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Benue begins resettlement of Yelewata attack victims, enrols 5,883 IDPs in health insurance

Nigeria, March 3 -- The Benue State Government has commenced the resettlement of victims of the 14 June 2025 attack on Yelewata community in Guma Local Government Area, marking the first phase of effo... Read More


Two displaced pregnant women die in Benue host community

Nigeria, March 3 -- Two pregnant internally displaced women have died within five days in Agagbe, Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State, amid concerns over access to healthcare for families u... Read More


Bandits burn cashew-laden vehicle in Kogi's Yagba West

Nigeria, March 2 -- Armed men on Monday set ablaze a vehicle conveying cashew products on the Egbe-Eruku Road in Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State, in the latest security incident reporte... Read More


Terrorists raid Kwara village near Woro, loot shops

Nigeria, March 1 -- Armed men on motorcycles late Saturday stormed Gada Oli, a village near Wawa and a few kilometres from Woro in the Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, shooting into the ai... Read More


Forensic team exhumes 105 bodies from Yelwata mass graves

Nigeria, Feb. 27 -- A federal team of forensic pathologists has exhumed 105 bodies from mass graves in the Yelwata community, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, as part of an ongoing investiga... Read More


SSS arrests suspect in Kogi church abduction

Nigeria, Feb. 27 -- The State Security Service has taken into custody a man accused of coordinating the 14 December 2025 abduction of worshippers at First ECWA Church in Ayetoro-Kiri, Kabba/Bunu Local... Read More


Niger to donate 1,000 hectares to Nigerian Army for veterans' housing

Nigeria, Feb. 25 -- The Niger State Government has pledged to allocate 1,000 hectares of land to the Nigerian Army for a post-service housing development scheme for retired personnel. The Chief Press... Read More


Yahaya Bello, on trial for alleged N80bn fraud, attends APC Summit at Presidential Villa

Nigeria, Feb. 25 -- Yahaya Bello, the former governor of Kogi State standing trial for alleged multi-billion naira fraud, on Tuesday attended the Progressives Governors Forum-Renewed Hope Strategic Su... Read More


Benue launches people-centred security model amid lingering challenges

Nigeria, Feb. 24 -- The Benue State Government on Monday launched a People-Centred Public Safety Programme and adopted it as a statewide security framework, positioning the state as the first in Niger... Read More


Nigerian government begins forensic probe of Yelwata killings

Nigeria, Feb. 24 -- Forensic pathologists from the Federal Ministry of Justice have arrived in Benue State to investigate the June 13, 2025, attack on Yelwata, a community in the Guma Local Government... Read More