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According to a facebook user, Two operatives of the NSCDC, Mr Adams Godwin and Abah Patrick have just been killed by Fulani herdsmen at Awange near Kasseyo Town in Guma local govt area of Benue State. This is coming one month after the state buried over 73 victims of herders attack.

- Officials of the FSARS have arrested a Lagos based pastor, Daniel Onwugbufor, in connection with a car snatching syndicate - Onwugbufor was arrested after the police traced a stolen car to his house The Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), Ogun state chapter, has arrested the General Overseer of the God’s Favour Ministry, Iba, Lagos State, Daniel Onwugbufor and an accomplice, Israel Animashaun, for alleged car snatching. Onwugbufor and Animashaun were arrested on February 1 after the police traced a stolen car to the pastor, Premium Times reports. Speaking with journalists on Sunday, the Ogun state police spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi,said that during interrogation, Animashaun confessed that he and two others snatched the vehicle at gun point in Ajah, Lagos state, and took it to the pastor who helps them sell such stolen items. Oyeyemi said the pastor earlier denied knowing that Mr. Animasaun was an armed robber later confessed and blamed his action on the devil. 

Its two years since Gov. Samuel Ortom took over at the helm of affairs of Benue state. The Governor met a state in total shamble, virtually all spheres of the state was in dire need of intervention, Civil servants owed several months salaries, the state owned university and other tertiary institutions all on strike, Fulani herdsmen constantly breaching peace and wrecking havoc beyond human comprehension in the southern Benue valley and other parts of the state, Infrastructure lying in total decayance and corruption in high places sailed una batted. When Ortom took over, of course the hopes of the Benue people was high, their aspirations, expectations surging up to the high heavens. It is on the records of the activities, actions and inactions of the Gov. Ortom Led administration that characterize our Benue story. After two years of APC stewardship, here is our story to the world. First, the strike embarked upon then by the state university was not sincerely taken care...

An unnamed agent of NairaBet, a sports betting platform, has killed himself after he could not pay a customer who allegedly won a N600k bet. The Punch reports that residents of Obadeyi Ajala woke up on Wednesday, May 24, to find the remains of the young man dangling from a rope in an uncompleted shop at Ajala bus stop, on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.  A resident, Monday Gabriel, told our correspondent on the telephone that the girlfriend of the deceased, who fainted the moment she saw his remains, gave an account of what could have prompted him to kill himself. He said: “I was going to my workplace around 8am when I saw people around three uncompleted shops in Ajala bus stop. On getting there, I saw the corpse of a young man in one of the shops dangling from a rope.  “As we wondered what could have made him to kill himself, a lady, who later identified herself as his girlfriend, arrived at the scene and fainted on sighting the corpse. We poured water on her. “When she r...

A fraudulent Nigerian blogger has landed in trouble after allegedly defrauding a UK-based activist the sum of N2.2million. A Nigerian blogger, Apeh Peterhot has been arrested by the Nigerian Police in Lagos, according to a report by DailyPost. The Benue born Blogger had allegedly opened a facebook pseudo account in the name of Queen Ann Ochoga and used it to defraud Mr. Philip Agbese, to the tune of N2.2m. Also, an innocent pregnant woman, Ann Johnson, was implicated in the said transaction after the blogger, while trying to cover his tracks cunningly used her bank account details, under the pretence that he had issues with his BVN. He was however caught after the pregnant woman turned herself in at the police station and made confessional statement. The culprit, who has been on the run for days, was arrested Tuesday afternoon, following a coordinated operation of civilians and undercover policemen, following a tip off. He is currently being held at Idimu Police Station, A...

Following the passage of the Open Rearing and Grazing bill into law by the Benue State House of Assembly on Thursday, May 4, Governor Samuel Ortom has, Monday 22 May, assented to the bill into law. Governor Ortom, who, at a stakeholders’ meeting in Makurdi, the Benue State capital on Monday, said the bill is a welcome development in the state and vowed to protect the state from intruders and criminals. According to the bill, “Nobody will be permitted to carryout open grazing outside the permitted ranches. “Any person who contravene this act shall be guilty and upon conviction be sentenced to 5 years imprisonment with a fine of 1 million. “Where damage is done to the crops the farm will be evaluated and the manager of the livestock be compelled to pay. “Movement of livestock on foot within the state is hereby prohibited. Any person who contravene this shall pay be sentenced to one year imprisonment or pay a fine of 500k. “Any livestock owner or manager who carries fire arms...