INVESTIGATION: How criminals exploited Benue’s conflicts to traffic children, women
Conflict, displacement and economic hardship in Benue State have created conditions that traffickers exploit to traffic children and women.
Tag: Ukum Local Government Area
Jealous woman allegedly burns lover’s kids to death
The Police have arrested one Mbalumen Ikyenge for allegedly setting ablaze the house of Aondoyima Ierkwagh, leading to the death ...
Army rescues two kidnapped persons in Benue
Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke have rescued two kidnapped victims in Ukum LGA, as security agencies intensify operations across Benue ...
![A pick-up van conveying goods to Zaki-Biam International Market in Ukum, Benue State, razed by the bandits during the deadly attack on Akpuuna village in July 2023. [Photo Credit: Ameh Ejekwonyilo]](https://i0.wp.com/media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2024/02/20230902_182116-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1442&ssl=1)
SPECIAL REPORT: How local militias are ruining lives, property in Benue
Armed conflicts in Benue State in Nigeria's North-central region have not received media attention commensurate with the scale of the ...
Kidnapped Benue commissioner freed
Information Commissioner, Matthew Abo, was kidnapped from his residence in Zaki-Biam on Sunday, 24 September by some armed men in ...
Governor fumes as gunmen kill ‘scores’ in Benue community
Tersoo Kula, the spokesperson of Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue, said the governor condemned the 'unprovoked attack'.
Benue faces healthcare crisis after govt scraps doctors placement programme
The state is facing a shortage of doctors five years after the government scrapped a programme that sponsored medical students ...
Atiku to tour states affected by floods
Atiku also expressed sadness over the reoccurring herders/farmers clashes in Benue State.
