COVID-19: I’m being detained by FG, Benue index case cries out
Makurdi—The storm trailing the detection and announcement of the Coronavirus, COVID-19 index case in Benue State, Mrs. Susan Okpe, may take a longer time to settle as the London based woman, has taken to her social media account to castigate the Federal Government for keeping her for treatment against her will.
Again, suspected armed herdsmen kill seven mourners in Benue communities
…scores injured, communities sacked, royal father cries for help Peter Duru, Makurdi No fewer than seven mourners were feared dead and scores injured in a fresh attack by suspected armed herdsmen on Chongu, Tse Ayev and Tyohembe communities of Guma Local Government Area of Benue state. Vanguard gathered that the herdsmen invaded Chongu community in […]
EXCLUSIVE: 5 more corpses recovered from river, bushes in Benue community after herdsmen attack
Death toll rises to 9, scores still missing ― Royal father The well-armed herdsmen were very tall, dark and spoke French By Peter Duru The death toll in the recent attack on Waya community in Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State by armed herdsmen has risen to nine with the recovery of five more […]
Armed men gun down vigilante official in Makurdi
By Peter Duru – Makurdi Unknown armed men Monday night reportedly shot dead one Mzambatiav Ikyagba, a Benue state vigilante official at the Akpehe settlement area of Makurdi, the state capital. According to an eyewitness, the victim was killed at about 10pm in a provision shop located directly opposite Saint Joseph Church Akpehe. The eyewitness […]
Renewed killing forces Benue govt to suspend return of IDPs to their homes
The Benue State Government has announced the suspension of plans to return the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, to their original habitations, citing sudden heightening state of insecurity occasioned the renewed influx of armed herdsmen and resurgence of armed attacks on innocent people in the state.
Benue: As blood flows again…
Again, Benue is in tears, the spilling of the blood of the innocent farmers by marauding armed herdsmen has resumed in earnest after close to 18 months of relative peace.
Renewed killings forces Benue govt to suspend return of IDPs to their homes
Asks for share of N10bn promised by FG By Chris Ochayi The Benue State Government has announced the suspension of plans to return the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, to their original habitations, citing the sudden heightening state of insecurity occasioned the renewed influx of armed Fulani herdsmen and resurgence of armed attacks on innocent people […]
Kidnapped Benue Catholic Priest regains freedom
By Peter Duru – Makurdi The Catholic Priest who was last weekend, kidnapped by unknown armed men, Rev. Fr. David Echioda, has been released by his abductors. The release of the Priest was contained in a statement issued yesterday by the Director of Communications, Otukpo Catholic Diocese, Rev. Fr. John Okopopu. Rev. Fr. Echioda was […]
Gunmen abduct another Catholic priest in Benue
By Peter Duru – Makurdi Unknown armed men have reportedly kidnapped a Priest of the Otukpo Catholic Diocese, Reverend Father David Echioda, along with Allan Akpa community of Otukpo Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue State. Vanguard gathered that Father Echioda was kidnapped last Sunday while on his way from Utonkon in Ado LGA of […]
Influx of herdsmen: Benue under siege, Ortom raises alarm
Makurdi—Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has raised the alarm over continuous influx of armed herdsmen into the state lamenting that “we are under the siege of armed herdsmen and we are helpless.”
Influx of herdsmen: Benue is under siege and we’re helpless — Ortom
By Peter Duru – Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has raised the alarm over the mass influx of armed herdsmen into the state lamenting that “we are under the siege of armed herdsmen and we are helpless.” The Governor who cried out on Monday, shortly after receiving the leaders of Civil Society Organizations, […]
150,000 persons receiving HIV/AIDS treatment in Benue – UNAIDS
By Peter Duru, Makurdi The United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS, Country Director, Dr. Erasmus Morah has disclosed that over 150,000 people are currently receiving HIV/AIDS treatment in Benue state. Dr. Morah who made the disclosure at the official launch of the ‘Antiretroviral Therapy Surge Response and Undetectable Equals Untrabnsmittable’ in Makurdi said over one […]
N3.1bn fraud: Appeal Court orders Justice Abang to hands-off Suswam’s trial
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja to hands-off the trial of former governor of Benue State, Dr Gabriel Suswam. Suswam who piloted the affairs of Benue State from 2007 to 2015, is answering to a nine-count money laundering charge […]
UNICEF/DFID to support Benue state attain ODF status
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, with financial support from the Department for International Development, DFID has pledged sustained support for Benue to enable the state attain Open Defecation Free, ODF, status by 2025.
Benue fisherman beats wife to death over missing N5,000
By Peter Duru A 42-year-old fisherman, Patrick Ejiro Wednesday morning in Tyomu community on Makurdi-Gboko road in Tarka Local Government Area of Benue state reportedly beat his wife to death over alleged missing N5,000. Vanguard gathered that the fisherman, an indigene of Delta state had been living with his Benue wife in the community where […]
Man beats wife to death over missing N5,000 in Benue
By Peter Duru – Makurdi A 42-year-old fisherman, Patrick Ejiro reportedly beat his wife to death over alleged missing N5,000 in Tyomu community on Makurdi-Gboko Road, Tarka Local Government Area of Benue state Vanguard gathered that the fisherman, an indigene of Delta state, had been living with his Benue wife in the community where he […]
