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The Vice Chancellor of Benue State University, Professor Moses Msugh Kembe has stated that students with carry overs were the mastermind of the protest that rocked the institution yesterday. ''The protest that took place yesterday (friday) was masterminded by students with many carry overs, who are not sure they will graduate and want to frustrate the whole system. The students had locked all entries to the school and barred the management and lecturers from entering the campus because they were stopped from writing their examination for failing to pay school fees. Some students who spoke to us on condition of Anonymity, said they could not pay their fee due to the inability of the state government to pay their parents salary. The VC said those who involved in the protest did so out of fear, ''They had no reason to embark on the protest, it is some of them that are behind in their academic performance that staged the protest so as to prolong their stay in school...

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.