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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · John Charles

    Hoodlums kill Benue NDC chair (opens the original)

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    Suspected hoodlums have killed the chairman of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Fiidi Council Ward in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State, Igbu Terhemen. According to sources, Terhemen was said to have been attacked and left unconscious in a bush near his residence around the NNPC Depot, along the Makurdi-Otukpo Road, on the outskirts of Makurdi, the state capital, on Tuesday evening. A friend of the deceased, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the deceased left his residence on

  2. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · John Charles

    Benue NDC condemns ward chairman's murder (opens the original)

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    The Nigeria Democratic Congress, Benue State Chapter, has condemned the gruesome murder of the party’s Fiidi Ward Council Chairman in Makurdi Local Government Area of the state, Igbu Terhemen. Igbu was reportedly attacked by suspected hoodlums, who allegedly tied him with ropes, injected him with substances suspected to be poisonous and abandoned him near his residence at around the NNPC depot along the Makurdi-Otukpo Road. The State Publicity Secretary of the party, Agile Bem, disclosed this in

  3. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · John Charles

    Benue women protest abduction of 18 residents (opens the original)

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    Several women from the Tyomu community in the Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State on Tuesday thronged the Makurdi/Gboko highway to protest the abduction of 18 people from their community. The women were reported to have blocked the highway, calling on the state government to secure the release of their community members. Among the 18 people abducted, eight of them were reported to be women. They were reported to have been kidnapped on Friday along the Adoka-Ankpa road while travelling t

  4. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · John Charles

    Women protest abduction of 18 residents in Benue (opens the original)

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    Several women from the Tyomu community in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State on Tuesday thronged the Makurdi-Gboko Highway to protest the abduction of 18 people from their community. The women were reported to have blocked the highway, calling on the state government to secure the release of their community members. Among the 18 people reportedly abducted, eight were women. They were reportedly kidnapped on Friday along the Adoka-Ankpa Road while travelling to Kogi State for a burial.

  5. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · John Charles

    12-hour downpour floods Makurdi communities (opens the original)

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    Several communities in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, were flooded following a downpour that lasted for about 12 hours from Sunday night into Monday. The rainfall, which began on Sunday night, continued into Monday, leaving some houses and streets submerged. PUNCH Metro learnt that the affected areas included Achusa, Rice Mill in Wadata, Idye and Naka Road. The flooding was reportedly worsened by ongoing road construction and uncompleted drainage channels, some of which overflowed into adjoin

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