Get to know Benue better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Benue meaning
- A river in Cameroon and Nigeria; a major tributary of Niger river.
- A state of Nigeria in the North Central geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Makurdi.
Using Benue
- The main meaning on this page is: A river in Cameroon and Nigeria; a major tributary of Niger river. | A state of Nigeria in the North Central geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Makurdi.
- In the example corpus, benue often appears in combinations such as: benue state, in benue, of benue.
Context around Benue
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 9 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Benue
- In this selection, "benue" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, broad, representing, sokoto, north, people and citizens stand out and add context to how "benue" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ala and benue polytechnic ugbokolo and apc in benue state is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "benue" sits close to words such as booker, bronx and cane, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with benue
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The states are Kano, Sokoto, Benue, Benue, Adamawa and Plateau. (10 words)
In any case, most of the Benue IDPs are in Benue State. (12 words)
As a matter of urgency, you must prioritise restoring the unity of the Benue people. (15 words)
In a bid to curb the the growing trend of rampant killings especially in the riverine areas of Benue by armed herdsmen, the Defence Headquarters of the Army has concluded plans to deploy boats on Benue waterways to check the activities of the marauders. (44 words)
Godwin told the court that following the abduction of one Iornongu Durah of Tse-Abi village Saav district, Guma Local Government Area(LGA) of Benue, the team swiftly mobilised to the kidnappers’ hideout along Afia road in Logo L.G.A Benue. (42 words)
Joined in the suit is the Governor of Benue State, Benue State Government and chairman of the Committee, Mr. Hingah Biem (for himself and on behalf of members of Assets Recovery Committee as first, second and third defendants) respectively. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Expressing disappointment over the continued invasion and killings of Benue citizens by the terrorists, Ortom said the people of Benue state are fed up with this kind of lawlessness that is going on.
In any case, most of the Benue IDPs are in Benue State.
Joined in the suit is the Governor of Benue State, Benue State Government and chairman of the Committee, Mr. Hingah Biem (for himself and on behalf of members of Assets Recovery Committee as first, second and third defendants) respectively.
Godwin told the court that following the abduction of one Iornongu Durah of Tse-Abi village Saav district, Guma Local Government Area(LGA) of Benue, the team swiftly mobilised to the kidnappers’ hideout along Afia road in Logo L.G.A Benue.
On the broad Benue political plane, the Gemade defection is viewed as throwing spanner in the wheel of the campaign for power shift to the Benue South Senatorial District.
Former governor of Benue State, who is now representing Benue North West senatorial district has lost his bid to return to Upper Chamber for the fourth time.
The states are Kano, Sokoto, Benue, Benue, Adamawa and Plateau.
Unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) chieftain Ben Akile on zaki biam on Katsina-Ala road in Benue North-East senatorial district, Benue state.
For his part, Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has described the sustained herdsmen attacks on Benue communities as an extension of the terrorism perpetrated by Boko Haram.
He also called on the federal government to take over the management of the Benue University Teaching Hospital, College of Education Katsina-Ala and Benue Polytechnic Ugbokolo.
If benue state governor samuel Ortom attends that meeting i will withdraw my sympathy for benue people.
In a bid to curb the the growing trend of rampant killings especially in the riverine areas of Benue by armed herdsmen, the Defence Headquarters of the Army has concluded plans to deploy boats on Benue waterways to check the activities of the marauders.
I was in Benue State about two weeks to inaugurate Operation Whirl Stroke and I discovered that herdsmen and others were still being prosecuted in Benue State.
Makurdi — Peace may finally return to Benue State as herdsmen attacking parts of the state have agreed to lay down their arms and abide by the provisions of the Benue Open Grazing Prohibition Law.
The IGP said the visit is based on the allegations by Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state that militiamen attacking Tiv farmers of Benue state are camped in Tunga village of Awe local government area of Nasarawa state.
The President, who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces went to Benue State and said he asked the Inspector General of Police, IGP, to proceed to Benue over the killings there and the IGP disobeyed him.
Akase while stating that the APC were undermining the Ortom administration said, “The APC in Benue State is on a desperate mission to subvert the administration of Governor Samuel Ortom whose tenure will constitutionally last till May 29, 2023.
Alia gave the order when he visited Benue Links, the state owned Transport Company, to inspect ongoing work on erosion control and other maintenance work in its office premises.
A non-governmental organization, Sexual Offence Awareness and Response Initiative says it has trained no fewer than 257 persons as male gender advocates in various internally displaced persons camps (IDPs) in Benue.
As a matter of urgency, you must prioritise restoring the unity of the Benue people.
Common combinations with benue
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- benue state 114×
- in benue 49×
- of benue 41×
- the benue 35×
- to benue 7×
- and benue 7×
- benue people 7×
- benue south 6×
- benue and 6×
- on benue 5×