For many older residents of Benue State, memories of the past evoke a bittersweet nostalgia-an era when the state truly lived up to its name as Nigeria's 'food basket' championed by the visionary ...

Plans by Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, to visit Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in Benue State have reportedly been stalled by the state government ...

On Wednesday, June 18, 2025, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was in Benue State for the first time since assuming office two years ago. An unplanned visit necessitated by the massive carnage and ...

In this photo released by the Nigeria State House, Nigeria President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, second from left, visits the victims of of a recent gun attack on a village at the hospital in Benue, north ...

Benue State has seen three other attacks in the past month—on May 25, June 1, and June 12. So, news of the June 13 attack on Yelwata, a Christian farming community two hours north of Markudi ...

Benue State is home to a rich mix of tribes, cultures, and languages. From the Tiv to the Idoma, learn about the unique customs and people that make up the Food Basket of the Nation.

Gunmen killed at least 20 people during an attack on a village in Nigeria's north-central Benue state over the weekend, a local official said. Skip to content Menu Today's paper.

A statement issued by Special Adviser to the President, Bayo Onanuga, said, “President Tinubu will visit Benue State on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, as part of renewed efforts to foster peace and ...

The Catholic bishops in Nigeria’s Onitsha ecclesiastical province have condemned recent attacks in Benue state, which reportedly resulted in the death of some 200 people, and called for fasting ...

After a scene of horror in which around 200 people were "brutally killed" in Yelwata, in Benue state, Nigeria, Pope Leo XIV prayed for the victims, calling it a "terrible massacre." ...

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 16, 2025 / 17:01 pm. Islamist Fulani militants swooped into the town of Yelewata in Nigeria’s Benue state and killed up to 200 Nigerian Christians on Friday in ...