- 24 December 2023 — Christmas Eve massacres in Bokkos / Barkin Ladi (Plateau border with Benue) ricochet across the state line; Benue Logo and Guma LGAs report 30+ killed in copy-cat attacks over Christmas week.
- April 2024 — Otukpo and Apa LGA attacks; Governor Hyacinth Alia escalates his demand for state policing.
- June 2025 — Yelwata massacre. Coordinated attacks on Yelwata and surrounding Guma LGA villages — over 100 killed in a single night; Pope Leo XIV publicly condemns the killings; President Tinubu visits Makurdi (18 June 2025) and orders the IGP to relocate operational headquarters to Benue.
Benue State · Crisis deep dive
Tinubu (2023–)
Methodology
Tier 1 · primary
Courts. Gazettes. National archives.
Tier 2 · corroborating
OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.
Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged
Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.