The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Mohammed Adamu, has ordered full-scale investigations into the circumstances surrounding the attack and reported attempt on the life of Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Orton was reportedly attacked on Saturday […]

Benue state government has taken delivery of 50,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine from the federal government.

By Peter Duru They are women who have seen it all in life. They are within the age bracket of 73 and 90 years. An encounter with these group of women who have spent the last three years in Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs camps that dot the landscape of Benue state was quite revealing. Without […]

By Peter Duru, Makurdi The National Association of Yam Farmers, Processors and Marketers have decried cases of illegal levies and multiple taxation in Benue markets warning that the development is scaring away genuine business men and potential investors from the state. The association offered to collaborate with Benue Internal Revenue Service, BIRS, to check the […]

..begs FG to pay attention to IDPs plight By Peter Duru, Makurdi By Peter Duru, Makurdi Benue State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, weekend commenced the relocation of close to 20,000 Internally Displaced Person, IDPs, from unpalatable locations in Makurdi town, Daudu and Uikpam in Guma Local Government Area, LGA. It also called on the federal […]