Benue Press

Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue state, says suspected herdsmen have killed 492 people in Benue in 2018 alone. Ortom said this on Tuesday during the burial of two Catholic priests – Felix Tyolaha and Joseph Gor – and 17 parishioners killed by gunmen during a raid on Saint Ignatius Parish, Mbalom, Benue. The governor regretted […]

The Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, Most Rev’d. Paulinus Ezeokafor, has claimed that the Fulani herdsmen allegedly killing Nigerians are “acting on a written instruction”. Ezeokafor said the purported inaction and prolonged silence of the Federal Government over the killing of two Catholic priests and 17 worshippers in Benue State was an indication that there […]

Bishop Martins Olorunmolu of the Catholic Diocese of Lokoja on Tuesday led his faithful in a procession to protest against the recent killings of two priests and 17 worshipers in Benue State. The bishop said in Lokoja that there was too much bloodshed in the country. He urged the Federal Government to do something about […]

Nigerian community in the United Kingdom on Tuesday joined Mzough U Tiv United Kingdom, MUTUK in a peaceful protest to the Nigerian High Commission in London over the ongoing killings in Benue State. Many other Nigerians in different parts of the UK and Europe who were either dressed in black or the Tiv traditional attire […]

vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday assured Benue people that the killers of two Catholic priests – Rev Fr. Felix Tyolaha and Rev. Fr Joseph Gor – and 17 parishioners will be brought to book. The priests and parishioners were gunned down on April 24 during a dawn mass at Saint Ignatius Parish, Mbalom community of […]

Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, Tuesday broke down in tears while presenting funeral oration at the mass burial of two Rev fathers and over 15 others in Mbalom, Gwer East LGA of the state. They were among victims of the April 23 attack in the area. Ortom, who fought back tears while giving his speech, […]

Aggreived students of Benue State University, BSU, yesterday, barricaded the main entrance of the institution and took over the Makurdi-Gboko Road, protesting increment of fees. One of the aggrieved students, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said: “How can the management of the university carry on as if they are not aware of the economic […]

There is tension in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, as the two Catholic priests and 17 parishioners slain by suspected herdsmen are scheduled for burial today (Tuesday). Already, Governor Samuel Ortom has declared Tuesday a work-free day to honour the departed. This was just as the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria had directed all Catholic […]

The State, Local Government and Ward Executive members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Benue State on Sunday endorsed Governor Samuel Ortom and Senator George Akume for re-election in 2019. The party took the decision at the Aper Aku Stadium after its state Congress election which returned all the old Exco led by Comrade […]