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 […]

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 […]

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.”

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]