alia, held a brief and cordial interaction with the United Kingdom rsquo;s Secretary of State ...
News Nigeria » Benue » Social: Armed groups kill dozens in Nigeria’s Benue state
At least 74 people were killed in two separate attacks by gunmen this week in Benue state, north central Nigeria, local officials and police have said. Violence has increased in the region in recent ...