Gov. Dickson bags Idoma traditional title
Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa has been conferred with an Idoma traditional title, ‘Oyi’Ihotu K’ Idoma’ (the cherished son of Idoma land) in Otukpo, Benue State. According to a statement issued by the Secretary, Idoma Area Traditional Council, Mr. Joseph Adah, the governor described the award as a ‘handshake across the Niger’. The Paramount ruler […]
Police arrest suspected cultists over killings in Benue
The Benue Police Command on Friday said it arrested 16 suspected cults members in connection with several killings in the state.
Benue records 101 fire outbreaks in 11 months — Fire service
The Benue Fire Service on Monday said that the state recorded a total of 101 fire outbreaks between January and November 2019.
1,118 pregnant mothers out of 100,000 die in Benue from childbirth complications — Report
MoreHealth Africa donates 100 maternal delivery kits to the stem tide Mrs. Ortom sets up Integrated Health Facility to fight menace By Peter Duru – Makurdi No fewer than 1,118 pregnant mothers out of 100,000 die annually in Benue state as a result of complications arising from childbirth. The Executive Director of MoreHealth Africa, Dr. […]
Benue govt queries 20 LG Directors over poor immunization exercise
…..Inaugurates Taskforce on immunisation By Peter Duru – Makurdi Benue state government has issued queries to 20 Directors in selected Local Government Areas, LGAs, of the state over poor performances during immunisation exercises in the said LGAs. Executive Secretary of Benue State Primary HealthCare Board, Dr. Bem Ageda made this known during measles and meningitis […]
Rainfall: Benue rice farmers expect low yield
Some rice farmers in Benue have predicted low harvest due to excessive rainfall experienced in the area this year. The farmers made the observation in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Makurdi. A farmer, Mr. Tse Tyotimat, said the constant rainfall in the state would have a negative effect […]
I have dismantled devils in Benue Govt. House ― Ortom
….they cannot come near him again. Gov Samuel Ortom of Benue said on Sunday in Makurdi that he had dismantled all negative tendencies often believed to deter progress in the Government House and the state. Ortom said this during a Special Thanksgiving Service organised in his honour by the Independent Print-Media Publishers Association of Nigeria […]
Gunmen kill Radio Nigeria staff, one other in Benue ― Police
The Benue Police Command on Sunday confirmed the assassination of Mr Patrick Kumbul, head of ICT, Radio Nigeria Harvest FM Makurdi, and one Shongo Wuester by unknown gunmen in Makurdi. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Sewuese Anene, confirmed the incident to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi that the victims were killed […]
Benue police arrest teacher who allegedly raped JSS1 student
Benue Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a school teacher, Terseer Maikyo for allegedly raping a JSS 1 student in Ukum Local Government Area of the state. This was contained in a press statement on Friday, 25th Oct. signed by the Command Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Sewuese Anene and made available to the […]
Miyetti Allah did not claim responsibility for killings in Benue, want peace ― Onyema
By Lawani Mikairu Chairman of the Foundation for Ethnic Harmony in Nigeria, FEHN, and the Chairman/CEO of Air Peace, Allen Onyema who brokered the peace meeting between the Fulani socio-cultural organisation, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore and Benue state government has reacted to the reports indicating that Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore apologised for the killings in […]
Fulani Socio-cultural organization apologises to Benue over herdsmen attacks
By Peter Duru The Fulani Socio-cultural organization, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, MAKH, has apologized to the government and people of Benue state over herdsmen attacks and killings in the state in 2018. National Secretary of the organization, Alhaji Alhassan Saleh, tendered the apology Saturday at a peace meeting brokered by the Chairman of Air Peace, […]
Lassa Fever: NCDC confirms five deaths in outbreak in Benue
By Peter Duru, Makurdi National Center for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed 21 suspected cases and five deaths in the recent outbreak of Lassa Fever in Benue state. Programs Officer, Risk Communications Desk, NCDC, Mrs. Hanatu Bello who made the disclosure yesterday in Makurdi said “since the beginning of the year, there have been 21 […]
Police arrest teacher for allegedly raping JSS1 student in Benue
Benue Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a school teacher, Mr Terseer Maikyo for allegedly raping a JSS 1 student in Ukum Local Government Area of the state. This was contained in a press statement on Friday signed by the Command Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Sewuese Anene and made available to the […]
PCN seals 387 pharmacies and patent medicine shops in Benue
……issues compliance directive to 16 others By Peter Duru, Makurdi The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria, PCN, has sealed 387 pharmacies and patent medicine shops in Benue state for alleged poor handling of controlled substances, sale and dispensing of ethical/prescription drugs without the supervision of a pharmacist, unhygienic environment and poor documentation. ALSO READ: Edo govt procures […]
Benue to access N1.7billion, as Ortom inaugurates committee on NHIS
By Peter Duru – Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has inaugurated the state’s Steering Committee on the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, to enable the state access the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund established by the Federal Government. Inaugurating the committee yesterday in Makurdi, the governor noted that the induction would enable the state […]
Benue: Operation Zenda have uncover shallow grave of wife of a Police Sergeant
By Peter Duru – Makurdi Operatives of the Benue joint security patrol team code-named ‘Operation Zenda have uncovered the shallow grave of the wife of a Police Sergeant, Mrs. Bridget Ihom who last May was abducted alongside her husband and killed by unknown armed men. Sergeant Abraham Ihom who until his abduction was serving in […]
