(Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia. Photo Credit: The Sun nigeria) Benue State Governor, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, has stated that securing the state and protecting its farmlands remain top priorities for his administration, insisting that lasting peace is crucial to reviving the multi-billion-naira Taraku Mills and preserving Benue’s status as Nigeria’s food basket. The governor…
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, and Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, are currently holding a closed-door meeting at the Benue State Government House. The meeting follows President Bola Tinubu’s directive for both leaders to urgently resolve their differences without further delay. Initially scheduled for Thursday, April 30, 2026,…
Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has attributed the limited enforcement of the state’s 2017 anti-open grazing law to the overwhelming firepower of armed herder militias compared to the poorly equipped local security operatives tasked with implementation. In a formal response to mounting public criticism from civil society groups, particularly the Benue Advocacy Network,…
Governor Hyacinth Alia confirmed the killing of 59 persons at Yelewata, where suspected herdsmen from Nasarawa State attacked the border town. Addressing journalists at the Government House, Alia said the figures are based on physical headcounts by security agencies working with families of those killed. Among those killed were military and civil defence…
The Benue State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has challenged Governor Hyacinth Alia to stop engaging in blame games and name the politicians he accused of being behind the killings in the state. The PDP while reacting to Alia’s comments during a television interview on Saturday where he alleged that some Benue political…
A Catholic Missionary priest working in Gambia, Rev Fr Kelvin Ugwu, has asked Governor, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, to intercept the killers in Benue State in the same manner he stopped Peter Obi from entering the state. Ugwu said it is not a great thing that Alia always comes to social media to announce the…
The Benue State Governor Rev. Fr Hyacinth Iormem Alia, has officially unveiled the controversial new Benue State Logo, also known as the State Seal. DAILY POST reports that prior to the unveiling, the move for the new Benue Logo had raised a dust with critics dragging the governor for allegedly christianizing the state by including…
The immediate past Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has called on his successor Governor Hyacinth Alia to provide proof that the state owns an aircraft. Ortom said he neither received an aircraft in 2015 when he took over nor acquired any in his two terms as governor of the state. This was contained in a…
Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has stated that he did not refer to the entire Masev lineage of the state as cattle rustlers following the killings in the Wa-ndoo community by armed herders. Recall that President-General of Masev Development Association, Prof Vitalis Tarhule, had issued a statement on Sunday, “Disappointment and anguished echoes from…
